Retro Radio

Modes

rs_radio operates in a few practical radio modes. These are workflow modes, not separate resources.

DJ-Controlled Live Mode

In this mode, an active DJ is controlling the station.

Typical behavior:

• DJ goes live from the tablet.
• Tracks are loaded to Deck A / Deck B or sent directly on-air.
• Mic can go live over the music.
• Calls can be accepted and optionally patched to air.
• Utility tools such as ads, SFX, and weather reads are available.

This is the main interactive broadcast mode.

Autonomous Mode

In this mode, the station continues without active manual curation.

Typical behavior:

• Scheduler rotates music and ads.
• Queue logic and defaults keep the station from going silent.
• Weather prompt segments can be inserted if enabled.

Use this mode when you want the station to stay alive even without a DJ actively mixing.

Listener Vehicle Mode

This is the normal player listener flow for vehicles.

Typical behavior:

• Player opens the listener UI while inside a vehicle.
• Player toggles the vehicle radio on/off.
• Vehicle becomes a world emitter for the station when enabled.
• Nearby same-station vehicles merge into larger shared emitter zones.

This is the standard car radio behavior.

Portable Boombox Mode

This is the portable/placed prop emitter workflow.

Typical behavior:

• Player uses the radio_boombox item.
• Boombox can be carried, placed, picked back up, or stored.
• The listener UI can be opened while carrying or from target on the placed boombox.
• Placed and carried boomboxs act as prop emitters.
• Boomboxs use enclosure reverb behavior but do not use vehicle closed-door muffling.

This is the portable listening mode.

Private Caller Screening Mode

This is the first stage of call handling.

Typical behavior:

• Listener queues for a call.
• DJ accepts the caller.
• Caller and DJ connect privately through the call channel.
• Caller is not yet broadcast to everyone.

Use this to screen callers before putting them live.

Patched Caller Live Mode

This is the second stage of call handling.

Typical behavior:

• DJ toggles the accepted caller from private to live.
• Caller becomes part of the station mic participant set.
• Other listeners hear the caller through the normal broadcast path.
• DJ can return the caller to private mode or drop the call entirely.

This is the on-air talk radio mode.

Weather Consumer Mode

When external weather authority is enabled, rs_radio behaves as a weather consumer.

Typical behavior:

• reads weather state from the configured external resource
• uses it for radio UI, forecast display, and radio-facing weather behavior
• does not try to be the world weather authority

If rs_weather is active, this is the intended weather operating mode.