Mechadon
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That's a pretty cool looking utility. Thanks for suggesting it Malinku, I'll give it a try :D
So while I'm thinking about it, I'd like to get some reactions and comments on the file sizes of the music I'm probably gonna use for these maps. This was something that I was just not gonna bother bringing up since I'm pretty well settled on using the tracks I picked...I guess I'm just curious more than anything.
As I may have stated in an earlier post, I'm planning on using some pretty high quality module tracks. They set the mood of the maps perfectly, at least in my opinion. Also since these maps are pretty lengthy (30 to 90 minutes or longer), and the tracks are fairly lengthy, they don't get repetitive as quickly as some other music tracks (of differing formats) I was looking at. The catch is that they add a good chunk of size to the wad; depending on my final track list, it will be anywhere from 10MB to 19MB. Everything else in the wad (graphics, maps, etc), once complete, will probably take up a little less than 10MB (though that's mostly a guess at this point). So for a 6-map episode, the file size will probably be larger than you'd expect. Personally, I'm fine with that addition in file size given the quality of the tracks and how well they add to the maps' overall atmosphere. Although if I could somehow decrease the file sizes of the tracks without compromising quality too much, that'd be great. I tried doing that in OpenMPT once already, but it became obvious that I had no idea what I was doing :P.
I'm curious to hear thoughts on this. I think that after you play the maps with the music tracks, you'll agree that the added file size was a good sacrifice. Although I suppose that depends mostly on your tastes too. Oh and if any music module savvy dude would like to attempt to reduce the file sizes of the tracks, please let me know :)
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