It should be possible to load a "music only" gamedir.
Why?
I was testing something in DOS with the wrong CD loaded and realized how cool it was that Quake just worked with some other random redbook cd. A quick search reveals that at least one CD was sold with this as a selling point: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_Music_(album)
Not only is it cool, but it will allow those making videos / streaming to more easily load their royalty free soundtracks and avoid getting bonked.
I propose a new cvar (snd_musicdir maybe?) that, set to a mod directory, will tell the engine to load that mod's music/ dir instead of the current game dir. It should be cleared on exit / game change.
It should be possible to load a "music only" gamedir.
Why?
I was testing something in DOS with the wrong CD loaded and realized how cool it was that Quake just worked with some other random redbook cd. A quick search reveals that at least one CD was sold with this as a selling point: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_Music_(album)
Not only is it cool, but it will allow those making videos / streaming to more easily load their royalty free soundtracks and avoid getting bonked.
I propose a new cvar (
snd_musicdirmaybe?) that, set to a mod directory, will tell the engine to load that mod'smusic/dir instead of the current game dir. It should be cleared on exit /gamechange.