Is it possible for players to create their own music playlist in a game using their own music?

[otterZ]

I have a game (Windows / Steam game) where I have a music playlist in game, which shuffles and plays about 154 songs in random sequence. Players are happy with this but some players have requested a way to make their own playlist and play their own music that they have on their own computer.

My question is . . . is it possible to enable players to create their own playlists with their own music? I admit, I haven't a clue how this may be done? Perhaps using ds lists and some way to create extra included files which the player can add music tracks to . . . maybe?

As an elementary to intermediate level GML programmer this is outside of my scope of experience. I would be grateful if more experienced GML programmers could point me in the right direction or at least confirm whether this would be possible using GM2.

 

[Sybok]

Yes

 

[Yal]

file_find_first / file_find_next sounds like a good starting point (https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/file handling/file system/file_find_first.html)

file_find_first creates a list of all filenames matching a certain pattern (say, "*.mp3|*.ogg|*.wav") and returns the first entry (if any), file_find_next iterates over the list until it's empty.

 

[otterZ]

Thank you Yal.

That's great, I will look into this and play around with it in a test project. Now I feel like I'm headed in the right direction and just have to put the work in to learn about this and test it out.

I really like early access on Steam, as when there is a player request it is almost like being handed a puzzle to solve. Pushing me out of my comfort zone in GM2 to try more challenging things.

You have pointed me in the right direction a number of times Yal, very much appreciated. I kind of feel as if I'm in a game of pin the tail on the donkey lol Spinning around blindfolded with you often kindly pushing me in the right direction.