Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod v1.1

[Marcus Camillus]

Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod v1.1


Early morning march to battle.

This software was developed for the Rome Total Realism and Total War Center's community in an effort to enhance its game play experience.

All credits for the recorded mp3 files goes to the respective originators listed in the Music Credits section below. I would like to thank the Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck for the RTW music, and the RTR team and Vlad Kuryluk for the RTR music. Without their efforts, we would not be enjoying the music selection in this mod.

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Notes for Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod:
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This music add-on mod is compatible with the RTR Platinum, RTR Gold and any previous version of RTR.

I originally created this mod after using the RTR(v6.1) and then RTR(v6.2) Music Add-ons. I really liked the music, but got tired real quick with the obvious music editing mistakes, such as the one song that ended abruptly near its end. The second version added some new tracks, but the repairs to the previous version music could still be heard to someone like myself who has a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS. So I decided it was time I did something about it myself.

I'm a bit of an organization fanatic, and have been a long time fan of RTR. I have been archiving quite a few things from or relating to RTR during its development. One thing was that I downloaded and saved Vlad Kuryluk's music previews posted on the RTR Forums or Website prior to the release of RTR(v6.1) Music Add-on.

Using these copies of the music previews, along with the two release versions of the RTR Music Add-on, and my extracted copies of the original RTW music, I recreated the music selection of the music add-on, replacing the damaged sound tracks with copies of the same songs, minus the editing errors, from these music previews. I also have copies of the earlier versions of RTR back to RTR(v5.4.1), so I have the earlier original RTR music.

This version of the RTR Music ReMix Mod has quality copies of 71 RTW/RTR music tracks (66 are unique, 5 are used twice), nearly the entire RTW/RTR music selection. I have renamed all of the tracks in an organized function specific manner and cleaned up the "descr_sounds_music.txt" file. I have tried to organize the entire music selection along culture-specific lines. I divided up the campaign and battle mobilization music between the following cultures...

Roman
Greek
Barbarian
Eastern (includes the Carthaginians)
Egyptian (Ptolemaic Empire, for which I used the Greek themed music)

For some of the music, I created a generic group of selections that I used for all the cultures, such as battle music, battle tension music, and battle loss music. The victory music I divided into Civilized and Barbarian groups.

If more music is created in the future, that is free of copyright issues, I could add this to the current selection. If you personally own music that you wish to add to the current selection, just place your mp3 file in the Data\sounds\music folder and edit the "descr_sounds_music.txt" file. To hear your new collection in game, prior to starting your game remember to rename or delete the "events.idx" and "events.dat" files, or run the "music_reset.bat" batch file included with this mod.

I hope you enjoy using this mod and that it enhances your enjoyment of RTW/RTR.

I am open to suggestions and can be contacted as follows...

RTR Forums: Marcus Camillus
TWCenter Forums: Marcus Camillus

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Installation Instructions:
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1. If it exists (due to the use of a previous music mod), make a copy of the following directory and retain it in case you wish to remove this mod.

Rome - Total War\Data\sounds\music

2. Make a copy of the following file and retain it in case you wish to remove this mod.

Rome - Total War\Data\descr_sounds_music.txt

3. Run the install program "Marcus_Camillus_RTR_Music_ReMix_Mod.exe". Select the install directory to be the directory of your "Rome - Total War" you wish to install this mod in. (Example: c:\Program Files\Rome - Total War). The install program will then install this mod.

4. After the auto installer has finished installing the Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod, the auto installer will run a "music_reset.bat" batch file. This batch file will rename any existing "events.idx" and "events.dat" files in your Rome - Total War\Data\sounds directory (a sub-folder of the one you chose as an install location) to "events_backup.idx" and "events_backup.dat". This step must be done to allow the new music to be heard in game. If this is not done, only the original RTW music will be heard in game. If you install this mod to a separate folder and then move the files to your RTR install folder, you will need to manually run the "music_reset.bat" file, or manually rename the above files yourself. If you wish to remove this mod at a later date, just rename these 2 files minus the "_backup" part of their name.

