Music packaged as Add-Ons/.zip

[Christopher P.]

Music packaged as normal Add-Ons 'n stuff.

Explanation
Let's use this as an example:
Music_Default

Music_Default would include all the default music, and would be downloaded with the game.
Files:
Music_Default.zip
|-music
  |-After_School_Special.ogg
  |-Ambient_Deep.ogg
  |-etc...
|-description.txt
|-server.cs

All of the music would be included in a "music" file in the .zip. Server.cs would do NOTHING, nothing at all, just like prints. Description.txt is just the same as with other Add-Ons.

But... Why?
3 Reasons:
1. Don't need to do that little bit of effort by saving in music file, just save in the add-ons folder.
2. So RTB won't need to do that hacky thing it did in version 2 to download music.
3. No need to download lots of music or extract a .zip or .rar file, as you can just place a lage music pack directly in the add-ons folder.

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[TheBlackParrot]

Wouldn't it be more effort to package it as an addon?
You have a music folder you can save the file in already.

What we have now works better than this.

[Christopher P.]

Wouldn't it be more effort to package it as an addon?

I meant it would be easier for the downloader.

[TheBlackParrot]

I meant it would be easier for the downloader.

Just open the zip file and drag the music into the music folder.
It takes like, 5 or less seconds. :/

It won't ever be done anyways.

[Christopher P.]

It won't ever be done anyways.

What makes you think so?

Shadows are being done, i think this could be done in about 1/16 the time to make brick shadows if Badspot worked on it a few minutes a day.

[TheBlackParrot]

What makes you think so?

Shadows are being done, i think this could be done in about 1/16 the time to make brick shadows if Badspot worked on it a few minutes a day.

Because shadows and shaders aren't complicating the game.
This is.

The current system automatically packages them as datablocks anyways. If you start a server, you'll see music has it's own datablock count.

If you seriously can't open a .zip file and drag a few files onto your Music folder (literally 2, maybe 3 extra clicks!), i can't even-

[The Corporation]

what.
Everything TBP said.

[Christopher P.]

I really just want this mostly for RTB to have music.

I'm sure Badspot might do this, as he has done some stuff to help RTB.

[The Corporation]

I really just want this mostly for RTB to have music.

I'm sure Badspot might do this, as he has done some stuff to help RTB.

Then let RTB simply have music uploaded to it(ephi is in charge) then simply create some code or whatever so the directory for music goes into the music folder.

[TheBlackParrot]

Then let RTB simply have music uploaded to it(ephi is in charge) then simply create some code or whatever so the directory for music goes into the music folder.

People will upload full songs.
People will upload terrible quality loops (sometimes/most of the time)
I'm sure the mod reviewers don't want to listen to every single thing uploaded either. I wouldn't want to.

[Planr]

I really just want this mostly for RTB to have music.

I'm sure Badspot might do this, as he has done some stuff to help RTB.

RTB used to have music, but it was causing major problems since the files were not compressed in a .zip and such, plus people kept making the same songs over and over and resubmitting them

[SWAT One]

Look, if it's really THAT hard, just make a desktop shortcut to your Music folder.  And make another one to your Downloads folder.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Server.cs would do NOTHING, nothing at all, just like prints.

Who the forget puts a server.cs in a print add-on



Also your reason for RTB not supporting music is all wrong

[Christopher P.]

RTB used to have music, but it was causing major problems since the files were not compressed in a .zip and such

Exactly, music being packaged as Add-Ons in .zip should fix this problem

people kept making the same songs over and over and resubmitting them

With this new music packaging, it should make it (a tiny bit) more difficult to make music, thus fewer dumb people would do this.

EDIT:

Who the forget puts a server.cs in a print add-on

> check print add-ons

Also your reason for RTB not supporting music is all wrong

Just let me find the quote that Ephi said...

EDIT 2: Here it is!

We used to allow music but people would just submit full songs. There was also a lot of annoying code to make it dump the file in the Music folder instead of the add-ons folder. Basically it was just too much work for a few dumbasses to upload Justin Bieber songs.