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Hello fellow beer drinkin', axe wieldin' dwarves.

Let me present you a c# port of SoundSense.




It's a tight port, using the existing sound pack files/xml's, but with some enhancements.

Enhancements:

• Change volume on each sound channel (SFX, music, weather, swords and trade) independently
• Switch to the next music
• Disable/enable individual sounds
• No configuration of Dwarf Fortress gamelog path needed on Windows (linux needs it, OSX probably too)
• On connecting to a dwarf fortress' gamelog SoundCenSe parses the existing log for last weather and music entries to play right away

Release notes:

System requirements:

Windows:

• .NET 4
• Microsoft Visual c++ runtime redistributables (https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/E/6/2E61CFA4-993B-4DD4-91DA-3737CD5CD6E3/vcredist_x86.exe)
• Gtk-Sharp (http://download.xamarin.com/GTKforWindows/Windows/gtk-sharp-2.12.38.msi)

If SoundCenSe doesn't seem to start (nothing happens when you open it), check the Log.txt file, there the url's will be provided too.
After installing gtk-sharp, a reboot might be needed even the installer doesn't tell you so.

Linux: (Debian)

• mono-complete
• gtk-sharp2

Installation is quite easy:

• Install prerequisites as listed above for your OS
• Download SoundCenSe https://github.com/Algorithman/SoundCenSe/releases
  or compile it from source: https://github.com/Algorithman/SoundCenSe
• Unzip into a folder of your choosing
• Close running dwarf fortress instances (to be able to update the sound pack)*
• Start SoundCense
• Switch to the Update tab and click the update button, wait a while until the downloads are finished*
• Start DF and listen to the music

* Only needed at first start or when you want to update, linux users might need to change the Configuration.json file, setting gamelogPath to "", then try again. I'll fix this in the next version, promised!

If you find any bugs or have any ideas how i can make it better, please do not hesitate to tell me


Credits: Thanks Zwei, for your formidable work on SoundSense
FMOD for their audio library

And as always: Have fun!

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PS: Latest version (1.4.3) should fix the problems with Win10 crashes