19-05-2005 08:29									#1
	Music! Inflate your Upload Space

Its all very cool where CIV IV is going, I particularly like the Religion and the WYSIWYG aspects.....

However, the atmosphere relies heavily on music and as I sit here listening to Vangelis' Odyssey, I can't help wondering how cool it would be if Firaxis used Vangelis to compose the CIV music.

The man is a master - Conquest of Paradise, Celtic Dawn, The Tao of Love etc etc.

He has this wonderful ability to create music that ties into an situation....music for 6000 years!

I suppose the budget would constrain this sort of thing...but imagine Vangelis doing a take on Hammurabi's theme?

Thoughts?

	19-05-2005 22:33									#2
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Themed music is all well and good, but I found the music annoying and repetative in civ3. After a while, I just turned it off.
I prefer to listen to something alot heavier than classical music whilst wiping out nations with the push of a button.

	19-05-2005 22:56									#3
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If the game has MP3 support, I will install my own music.

	19-05-2005 22:58									#4
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Sounds good. Then I don't have to keep getting up to change the CD when it finishes.

I can feel my arse growing in anticipation.
If only there was some way to not move at all, must move computer nearer to both the toilet and the fridge.
Computer AND fridge in the bathroom!!!!!
I am a genius.

	20-05-2005 19:42									#5
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There's only one thing that can kill a game and that is if there's no option to turn off music
If I just installed a new game, but I don't find any option to turn off music within the first few minutes I'm going to uninstall the game ASAP...

	21-05-2005 13:54									#6
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quote: Originally posted by curtsibling If the game has MP3 support, I will install my own music.

Amen from this corner

two,

two thumbs up, because that's all I have

	22-05-2005 00:10									#7
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I haven t played CTP in years and years but I still remember how good the music was. (At least at the time.) And I will always remember the music and aural ambience of Homeworld. That's the impact good music can have, though it's very rare.

	22-05-2005 01:14									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Gen. Atkinson I am a genius.

och,..

	22-05-2005 09:31									#9
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No music please. If you play an epic game, or more than once, it adds nothing. Turn on a radio.

	23-05-2005 16:37									#10
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yeah...
how about Dr. Demento !!

	23-05-2005 16:58									#11
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I'd be trying to nuke an irritating d.j. , or assemble an invasion force to take out an annoying radio station.

	23-05-2005 17:55									#12
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I'll second that nuke/invasion motion!

	23-05-2005 19:24									#13
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quote: If I just installed a new game, but I don't find any option to turn off music within the first few minutes I'm going to uninstall the game ASAP...

Usually you can just go to the "Music" or "sounds" folder and either delete all the files within or replace them with identically named your favourite hits.

I listen to music of SMACX time by time - it's something really takes you in the game atmoophere.

But even then I'd like to switch it off and run iTunes in background if Im in inappropriate mood or have just found something good to listen.

	23-05-2005 19:57									#14
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Most computers are so powerful, and it has become so easy to set up your own personal playlists, that I have no concern about whatever music ships with any game.

	26-05-2005 17:25									#15
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I loved the repetive music in CTP, CTP2, CIV2, and CIV3. I can't wait to hear what music is placed into CIV4.

For me the repitive music has a soothing affect that aids in the "just one more turn" feeling.

	27-05-2005 08:20									#16
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Moot point for me anyway. My PC's sound has been broke since I upgraded to XP and I've been too lazy to get new hardware. Its an old P3 1GHz anyway. Hope I can run the game when it comes out.

	28-05-2005 00:01									#17
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dont quote me, but some insider thinks the following

* Operating System: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
* Processor: Pentium® 1.0 GHz or higher
* Memory: 256 MB RAM
* Hard Disk Space: 1.2 GB Free
* CD-ROM Drive: 4X Speed
* Video: 32 MB video card* with Hardware T&L support
* Sound: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible sound card
* DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0b (included) or higher

Civ4's requirements might be slightly higher, but probably not too much.

	28-05-2005 08:48									#18
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Looks like I'll be able to squeak in unless they up anything.

	28-05-2005 14:12									#19
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I just hope DirectX 8 will work as well.

	28-05-2005 14:34									#20
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quote: Originally posted by GeoModder I just hope DirectX 8 will work as well.

Can't upgrade?

	28-05-2005 15:21									#21
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an mp3 link for sure

	28-05-2005 17:37									#22
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Well, if the graphics card only goes to DX 8... (at least for a graphics intensive game I have).

So perhaps things will be different with Civ IV.

	30-05-2005 16:40									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Chuckles I haven t played CTP in years and years but I still remember how good the music was. (At least at the time.) And I will always remember the music and aural ambience of Homeworld. That's the impact good music can have, though it's very rare.

Good music needs to be related to the action on the screen. That's more easy in a movie, where you have a definite set of scenes, while is it more difficult into an open set as a game.

For years some software house tried to add good relactions between music and game situation: some have success, some not.

I'll enjoy a music (or a special sound effect) quite related to my game success (or lack of): in the old "Popolous" you can ear a heartbeat sound, at a slow pace if anything was going well, at high rate if you're facing an enemy attack and are losing terrain.

Anything on that line could be adapted on the new culture and Leader mood of Civ 4.
And surely we can also have that "mute music" command it's not difficult to code...