Server Suggestion Paralake Radio

[privateme]

Suggestion Title: Paralake Radio
Suggestion Description: There should be a Paralake radio station hosted by players and admins on the server. It could play music, run interviews, run shows and have a phone in number to call. It could be run from a building, maybe a Bazaar shop or the suburbs, or a brand new place. It could only be accessed in game.

Why should this be added?:
- it would enable a free place for players to talk

What negatives could this have?:
- unsure

What problem would this suggestion solve?: N/A

 

[Akeno Himejima]

This has been tried over and over, but the host of the Paralake radio always ended up being too busy or gave up on the project. As I was part of the last "Player Made" radio station, the person got too busy but had a really great attempt at doing what was already done.
This would have to be done out of your own initiative and not the developers time. There's a lot that needs to happen for this to happen.

 

[RipperJuice]

The idea is great. The execution could be a problem. I agree with @Akeno Himejima that there need to be a dedicated team with an internet radio stream which plays 24/7 music, jingles, news and weather etc. If this has a solid foundation, then I think the devs could add that internet stream to the list of available channels.

 

[Matthew]

if someone is willing to host it this would be a great idea! it just may be hard to find people willing to do it and keep it up 24/7, i’m sure if someone set something up it could be added in game

 

[DanielRabbit]

Suggestion Title: Paralake Radio
Suggestion Description: There should be a Paralake radio station hosted by players and admins on the server. It could play music, run interviews, run shows and have a phone in number to call. It could be run from a building, maybe a Bazaar shop or the suburbs, or a brand new place. It could only be accessed in game.

Why should this be added?:
- it would enable a free place for players to talk

What negatives could this have?:
- unsure

What problem would this suggestion solve?: N/A

It should be vaultcorp radio!

 

[WeicheDecke77]

there are some things that can be negative like the misuse or saying words that shouldnt be said also the performance can be a problem im thankful for having 50 fps in the forest

 

[MangoFracht423]

It should be vaultcorp radio!

that would be the worst

 

[privateme]

If there is nobody available to talk at the time (e.g. early hours of the morning) it could just do music and nothing else.
Also traffic updates!

 

[E-kitten4Grandpas]

Omg this is such a good idea it'd be so fun

 

[Smeris]

As one of the last initiators of 'ParalekFM', The rough cost to run a radio station like this legally came out to 50 to 80 euro's a month. You're going to be fined to shit if you're an european and you don't get proper licenses, a few within this community would know! It would be very difficult to get the communities support in that. I figured the only easy way to host a radio within PERPHeads would be in-game only through youtube links and what not, but that's a logical nightmare because of how Youtube works.

Your idea is good, it's been tried, even. About three seperate times. The first and second player-owned radio lasted a few months, the third got sued into shit and the fourth didn't come from the ground.

I still have a full codebase and system for a player-owned radio, if you can get 10 DJ's and a schedual up and running, let me know..

 

[privateme]

As one of the last initiators of 'ParalekFM', The rough cost to run a radio station like this legally came out to 50 to 80 euro's a month. You're going to be fined to shit if you're an european and you don't get proper licenses, a few within this community would know! It would be very difficult to get the communities support in that. I figured the only easy way to host a radio within PERPHeads would be in-game only through youtube links and what not, but that's a logical nightmare because of how Youtube works.

Your idea is good, it's been tried, even. About three seperate times. The first and second player-owned radio lasted a few months, the third got sued into shit and the fourth didn't come from the ground.

I still have a full codebase and system for a player-owned radio, if you can get 10 DJ's and a schedual up and running, let me know..

Ah right. I wonder if it would be fine to play songs through Spotify onto the station?
A large amount of the playerbase appears to be from Europe so the eu could be an issue.

 

[alexandrovich]

As one of the last initiators of 'ParalekFM', The rough cost to run a radio station like this legally came out to 50 to 80 euro's a month. You're going to be fined to shit if you're an european and you don't get proper licenses, a few within this community would know! It would be very difficult to get the communities support in that. I figured the only easy way to host a radio within PERPHeads would be in-game only through youtube links and what not, but that's a logical nightmare because of how Youtube works.

Your idea is good, it's been tried, even. About three seperate times. The first and second player-owned radio lasted a few months, the third got sued into shit and the fourth didn't come from the ground.

I still have a full codebase and system for a player-owned radio, if you can get 10 DJ's and a schedual up and running, let me know..

Why not make the in-game radio as a TS3 server, accessible via phone/radio? Hosts would have to use Stereo Mix instead of mic, or both.

 

[Brandstorp]

why does it have to be active at all times? It should be a channel like the other radio channels, And if no one is active as a host, then its all quiet. It can almost look like the dispatcher role we have currently.

 

[Akeno Himejima]

why does it have to be active at all times? It should be a channel like the other radio channels, And if no one is active as a host, then its all quiet. It can almost look like the dispatcher role we have currently.

It's a radio channel, people will listen to it.
Aswell, if it was to be quiet the entire time, it'd be a waste of the radio license. It's either you're wasting money or using it to It's full potential.

 

[privateme]

Why not make the in-game radio as a TS3 server, accessible via phone/radio? Hosts would have to use Stereo Mix instead of mic, or both.

That sounds like a good idea.

 

[Tilin]

Like everyone has said. It's been tried and tried again, but it ends up failing. The costs, the initiative and everything is just too much.

It would probably be much cheaper if it was not hosted as an actual digital radio station.

What could be an interesting alternative is hijacking a radio station, which has no talk shows, just music, and allowing whitelisted players to talk over it, by broadcasting their voice across the server for those listening. This is the only viable alternative I think there is and by making it server run, instead of player run, allows people to apply for it and keep it going.

 

[Avesi berdy]

Ill run it. Berdy radio

 

[Brandstorp]

It's a radio channel, people will listen to it.
Aswell, if it was to be quiet the entire time, it'd be a waste of the radio license. It's either you're wasting money or using it to It's full potential.

waste of radio license? Does it cost money to have a extra radio slot?

 

[Tilin]

waste of radio license? Does it cost money to have a extra radio slot?

No, but the radio statios in the game are actual radios and those cost money. The same goes for running our own