Menus and Music

[Lunethex]

How do you get the main menu to play music? I set it up properly but it's not making any sound. Also, how do you get music to play for the option menu?

Also, I want a menu to contain certain scenes from the game. Is this possible? And how would I add music to that menu too?

[fluffycurry]

How do you get the main menu to play music? I set it up properly but it's not making any sound. Also, how do you get music to play for the option menu?

just change the

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config.main_menu_music = "musicfile.mp3"

in the option.rpy, make sure that it is in the game directory to have it playing.

and also...

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config.has_music = True

it must be true (for obvious reasons)
changing the music in the preference menu

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config.game_menu_music = None

just change none into a music file

Also, I want a menu to contain certain scenes from the game. Is this possible? And how would I add music to that menu too?

you mean a CG gallery??, its here
you can add music by simply putting "play music"

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label cg_gallery:
stop music fadeout 1.5 #will fade and then stop at 1.5 sec
play music "musicfile.mp3"
###gallery code

i feel that you can use this somewhere O_O..but i dunno why

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$ _preferences.set_volume ('music', 0.0)

[Lunethex]

What part of "Set it up properly" wasn't correct?

I asked, how can I make it play properly? The in game music works but the menu music does not.

[fluffycurry]

What part of "Set it up properly" wasn't correct?

I asked, how can I make it play properly? The in game music works but the menu music does not.

What do you mean @_@ by making it 'play properly'?
if you have set up the config.main_menu_music = "musicfile.mp3"
it should already play music in your main menu, even if your using imagemap or ui buttons

:>
its either the music your playing is not supported by renpy (see here)
or the directory of the music is off (maybe its inside a folder or something)


i tried it and it worked for me.
main menu music is playing :>

[Lunethex]

Does it help to say that I'm using the "Template" provided by Ren'py when you first download it?

[Aleema]

Does it help to say that I'm using the "Template" provided by Ren'py when you first download it?

Not really. If it doesn't work it's likely you've put the code in the wrong place, or your media file simply doesn't work with Ren'Py, like fluffycurry is trying to tell you. Make sure the audio is actually enabled for your game, too. And, double-triple-check that your file actually exists where you're telling Ren'Py it is. The engine keeps playing the game, even if it can't find the audio you define.

[Lunethex]

Common sense, it's what you think I don't have.

Ok, I'll show you exactly what the thing looks like. I've literally tried everything, using the original Mp3, naming it winds.ogg, nothing works. I can play the music in the game, meaning everything is fine. Explain this to me.

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## This file contains some of the options that can be changed to customize
## your Ren'Py game. It only contains the most common options... there
## is quite a bit more customization you can do.
##
## Lines beginning with two '#' marks are comments, and you shouldn't
## uncomment them. Lines beginning with a single '#' mark are
## commented-out code, and you may want to uncomment them when
## appropriate.

init -1 python hide:

    ## Should we enable the use of developer tools? This should be
    ## set to False before the game is released, so the user can't
    ## cheat using developer tools.

    config.developer = True

    ## These control the width and height of the screen.

    config.screen_width = 1024
    config.screen_height = 768

    ## This controls the title of the window, when Ren'Py is
    ## running in a window.

    #########################################
    # Layouts
    
    ## This enables the use of an in-game menu that is made out of
    ## buttons.

    layout.button_menu()

    #########################################
    # Themes
    
    ## We then want to call a theme function. themes.roundrect is
    ## a theme that features the use of rounded rectangles. It's
    ## the only theme we currently support.
    ##
    ## The theme function takes a number of parameters that can
    ## customize the color scheme.

    theme.roundrect(
        # Color scheme: Bloody Mary
                                    
        ## The color of an idle widget face.
        widget = "#000000",

        ## The color of a focused widget face.
        widget_hover = "#830000",

        ## The color of the text in a widget.
        widget_text = "#C2C2C2",

        ## The color of the text in a selected widget. (For
        ## example, the current value of a preference.)
        widget_selected = "#ffffff",

        ## The color of a disabled widget face. 
        disabled = "#400000",

        ## The color of disabled widget text.
        disabled_text = "#260000",

        ## The color of informational labels.
        label = "#ffffff",

        ## The color of a frame containing widgets.
        frame = "#400808",

        ## The background of the main menu. This can be a color
        ## beginning with '#', or an image filename. The latter
        ## should take up the full height and width of the screen.
        mm_root = "Idola City Entrance 1.jpg",

        ## The background of the game menu. This can be a color
        ## beginning with '#', or an image filename. The latter
        ## should take up the full height and width of the screen.
        gm_root = "#000000",

        ## If this is True, the in-game window is rounded. If False,
        ## the in-game window is square.
        rounded_window = False,

        ## And we're done with the theme. The theme will customize
        ## various styles, so if we want to change them, we should
        ## do so below.            
        )


    #########################################
    ## These settings let you customize the window containing the
    ## dialogue and narration, by replacing it with an image.

    ## The background of the window. In a Frame, the two numbers
    ## are the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders,
    ## respectively.

    # style.window.background = Frame("frame.png", 12, 12)

    ## Margin is space surrounding the window, where the background
    ## is not drawn.

    # style.window.left_margin = 6
    # style.window.right_margin = 6
    # style.window.top_margin = 6
    # style.window.bottom_margin = 6

    ## Padding is space inside the window, where the background is
    ## drawn.

    # style.window.left_padding = 6
    # style.window.right_padding = 6
    # style.window.top_padding = 6
    # style.window.bottom_padding = 6

    ## This is the minimum height of the window, including the margins
    ## and padding.

    # style.window.yminimum = 250


    #########################################
    ## This lets you change the placement of the main menu.

