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Welcome to the "Guide to Making a Quest Var Music System". This guide will explain how to use quest vars in a scenario in order to create a playlist of background music.
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So What is a Quest Var? Well, in order to understand this guide, you will need to know what a quest var is. So either go research it yourself, or read the following. A quest var is an invisible, in game counter that can be managed by triggers. You can have an infinite number of quest vars in any scenario. These invisible counters can be increased or decreased using various trigger effects, and can trigger several events when the invisible counter reaches a specific number, using various trigger conditions.

For example : Trigger 1 - Condition = Always.
- Effect = Quest Var Set (Var Name = "Bob", Value = "0".)

This will create a quest var named "Bob", with a value of "0".

This is basically all that we'll need to know about quest vars for the purpose of this guide. However, if you still do not understand, see xLPx's Quest Var Guide.
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So Lets Make a BG Music Playlist! Ok. To do this set up the following triggers :

Trigger 1 - Condition = Quest Var Check (Var Name = "FightMusic", Value = "1")
- Effect = Sound Filename (Filename = "I wish I could throw shapes.mp3", Trigger = "Trigger2")

(Inactive)
Trigger 2 - Condition = Quest Var Check (Var Name = "FightMusic", Value = "1")
- Effect = Sound Filename (Filename = "meatier shower.mp3", Trigger = "Trigger3")

(Inactive)
Trigger 3 - Condition = Quest Var Check (Var Name = "FightMusic", Value = "1")
- Effect = Sound Filename (Filename = "rot loaf.mp3", Trigger = "Trigger1")

There. That is three triggers. 2 of them are inactive - so that they will not fire right away. The first one is active - which means it will fire as soon as the quest var named "FightMusic" has a value of "1". Also, the effect is set so that Trigger 1 plays a music file called "I wish I could throw shapes.mp3" (which is an AOM fight music). When the sound file is done playng, the effect will start Trigger 2. This means that the next sound file will start playing (meatier shower.mp3), and when that is done it will fire Trigger 3, which will play the sound "rot loaf.mp3". And when that sound is done it will play the first one again.

So, this is a continuous background music playlist. But why were the quest vars put in? Well, the quest vars are there so that the playlist can be stopped or started at any time. In order to start playing the above sounds, in a playlist, set up a trigger like this :

Trigger 4 - Condition = Anything You Want
- Effect = Quest Var Set (Var Name = "FightMusic", Value = "1")

This trigger sets the quest var named "FightMusic" to have a value of "1". And when this quest var has a value of "1", the playlist will start. To stop the BG Music playlist set up a trigger like this :

Trigger 5 - Condition = Anything You Want
- Effect = Quest Var Set (Var Name = "FightMusic", Value = "0")

This trigger will stop the playlist from playing further than the sound it is already playing. To stop the currently playing sound, use a "FadeOutAllSounds" effect, right after the quest var is set to "0".

And there yoy have it! You have just set up a fight-themed background music system using quest vars.
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So What Can I Modify in This? Well, to suit your needs, you can change the sounds that are played. Change the filename "I wish I could throw shapes.mp3" to "chocolate outline (mellow mix).mp3" to have quiet music play. You can also make the playlist longer by adding more triggers like Trigger 2 and Trigger 3. Then set up multiple quest vars. Name one "QuietMusic", another "FightMusic" and another "NormalMusic", and assign different sound files to each. That way you can trigger any BG music you want, at any time in the game.
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Good luck, and make some quest var music systems!

[This message has been edited by ArchNidhogg (edited 11-21-2005 @ 05:46 PM).]