LETS GOOOOO. this and multiplayer are the two things I've been waiting for

Hi folks! Pleased to report that we made huge strides today in finishing some of the most annoying work. I'm not going to say anything more concrete than this, but we're hoping to release a little ahead of schedule~.

Now would be a good time to get those last minute requests into the Song Request Box, because I will be finalizing Encore's tracklisting and implementing it on Wednesday. When that happens, Encore's tracklist will be set for a while until it gets its first update a ways down the line. I particularly need songs from during or before 1993, but I will accept any that fall into the 1994-2004 range as well.

Done and done! More than happy to support ya works!

I'd like to make a small offer as well: Any one of five people who donate $10+ to the listed PayPal in the description will receive their own song, with minimal restrictions on genre/source and none on time period, included in the Encore pack as an easter-egg. I'm not in dire straits, but y'know, people do patreon rewards and all that, and I did put a bunch of money into the mod commissioning code--I thought it wouldn't hurt to reap a little~.

If you make such a donation, you can add me on steam and I'd be happy to discuss your request. I'll also make little references to you in the dialogues that I'm writing for the hosts, and I will also officially name one of the custom survivor zombies coming to MFTEOTW 2.0 after you as well!

For transparency: the Encore pack is a separate expansion pack that can be installed and enabled separately from the main mod. It has a lot of extra easter-egg tracks that go into the Easter Egg drop pool, which will include yours.

Here: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2857842616/5401527630821495856/

Can you let us know where the forum is located? I'm very blind when it comes to looking for things and cant seem to find it

The final stretch of work is to commence tomorrow. You may see a release ahead of schedule depending on how lucky we are.

Now would be the time to send song requests. I have (or will, momentarily) re-opened the forum that existed for this purpose. Please send requests there, for inclusion in the upcoming Encore expansion pack that will add 150-200 songs depending on the number of requests received.

Wanted to leave my message saying thank you for all the hard work! Your mod is a MUST in my playthroughs. No matter how long it takes I am looking forward to the new updated version. Thank you all for what you do!! You all do not get enough credit and praise!

It makes me so happy to see this mod still being worked on and I can't wait for the new update. Playing B42 without this isn't quite the same!

@batsonline.ttv Fuck yeah mate, glad to see we got an official date!

Can't wait to use this in B42!

@batsonline.ttv, that is great news, eagerly, patiently awating for the update.

Cheers.

Work resumes tomorrow.

I'm setting a tentative, non-solid release date to which I will try to stick:

June 20th, MFTEOTW 2.0 will be coming.

I would love to simply thank the mod creators for literally adding in ~50 songs in my playlist. Take care of yourselves, hope the moving will go smoothly, change is for the best

@batsonline, okay, when you drop this update i will test it out, and give feedback, this was a must for me in the past build, glad is coming back.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for bring it back and for the amazing work you guys provide the community with.

Cheers,

@Rusty #DopeRust Thank you very much! Our expectation is, at least for the moment, that the two systems will functionally work independent of each other as long as you use the sandbox settings to avoid any frequency overlaps. They are extremely different in execution even if they are superficially similar--to the extent that I'd probably run both concurrently myself!

@batsonline, amazing work, eagerly expecting this update, i expect it will work with True Radio Station, since it seems to have those dialogues for stations?

Cheers.

For those interested, I've prepared a set of samplers for the host dialogues from the upcoming update. This is the part of the mod in which I had the most creative expression and did something other than just cobbling together garbage code and begging Albion for functional code, so I'm eager to share it with you all.

https://imgur.com/gallery/mfteotw-host-samples-xuqXDuA

Each host will have many dialogues like these, that will play sparely at routine and predictable times on a(n in-game) monthly basis alongside many other smaller dialogues. Tell me what you think!

@batsonline
For sure, happy to help~ HMU anytime and I'll respond when I can.

And TY for the info on the songs / why there's no fork, appreciated.

Good luck with the move. : )

@Box Lover Honestly, maybe I'll consider it. Thank you for volunteering your help.

The songs past '93 are toggleable, in that you can disable the pack and they won't show up. However, you unfortunately still have to download them--and there's a bunch of interconnected reasons as to why I don't want to make a fork without them, as much as I've considered doing so. Realistically, the 250 songs is not that much space--it amounts to about a gigabyte, which is a fair amount, but it isn't gonna' kill ya'.

As for others:

I will be resuming work on this mod in May, and expect the B42 version to release sometime in early June. We will be moving, and hopefully that will massively improve both my living situation and my workflow (i.e. the physical space I inhabit, it's actually really hard to type for long periods of time right now) in a way that will allow me to resume development.

No more delays.

no build 42??

@batsonline I'd be happy to manage those radio station genres if you add+DM me the spreadsheet. Sorting 1k songs would take maybe a week at most for me and I'd do it just for fun.

Also, are the 250 songs past '93 togglable?

If not, please make it so -- maybe even make a simple reupload of this mod but 'lore friendly', as 275 songs is a decent amount of 'wasted space' to my brokeass.