5. Start up your game like normal. Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod is now available for your in game music. Enjoy!

If anyone has any new ideas, suggestions for improvements or general comments, they are welcome and can be emailed to marcus.camillus@beaglepc.net or posted in the forums of Rome Total Realism or Total War Center.

Without further ado, here are 2 download links for the new version...

BeaglePC.net Download: Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod v1.1

FileFront Download: Marcus Camillus' RTR Music ReMix Mod v1.1

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Music Credits:
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Below is a table cross-referencing the Music ReMix Mod mp3 file names to the original mp3 file names of the files I used as a source for each mp3 file in the mod, along with giving credit to those that I know the mp3 file originated from.

Music ReMix Mod mp3 file name........Original mp3 file name.................Originator of mp3 file
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Battle_1.mp3.........................Battle1-Imperial_Conflict.mp3..........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_2.mp3.........................Battle2-Mayhem.mp3.....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_3.mp3.........................Battle3-Melee_Cafe.mp3.................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_4.mp3.........................Battle4-Romantic_Battle.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_5.mp3.........................Battle5.mp3............................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Battle_6.mp3.........................Battle6.mp3............................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Battle_Lose_Major.mp3................Lose1-Lost_Souls.mp3...................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_Lose_Minor.mp3................Loose2.mp3.............................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Battle_Victory_Crushing.mp3..........Win.mp3................................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Battle_Victory_Major_Barbarian.mp3...Win1-Barbarian_Victory.mp3.............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_Victory_Major_Civilized.mp3...CampaignWin1-Invicta.mp3...............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Battle_Victory_Minor_Barbarian.mp3...Win1-Celtic.mp3........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Battle_Victory_Minor_Civilized.mp3...4.mp3..................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Campaign_Barbarian_1.mp3.............Campaign10.mp3.........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Barbarian_2.mp3.............Campaign11.mp3.........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Barbarian_3.mp3.............Intro_Barbarian.mp3....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Barbarian_4.mp3.............Campaign6-Arabic_Summer.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Eastern_1.mp3...............Campaign5-Arabic_Winter.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck

Campaign_Eastern_2.mp3...............Campaign6.mp3..........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
.........................................-and-
........................................13.mp3..............................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
**Note** To get a quality sounding recording, I combined the beginning of 13.mp3 over the exact same time frame at the beginning of Campaign6.mp3, resulting in the mp3 file Campaign_Eastern_2.mp3 that I included in this mod.

