[Resolved] Comparing BGM

[Yar_Kramer]

Okay, so ... I'm working on an addition to the combat system so that it will only play the BattleEnd ME if the combat music is not the same as the map music. However, I'm having a bit of trouble working out the code for "if battle_bgm is not the same as the map BGM." I've tried this:

if $game_system.battle_bgm != $game_temp.map_bgm
  $game_system.me_play($game_system.battle_end_me)
end

And I've tried this:

if $game_system.battle_bgm == $game_temp.map_bgm
else
  $game_system.me_play($game_system.battle_end_me)
end

It doesn't seem to work, though, in that it always plays the battle end ME. So, uh ... what am I doing wrong?

 

[The_Falcon]

Hmn....well from what I can see, you code should be correct, it's a variable issue. I think the problem is the $game_temp.map_bgm data. I'll look in to this more tomorrow.

 

[Yar_Kramer]

Hmm, yeah ... I was having a sinking feeling like "oh great, it's not gonna be some sort of crazy business like that 'string.equals(otherstring)' or whatever it is in Java, is it?" business ...

EDIT: Just to exacerbate that, I thought I'd hit upon a solution through lateral thinking: add a new variable to game_temp called same_bgm. Then, right before $game_system.playing_bgm gets saved to $game_temp.map_bgm, you insert this:

if $game_system.playing_bgm == $game_system.battle_bgm
  $game_temp.same_bgm = false
else
  $game_temp.same_bgm = true
end

And then, you only play the battle_end_me if $game_temp.same_bgm == true. However, it seems it always returns true. I have a feeling figuring this out is going to be a bit more complicated ...

 

[Yar_Kramer]

Aha, I've found out what it is! You need to compare <audiofile>.name (and <audiofile>.pitch for good measure) ... So:

if ($game_system.playing_bgm.name == $game_system.battle_bgm.name) && ($game_system.playing_bgm.pitch == $game_system.battle_bgm.pitch)
    ....

 

[SephirothSpawn]

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