Mystery of Theme.ini and side specific tracks.

[Astor]

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I could finally find out how to make custom side specific soundtracks work for more than 2 playable factions.

This is what I did:

Code:

[VALVES1B]
Name=Valves G
Length=3.27
Scenario=1
Side=GDI

[DUSKHOUR]
Name=Dusk Hour N
Length=4.11
Scenario=1
Side=Nod

[FLURRY]
Name=Flurry C
Length=4.11
Scenario=1
Side=CAB

[MUTANTS]
Name=Mutants F
Length=4.11
Scenario=1
Side=FORG

[APPROACH]
Name=Approach G
Length=4.42
Scenario=1
Side=GDI

[GLOOM]
Name=Gloom N
Length=3.37
Scenario=1
Side=Nod

and this is how my [Sides] looks in rules.ini

Code:

[Sides]
GDI=GDI
Nod=Nod
CAB=CAB
FORG=FORG
Civilian=Neutral
Mutant=Special

Those tracks should be in the exact same order!

Example:

GDI
Nod
Cabal
Forgotten
GDI
Nod
Cabal
Forgotten
....

Wrong example:

GDI
GDI
GDI
Nod
Nod
...

and they where totally messed/mixed up by all factions. I just wanted to post this here, maybe it will be useful for anyone out there (but I don't think there are a lot of mods which use more factions).

At least I can now give each faction some nice fitting tracks

PS: Sorry internet lagged and it got double posted, please delete the other one,

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[Starkku]

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The tracks need to be listed in theme.ini (the [Themes] list at very least) based on the value of Side in the exact same order as the sides go in rules.ini [Sides] list. So for an example, tracks with Side=GDI come first, then Side=Nod and so on. You have to follow this, or you will encounter the issues already mentioned in your post.

Tracks without Side declared can be listed before, in-between or after the side-specific tracks, only the order of side-specific tracks matters.

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[E1 Elite]

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Tested only for a few minutes, sharing the outcome:

- only per side initialization has to be ordered same as in rules.ini sides.
- can have more than one song for initialization
- after all needed sides are initialized, order need not be maintained.
- not from the last of the playable sides but missing a side in between causes problems

Valid example using Astor's sides:

; x is any different number
[Themes]
x=Song_Others1          ;for all-side songs, can be anywhere in the list
x=GDI_Song1          ; initializing side specific list as in rules.ini sides
x=Nod_Song1
x=Nod_Song2           ; can have more than one, listed together
x=Cabal_Song1
x=Forgotten_Song1
x=Cabal_Song2          ; from here on, it can be in any order
x=Nod_Song3
x=Forgotten_Song2
x=GDI_Song2

Can't miss GDI and initialize Nod first, that leads to problems. If only having side specific songs for
the first 3 playable sides, then it is not a problem to miss the 4th playable side.