[VXA] Dynamic Music System

[Mishka]

Noyemi K's Dynamic Music System
Version: 1.0
Author: Noyemi K/Mishka
Date: February 16, 2015

Version History

• Version 1.0: Original Script

Planned Future Versions

• None

Description

This script allows you to switch between various versions of a BGM, dynamically. For example, you have a version of the track that's just a backbeat, a version with the bass and the backbeat, and a version with all of that plus the melody. It switches between them without restarting the track, just by using a Control Variable event. An easy, customizable naming convention allows you to get more descriptive, but the default uses numbers.

I made this with adventure games and ABS RPGs in mind, but it could work with anything really.

Features

• Switch between different variations on one BGM using a variable that you specify in the script
• Easy editing of variation names
• Works with auto-start BGM on maps

Instructions

Place this into its own script above main. You can look in the script for additional instructions.

Script

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#---------------------------------------------------
# Noyemi K's Dynamic Music System
#---------------------------------------------------
# Description:
# A dynamic music system that switches tracks on-the-fly
# without restarts. Useful for creating ambience that
# builds throughout various situations in an area.
#---------------------------------------------------
module DynamicMusicSystem
 
#---------------------------------------------------
# Editable Region
#---------------------------------------------------

# Specify the variable ID used to store the song variation variable.

SONG_VARIATION_ID = 1

# Specify the variation extensions
# "0", "1", "2", "3"], ["Normal", "Tense", "Puzzle"], etc. Can accomodate any
# number of variations up to the variable limit.
# ALSO: MAKE SURE YOUR FILENAMES CORRESPOND TO THIS ARRAY
# For example, for variations on "Forest.ogg", you might want to use
# "ForestNormal.ogg", "ForestCombat.ogg", or "ForestPuzzle.ogg"

VARIATION_EXTENSIONS = ['', '1', '2', '3']

end
#---------------------------------------------------
# Engine Region. DO NOT mess with anything beyond this point.
#---------------------------------------------------

class MusicVariations
  def initialize
    super
    @extensions = DynamicMusicSystem::VARIATION_EXTENSIONS
    #msgbox(@extensions) #DEBUG
  end
 
  def cache_BGM
    @variationID = $game_variables[DynamicMusicSystem::SONG_VARIATION_ID]
    @songpos = Audio.bgm_pos
    if @variationID == 0
      $bgm_name = ('Audio/BGM/' + RPG::BGM.last.name)
    end
  end
 
  def check_variations
    if @extensions[@variationID] == nil
      @play = @last
    else
      @play = $bgm_name + @extensions[@variationID]
      @last = @play
    end
    Audio.bgm_play(@play, 100, 100, @songpos)
  end
end


#---------------------------------------------------
# Starts the engine at the title
#---------------------------------------------------

class Scene_Title
  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Alias Main to initialize the data class upon startup
  #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias start_dms start
  def start
    start_dms
    # Initialize
    $dms = MusicVariations.new
  end
end

class Game_Player
 
  alias update_dms update
  def update
    update_dms
    $dms.cache_BGM
    $dms.check_variations
  end
end

Credit

• Noyemi K.

Support

Let me know if there are any bugs or improvements and I will update the script to reflect that.

Known Compatibility Issues

There shouldn't be any compatibility issues, unless some other script uses $bgm_name as a global variable.

Demo

Check Here

Author's Notes

I got the idea for this script from Soul Reaver's sound design, and I wanted to make that possible and modular and easy to use for RMVXA developers!