Question re: Radio stations, Terminal commands and the GECK

[Whybother123]

Relatively new to using modding tools (for beth games) and the GECK is a little beyond me, particularly Fallout 4's version.

What I'd like to do is add a command to an existing terminal in the game to switch a particular radio station from one playlist to another, in this case the Classical station.

My question is twofold:
1) Is it possible to have the same station change the audio it is referencing during gameplay, or would I have to enable a similarly-named stand alone station on a different frequency and disable the original station.

2) How would I go about adding such a command to a terminal (either changing the audio played on one station, or disabling one station and enabling a stand alone to replace it.)

Not necessarily asking to have it spelled out step by step, I'll take a link to a thread/wiki/whatever covering the functionality in the GECK that would apply.

Thanks
WB123

[Reneer]

There are several methods you could choose to use here. For question #1:

 

1. You could remove / unlink the alias in the owning quest that points to the RadioTransmitter activator and have your quest alias (and the quest contains your audio) point to that specific RadioTransmitter reference.

2. You could disable the original RadioTransmitter reference and enable your RadioTransmitter reference that is owned / aliased by your quest.

 

There are likely other methods of doing this, but #2 is the easiest and less complex as far as I know.

 

As for question #2:

 

The best method here is to put a script on your Terminal reference that checks for Event OnMenuItemRun(int auiMenuItemID, ObjectReference akTarget) events and disables the original RadioTransmitter reference and enables your new RadioTransmitter reference, both of which have the same frequency.

[registrator2000]

Reneer is certainly the authority on radios!

 

If you're looking for a reference, may I recommend looking at the code for Reneer's Radio Mod.

 

His radio mod lets you turn radios on/off, switch stations, change volume, and even seek for the next broadcasting station!