Adding songs to cutscenes

[WanderingScholar]

I'm trying to create this component that enhances some of the cutscenes in BGT

In the cutscene battle between Gorion and Sarevok I'd like to add some specific music. This is a little bit more involved than I thought.

I'm going to use PlaySong() in the cutscene script.

Take a look at what I have so far:

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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BEGIN ~BGT chapter cutscene improvements~ DESIGNATED 210
REQUIRE_PREDICATE GAME_IS ~bgt~ "This component requires Baldur's Gate Trilogy"
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Create "Gorion's Battle" .mus file to be referenced in cutscene ch1cut04.bcs

<<<<<<<<.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus
Bl2
17
a1
a2
a3
a4
b1
b2
b3
b4
c1
c2
c3
c4
d1
d2
e1
f1
f2
>>>>>>>>
MKDIR ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~
COPY ~.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~

// Write ws#ch1.mus into songlist.2da and copy it into the music directory

ADD_MUSIC ?

// Add new song to cutscene and smoothen transitions

COPY_EXISTING ~ch1cut04.bcs~ ~override~
    DECOMPILE_AND_PATCH BEGIN
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~CutSceneId("Gorion")~ 
                      ~CutSceneId("Gorion")
                       PlaySong(?)~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)~ 
                      ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)
                       FadeToColor([40.0],0)
                       Wait(4)~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)~ 
                      ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)
                       FadeFromColor([40.0],0)~
    END
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1. Create a .mus file that will be used. I'll have to tweak the above to fit the cutscene better once I get everything else working.

2. Use ADD_MUSIC to write ws#ch1.mus into songlist.2da and copy it into music folder. Embarrassingly, I'm having trouble writing this. It needs to copy it from weidu_external/data/WStweaks.

3. Using PlaySong() I need to know what row in songlist.2da the song will be written to. I hope I can control this with ADD_MUSIC? Else I'll probably have to do some READ_2DA nonsense.

Thanks for any help.

Edit: Ok, I've figured out "ADD_MUSIC ~ws#ch1~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks/ws#ch1.mus~" 

It writes it at the bottom of songlist.2da

Now I just need to do the 2DA magic so it writes in the row % into PlaySong(%%)

 

Edited January 24 by WanderingScholar

[WanderingScholar]

I figured this out. I'll leave this here in case anyone is interested. 

Spoiler

// Create "Gorion's Battle" .mus file to be used in cutscene ch1cut04.bcs
<<<<<<<<.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus
Bl2
20
a1
a2
a3
a4
b1
b2
b3
b4
c1
c2
c3
c4
d1
d2
e1
f1
f2
g1
g2
g3
>>>>>>>>
MKDIR ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~
COPY ~.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~

// Write ws#ch1.mus into songlist.2da and copy it into the music directory
ADD_MUSIC ~ws#ch1~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks/ws#ch1.mus~

// Check the first column of the bottom row in songlist.2da for new song #
COPY_EXISTING ~songlist.2da~ ~override~
    COUNT_2DA_ROWS 2 rowcount
    READ_2DA_ENTRY rowcount 0 0 "new_song" 
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// Add new song to cutscene and smoothen transitions
COPY_EXISTING ~ch1cut04.bcs~ ~override~
    DECOMPILE_AND_PATCH BEGIN
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~CutSceneId("Gorion")~ 
                      ~CutSceneId("Gorion")
                       PlaySong("%new_song%")~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)~ 
                      ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)
                       FadeToColor([40.0],0)
                       Wait(4)~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)~ 
                      ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)
                       FadeFromColor([40.0],0)~
    END
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[pete_smith1229]

On 1/24/2024 at 5:49 AM, WanderingScholar said:

I figured this out. I'll leave this here in case anyone is interested. 

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// Create "Gorion's Battle" .mus file to be used in cutscene ch1cut04.bcs
<<<<<<<<.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus
Bl2
20
a1
a2
a3
a4
b1
b2
b3
b4
c1
c2
c3
c4
d1
d2
e1
f1
f2
g1
g2
g3
>>>>>>>>
MKDIR ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~
COPY ~.../WStweaks-inline/ws#ch1.mus~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks~

// Write ws#ch1.mus into songlist.2da and copy it into the music directory
ADD_MUSIC ~ws#ch1~ ~weidu_external/data/WStweaks/ws#ch1.mus~

// Check the first column of the bottom row in songlist.2da for new song #
COPY_EXISTING ~songlist.2da~ ~override~
    COUNT_2DA_ROWS 2 rowcount
    READ_2DA_ENTRY rowcount 0 0 "new_song" 
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// Add new song to cutscene and smoothen transitions
COPY_EXISTING ~ch1cut04.bcs~ ~override~
    DECOMPILE_AND_PATCH BEGIN
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~CutSceneId("Gorion")~ 
                      ~CutSceneId("Gorion")
                       PlaySong("%new_song%")~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)~ 
                      ~SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",0)
                       FadeToColor([40.0],0)
                       Wait(4)~
    REPLACE_TEXTUALLY ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)~ 
                      ~AddJournalEntry(75220,INFO)
                       FadeFromColor([40.0],0)~
    END
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This is great, many thanks for documenting this! Some of those steps I did manually when using add_music to areas, so your script will indeed be useful!

Edited January 25 by pete_smith1229