Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:18 am Post subject:
C&C music selection/playback idea for Essence
I think I touched upon this briefly in my other post, but I was wondering if C&C3 coding allows for any kind of music selection and playback like they had in the older, original C&C games Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 1 and Red Alert 2. I don't know if it's feasible to insert a feature to allow a menu to pop up to allow this, but it would be nice. Or at the very least, it's another one of those things that EA conveniently left out when they started messing with the C&C franchise. Though perhaps unrelated, I want to give a shout out to Vado32, his music is pretty impressive, particularly the "Found Troopers" track, which I believe sounds a bit like a remix of Lone Trooper. If I'm naming the wrong track, please feel free to correct me.
I'm only wondering since the drop-down music menu was a nice feature for the games, and Frank Klepacki's music IMO is completely integral to the C&C experience. Besides Joe Kucan as Kane, you also need Frank Klepacki's music if you're doing a C&C game. QUICK_EDIT
Yeah, I was rather afraid of that. As I said, that was another one of those nifty features Westwood was kind enough to put into their games, not just C&C and Red Alert, but the Dune franchise as well I believe. Didn't think it would hurt to bring it up. BUT, I am happy that Carnius was willing to take the time to include tracks from the earlier C&C games, plus Vado32's stuff.
Guess that's just another feature we won't be seeing again thanks to EA. QUICK_EDIT
True I suppose Orac. I shall try not to allow my misgivings about EA cloud my future judgment. However I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one around here that feels that way toward EA or how they gobbled up innovative companies like Westwood, Origin and Bullfrog among them.
Hopefully they've learned from their past mistakes and will continue to keep a hands off approach with some of their recent acquisitions like Bioware. Er, hopefully... QUICK_EDIT
EA has already admitted they mismanaged quite a few IPs, and is avoiding this in future developments. They had a CEO change and things are fine now. I'm so tired of EA bashing, at least they kept producing CnC. QUICK_EDIT
In window mode,a program that check the game window position,and place a GUI at the center of it when some keys are pressed,to allow to choose some music,is theorically possible.Might be harder for fullscreen though. QUICK_EDIT
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C&C music selection/playback idea for Essence
Though perhaps unrelated, I want to give a shout out to Vado32, his music is pretty impressive, particularly the "Found Troopers" track, which I believe sounds a bit like a remix of Lone Trooper. If I'm naming the wrong track, please feel free to correct me.
