v0.4.0

Caution

IMPORTANT: Go into the game's In-Game Audio Settings and TURN OFF the DJ Voice.

Important

🧩 NEW: ExtraOptions Edition

Running FH2 ExtraOptions 0.3.0 or newer (with its mod loader)? Grab SpotifyRadio-ExtraOptionsEditionV0.4.0.zip from the Assets below. It's the same v0.4.0 music code. The only change is that it loads as an ExtraOptions mod.

Not using ExtraOptions? Grab the standard FH2_Spotify_Radio_v0.4.0.zip and follow Install / update further down.

Warning

⚠️ IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (ExtraOptions Edition)

1. Drag the whole Spotify Radio folder INSIDE the mods folder of your Azimuth install (next to loadorder.txt), so you end up with mods\Spotify Radio\mod.json, mods\Spotify Radio\plugins\spotify-radio.dll and mods\Spotify Radio\spotify-radio\.
2. Remove the standalone version first. Delete D3DCompiler_47.dll and the spotify-radio folder from next to Azimuth.exe, or two radio mods will run at once. If you had the YouTube Music version installed, remove it too, because only one radio mod can be installed at a time.
3. Your MUSIC and MUSIC\TITLE SCREEN folders go in mods\Spotify Radio\spotify-radio\. Empty ones are included, and you can copy your old MUSIC folder straight in.
4. Start the game. ExtraOptions loads the mod and adds it to loadorder.txt on its own.
5. Turn DJ Voice OFF in the in-game Audio Settings, then switch to Horizon XS.

🏝️ Storm Island DLC support, rounded out!

It mostly worked before, and now it's fully supported, including the Storm Island barn find, which holds your song for the whole scene just like the base-game barn finds.

🔧 Fixed this release

• Choppy audio fixed. The bug where the music could turn choppy mid-song, around since day 1, is fixed. No more switching stations to get it back.
• Song-change hitch fixed. The small hitch when the game's station schedule switched songs behind the scenes is fixed.
• Random mid-song Now Playing pop-ups fixed. Same cause as the hitch, fixed together.

There are no new config.ini settings: all of this is just how the mod works now.

Rolled up from recent releases

Audio Core Engine Overhaul

The audio engine was retuned from the ground up, and audio quality got a massive upgrade! Distortion should be a thing of the past, and default levels have been tuned to give the best experience, now allowing you to just set up your personal preferred audio mix in the game, straight from the in-game Audio Settings in the game's options! Optimizations made to general playback and immersion effects, and a new limiter keeps loud songs crisp instead of clipping. Recommendation: Set Radio Volume 2 higher than Car Volume for the best listening experience!

🏁 Fresh songs, Bucket List Challenges!
Now you will get a fresh song at the start of those Bucket Lists!!

⚠️ Known issue: won't connect?

In rare cases the phone's Spotify app stays stuck on "connecting". Force-quit the phone's Spotify app and connect again.

⚠️ One radio mod at a time

This uses the same D3DCompiler_47.dll as the YouTube Music version, FH2 Streaming Radio YTM, so you can only run one of the two. They use separate folders, and you can copy your MUSIC folder between them.

Install / update (standard version)

1. Drop D3DCompiler_47.dll and the spotify-radio folder next to Azimuth.exe and replace the old files. If you had the YouTube Music version, replace its D3DCompiler_47.dll too.
2. Heads-up: there are no new settings this release, so if you're coming from v0.3.0 you can keep your own config.ini. Replacing it resets any settings you changed by hand. Your MUSIC folder, logo.png and login cache are never touched.
3. Turn DJ Voice OFF in the in-game Audio Settings, then switch to Horizon XS.

Something wrong?

Set log_level = debug under [advanced] in spotify-radio\config.ini, play, then send spotify-radio\spotify-radio.log. Put it back to info afterward.