---------------------------- Installation ---------------------------- Extract absmp3player.zip into your Tribes 2 directory. When completed you should have three files that in a default install appear here: ..\Tribes2\GameData\base\scripts\autoexec\absMP3Player\absPlayListEditor.exe ..\Tribes2\GameData\base\scripts\autoexec\absMP3Player\Comdlg32.ocx ..\Tribes2\GameData\base\scripts\autoexec\absMP3Player\ReadMe.txt ..\Tribes2\GameData\base\absMP3Player.vl2 For convenience, you'll probably want to make a shortcut to absPlayListEditor.exe for easy use. This script supports Writer's SCRIPT loader. Though not needed, I strongly recommend getting Writer's SUPPORT script found here: http://www.planettribes.com/depot/ -------------------------------- Instructions - Making a playlist -------------------------------- By default absMP3Player will play the Tribes 2 soundtrack until you configure it to use a different playlist. Playlists are generated or converted by running absPlayListEditor.exe. Once open you can: - Select MP3 files to add to a playlist. - Add an entire directory of MP3s to a playlist. - Mix up directories and individual files. - Change play order of tracks in a playlist. - Remove specific tracks from the playlist. - Clear the playlist to start over. - Load a previously made playlist for editing. - Convert M3U, PLS, or TMMS playlists into my playlist format. - Delete playlists. Its the same as deleting a file from the absMP3 directory but easier. The list view of files is more than for show. You can double-click on any file (MP3, PLS, M3U) and my editor will auto-load the file. I can't implement this in the directory view since you have to double-click to open folders. Also, the playlist editor window is resizeable. All playlists are stored in: ..\Tribes2\GameData\base\absMP3 NOTE: All MP3s music be on the SAME drive as where Tribes 2 is installed. This is a limitation in the way Tribes 2 handles audio files. There is nothing I can do about it. NOTE: If you get an error when opening/saving playlists copy the COMDLG32.OCX file into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory (for 9.x) or WINNT\SYSTEM32 (for NT/2000). NOTE: If you have trouble running the program try downloading/installing the VB Runtime environment found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=28337 --------------------------------- Instructions - Using absMP3Player --------------------------------- Once you've made some playlists load up Tribes 2. From the launch menu select SETTINGS. In the Settings dialog select CONTROLS. Scroll to the bottom and find these entries: MP3 Start Music MP3 Stop Music MP3 Next Music Track MP3 Prev Music Track MP3 Display Menu Bind keys to these entries. My configuration is: MP3 Start Music CTRL-UP ARROW MP3 Stop Music CTRL-DOWN ARROW MP3 Next Music Track CTRL-RIGHT ARROW MP3 Prev Music Track CTRL-LEFT ARROW MP3 Display Menu ALT-UP ARROW This is all pretty much self-explanatory. The MP3 Display Menu command is used in-game to get a dialog with options. TrackSelect and PlayList select require clicking the button on the bottom of the dialog to confirm your selection. If you select the option REPEAT TRACK the currently selected track will be repeated until the mission ends, at which time the next track in the playlist is used unless you've specified that tracks be played randomly. If you use the MP3 Stop Music command, the music will remain stopped until you either indicate you want it started again by pressing any other MP3 command key or quitting the game and reloading. This is intentional since I figure if you want the music stopped it should stay stopped until you indicate otherwise. ---------------------------- Revisions ---------------------------- 1.0.2 - Fixed issue with VB program flagging run-tine error -76. This is caused by having a Tribes2 install that doesn't sync with the location specified by the Tribes2 registry entries. absMP3PlaylistEditor will now reference its directory if it can't find any registry entries. Should the progam be located outside of the Tribes2 directory hieararchy it will pop an error and shutdown. 1.0.1 - Removed Absynthe's Filter stuff from script and gui. Will use Writer's SUPPORT script for configuration now. 1.0.0 - Initial Release ---------------------------- Referenece ---------------------------- #name = Absynthe's MP3 Player #version = 1.0.2 #date = September 23rd, 2001 #description = Plays MP3s from directories other than the default, handles playlists. #author = Chuck "Absynthe" Simciak #warrior = Absynthe #email = absynthe@voyager.net #web = http://my.voyager.net/~absynthe ---------------------------- absPlayListEditor.exe Reference ---------------------------- Registry Code Module by Kenneth Ives - kenaso@home.com Source available at http://www.freevbcode.com/ Window Resize Source Code Provided by: http://www.vb-helper.com