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by Frank Sutton · in Torque Game Engine · 02/10/2006 (6:09 pm) · 2 replies

Observing player.cs I see the following:

// Footstep Sounds
FootSoftSound = FootLightSoftSound;
FootHardSound = FootLightHardSound;
FootMetalSound = FootLightMetalSound;
FootSnowSound = FootLightSnowSound;
FootShallowSound = FootLightShallowSplashSound;
FootWadingSound = FootLightWadingSound;
FootUnderwaterSound = FootLightUnderwaterSound;

What determines when to play which sound? In other words, how does the engine know If I'm on grass, or sand, or watter, or metal, or in shallow water, etc? What determines a soft footstep vs a hard footstep?

- Frank
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Associate Manoel Neto
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#1
02/13/2006 (7:58 am)
The material mapping defines the sounds. But it only works for terrains: if the player steps on an interior, the metalSound is used.

It's done in Player::updateActionThread(), along with the footprints.

Torque Owner Frank Sutton
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02/13/2006 (8:15 am)
Thanks Manoel. I'll take another look at the player.cc file.