Music ending when player dies?

[DrowzyBomber13]

I wanted to make the player play a song when they die, and I was wondering if there was a way to make the music for the level turn off when the player dies, and reactivates when they restart the level. Any help would be great.

[Geckertim]

I'm interested in this as well. Could really help sell fast-paced encounters.

[Nevander]

You could do two ACS scripts. One as a DEATH script to SetMusic to nothing which would stop music. Then a script for ENTER to SetMusic to whatever should play normally.

 

https://zdoom.org/wiki/SetMusic

https://zdoom.org/wiki/Script_types

Edited June 8, 2021 by Nevander

[Geckertim]

3 hours ago, Nevander said:

You could do two ACS scripts. One as a DEATH script to SetMusic to nothing which would stop music. Then a script for ENTER to SetMusic to whatever should play normally.

 

https://zdoom.org/wiki/SetMusic

https://zdoom.org/wiki/Script_types

That's actually a perfect idea. Don't know why I hadn't thought of that. Thank you!

[DrowzyBomber13]

12 hours ago, Nevander said:

You could do two ACS scripts. One as a DEATH script to SetMusic to nothing which would stop music. Then a script for ENTER to SetMusic to whatever should play normally.

 

https://zdoom.org/wiki/SetMusic

https://zdoom.org/wiki/Script_types

What would that look like? I'm not very familiar with this stuff

[Geckertim]

16 minutes ago, DrowzyBomber13 said:

What would that look like? I'm not very familiar with this stuff

This is what I did.

[DrowzyBomber13]

2 minutes ago, Geckertim said:

This is what I did.

Dankeschon, sorry agin xp

[DrowzyBomber13]

9 minutes ago, Geckertim said:

This is what I did.

Mine isn't working. Do I name it "SNDINFO" in the wad or what do I name it? Sorry, I'm a terrible programmer

Edited June 8, 2021 by DrowzyBomber13

[Gez]

It's ACS, it's not SNDINFO. This would normally go in your map's scripts (you can do that from the map editor). If your map is in a format that doesn't allow scripts, there's a workaround but it's more complicated.

 

The so-called Hexen format and UDMF both allow scripts. The so-called Doom format doesn't. If your map is in Doom format, you have to set your script through a library instead.

[Geckertim]

7 minutes ago, DrowzyBomber13 said:

Mine isn't working. Do I name it "SNDINFO" in the wad or wha do I name it? Sorry, I'm a terrible programmer

This goes in the scripts document for your map. You can access it through Doom Builder's script editor or by opening the wad for your map in Slade.

Here is the scripts document in the wad for my map:

After writing the script, save the document, then click the blue arrow to compile it:

Hopefully this helps!

Edited June 8, 2021 by Geckertim

[DrowzyBomber13]

2 minutes ago, Geckertim said:

This goes in the scripts document for your map. You can access it through Doom Builder's script editor or by opening the wad for your map in Slade.

Here is the scripts document in the wad for my map:

After writing the script, save the document, then click the blue arrow to compile it:

Hopefully this helps!

Do I copy it down for every map or is there a way to mass allow it?

[Geckertim]

1 minute ago, DrowzyBomber13 said:

Do I copy it down for every map or is there a way to mass allow it?

I believe you'll need to copy it for each individual map, but I'm not sure.

[DrowzyBomber13]

1 minute ago, Geckertim said:

I believe you'll need to copy it for each individual map, but I'm not sure.

Ok, thanks, doc