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Theme

Changed in 0.1.0

The music track a mission starts with.

Specification
Applies to
scenarios
File
map file
Section
[Basic]
Value
themetype
When omitted
No theme
map file
[Basic]
Action=NOD_M04
Theme=APPROACH

The value names a music track declared in the theme control file. The mission normally opens with that track, and when it ends, normal track rotation picks the next allowed track.

When the track starts, and whether it plays, depends on how the mission begins:

  • Written briefing. A campaign mission that shows its written briefing on a fresh start, as described under Brief, starts the track on that page.
  • With an action movie. When the mission names an Action movie, a track playing on the briefing page fades out before the movie. The movie queues the track as it opens, and the track starts once the mission is under way.
  • When the action movie does not play. The mission starts with the next track in rotation. The movie does not play on a restart, when its file is missing or cannot be played, and outside a campaign unless the launch file asked for movies.
  • Without an action movie. The track is queued as the mission begins, on a restart too, and starts once the mission is under way. A track that started on the briefing page keeps playing only if it repeats, through its Repeat setting or the repeat option on the sound options screen. Otherwise it fades out as the mission begins and the next track in rotation follows.
See also — Action, Intro

History

  1. Changed0.1.0

    Resume music rotation after scenario themes