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"Keith Gardner" <cabe...@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Plug-n-Play Midi for Games

>I just downloaded a game to beta test.  As I was looking at the
>files in the installed program's folder, I noticed several midi
>files.  I thought to myself, "man I wonder how bad these suck."

>Then, a simple idea entered my mind that I could kick myself for
>not thinking before.  I can simple replace these files with my
>own midi files.

>Quake would be totally different with Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child".
>All my games will be different for now own.  The only problem is
>surfing the midi archives and trying to locate the midi music that
>you would like to hear in the game.

>It would be nice to create your own archives of midi files into
>categories on your computer.  Install a game on your Windows 95
>machine and be able to symbolically link a midi directory to your
>own midi directory, where the game will randomly select a midi
>file during different parts of the game.  Maybe you would need
>some subcategories where game music gives a hint of the action
>ahead.

>Just a thought.

>====================================================================
>Keith Gardner * cabe...@mindspring.com * http://www.gt.ed.net/keith

Probably the kindest solution overall (for both users and programmers)
would be to include a text file in the midi directory explaining what
mood each midi file was supposed to invoke.  Then an interested user
could substitute as desired.

Sandra

P.S.  Interesting solution, BTW.  I usually turn off the music and
play a CD if I don't like the canned game music.  This means either an
extra piece of electronics and two more speakers (which is what I
have) or else never playing a game off CD.