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3 Oct, 2024 @ 1:54pm
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World War Radio

Description
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Immerse yourself in an authentic World War II radio soundscape. This mod brings you over 2500 audio files, which, when played consecutively, would run non-stop for over a week. While there are already many radio mods available, let me highlight the key features of this mod:

  • Music Stages: The music played in different countries is divided into various time phases. For smaller countries, these phases include events like the conquest by Germany and the subsequent liberation by the Americans. I have ensured that during the occupation, only music approved by the occupiers is played. For larger countries, the music files are organized by their release years. Each war year adds new music to the playlist that was newly released at that time, while older tracks gradually disappear from the playlist.

  • News Broadcasts: My mod includes not only music but also news and speeches from prominent statesmen broadcast during the war. The news about the war events is usually not played on the exact day but is accurate to the week or month. For very important war events, such as D-Day, the speeches are broadcast on the exact day. So, having some historical knowledge can be beneficial. Unlike other radio news mods, you don’t have to switch on each news broadcast individually and then switch back to the music channel to hear music again. In my mod, the news is automatically mixed with the music.

  • Christmas Events: Another feature of my mod is the Christmas events that take place on the major radio stations. Now you can have the perfect music to accompany your Christmas tree.

  • Advertisements: There are advertisements for various products from that era on the main radio stations, making the radio experience even more immersive.

Broadcasting Range Example
I have decided to set the broadcasting ranges of the individual radio stations lower than they were in reality. This is to encourage players to switch to another station, especially in bad weather when the range is further reduced. Here is an example map to give you an idea of the ranges:


Radiostations


Technical Limitations
  • You have to start a new game.
  • The game updates the music and news list every few weeks. When this update happens, you will loose connection to the radio station. Just reconnect and everything is up to date.

    Credits
    A big thanks to SeniLix. Although I didn’t use any of his audio files, his radio mod inspired this idea. If my mod is too large for you, I recommend checking out SeniLix’s radio mod. Here you can choose which radio station’s music files to download, saving space on your hard drive.
Popular Discussions View All (2)
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20 Aug @ 11:55am
Recently, the radio keeps turning off for no reason
marLeo
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13 Sep @ 1:57am
Just installed this mod and started a new game. It does not work for me.
uiop_30
146 Comments
Moifern 18 Oct @ 6:43am 
I was somehow able to force this into an active save on accident. TLDR troubleshooting a different mod, deleted cache and unsubbed/resubbed a couple times and the last time I did NOT have this mod. Load game, radio man has all the options, no audio. Download the mod and load it, have audio in a save that was 40+ hours deep, no issues

P sure you can force radio mods into savegames if you
1. Sub/Load mod
2. Load save game
3. Unsub/delete mods
4. Delete caches, data sheets, and mod folders
5. Resub and reload mods
6. Not flight of the valkyries and therefore +4 morale both in and out of game
Harag 4 Oct @ 6:38am 
Thanks for the quick response, many thanks for that -- the Silent Running was the immersion breaker for me, so if it stops playing when running silent that is great, thanks for the edit changes too. I'll see how it goes.
MaGlas  [author] 4 Oct @ 6:26am 
@Harag
This mod disables, that alarm will turn off the radio. Silent Running will still turn off the radio.
If you want that alarms also turn off the radio, like silent running follow this steps:
Open ModifySpeakerSystem.cs in Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\494840\3342143865\Source with text-editor and remove following lines:

[HarmonyPatch(typeof(SpeakerSystem))]
[HarmonyPatch("PlayerShipProxy_AlarmStarted")]
public static class SpeakerSystem_PlayerShipProxy_AlarmStarted_Patch
{
public static bool Prefix()
{
return false; // Überspringe die Originalmethode, damit die Musik nicht ausgeschaltet wird
}
}


Make sure you exactly only remove this 10 lines, with the last } standing. or you will brake the code.
Harag 4 Oct @ 6:15am 
Out of curiosity, I remember last time I played (before release) when I was listening to the radio stations I downloaded and the music, the one thing that I hated is when I went into alarm / silent running it would still be playing, It really broke the immersion and I had to manually go stop it.

I was wondering if this mod will turn it off at those times, and if not, is it possible to mod it into the game ?
Flash Gordon 2 Oct @ 8:42am 
Excellent!
MaGlas  [author] 2 Oct @ 8:41am 
Yes everytime I upload an update, steam will replace your edited files. But good news: I don´t plan any updates any time soon. Also: The game only gathers the values when you start a new game. So If you start a new game with your values, you can change the values in the file as mutch as you want and the game will ignore it, till you start a new one again.
Flash Gordon 2 Oct @ 8:34am 
@MaGlas,
Hell yeah! Thanks man!
1 question: Would I have to do this every time you updated the Mod?
MaGlas  [author] 2 Oct @ 8:30am 
@Flash Gordon,
In:
Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\494840\1981227802\3342143865\Data Sheets\Sandbox.xlsx
you can edit the value in the Strenght column. I think with Strenght 30 you can listen to all stations over the world. There could be a problem, that there are too many radio stations in the dropdown list to select, so they go out of the screen (you need to reduce your UI scale to fix that)
Also for this changes to work ingame, you have to start a new game.
Flash Gordon 2 Oct @ 8:25am 
Love it! I just wished it had unlimited range. I don't get to listen to Athens except in the Med. And Cuba is very cool, but dam, range sucks.
Casus Bellum 1 Oct @ 10:10am 
Amazing Radio mod. Well done. Great historical stuff here. Thanks for making this.