Own Music

Master Kenobi · Post by **Master Kenobi** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:44 am

H all again, I know I have quite a few posts but that is because I am new to the forums. Another question. Can you add your own Music to the game? I have some good songs that I would like to play

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:49 am

Well if you want that then all you have to do is play them on your computer and then start up BZFlag.

NOTE: If you use itunes then sometimes this can make your BZFlag FPS (frames per second) go way down.

ducktape · Post by **ducktape** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:05 am

There was a itunes plug-in for bzflag. I dont have a link. I think Win XP knows about it. Pm him.

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:14 am

ducktape wrote:There was a itunes plug-in for bzflag. I dont have a link. I think Win XP knows about it. Pm him.

The patch was made by slayer++ and is Mac OS X only.

CannonBallGuy · Post by **CannonBallGuy** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:05 pm

I have never experienced a drop in FPS due to iTunes.
On OS X, you can use SizzlingKeys to easily control iTunes.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:08 pm

Probably because when I experience the FPS drop I was on windows and on a 3 year old laptop

, but I think it could still happen I guess.

asciimonster · Post by **asciimonster** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:52 am

In the old days of gaming, game music vs. performance was a big problem. The solution that many chose, including Screamer (they wrote an entire 3D engine in assembly language, no 3D card necessary!), was to run it off a CD. It would directly bypass the CPU.

I think it wouldn't be too hard to make a plugin that would throw command at the CD player. Like so:
- Enter Menu: Start playing track #1
- Spawn: Start playing random track (+ set repeat=on?)
- Exit programme: stop CD player
CDR-s nowadays cost 2c a pop (exaggerating a bit, but you get you get the point), so that's nothing lost there. If you run bz off a bootable CD you can use the extra space for music tracks.

Only problem: I have no idea how to write a plugin or how to steer a CD player.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:13 pm

I HAVE A SCREAMER CD! I remember it now , I think i'll dig it out. BZFlag would be ok as a CD , but since it is a none-profitable game I don't think that it would be able to have the money spent on it to be made into CD's(I mean like being made in a CD factory or somthing). Good idea though. I think someone did make a flash disk for BZFlag though?

TD-Linux · Post by **TD-Linux** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:27 pm

I believe what asciimonster meant was running BZFlag off a bootable Linux CD.

The best way, IMHO, would be to use the music player of your choice while playing BZFlag. If you have a dual-core processor, you will see no slowdown at all, unless you are using some nasty software audio mixer.

Post by **blast** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:31 am

TD-Linux wrote:I believe what asciimonster meant was running BZFlag off a bootable Linux CD.

The best way, IMHO, would be to use the music player of your choice while playing BZFlag. If you have a dual-core processor, you will see no slowdown at all, unless you are using some nasty software audio mixer.

No, asciimonster was referring to old games (like the mentioned Screamer game) that used Red Book audio. As he mentioned, it bypassed the CPU since it simply played the audio CD data directly from the CD drive to the sound card via the analog audio connector.

guyfawkes_usa · Post by **guyfawkes_usa** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:00 pm

How about just getting an ipod, boombox, or something else and putting headphones in it and listen to it while you play?