Hope your life is getting less rough, Thanks~

Have you considered adding Here's to you - Ennio Morricone, Joan Baez.

updates on this?

oingo boingo, splendid

The sorting of music is something AI could *possibly* help with, given they should be able to recognize the music titles and sort them into categories you've chosen; it should help make the process a bit less tedious atleast.

Unfortunately, a huge part of it is not something that can be automated in any way because it requires human judgment. That is--constructing the radio stations and sorting MFTEOTW's massive amount of music into specific genre pools, among a bunch of similar stuff.

Depending on what it is, it might be possible to write a script to automate the changes needed; or if you're not lothe to do so, have an AI help.

Delays abound. The remainder of the work to be done is unfortunately hours of grueling and tedious busywork that I don't currently have the energy to do. I am trying to find the time to finish it but life's been rough lately. Just let it be known that this mod isn't abandoned or anything.

They're already working on the B42 version, wait patiently

Please make compatible with build 42

So this compatible with b42?? how much i gotta read to find the answer fak

when's the release? I missed this mod already

@batsonline
Hey batsonline!
I hope you and the rest of the contributors are doing well!
Do you have a trello to show the progress and work being done on the B42 update?
I'm extremely excited to see the features you have planned, and would be interested to follow behind the scenes.

When I first found True Music, I tried several of the top voted ones, but yours is the only one I found that by its core is truly time-accurate, with all songs at the same volume level, and with such a great pick of songs that it's unlikely you're ripped from immersion thinking "This is the 3rd time that song plays" or "Wow, it's obvious that the author of the mod was a metal head, because it's 70% 90's metal, and mostly bad ones at that"

I hope B42 hasn't been too much of a burden, I know it's been pretty different to mod for many of us, and hope that it's been easy for you.

Very happy to hear the news! Thank you for all the work you have done, this mod has completely changed the game experience and has introduced me to some great songs! :)

Not only will the update bring compatibility with B42, but a truly staggering amount of new features and additions. I encourage anyone who hasn't to check out the patch notes I linked below, there is much to be excited for!

I'm so glad this will be updated. This is by far the best music mod. I'm using "True Music: Whatever" right now until this mod is updated. The music in this mod brought me so much nostalgia. Looking forward to the update.

So to interpret this for folks looking for a simple answer, once updated in about a month it will no longer be compatible for b41, instead swap out to the version that will be linked here.
If you just want the version for b42, stay subcribed and wait patiently.

EARLY NOTICE: When this workshop item updates to 2.0, it will only be compatible with B42 and will cease to be compatible with B41, which could have catastrophic implications for your server if you simply allow it to update.

Consequently, we will be releasing a B41-compatible version which will be uploaded as a secondary workshop item and will be linked here, in the comments, when it is released. This will be released THREE DAYS in advance of B42 compatibility sometime in late February or early March. Server owners and players will need to switch away from this workshop item and to the new B41-specific version, or risk having items destroyed on their saves when loaded.

Keep an eye out for when this switch is occurring. It is the best we can do to give you an opportunity to update; if you experience issues after the three-day window, well, too bad.

If you play on a server that features MFTEOTW, make them aware of this.

my boeing b-52 is on this mod

A little update:

MFTEOTW 2.0 was put on hold for quite a while for a lot of reasons, but I am looking to get back to work soon. We are near the end with most of what we have to do; I will soon be busy packing the planned Encore expansion and the Home Labelled expansion with additional music and finishing the remaining radio dialogue and radio work.

We will be looking into some solutions to True Music's current limbo state, but for the time being, assume that you will have to use certain unsanctioned True Music fix uploads until Tsar's return in order for this mod to work.

https://pastebin.com/4Q5iRaaF

Here are the patch notes for MFTEOTW 2.0, to which some small new things have been added as well. Keep your ear to the ground, because you may soon hear music.

If you want to ensure MFTEOTW 2.0 comes out as soon as possible, tipping me is always an appreciated option.

Damn, I can't install this mod onto my B-52?
There goes my evening, I hope you feel sorry for ruining my afternoon, I was gonna blast some tunes while dropping some care packages in the exclusion zone, but now I guess I'll just have to watch some VHS tapes the news helicopter recorded a while back, heard they found a survivor - well, that there was a survivor - left in the zone.
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

reading coment about boeing b-52 is absolute cinema

Unfortunately, this mod is not compatible with the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

how do i add this to b52 it does not show up in the mods section

if it got deleted how would you be commenting on the mod page!?

no?

did this mod just get fucking deleted??

Its okay batsonline I forgive you

Notice to all commenters: Any problem with this mod is almost certainly a problem with the original True Music and has literally nothing to do with me. If you comment asking me to update to B42 for a reason that is related to base True Music, I will have to send your family a strongly worded letter about how stupid you are and everyone will think you're a dumb idiot. My apologies.

on my multiplayer the device options for vinyl player only takes vhs and not vinyl records