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Heretic + Hexen CollectionCD Music included with Hexen and Deathkings is patched to v1.1(30 posts)(30 posts)
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Posted December 23, 2020
Sounds great :)
Posted December 23, 2020
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GuyNamedErick: Unlike the Steam release of Hexen and it's expansion, Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, the CD Music is included in both games. Another thing, the Deathkings WAD file, HEXDD.WAD, is patched to v1.1 out of the box. The Steam release has HEXDD.WAD v1.0 which has the SNDINFO lump missing, meaning no MUS/MIDI music will play. Since HEXDD.WAD v1.1 is included in the GOG release, you don't need to manually patch the game through DOSBox.

I would like to give thanks to the Doom Wiki for this information, you can look on the WAD file page here: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/HEXDD.WAD

Regarding Hexen 2, the CD music is also included, which was not in the Steam release much like the original Hexen and its expansion. So all the Hexen games now have the CD music included in this GOG release.

Just want to make a topic for anyone curious on the differences between the Steam and GOG releases of the Hexen games here. :)

Edit: All music included in all releases are in OGG format! None are in MP3 format and music should also be playable when using a source port like Hammer of Thyrion for Hexen 2. Hopefully there is no more confusion here.
MusicallyInspired has created Roland SC-55 music packs for several classic first person shooters:

https://forums.duke4.net/topic/2505-roland-sc-55-music-packs/

He has one for Heretic available here:

http://sc55.duke4.net/games.php#heretic

At some point in the future, he's also going to make enhanced packs for Heretic and Hexen.
Posted January 29, 2021
I just don't like how the tracks are named: Track01 Track02

This makes them hard to use with source ports.
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GuyNamedErick: Another thing, the Deathkings WAD file, HEXDD.WAD, is patched to v1.1 out of the box. The Steam release has HEXDD.WAD v1.0 which has the SNDINFO lump missing, meaning no MUS/MIDI music will play.
Wait you're telling me that you can't get midi's to play with the Steam version of Death Kings. What if I use a source port?

Also I'm having trouble getting the music files to play in a source port due to how they have been named. I'm Using Doomsday.
Post edited January 29, 2021 by Magmarock
Posted January 30, 2021
As for Hammer of Thyrion, you can just keep the track names from GOG. They play where they are supposed to.
Posted January 31, 2021
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idbeholdME: As for Hammer of Thyrion, you can just keep the track names from GOG. They play where they are supposed to.
No you can't! You have to rename them before they will work with Hammer of Thyrion.
Posted January 31, 2021
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idbeholdME: As for Hammer of Thyrion, you can just keep the track names from GOG. They play where they are supposed to.
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Magmarock: No you can't! You have to rename them before they will work with Hammer of Thyrion.
Right. I misremembered.... No idea why.
Posted February 02, 2021
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idbeholdME: As for Hammer of Thyrion, you can just keep the track names from GOG. They play where they are supposed to.
Actually, you do have to rename them:

http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/music.html
Posted February 03, 2021
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TheBigCore: Actually, you do have to rename them
No you don't have to rename them. Just copy and paste the music folder from your normal HeXen II installation into the "data1" folder of your Hammer of Thyrion installation and then change music type to "all codecs" in the options. Works absolutely fine.
Posted February 12, 2021
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GuyNamedErick: Unlike the Steam release of Hexen and it's expansion, Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, the CD Music is included in both games. Another thing, the Deathkings WAD file, HEXDD.WAD, is patched to v1.1 out of the box. The Steam release has HEXDD.WAD v1.0 which has the SNDINFO lump missing, meaning no MUS/MIDI music will play. Since HEXDD.WAD v1.1 is included in the GOG release, you don't need to manually patch the game through DOSBox.
Thank you for the information.
Posted February 15, 2021
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Voodoo84: Hexen's CD music sounds slightly better than MIDI played on a decent Sound Blaster compatible 25 years ago.

However, DOSBox MIDI reproduction via Microsoft GS Wavetable built into Windows sounds like crap, that's why this release is important.
GZdoom allows to switch soundbanks in Fluidsynth (as of 4.5.0 it's Full Options Menu>Sound Options>Advanced Options>MIDI Player Options>FluidSynth>Select Configuration, from there you can select any sf2 soundfont you put in the "soundfonts" subfolder) and a combination of Virtual MIDI Synth and Coolsoft MIDI mapper allows to get around the Microsoft GS Wavetable by using other soundfonts (you can also find a few possible soundfonts on their website).
Posted February 17, 2021
From PCGamingWiki:

"The CD soundtrack lacks some songs from the MIDI soundtrack and repeats tracks"

It's true?


And why is there a cd-audio version? All musics was done with a SC-55...
Post edited February 17, 2021 by FulVal
Posted February 17, 2021
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FulVal: "The CD soundtrack lacks some songs from the MIDI soundtrack and repeats tracks"

It's true?
Yes, indeed. And things were this way in the official CD release too. That's why I never used CD-audio with this game.
Posted February 17, 2021
I have to confirm this... i have just tried to check music folder... -.-'

I hope that Hexen II has all musics
Post edited February 17, 2021 by FulVal
Posted August 31, 2021
where do i get the good old midi music if i want to play hexen on real 486 (no dosbox involved)?

//edit: nevermind, had to enable midi music in setup utility.
Post edited August 31, 2021 by honx
Posted September 01, 2021
I will start to use adlib/sound blaster with Heretic1 & Hexen1, because all musics were done with a sound blaster...
Post edited October 29, 2021 by FulVal
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