Mod The Sims - Broadcaster -- A Custom Stereo Music Utility (UPDATED: 14 September 2021)

Afroshero

Test Subject

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#2

17th Feb 2020 at 5:08 PM

You don't know how long I've been waiting for someone to make this! Thank you!!!

AGuyCalledPi

Mad Poster

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#3

17th Feb 2020 at 5:29 PM

Oh wow. That's pretty marvellous. This makes a lot of stuff redundant. Thanks!

Naus Allien

Inventor

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#4

17th Feb 2020 at 6:44 PM

10 years after release, we FINALLY got a tool to create custom music stations. You're a hero, gamefreak130!

Battery

Space Pony

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#5

17th Feb 2020 at 9:33 PM

This looks very good indeed congratz gamefreak130 !

Buurz

Lab Assistant

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#6

17th Feb 2020 at 9:51 PM

You are a true hero, gamefreak130! Thank you!

Enjoji

Scholar

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#7

17th Feb 2020 at 10:22 PM

(bows to gamefreak130) I shall erect a monument in your honor - thank you...

This is just wonderful stuff - I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wished for so long for a way to simplify the process of adding custom stations - and here you are, granting the wish! This will make my medieval game so much more immersive - and all the other stations I have ideas for!! (eyes up mp3s of Sims 1 and Sims 2 music...)

desiree101

Scholar

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#8

18th Feb 2020 at 2:13 AM Last edited by desiree101 : 18th Feb 2020 at 3:10 PM.

Fantastic! I would actually play my game un-muted now just to add my own mp3s with this! Thank you

daciasil

Lab Assistant

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#9

18th Feb 2020 at 11:41 AM

This is amazing. Does anyone know where to get the mp3s to sims 2? I really loved those stations. Thank you again for making this mod~

Andrew66523

Lab Assistant

#10

18th Feb 2020 at 12:05 PM

Okay, the trouble of making new stations and adding new music was awful! And I'm not risking my PC just for the correct codec((s)?), but this, this is a savior! I hope this gets starred!

i used to make dumb mods when i was bored, next time i'm bored i'll make a new mod.

Slamyy

Lab Assistant

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#11

18th Feb 2020 at 1:52 PM

I cannot express my excitement when I saw this. Thank you so much :)

jje1000

Mad Poster

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#12

18th Feb 2020 at 2:02 PM

Amazing, TS3 gets better and better!

Simsdestroyer

Forum Resident

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#13

18th Feb 2020 at 5:54 PM

This is awesome.. I'm assuming with this tool, if I want to take the songs that play in the Indie category and replace them with my own custom music, that's possible???

gamefreak130

Space Pony

Original Poster

#14

18th Feb 2020 at 6:37 PM Last edited by gamefreak130 : 18th Feb 2020 at 6:48 PM.

Thank you all for the kind words.

Quote: Originally posted by Simsdestroyer

This is awesome.. I'm assuming with this tool, if I want to take the songs that play in the Indie category and replace them with my own custom music, that's possible???

Unfortunately, no. While you can easily add your own custom music to the Indie station using Broadcaster, replacing existing songs, while not impossible, is beyond the scope of the program.

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puffkins2000

Test Subject

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#15

18th Feb 2020 at 10:54 PM

THANK YOU. You have no idea how much I've wanted this for TS1, TS2, TS4, and TSM music for my game! I even made a "radio station" folder in case I, or someone else, could achieve this awesomeness.

Spiderses

Lab Assistant

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#16

19th Feb 2020 at 5:02 AM

Great program! Works perfectly on 1.67.

The only thing I think you should mention is that every song you want to add to a particular station should be in the same package. If you have more than one package for the same station, there's a chance they will conflict.

For example, I originally made two packages called "TS1 Latin in Latin" and "TS2 Salsa in Latin", but some songs conflicted and didn't show up in-game until I made a new package with all the songs combined.

Andrew66523

Lab Assistant

#17

19th Feb 2020 at 12:27 PM

Okay, I've properly used it and it works like a charm! and my collection not supporting Sims FM is a bummer, but I can now easily make my own FM! It's not as tedious but I would still need decoding and conversion for a new station based off of pre-existing songs, but that's a bummer that won't be gone any time soon, unless I were to make something that will benefit off of this :eyes:

i used to make dumb mods when i was bored, next time i'm bored i'll make a new mod.

Naus Allien

Inventor

#18

19th Feb 2020 at 2:51 PM

Finally my Sims can dance to TS1 Vacation's music:

Argus

Test Subject

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#19

19th Feb 2020 at 5:28 PM

This is not only awesome! This is outstanding!!
Brilliant, mate! Thank you so much! I've always wanted this mod!! I have no clue why it was never a feature of the game, like it was on sims 2.
Does it work for other areas of the game as well, such as build/buy/cas/map? Is it possible to add this funcionality if it doesn't?
Regardless, Thank you again! This is brilliant work!

Spiderses

Lab Assistant

#20

19th Feb 2020 at 9:14 PM

Quote: Originally posted by gamefreak130

It's most likely some weirdness with audio tuning that I hadn't fully anticipated; it's very possible that the game can only read audio from the same package file that the audio tuning for the station is contained in -- which, if you have songs with the same title in two different package files, will not necessarily be the case.

I may be able to resolve this by giving music files unique names internally, but in the meantime, if you were to rename the overlapping MP3 files before creating the second station, there should be no conflict.

None of the songs have the same file names, though.

Simsdestroyer

Forum Resident

#21

19th Feb 2020 at 10:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by gamefreak130

Thank you all for the kind words.

Unfortunately, no. While you can easily add your own custom music to the Indie station using Broadcaster, replacing existing songs, while not impossible, is beyond the scope of the program.

Gotcha!!! Awesomesauce, now we're able to add more selections to the stations already set up in game!! I love this!!!! I can have a true all Hip Hop club!!!

gamefreak130

Space Pony

Original Poster

#22

20th Feb 2020 at 12:07 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Spiderses

None of the songs have the same file names, though.

Ah, I misread your description of the problem. I did my own test adding two different songs in two different packages to the same station and they worked fine, so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Are all the songs appearing in the music preview tab of the options menu?

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mccorade

Lab Assistant

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#23

20th Feb 2020 at 1:00 AM

Ah! Thanks so much! I'm so glad this has the ability to add music to pre-existing station so the stations with only five or so songs can have more music.

FizzySoda

Test Subject

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#24

20th Feb 2020 at 2:09 AM

Thanks to this mod I can finally play my custom music through the community lot speaker. You don't know how happy this makes me. Thank you so much! This mod should definitely receive a star.

Spiderses

Lab Assistant

#25

20th Feb 2020 at 6:49 AM

Quote: Originally posted by gamefreak130

Ah, I misread your description of the problem. I did my own test adding two different songs in two different packages to the same station and they worked fine, so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Are all the songs appearing in the music preview tab of the options menu?

Maybe my problem was just some sort of fluke? Some of the songs appeared in the options menu, and some didn't.

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Broadcaster -- A Custom Stereo Music Utility (UPDATED: 14 September 2021)