    ## The way placement works is that we find an anchor point
    ## inside a displayable, and a position (pos) point on the
    ## screen. We then place the displayable so the two points are
    ## at the same place.

    ## An anchor/pos can be given as an integer or a floating point
    ## number. If an integer, the number is interpreted as a number
    ## of pixels from the upper-left corner. If a floating point,
    ## the number is interpreted as a fraction of the size of the
    ## displayable or screen.

    # style.mm_menu_frame.xpos = 0.5
    # style.mm_menu_frame.xanchor = 0.5
    # style.mm_menu_frame.ypos = 0.75
    # style.mm_menu_frame.yanchor = 0.5


    #########################################
    ## These let you customize the default font used for text in Ren'Py.

    ## The file containing the default font.

    # style.default.font = "DejaVuSans.ttf"

    ## The default size of text.

    # style.default.size = 22

    ## Note that these only change the size of some of the text. Other
    ## buttons have their own styles.


    #########################################
    ## These settings let you change some of the sounds that are used by
    ## Ren'Py.

    ## Set this to False if the game does not have any sound effects.

    config.has_sound = True

    ## Set this to False if the game does not have any music.

    [b]config.has_music = True[/b]

    ## Set this to False if the game does not have voicing.

    config.has_voice = False

    ## Sounds that are used when button and imagemaps are clicked.

    # style.button.activate_sound = "click.wav"
    # style.imagemap.activate_sound = "click.wav"

    ## Sounds that are used when entering and exiting the game menu.

    # config.enter_sound = "click.wav"
    # config.exit_sound = "click.wav"

    ## A sample sound that can be played to check the sound volume.

    # config.sample_sound = "click.wav"

    ## Music that is played while the user is at the main menu.
    
    [b]# config.main_menu_music = "winds.ogg"[/b]


    #########################################
    ## Help.

    ## This lets you configure the help option on the Ren'Py menus.
    ## It may be:
    ## - A label in the script, in which case that label is called to
    ##   show help to the user.
    ## - A file name relative to the base directory, which is opened in a
    ##   web browser.
    ## - None, to disable help.   
    config.help = "README.html"


    #########################################
    ## Transitions.

    ## Used when entering the game menu from the game.
    config.enter_transition = None

    ## Used when exiting the game menu to the game.
    config.exit_transition = None

    ## Used between screens of the game menu.
    config.intra_transition = None

    ## Used when entering the game menu from the main menu.
    config.main_game_transition = None

    ## Used when returning to the main menu from the game.
    config.game_main_transition = None

    ## Used when entering the main menu from the splashscreen.
    config.end_splash_transition = None

    ## Used when entering the main menu after the game has ended.
    config.end_game_transition = None

    ## Used when a game is loaded.
    config.after_load_transition = None

    ## Used when the window is shown.
    config.window_show_transition = None

    ## Used when the window is hidden.
    config.window_hide_transition = None


    #########################################
    ## This is the name of the directory where the game's data is
    ## stored. (It needs to be set early, before any other init code
    ## is run, so the persisten information can be found by the init code.)
python early:
    config.save_directory = "template-1220804310"

init -1 python hide:
    #########################################
    ## Default values of Preferences.

    ## Note: These options are only evaluated the first time a
    ## game is run. To have them run a second time, delete
    ## game/saves/persistent

    ## Should we start in fullscreen mode?

    config.default_fullscreen = False

    ## The default text speed in characters per second. 0 is infinite.

    config.default_text_cps = 0

    #########################################
    ## More customizations can go here.

[Jake]

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    # config.main_menu_music = "winds.ogg"

Here's your problem - the line is actually commented out. Remove the '#' from the beginning, and it should work.

I guess it's commented out by default because the file it points to doesn't exist by default, but since Ren'Py doesn't actually throw any error when you try to play music that doesn't exist it's not entirely necessary...

(Basically, if you prefix your line with a '#' character, Ren'Py will completely ignore it from the '#' onwards. It's usually used as a way to write comments about your code without affecting the code itself, but sometimes - like in options.rpy - it's used to hide lines of code that you don't want to be run.)

[Lunethex]

Yes, it actually does work now. Thanks again, Jake.

[Aleema]

Common sense, it's what you think I don't have.

No ... noo ... of course you have -- *checks what was the problem* Oh, haha! Don't you feel silly?

[fluffycurry]

Common sense, it's what you think I don't have.

i never thought of you that way *sniff* *sniff*

[tohtamish]

how can I set sound level?
Tried:
$ _preferences.set_volume ('sound', 0.3)

- doesnt work.

[Aleema]

how can I set sound level?
Tried:
$ _preferences.set_volume ('sound', 0.3)

- doesnt work.

You want:

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$ renpy.music.set_volume(0.1, 2.0, channel="music")

Where "0.1" is the percentage of volume (0.1 = 10%, so very low), the "2" means how long, in seconds, you want the shift to take place (0 for immediate change, or just don't write one at all), and the channel is self-explanatory.

[tohtamish]

I need to define sound level, not music...

[Aleema]

I guess "channel" wasn't so self-explanatory after all.
That code will work with whatever channel you give it. "sound" is a channel.

Alternatively, the same code exists for renpy.sound.set_volume.