Music
Zengin uses DirectMusic for playing in-game soundtrack. To edit Gothic music files you need the Direct Music Producer, a program released by Microsoft and provided with older DirectX SDK.
Warning
Music files can't be packed in the .vdf or .mod archives, all music files must be located in /_work/Data/Music directory.
File formats
The music directory contains these file types:
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.dls- Downloadable Sound format file. This is the base for all other files. Contains:- Collections of virtual musical instruments.
- Wave files instruments use.
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.sty- Style file. Contains:- Bands - settings for virtual instruments from
.dls. - Patterns - fragments of tracks, that can be later merged, looped and superimposed on each other
- Bands - settings for virtual instruments from
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.sgt- File with properly connected patterns - the final track
Alternative Music System
The zBassMusic plugin replaces Zengin's default music library with the much newer BASS library. This allows, among other things, to play music in such formats as .mp3 or .ogg, and to pack songs into .vdf and .mod archives.