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Post by jorsonner on Jun 5, 2020 11:15:57 GMT -6
I've been really enjoying my first few weeks playing RTW2 and one idea has kept coming back to me during my playing sessions. Why isn't there a soundtrack to this game? Usually I play my own mix from Youtube of period music such as jazz if I'm the United States, military marches for Germany, and classical music for the United Kingdom, etc. I have limited experience in programming in Python and Java, so I am confused about why no music has been implemented in menus. Music from this period is often available for free from places like the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), and the Petrucci Music Library in particular if you don't want to take from Youtube. I know music publishing can be a complicated series of contracts and licenses, but the nice thing about the IMSLP is that everything there is in the public domain free to use. I had ideas about music that changes with the decade, for instance Jazz in 1900 and more pop by 1940. Not only does this add some flavor to the different time periods, besides there being better everything and airplanes, but it also creates a sense of time really moving forward during a campaign. The later in history you go the harder it is to get music for free, however. I'm really pleased with the way the game plays and feels so far and am excited to see what future updates bring.
Jorsonner
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Post by geroj on Jun 5, 2020 13:36:07 GMT -6
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jun 5, 2020 13:41:51 GMT -6
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Post by jorsonner on Jun 5, 2020 13:51:52 GMT -6
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jun 5, 2020 14:00:41 GMT -6
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Post by dohboy on Jun 5, 2020 15:18:27 GMT -6
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Post by rimbecano on Jun 5, 2020 15:26:04 GMT -6
In general, this isn't really the type of game I expect music with. OTOH, a game called "Rule the Waves" has a *very* obvious candidate for a theme song.
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Post by dohboy on Jun 5, 2020 15:53:42 GMT -6
In general, this isn't really the type of game I expect music with. OTOH, a game called "Rule the Waves" has a *very* obvious candidate for a theme song. Which do you mean? I see a few obvious ones. Rule Britannia is definitely the prime candidate because of the lyrics, or possibly Heart of Oak because it was the march song of the dominant navy when the game begins, but the end is all Anchors Aweigh. The ruler of the waves has been undisputed since WW2. Today the only question is whether the rest of the world united could take on the USN. It would be an interesting fight. |
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Post by polygon on Jun 5, 2020 16:35:36 GMT -6
Victoria II's OST is absolutely fantastic and period correct for the early game.
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Post by rimbecano on Jun 5, 2020 18:21:45 GMT -6
In general, this isn't really the type of game I expect music with. OTOH, a game called "Rule the Waves" has a *very* obvious candidate for a theme song. Which do you mean? I see a few obvious ones. Rule Britannia. The game is only named after the song. |
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jun 6, 2020 9:43:57 GMT -6
You will love this one - www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjNInIH4HwThe F-14's were from the VF-84 Jolly Rogers but they were Grumman Test Pilots flying the planes. It was filmed off of Norfolk NAS in the Atlantic. The Zero's were modified AT-6 Texans. I went to Norfolk to work on the Nimitz just after she arrived back from the filming. It was interesting talking to the shipboard crews about the filming. BTW, if the 20mm Gatling had hit a real Zero, it would have exploded into little pieces.😁 |
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Post by rimbecano on Jun 6, 2020 10:58:36 GMT -6
BTW, if the 20mm Gatling had hit a real Zero, it would have exploded into little pieces.😁 I mean, that was what tended to happen when a 20mm Hispano shell hit a Zero, and often times a .50 call bullet, given the lack of self-sealing fuel tanks. |
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jun 6, 2020 11:06:12 GMT -6
BTW, if the 20mm Gatling had hit a real Zero, it would have exploded into little pieces.😁 I mean, that was what tended to happen when a 20mm Hispano shell hit a Zero, and often times a .50 call bullet, given the lack of self-sealing fuel tanks. Yes, but the real problem was the fact that the tanks walls were right up against the wing ribs and main spar. When the shell went through the tank, the hydrodynamic pressure wave would blow the wing off of the aircraft and the gas would explode. Our tanks, were never built or install in that way, they were not up against the ribs or main spar. |
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Post by rimbecano on Jun 6, 2020 12:37:41 GMT -6
I mean, that was what tended to happen when a 20mm Hispano shell hit a Zero, and often times a .50 call bullet, given the lack of self-sealing fuel tanks. Yes, but the real problem was the fact that the tanks walls were right up against the wing ribs and main spar. When the shell went through the tank, the hydrodynamic pressure wave would blow the wing off of the aircraft and the gas would explode. Our tanks, were never built or install in that way, they were not up against the ribs or main spar. My father comments that one of the key factors in a self-sealing tank is room to expand and deform, so the lack of self-sealing tanks and the tanks being right up against structural elements are not entirely different problems. You could certainly have a non-self-sealing tank that adjoined structural elements, but you couldn't have a self-sealing tank that did adjoin structural elements. |
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Post by oldpop2000 on Jun 6, 2020 13:08:06 GMT -6
Yes, but the real problem was the fact that the tanks walls were right up against the wing ribs and main spar. When the shell went through the tank, the hydrodynamic pressure wave would blow the wing off of the aircraft and the gas would explode. Our tanks, were never built or install in that way, they were not up against the ribs or main spar. My father comments that one of the key factors in a self-sealing tank is room to expand and deform, so the lack of self-sealing tanks and the tanks being right up against structural elements are not entirely different problems. You could certainly have a non-self-sealing tank that adjoined structural elements, but you couldn't have a self-sealing tank that did adjoin structural elements. Yes, that is exactly the point. the rubber bladders were just that, bladders and when you filled them with avgas they expanded. They still had room with in the wing. They had those hanging near where I worked, drying after being worked on. We did not have self-sealing tanks immediately after the war started. The F4F-4 which arrived in November 1941 had self-sealing tanks installed and this was why her range was a little reduced. Even our non-self-sealing tanks were not against the ribs and spars, we left a little room. The Japanese were trying to get as much fuel and hence range out of their aircraft. |
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