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[ReD NeCKersoN]

In regular quake3, this is done by putting yoursong.wav in a folder named "music" (added to the pk3) and adding the key "music" with a value of "music/yoursong.wav" to the worldspawn entity in Radiant. This doesn't seem to work for wq3 maps. I notice that all music files for wq3 are located not within each map, but within the wq3_pak0.pk3 file. This seems to suggest that maybe this is a code question and not a map question. I would really like to be able to add custom music to any future levels I might make.

[torhu]

It's definitely a code question, allright. The music stuff in wq3 is higly customized. It only loads the files numbered in wq3_pak0.pk3\music\music.cfg for background music when a map is loaded. They are played in a random order, and there's also play, fade out/in, and duels are silent in the beginning. While Quake 3 just loads the file specified in the map's worldspawn field, and starts it.

If there is a way to differentiate between maps that want the standard music system and maps that want a custom file, I guess it could be easily added. I don't know anything about the map files, but if the music specification field in the standard maps are special, like if they are empty, the music loading system could recognize those files and use the standard system for them. And load another wav if specified, in other maps. The fading and such could still work. And some new music might be good, even if the stock files suit the game just fine.

[ReD NeCKersoN]

Hmmm, I wonder if a custom music cfg might over-ride the system and save the coding hassle. I'll play around with the idea and see what happens.

[torhu]

You can save youself the trouble, Red. If you make new music/music.cfg file and put it in a pk3 (which comes later in the alphabet than wq3_pak0), it will probably override the other one. You could add your song to the list of songs to be selected randomly between. To get just the track you want, it probably has to be the only one mentioned in music.cfg, and then it would be played on all the maps.

But anyway, the format of the file is as follows:
MUSICFILE
<number of tracks, max 10 right now>
music/filename.wav <length in msecs> <repeat count>

Just to save you some guesswork.

[ReD NeCKersoN]

Well that sucks.
If this mod ever gets a big patch, say to version 2.1, that's something I would wish to be fixed.