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Obligatory "why won't this port work" topic

I've been trying to get this port of Ask to Wind from DJMAX (which doesn't seem to be available on SMW Central) to work on my hack, but it just refuses to no matter what I do. I've put all of the port's samples in the samples folder, and I've tried creating a path to the samples folder, but still no luck. I don't know the first thing about working with music so I can't make any optimizations to the file, either. Any help?
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that download doesn't even work lol. windows just yells at me when I try to open it
anyway you should try looking at the txt file. the samples section has either #default or #optimized (not both though). if there's another line that has a word with a # before the closing bracket (ex: )
Code
#samples
{
#optimized
#customs
}

that means "customs" is a new sample group and you 1. need to add its samples to a new folder with that name, in the samples folder, and 2. probably have a txt file called "PASTE INTO addmusic_sample_groups" or the like, which needs to be pasted into, you guessed it, addmusic_sample_groups.txt

sometimes someone will define their samples manually in the port though, which looks like this:
Code
#samples
{
#optimized
"sample_folder/sample-1-name.brr"
"sample_folder/sample-name-2.brr"
...
}


in that case, there's probably a folder in the zip with the samples in it (its name in this example would be "sample_folder"). if that's the case then just move it to the samples folder, so the path becomes "(AMK folder)/samples/sample_folder/(all of the samples in that folder). if it just has the names of the samples and no folder name before it then you just put the samples into the samples folder.

hope this was helpful as I can't really look at the port myself

(EDIT) I was able to open it using a different computer which has 7-Zip installed. He defined his samples really weirdly to say the least. You want to put the samples in the zip straight into the samples folder, and probably add #optimized to the sample group. I don't know what errors you're getting so I don't know what needs to be fixed lol, just grasping at straws here really
Originally posted by MrMrMANGOMILK
You want to put the samples in the zip straight into the samples folder, and probably add #optimized to the sample group.

This is exactly what I've been doing since making a path hasn't worked, but it still refuses to work. AMK never specifies what the problem is, it just tells me that there was an error somewhere.
And sorry about the file not opening, I'll fix that lol
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anyone?
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Well, a working download would help out quite a bit.
If you can supply me with one of those, I'll see what I can do.
please click this!
Updated the download, it should work now
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I was able to get it working perfectly fine as is. Dropped the included samples straight into AMK's "samples" folder without creating any additional folders.
Some of the sound effects in the level become distorted, but there's nothing you can do about that without first freeing up space by further compressing the song's samples.

EDIT:
Looks like others already said the same. Post a screenshot of AMK's error. I know you said it never specified what the error was, but it's still worth checking out.


It's literally nothing. I've tried everything, but it just won't work.
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Originally posted by Epic_Manky
It's literally nothing. I've tried everything, but it just won't work.


HOLD IT!

Why are the samples in the "music" folder? It should be in the samples folder included in AddMusicK. No additional folder necessary.
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Originally posted by MarkVD100
Originally posted by Epic_Manky
It's literally nothing. I've tried everything, but it just won't work.


HOLD IT!

Why are the samples in the "music" folder? It should be in the samples folder included in AddMusicK. No additional folder necessary.

You're talking about the "windsamp" folder, right? That was the folder I used when making a path to the samples folder. It's not being used right now. I've already tried putting the included samples directly in AMK's samples folder, but to no avail.
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What does it say when you use the AddMusicK.exe instead of the AMKGUI.exe?
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Originally posted by MarkVD100
What does it say when you use the AddMusicK.exe instead of the AMKGUI.exe?

...It just crashes.
I feel like I'm wasting everyone's time trying to get this to work.
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What exactly is the sample path in the txt of song? (#path)
Put it in the samples folder of amk by the name written there.

edit:
I see you provided a download link, I try to get it to work, give me a few minutes

edit2: ok you got two possibilities:
1) put the samples into the samples folder, but don't put them in any subfolder. It will work then, but gets quite messy if you got multiple ports
2) add a #path to your txt and copy the default sample folder in your new subfolder named like the name you put in #path

both ways work, didn't test it ingame though
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At this point I'm just assuming something is wrong with either my computer or my rom, because there's no reason this should be this difficult. This isn't the only port I can't get to work, I probably have at least a dozen others that just refuse to work no matter what I do. I'll just look for a similar sounding port because this doesn't look like it'll work anytime soon
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As a last ditch effort: re-download AddmusicK and replace your current one with the new download's files.
If it still doesn't work, then I guess you're completely out of luck.