USASOCRanger

What file format are you using for the songs? If .mp3...how? I can only get mine to work with mono 16 .wav.

Essentially, I am just look for a scripting method to force the playlist to run X number of songs before transitioning back to Radio Hello. Not making much headway on this.

Just wanted to pop into the thread and say: Someguy, I only recently discovered your mods and, not only have I been blown away by what you create, but my avid and hyperbolic descriptions of your mods to my buddies have convinced many of them to either re-install or purchase New Vegas to see what all the ruckus was about. None have been disappointed. I'm a commission model painter by trade and know the burn out that can set in so, buddy, you take your time, do what you gotta do and drive on. And one other thing. The atmosphere, content, and just general badassery of your work is what inspired me to start my own mod project so, again, you take yer goddamn time.

Alright great, that's exactly what I was looking for; a boot-kick in the right direction. Thank you sir and I'll be sure to harass you if I have any pressing concerns. What are you working on, by the way?

Hello, I am working on a custom radio station and the station works fine more or less, but I want it to work better. The specific issue I'm having is that my topics are Radio Hello and then, depending on what stage of tweaking, 4-6 playlists. I have tried a variety of ways to make the station seem more natural and random such as linking specific songs to different playlists, linking playlists to multiple playlists. I've started taking a look at how Radio New Vegas works and it seems to be a simple enough situation. Radio Hello sends a greeting linked to a news story linked to a playlist which contains every song track. RNV also contains a script which seems to force the radio to play a certain number of songs before cycling back to Radio Hello. This is my first real Bethesda mod and I'd like to make something that stands out; I want the feel of a natural radio station; my scripting background, thus, for the GECK is null and would like some help understanding what this script does, how it functions, and what the syntax means. I appreciate any and all help. ScriptName RadioNewVegasSCRIPT short nStory; short bDoTransition; short nLastIntro; short nLastTrack1; short nLastTrack2; short nLastTrack3; short nTracksPlayed; short bKimballMOD ;This variable keeps track of President Kimball's Method of Death ;0 - None/Default ;1 - Vertibird Bomb ;2 - Vertibird Crash ;3 - Vertibird AA GUn ;4 - Watson Exploded ;5 - Assassin (Fallback) Now, I'm not interested in the bits about Kimball, but it is the short ____ script lines which drive the behaviour of the station; this is what I need to understand. If anyone can give me some n00b script help, I'd definitely appreciate it and, when this thing is released, yall will obviously be credited with helping me out.

Hello, I'm making an NCR Army Radio mod and had a couple of questions: 1. Do I actually need to make seperate playlists or can I just have one playlist with every song set to random and call it a day? 2. I am adding a DJ with commentary that is not really going to be based on the player's progress. Do the seperate playlists influence when and what he says? Or, again, can I just throw the DJ's recordings into the main list and make my life simpler? Also, would it be detrimental for the Radio Hello to Link To multiple Topics/playlists and would it just pick one of those lists to load at random or should it actually link sequentially (hello > 1 >2 > 3 > etc)? *edit* The DJ is a pre-pre War Ghoul (I'm making him an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who got pre-ghoulified from burn pits [i'm a bitter old Army veteran] who went one to fight in EVERYTHING and roamed the US after the bombs fell). So, anyways, if anyone were to one day download this when I'm finished, would anyone be upset if there is a fair amount of expository speech? Such as "Good morning General Ollie, I've got a reading here for ya from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. I don't know if you can read or not you illiterate F#&%, but this might just give you a leg up...<insert dialogue>". Or "Someone asked who this a**hole on the radio from McCarran is, so I'll give you a quick rundown on who i am <insert short bio>. I'll talk some more, but lets get some tunes out there for ya, killers." s*** like that. I mean, a radio station that a 250 year old bitter ass old grunt would run. *edit again* This may help other aspiring radio creators. Radio New Vegas uses a single playlist for its music, but the news casts, greetins from Radio Hello are what give it the driving variety and such. For that reason, I am going to attempt to emulate that model. Radio Hello containing some greetings, a few words of wisdom, a couple patriotic tunes (California State Song as an example) and then link to the song play list. For the songs themselves, I've directly adding any sort of DJ dedication to the track itself instead of using RNV's clever scripting method (i like simple). I don't yet understand the mechanics of when the radio station decides to go from Radio Hello to playlist 1, or to playlist 2, and back to Radio Hello or whatever, so it's up to us amateurs to make it as formless and natural seeming as possible.