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TCB has the lovely option to set music via scripting. Trouble is occasionally that the music is set upon entrance, but the atmosphere is spoiled by this not taking effect until the entrance description screen is past. Is there some way that music changes could take effect on the description screen?

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Jatopian wrote:
TCB has the lovely option to set music via scripting. Trouble is occasionally that the music is set upon entrance, but the atmosphere is spoiled by this not taking effect until the entrance description screen is past. Is there some way that music changes could take effect on the description screen?

Hmmm... I'd hazard a guess here that scripting doesn't come into play until the room is shown; dunno if there's an easy way to fix that...

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Briareos wrote:

Jatopian wrote:
TCB has the lovely option to set music via scripting. Trouble is occasionally that the music is set upon entrance, but the atmosphere is spoiled by this not taking effect until the entrance description screen is past. Is there some way that music changes could take effect on the description screen?

Hmmm... I'd hazard a guess here that scripting doesn't come into play until the room is shown; dunno if there's an easy way to fix that...

np: Mapstation - Warm Distance (Distance Told Me Things To Be Said)

Well, I think there is. Just add an option in the editor to set the music for each room. When set to <DEFAULT> it will play the default music for that style.

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That sounds like it would work somewhat, but there might be cases wherein the architect wants different music depending upon the entrance.

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Maybe it could set the music for each level.

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It would make sense if the setting was in the window where you type the text.

But I can't see Jatopian's case being a common one. If entrance songs were assigned to rooms and not the entrances themselves, I would just put the entrance in another room. And if the reason is to give the room a different feel, I might even make two separate but similar levels; that way, I can also change the weather!

Regardless, I stand beside putting the option on the entrance text editor. It's logical.

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Current scripting allows writing them for a room only. I think, that "global" level or even hold wide scripting should be added to control music, weather, entrance texts or other settings. It has uses and can contribute to creation of immersive atmosphere in holds. AND it can solve the aforementioned problem.

Although I am thinking too big for this one

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So basically, turn the description text into the speech of a single character and let that character do other things as well? Interesting idea.

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Entrance text replaced by a dialogue of NPCs, sound included. Yay!

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Interesting. However, that would require making "Display in Enterance Screen" different from "Speech"...

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