DDF Playlist - edge-classic/EDGE-classic GitHub Wiki
Stored in the DDFPLAY data lump, or the playlist.ddf file.
DDFPLAY is used to define music entries in EDGE-Classic. Each entry begins with a unique reference number, in square brackets, and represents a piece of music that can be played at some point in the game. Either during a level, or as one of the intermission or title pieces of music. These entries are then referred to from the other DDF files, such as DDFLEVL/levels.ddf or DDFGAME/game.ddf.
NOTE: When using filenames, directories must be separated by / instead of the \ character which is normally used under Windows. The reason is because the \ character has a special meaning in DDF: it is the escape character, and "\n" is used to put newlines into DDF strings.
Entries in DDFPLAY have the following format:
|
[ENTRY NUMBER] MUSICINFO=[TYPE]:[FORMAT]:[SONG NAME]; |
Where each command is as follows:
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| [ENTRY_NUMBER] | A two digit number, used to reference this entry in games.ddf and level.ddf. |
| [TYPE] | This can be MIDI, MUS, MP3, OGG, SID, FLAC, M4P, RAD, IMF280, IMF560 or IMF700 and should refer to the type of music source that is being used. |
| [FORMAT] | If the music is in a wadfile, this must be LUMP.
If the music is in a pack, this must be PACK. If the music is a file on the hard drive this must be FILE. |
| [SONG NAME] | Name of the actual file in the wadfile or on the hard drive. Entries with an underscore "_" in **require** quotes around the name (e.g. "D_DEAD"). |
The following are examples of different playlist entries:
[10] MUSICINFO=MUS:LUMP:"D_DEAD"; // NOTE: names with "_" in them **require** quotes
[23] MUSICINFO=OGG:FILE:"music/QOTSA/A_Song_for_the_dead.ogg";
DDF docs written by Andy Baker and Ziggy Gnarly, with updates by Andrew Apted, Andy Brewood and Luke Brennan. © EDGE Team, et al. 1998 - 2024.