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Timing

Timing settings let you limit on which moments a transition may happen and what time spans to use for effects. To define it, we are using a set of parameters:

  • Start - when to start the end effect of the ending theme
  • Duration - how long the end effect of the ending theme takes
  • Effect - which end effect to use for the ending theme
  • NextStart - when to start the start effect of the starting theme
  • NextDuration - how long the start effect of the starting theme takes
  • NextEffect - which start effect to use for the starting theme

Timing Transition Timeline

Effects

NONE = 0

Disables the transition effect.

CROSSFADE = 1

Uses fade-in and fade-out effects.

Daedalus

To set up a timing transition, you have to add a time point to a theme using the Deadalus API.

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BassMusic_AddTransitionTimePoint(
    "MyThemeForTransition", // theme
    "",                     // filter
    4.0,                    // start in seconds  
    1.0,                    // duration in seconds
    1,                      // effect (CROSSFADE = 1)
    4.5,                    // start in seconds  
    1.0,                    // duration in seconds
    1                       // effect (CROSSFADE = 1)
);

This call will add a time point in the default transition of MyThemeForTransition. Transition will start a 1s fade-out on the 4th second of the song and 0.5s later the next song will start its own 1s fade-in.

You can add many time points to a single (theme, filter) pair. It's recommended to set up at least 1 transition per each few seconds of the song, because they are the only moments when we can change themes.

You should also create a time point Duration seconds before the end, because if no future time point exists, the scheduler fallbacks to the immediate default transition.

MIDI

Timing points can be defined using a MIDI file. Check MIDI Files for more information.