How can I add a fourth character to the stage that also has singing animations in my song?

[Prod-42]

I've been practicing for the first time with base game modding recently by porting a song from a mod just for fun, the song in question has 4 characters in the stage at the same time.

Is there a way to implement the fourth character and also add notes to it that make it sing like the rest?

I'd say I've got everything else covered, but I don't really know how to do it, so I'd appreciate the help.

[Lasercar]

You could add an extra character by script using PlayState.instance.currentStage.addCharacter(character:BaseCharacter, charType:CharacterType), and have a note kind that causes them to sing when it's hit?

[Prod-42]

Oh yeah I understand that, but this is my first time trying this out so I don't exactly know how to do that, especially how to create a note dedicated exclusively to that character without affecting the others. Sorry if I'm making this more difficult

[Lasercar]

Well, you'd do something similar to the various character scripts. You could make an extension of BF that doesn't play his hit animation when event.note.kind = 'fourthCharacterNameIdkHere', and instead return; for example, and if the fourth character is also of the BF character type, who has a onNoteHit function that is the opposite of that code, then it'll still properly grant the score and all that jazz:

		if (event.note.noteData.getMustHitNote() && characterType == CharacterType.BF) {
			// Override the hit note animation.
			switch(event.note.kind) {
				case "fourthCharacterNameIdkHere":
					return;
				case "Boyfriend":
				        // Only Boyfriend plays this note
					super.onNoteHit(event);
			}
			
		if (event.note.noteData.getMustHitNote() && characterType == CharacterType.BF) {
			// Override the hit note animation.
			switch(event.note.kind) {
				case "fourthCharacterNameIdkHere":
                                        // Only the fourth character plays this note
				        super.onNoteHit(event);
				case "Boyfriend":
					return;
			}

Hopefully that helps!

[Prod-42]

Well, this definitely helped me understand it better so thanks a lot!! I'll be keeping an eye on the modding doc as it updates, again thank you for explaining me! 🙏