Campaign_Eastern_3.mp3...............Egyptian_song1.mp3.....................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music WIP Preview
Campaign_Eastern_4.mp3...............Campaign5.mp3..........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Campaign_Eastern_5.mp3...............Intro_Carthage.mp3.....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Eastern_6.mp3...............Intro_Egyptian.mp3.....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Eastern_7.mp3...............Intro_Eastern.mp3......................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Greek_1.mp3.................Campaign7.mp3..........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Greek_2.mp3.................Campaign2-Melancholy.mp3...............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Greek_3.mp3.................Campaign1-Autumn.mp3...................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Greek_4.mp3.................Campaign4-Lonely_Strategos.mp3.........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Greek_5.mp3.................Intro_Greek.mp3........................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Greek_6.mp3.................Vlad Kuryluk - Salamina.mp3............RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Loading_Screen.mp3..........Frontend2-Rome_HQ.mp3..................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Roman_1.mp3.................Campaign8.mp3..........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Roman_2.mp3.................Campaign3-Divinitus.mp3................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_Roman_3.mp3.................20.mp3.................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Campaign_Roman_4.mp3.................Campaign9.mp3..........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Campaign_Roman_5.mp3.................17.mp3.................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Campaign_Roman_6.mp3.................Intro_Roman_Julii.mp3..................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Campaign_to_Battle.mp3...............Mobilize10.mp3.........................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Credits_Forever_RTR.mp3..............Credits-Forever.mp3....................RTR Team and Vlad Kuryluk
Credits_Forever_RTW.mp3..............Credits-Forever_(Rome_Total_War).mp3...Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Credits_Rome_Total_War_Theme.mp3.....Frontend1-Rome_Total_War.mp3...........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Game_Win_Barbarian.mp3...............GameWin-Barbarian.mp3..................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Game_Win_Eastern.mp3.................GameWin-Arabic.mp3.....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Game_Win_Greek.mp3...................GameWin-Arabic.mp3.....................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Game_Win_Roman.mp3...................Win2-Roman_Victory.mp3.................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Barbarian_1.mp3.............3.mp3..................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Barbarian_2.mp3.............unknown................................Unknown, I have lost my original copy.
Mobilize_Barbarian_3.mp3.............battlefield_music_wip.mp3..............RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music WIP Preview
Mobilize_Barbarian_4.mp3.............Mobilize12.mp3.........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Mobilize_Eastern_1.mp3...............13.mp3.................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Eastern_2.mp3...............12.mp3.................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Eastern_3.mp3...............Mobilize14.mp3.........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Mobilize_Eastern_4.mp3...............Egyptian_song1.mp3.....................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music WIP Preview
Mobilize_Generic_1.mp3...............4.mp3..................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Generic_2.mp3...............20.mp3.................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Generic_3.mp3...............Mobilize3-Enemy_is_Near.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Generic_4.mp3...............5.mp3..................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview
Mobilize_Greek_1.mp3.................Intro_Greek.mp3........................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Greek_2.mp3.................Mobilize13.mp3.........................RTR Team and RTR(v6.2) Music Add-on
Mobilize_Greek_3.mp3.................Mobilize4-Army_of_Drums.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Greek_4.mp3.................Intro_Roman_Brutii.mp3.................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Roman_1.mp3.................Mobilize1-Journey_to_Rome_Part2.mp3....Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Roman_2.mp3.................Mobilize6-Soldiers_Chant.mp3...........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Roman_3.mp3.................Mobilize2-Warrior_March.mp3............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Mobilize_Roman_4.mp3.................Mobilize5-Mobilize.mp3.................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
RTR_Menu_Music.mp3...................18.mp3.................................Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Tension_1.mp3........................Tension1-Journey_to_Rome_Part1.mp3.....Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Tension_2.mp3........................Tension2-Caesars_Nightmare.mp3.........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Tension_3.mp3........................Tension3-Death_Approaches.mp3..........Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Tension_4.mp3........................Tension4-Drums_of_Doom.mp3.............Creative Assembly and Jeff Van Dyck
Teutoburg_Intro.mp3..................7.mp3..................................RTR Team and RTR(v6.0) Music Preview

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License Agreement:
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Terms of Use
This software is FREEWARE. This software is provided "as is", without any guarantee made as to its suitability or fitness for any particular use. It may contain bugs, so use of this mod is at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any damage that may unintentionally be caused through its use. I have verified it on a local system and on a number of other users computers, but there is no way for me to be able to guarantee that it will work on each and every system configuration out there.

[Ashantus]

Edit: works fine.

Greetings
Ashantus

[Porphyrogenita]

Was able to downlaod & install w/o any probs (was havng some problems yesterday with beaglenet though).

Regards

[Darth Stalin]

Hey, Marcus!
There's a problem I ALWAYS have when trying to DL your music pack - the file transfer gest broken after some 60MBs DL-ed already, and I wasn't able to DL it ANYWAY. I tried some teens of times, but the result was ALWAYS the same - breaking down and incomplete file left.
What is wrong and how can I DL the mod? maybe You should place it on any different server than beaglepic?
It's really frustrating that I can't DL the mod...

[Marcus Camillus]

Hey, Marcus!
There's a problem I ALWAYS have when trying to DL your music pack - the file transfer gest broken after some 60MBs DL-ed already, and I wasn't able to DL it ANYWAY. I tried some teens of times, but the result was ALWAYS the same - breaking down and incomplete file left.
What is wrong and how can I DL the mod? maybe You should place it on any different server than beaglepic?
It's really frustrating that I can't DL the mod...

