Difference between revisions of "Band Commands (Game Mechanics"

System Messages

Game Mechanics

The band commands are

• /bandflourish (flourish #)
• /startband
• /stopband
• /changebandmusic (song).

These commands allow performers to synchronize their performances. However, only those performing Music may make full use of them. /bandflourish will work for both Dancers and Musicians, causing everyone to perform the same-numbered flourish. Musicians can take it a step further by using /bandflourish (instrument) and cause only people using that instrument to perform the flourish. The band commands /startband, /stopband, and /changebandmusic are applicable only to those with instruments equipped. (Note: Apparently, with start/stop band being only applicable to instruments, this made it so that it was overly difficult for dancers to coordinate with music. Perhaps we can change this to accomodate music queueing and dance queueing for band flourishes so that they are in synch?)

Special Notices:

"/startband [song name]" has the player giving the command immediately begin playing and does a quick intro, then all musicians start the song together. If you select a song that not all players can do, only the players with the proper skills start playing, and you receive the message "Some members can not play that song". It's best to find out everyone's skill level first so you can have an impressive start.

"/stopband" stops all the musicians at the same time. NOTE: just using "/stop" defaults to /stopband, not /stopmusic (which just stops you). So if you're in a group of 10 musicians and type /stop to take a break, you just made everyone end. If the group leader is not performing a flourish at the time /stopband is issued, then the command wont get executed for 10 seconds (until the next experience tick comes along). If the group leader is flourishing while issueing /stopband then the command will be executed at the end of the flourish.

Changing songs:

To change band songs you use /changebandmusic (song name). You can leave off the song name, and it will prompt you with a song playlist window.

/bandflourish # causes every musician or dancer you are grouped with to execute the same flourish. For example /bandflourish 1 will execute the 1st flourish in whatever song/dance that members of the group may be currently performing. Note: Band flourishes initiated by a musician (if the band leader is playing an instrument) will not affect dancers at all, and band flourishes initiated by a dancer (if the band leader is performing a dance) will not affect musicians.

/bandflourish # [instrument] causes every member playing the named instrument do the flourish. For a fun time, play SW3 with a Slither and a Fizz and do "/band 3 slitherhorn ; /band 6 fizz" (dancers can issue bandflourishes to musicians provided that the command is accompanied with an instrument id in the parameter)

/bandflourish only gives xp to the player who gave the command, but will cause all players to use the action cost of that particular flourish as if they were performing it themself. It also adds to the flourish queue (you can only have 5 flourishes pending). Bandflourishes will not execute unless every musician in the band is playing at the same track on the same band timer, meaning the band has to be synchronized beforehand (using /stopband and /startband) to get everyone on cue. If a player is not on cue (for example a player who is performing their own flourishes at the time) a bandflourish is executed, then the band flourish will not go off. When executed the bandflourish synchronizes all the players for the flourish, then they return to their original base dance loops. Bandflourishes can only be initiated by the group leader while the group leader is skill animating (playing a dance or song).

You can toggle on/off the receiving of bandflourishes using the command "/bandflourish off or /bandflourish on". This only lasts for the current song, if the player stops performing and then restarts, they will again be receiving /band commands.

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