Shuffle Songs when you die

This guide will show you how to shuffle your music player songs when you die or leave the lobby. This works in vanilla and doesn't require any mod loader. (Windows Only)

The Program

For anyone who dies frequently and listens to music while they play, I've written a simple python script that detects when you die and automatically shuffles your MP3 player songs 🙂 This doesn't need any mod loader and works in vanilla servers.

The github[github.com]
ONLY WORKS ON WINDOWS 😦 (I could make modifications to make it work on linux and probably macOS but I don't have these operating systems to test with)

You just need Python and to install the requirements. It's all open source and sorta commented so you can check it out for yourself. Run it whenever you want, you can be half way through a VTOL session and it'll run fine.

It (should) automatically detects installation and music folder location so there isn't any configuration.

It works off of the player.log file detecting the current pilot (you) and your deaths (detects when your vehicle is despawned) and detects when you've left the lobby!

Credits

Python VDF module[github.com] - Credits to this because I'd rather remove my corneas than write a VDF parser myself

Audio icons created by Freepik - Flaticon[www.flaticon.com] Headphone icon used in guide image

[Pong]

Thanks for the intro to Python, I haven't heard of it before as I have not programmed in a long while. Looks great, can't wait to dive in and also use your program. Cheers!

[SpartanChief17C]

So I discovered another way to shuffle! And it's working perfectly for me!
>Install VTOL VR Mod Loader
>Install the Music Shuffle Mod
>Open the Mod Loader
>Click the button on the righthand side of the Music Shuffle mod so that it is green
>Click "launch game" at the top of the mod loader
And now your music shuffles every time you get in an aircraft and start the player!


Honestly, this was a lot easier for me than figuring out the Python thing. I'm just kinda code-illiterate lmao

[Pyro]

Sure thing,
The following are the steps in order to download and use this program
1. Install Python from Python.org
2. After installing python, open your command line and type "pip install vdf" and "pip install requests" (requests is optional)
3. You should be good to run the main.py file included in the release on github.

[SpartanChief17C]

Could I get a clear step-by-step? Plz?

[SpartanChief17C]

Hey so maybe I'm just stupid, but I cannot understand what the guide is trying to tell me...I've never used python before, so idk wtf i'm supposed to do to install it and get it running. Could I have some help please? I'm trying my best to follow the guide, but the instructions are not step-by-step

[Pyro]

Thank you!

[KaiLCU]

Confirming for anyone finding this in 2025 that it still works like a dream. Nice and easy to install and quietly runs in the background with no issues

[Pyro]

Oops. kinda forgot about that part. This is the only part that uses the command line. You'll need python installed to run this program. Once you've installed python, open CMD and run pip install vdf

[Halobrine]

i might be dumb, but what does it mean by "pip install vdf"

[Pyro]

You shouldn't need to access the command line at all