Reenabling RA2 Music - Revision history

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en>Gordon-creAtive at 12:53, 30 March 2008

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	*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are not over''written'', but are still over''ridden'' by your own modifications.		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are not over''written'', but are still over''ridden'' by your own modifications.

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en>Renegade: This ain't 1990 anymore. We've got better markup than caps by now.

2006-03-15T14:41:14Z

This ain't 1990 anymore. We've got better markup than caps by now.

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	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.

	*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are ~~NOT overWRITTEN and ARE overRIDDEN~~.		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are not over''written'', but are still over''ridden'' by your own modifications.

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62.172.176.249: clarification

2006-03-15T12:56:48Z

clarification

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	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.

	*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is ~~also~~ best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are ~~not overridden~~.		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are NOT overWRITTEN and ARE overRIDDEN.

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65.143.153.45 at 01:21, 15 March 2006

2006-03-15T01:21:02Z

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	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.

	*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is also best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are overridden.		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is also best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are not overridden.

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213.122.125.213 at 20:40, 26 February 2006

2006-02-26T20:40:39Z

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	~~This~~ is a ~~very~~ quick guide to ~~make~~ RA2's music ~~play in YR~~.		Enabling the RA2 music in Yuri's Revenge can be done easily using the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier]. Below is a quick guide to enabling the RA2 music manually.

	# Insert your RA2 CD (~~any side~~) into your CD drive.		# Insert your RA2 CD (either disc) into your CD drive.
	# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as ecache.mix where is any string (~~ecachera2themes~~.mix is acceptable for ~~example~~).		# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as ecache.mix where is any string (ecachethemeRA2.mix is acceptable, and indeed the required filename for users of the YR Playlist Modifier).
	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you ~~either leave~~ this file in ~~your ra2 directory or put it in the main for~~ your mod expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 01 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you put this file in your mod's expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 11 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.

	*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch and that expandmd02.mix ~~and expandmd06~~.mix are ~~currently~~ reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure ~~future~~ community projects are overridden ~~as well~~.		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch, and that expandmd02.mix through expandmd10.mix are reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is also best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure community projects are overridden.

	~~To automate some of this work you could give the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier] a try.~~
	[[Category:Tutorials]]		[[Category:Tutorials]]

en>Renegade: Added to category

2005-04-17T23:10:25Z

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	To automate some of this work you could give the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier] a try.		To automate some of this work you could give the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier] a try.
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en>Blade: Re-written to give more accurate and mod community friendly settings.

2005-03-28T17:56:41Z

Re-written to give more accurate and mod community friendly settings.

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	This is a guide to make RA2 music play in YR.		This is a very quick guide to make RA2's music play in YR.

	# Insert your RA2 CD (any side) into your CD drive.		# Insert your RA2 CD (any side) into your CD drive.
	# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as ~~expandmdxx~~.mix where XX is ~~an unused~~ mix ~~number~~.		# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as ecache.mix where is any string (ecachera2themes.mix is acceptable for example).
	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. (you ~~can repack~~ it to ~~localmd~~.mix with ~~XCC mixer if you want~~ mods to ~~override this, but of course first backup the original)~~		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. It is recommended that you either leave this file in your ra2 directory or put it in the main for your mod expandmd##.mix file where ## is a number between 01 and 99.* You should not attempt to merge thememd.ini back into the main RA2 or YR .mix files as this will risk incompatibility with mods with no obvious cause and will make it impossible to install future patches.

	~~You can also easily do~~ this ~~with~~ the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier].		*Please note that expandmd01.mix is part of the YR 1.001 patch and that expandmd02.mix and expandmd06.mix are currently reserved for community wide projects and thus should not be used. It is best to have your mod's main mix file be numbered above 10 to ensure future community projects are overridden as well.

			To automate some of this work you could give the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier] a try.

en>Chpatrick: editing based on discussion

2005-03-28T07:42:43Z

editing based on discussion

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	# Insert your RA2 CD (any side) into your CD drive.		# Insert your RA2 CD (any side) into your CD drive.
	# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as expandmdxx.mix where XX is an unused mix number.		# Copy theme.mix to your game directory as expandmdxx.mix where XX is an unused mix number.
	# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. (you can repack it to localmd.mix with XCC mixer if you want mods to override this)		# Uncomment all the references to old tracks in your thememd.ini. (you can repack it to localmd.mix with XCC mixer if you want mods to override this, but of course first backup the original)
	~~# Reinsert all of~~ the ~~old track names in your ra2md~~.~~csf file~~.
			You can also easily do this with the [http://marshall.cannis.net/ YR Playlist Modifier].

en>Chpatrick: moved edit to discussion

2005-03-28T07:28:27Z

moved edit to discussion

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	~~Edited by Marshall:~~
	~~It seems that someone is trying to make things more complicated than they need be and decompatabilize other community projects, albeit unintentionally.~~

	~~Quite frankly I feel that this entry should not exist as it is misleading.~~

	*Step 2 should direct you to name the file ecachethemeRA2.mix
	*Step 3 advises you to start messing with the original game mixes against all common sense.
	*Step 4 isn't even neccessary as the names are still present.


	~~If you want to enable RA2 music in YR you should use the YR Playlist Modifier available from http://marshall.cannis.net~~

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	This is a guide to make RA2 music play in YR.		This is a guide to make RA2 music play in YR.