Radio Control Keys -- On/Off, Cycle Stations, Volume

[King Zog]

Pardon the cross-post; I initially put this in the wrong place, I think...

 

Here's a request for a mod that I would appreciate, and I bet many others would too. With all of the great radio mods out there -- GNR playlist extenders, new stations, etc. -- I am listening to the radio in Fallout 3 a lot more than before. But with the radio being on most if the time, there are occasions where I would like to be able to quickly turn it down or off. That would make it easier to listen for danger, or to hear faint dialog from distant NPCs, for example.

 

I'm imagining a mod that would map a key to toggle the radio on/off without having to go into Pip Boy.

 

In addition, it would be nice to have a key that would let me change stations without going into Pip Boy. One key to cycle through available stations would be fine.

 

I have been told (by someone who should know) that these additions should not be difficult to do. If anyone out there would take a stab at this, I would appreciate it a lot. And, if you're looking for a challenge, you might also try mapping a pair of keys to turn the radio volume up or down, relative to the other sounds. I'm told that would probably not be as easy to accomplish as the on/off switch or the station-changer.

 

Think about it. Make an old king happy!

 

-- King Zog

[Cipscis]

Yep, this should be fairly easy to do. I don't have the time to do it myself, but if anyone's interested in giving this a go you'd want to use PipboyRadio to control the radio, and FOSE's IsKeyPressed to control hotkeys.

 

To control a hotkey, you'll want to use a script with a block that runs every frame (GameMode for Object scripts or Quest scripts with a low Script Processing Delay, or ScriptEffectUpdate for Effect scripts), and use some code like this to detect a key press:

short sIsNPressed

if sIsNPressed != IsKeyPressed 49; N
set sIsNPressed to sIsNPressed == 0
if sIsNPressed
; N has been pressed
endif
endif

Cipscis