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Xandar's picture

umx or uax??

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i like to add music into my maps (yes i know long downloads and lag but f**c it) i learn i make uax files lbut lately i find tutorial how to make umx so what is better u think umx or uax??

Submitted by Xandar on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:13
Laurie the Deepminded's picture

I think Brenner asked a similar question about trying to find a tutorial in his "how-import-music-file-map" thread in "Editing & User Creations". He is using ".uax" though. Jetrell came in and posted some tips and a link to help him with.

Submitted by Laurie the Deep... on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 20:05
Brenner's picture

Correct me if i'm wrong but I think you can't make a big .uax file, .uax must be small but if you use .umx you can make a big music file.

Not sure.

Submitted by Brenner on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 20:49
Jetrell's picture

Good question... I think it's probably a personal preference type of thing but if there is someone out there that knows about this topic I'd very much like to hear their opinion.

I like using .umx files because they are smaller but I'm not really sure if that's completely true. Also, I suspect that not many people playing Rune have enabled their music player so that could be a problem.

Some Unreal engine games used .umx files for music while other games like Rune used .uax files for music.

Submitted by Jetrell on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 21:08
Jetrell's picture

Brenner, I think what you said is generally true or at least that is what I have found when I've experimented.

With music files you can "loop" a short file so that it seems like a long song. If you want the song to end all you need to do is add a "stop music event" and the song will end wherever and however you want.

Submitted by Jetrell on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 21:23
Onaga's picture

hrmmm.... you can also use big files as uax
it makes no difference if you use a uax or umx just of the size and the player that has to be enable... i would make sure to create a file with samples to loop
and another file just with single sounds...

maybe uax has a better quality because of the higher size?

Submitted by Onaga on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 09:42
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