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Apr 6, 2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerrythabest View Post
(long "change music" suggestion)
When I finally start creating new events (eventually...) I'll probably be using the Area ID event extensively with all parameters contained within a help string. Anyway, even though it would technically be possible to add all the features you mentioned with non-j2b tracks, I don't think it's worth the effort especially since most people will just use the event for simple music changes and since some features can easily be attained by editing the original track.

On a related note, I should probably bother to find a way to dynamically convert .j2b (i.e. compressed .am files) to something the BASS library can read.

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Originally Posted by FawFul View Post
i get your enthousiasm, however this is actually quite impossible. especially withouth a source code of jj2. the mp3 thing is rather not going to show up. and the module thing. well, a tracker like modplug tracker wasn't easy to build at all. jj2 uses a modplayer called BASS. not a inbuild tracker that follow up and changes things on commands. what i mean is that a connection with jj2 <-> player is way less complicated then jj2 <-> tracker. and as you know.. jj2 already had a inbuild player and that was the galaxy one. so it was kinda programmed that jj2 could "PLAY" the mods. not changing settings.
It's not impossible, though admittedly I don't want to add a "change music" event just yet.
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