No problem, I've been planning to upload it to a free file sharing site like my other mods, but have not gotten around to it yet.

[Praxil]

I can confirm that there is problem with the link. I got ReMix on my second try.

Nice job Vlad, thanks Marcus for the ReMix. It's just I never said it, so...

[Darth Stalin]

And when will the replacement occur?
I'm really looking forward to hear that music...

[Juba1]

hello,

this seem to be a really nice work, i m going to download it right now.

thanks Marcus.

i just love "Over the Mountains" from Vlad Kuryluk.

thanks Vlad

[Darth Stalin]

Well, can anyone who was able to DL the Music mod to upload it on (even temporarily) any free server that it could be DL-ed? I'm despairing having no possibility to hear that beauty music...

[Juba1]

well, i installed rtr music remix mod v1.1 on rtr platinum v1.9 for BI, everything is ok (the music is different), i can play but after a few turns i always get a CTD ?? so i forgot about install this music mod even if i like vlad music. but maybe someone has the same problem and has a solution ??

[svramj]

Is it compatible with RTR PE 1.9

[Darth Stalin]

Hey, guys, was anyone able to DL the music mod?
I've started it again just a while ago and I'm wondering if I'll bhe able to complete the DL before it crashes once more... :/

[Darth Stalin]

F***g s***t!
The DL-ing has again failed after finishing some 10% of the file!
Marcus Camillus, could you PLEASE move the music file into ANY OTHER server that does not end transmission every time I'm trying to DL the file?

Thank You in advance.

[Juba1]

sorry for u Darth Stalin, but i did succeed to DL it in july with any problems...so keep trying. (only thing is that i got ctd after installed it)
if u dont succeed u can try to DL Casus Belli music pack, which is really nice music...
good luck.

[Darth Stalin]

Hmm... where's the Casus Belli?
And I'm tired with trying to DL that MC's stuff - why hasn't he replied to asks for solving that situation?
I wonder why I have such problems with that file - so far I was able to DL all mods and add-ons for RTW from almost everywhere - any idea?

[Darkarbiter]

I don't get it... is this like the music 6.2 addon with like 2 extra scrapped songs(or preview songs whatever)?

BTW I really loved the RTR music!

[Marcus Camillus]

Hmm... where's the Casus Belli?
And I'm tired with trying to DL that MC's stuff - why hasn't he replied to asks for solving that situation?
I wonder why I have such problems with that file - so far I was able to DL all mods and add-ons for RTW from almost everywhere - any idea?

I have moved it to other servers previously, but those sites no longer host it. I suppose I can once again upload it to one of the file sharing sites. Any site that you prefer? Some sites do not work well for all people. I'll check back on Saturday and go with any suggestion, or pick one myself.

Incidently, the download link I give above is hosted on my own webspace that I pay for from 1&1 Internet, a web-hosting service. Its the only place I can trust to not stop hosting it, providing a permanent home for the music add-on that most people's ISP's have not had problems accessing.

I don't get it... is this like the music 6.2 addon with like 2 extra scrapped songs(or preview songs whatever)?

BTW I really loved the RTR music!

Its a complete rewrite of the original RTR v6.2 music add-on. The original composer of the RTR music gave me 2 additional music tracks that were not finished in time to make it into the RTR v6.2 music add-on, and I added them to my music mod.

Also, to any who might read this, I am no longer actively reading these forums on a daily basis. I continue to host my add-on mods, but do not often check these forums to answer posts. I no longer have the free time for that kind of response rate. It might be as long as 2 or 3 weeks before I can respond, or as little as a day or so.

[pralexander ashoka]

not working.....how to install....?????

[florin80]

Define not working. Other then that, there are very detalied install instructions in the post with the dl link.

[Alatar98]

i had to try about 30 times to get the whole files but it works eventualy. just need to have a dl that resumes were it left off.