Music Modding With A Separate Wad

Requirements​

Slade: https://slade.mancubus.net/index.php?page=downloads
Music editing program, Preferably audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/

Slade is a great editing software for anything doom modding related. I will be using the most recent version of posting (3.2.6)

Any music program that lets you view selection in milliseconds and edit a file’s metadata will work. However this guide will assume you will be using audacity

For convenience, a list of all the base game lump names are in this companion document: DRRR: Sound Lump Names

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Basics to Music Modding​

Setting up your .wad file​

Open up slade and click on file > new


A popup will appear asking what archive you wish to create, open the dropdown and click on “Doom WAD archive” A new empty tab should appear. Create a new entry (either by right clicking or pressing the green paper), name it MUSICDEF and set it as a “Text Type”





This is what your wad should look like.

Now that you have a MUSICDEF setup it’s time to add your music file. Ring Racers will only play .ogg files.

Importing Files and Crediting them​

When imported, your file’s name will most likely be cut off. You need to assign it a short name and attach O_ to the beginning of it.

Example: O_GEGZ1 (Gene Gadget Zone 1)


Head back to the MUSICDEF, your lump command will be the file’s lump name WITHOUT the O_
Fill in the necessary information. Please make sure proper information is added before sharing with others.


When you are done go up to the blue save icon (or File > Save) and click on it. You will be asked what to name and where to put the file. Save as a .wad file inside your Ring Racer Addons folder.

Testing your wad​

After saving the wad, it is now safe to close slade and open Ring Racers.
Go to Extras > Addons and select your wad.

Afterwards go to Stereo mode and push "Prev" a single time, if everything was done correctly your custom song should show up.


If you don’t have stereo mode unlocked yet, open the console and type “tunes “LUMP””.
“LUMP” should be the file’s lump name without the O_.


There it is, a custom song in Ring Racers! Pretty simple so far. Though you might be wondering how to replace the base game’s music without modifying the original files.

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Slightly more Advanced Modding​

Replacing Base Game Tracks​

Head to the Ring Racers data folder and open “music.pk3” in slade.

The folders are named after the map authors so it might be hard to find the exact track you’re looking for. For this tutorial we’ll use something simple and easy to find, Robotnik Coaster!

The file we are looking for is “O_COASTR”, This is the lump name for Robotnik Coaster.
Go through these folders: Music > Tyron


Copy the file’s name and go back to your custom wad. Rename your original music file with the copied name (O_COASTR)

Now open your MUSICDEF, replace the lump name with “COASTR” (Without _O)


That is all! Open Ring Racers and load your addon and speed off to Robotnik Coaster.


The same process can be done with alt tracks! They can be found inside "altmusic.pk3".

For convenience, a list of all the base game lump names are in this companion document: DRRR: Sound Lump Names

Looping Music​

Open your .ogg (or original mp3 file) in audacity
If you are using an mp3 file (or your original unedited .ogg file) Remove this small bit of silence.


In order to create a seamless loop you will need to find the ending and the loop start. See the playback position cursor (the thin black line) below:

This the ending


This is the loop start

Put your playback position cursor on the loop starting point and don’t move it.


Go down to the set of boxes on the bottom of the application. The large box above the time should be set to “Start and End of Selection” Or “Start and Length of Selection” (We just need the starting numbers). The small box should be set to “hh:mm:ss + miliseconds” by using the arrow on the sides


Now with the ending cut and the loop starting point marked. Go to “Export as OGG”
At the bottom of the tab there is a slider titled “quality”. As said before, it is recommended to set this between 0-2 to lower wad size.


A window should open with some little boxes inside it.
Go to the first empty box on the left side and type “LOOPMS”. Then to the box to the right type in the time in the millisecond box


That’s all, just import it and test it in-game!

Auto-Loading Your Wad​

In your Ring Racers Directory create a new .txt file.

Open the file with a text editor and type “addfile ”, Copy your wad’s name onto the same line. There should not be any spaces in the wad’s name and it MUST end with the file type.

It should be close to this:


Save the file and close it. You will then need to rename it to “Ringexec.cfg”. Windows will ask if you want to change the file type, click “Yes”.



Once you are finished, open Ring Racers and go to your addons, your custom wad should already be loaded.

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