How to change music in the middle of the novel?

[Foxx]

Hi, I'm kinda new to Ren'Py and am just a simple visual novel writer. I'm just wondering if anyone can help me learn how to make the music change from one track to another in a certain part. Say, Happy music plays in the beginning but the situation evolves into a horror and now I want it to fade into the horror track I have.

[Catlip Candy]

Uh... You type "play music" and "stop music" .... Does this help you? :XD Sorry. I'm new too. But it works for me.

[78909087]

Hi, I'm kinda new to Ren'Py and am just a simple visual novel writer. I'm just wondering if anyone can help me learn how to make the music change from one track to another in a certain part. Say, Happy music plays in the beginning but the situation evolves into a horror and now I want it to fade into the horror track I have.

At the beginning of the game, you will have something like this

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play music "this_is_my_music.mp3"

if you want it to fade in, you can make it

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play music "this_is_my_music.mp3" fadein(3.0)

Where the music will fade in over three seconds. (You can change the number inside the brackets. 2.0 = two seconds, 1.5 = 'one and half' seconds.)
This also applies to the 'stop music' function

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stop music

Which you can add a fadeout to.

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stop music fadeout(4.0)

Where it will fade out to silence over four seconds. Like before, you can change the number inside the brackets.
You can apply fadeout to the stopping track before adding the new music, to make the transition less sudden.

For example, in script.

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label start:
    play music "ambiance.mp3" fadein(3.0)
    "Villager" "Oh no, the sky will fall."
    "Villager" "I don't know what we'll do."
    stop music fadeout(4.0)
    "Hero" "Never fear! I will protect you."
    "Hero" "Even I was once a scared little boy..."
    play music "Childhood.mp3" fadein(3.0)
    "Hero" "It all started..."

[Catlip Candy]

Much more precise and complete... I'm never good at explaining >_<

[78909087]

Much more precise and complete... I'm never good at explaining >_<

It comes with practise

[Foxx]

Hi, I'm kinda new to Ren'Py and am just a simple visual novel writer. I'm just wondering if anyone can help me learn how to make the music change from one track to another in a certain part. Say, Happy music plays in the beginning but the situation evolves into a horror and now I want it to fade into the horror track I have.

At the beginning of the game, you will have something like this

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play music "this_is_my_music.mp3"

if you want it to fade in, you can make it

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play music "this_is_my_music.mp3" fadein(3.0)

Where the music will fade in over three seconds. (You can change the number inside the brackets. 2.0 = two seconds, 1.5 = 'one and half' seconds.)
This also applies to the 'stop music' function

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stop music

Which you can add a fadeout to.

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stop music fadeout(4.0)

Where it will fade out to silence over four seconds. Like before, you can change the number inside the brackets.
You can apply fadeout to the stopping track before adding the new music, to make the transition less sudden.

For example, in script.

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label start:
    play music "ambiance.mp3" fadein(3.0)
    "Villager" "Oh no, the sky will fall."
    "Villager" "I don't know what we'll do."
    stop music fadeout(4.0)
    "Hero" "Never fear! I will protect you."
    "Hero" "Even I was once a scared little boy..."
    play music "Childhood.mp3" fadein(3.0)
    "Hero" "It all started..."

Thanks. This worked!