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Audio problem

by gamer · in Torque Game Engine · 02/07/2007 (3:15 pm) · 5 replies

I am using TGE 1.4.2, I can't get the audio working in game. I want to play the music once the mission starts.
function StartAmbienceSound(){
   
   if(!isObject(ForestBirdCallsSound)){
      exec("~/client/scripts/sound.cs");
   }

   if($AMBIENCE_SOUND1)alxStop($AMBIENCE_SOUND1);
   $AMBIENCE_SOUND1 = alxPlay(ForestBirdCallsSound);
   
   
}
//client/scripts/sound.cs
new AudioDescription(AudioInGame)
{
   volume   = 1.0;
   isLooping= false;
   is3D     = false;
   type     = $MusicAudioType;

};
datablock AudioProfile(ForestBirdCallsSound)
{
   fileName = "~/data/sound/forestBirdCalls.ogg";
   description = AudioInGame;
   preload = true;
  
};

I got this error when executing sound.cs
AudioProfile: data dataBlcok not networkable(use datablock to create). any idea?
thanks
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Torque Owner Stefan Lundmark
#1
02/07/2007 (3:22 pm)
You shouldn't use datablocks for music, since a datablock has to be transfered from the server to the client. Use "new".

Torque Owner gamer
#2
02/07/2007 (4:06 pm)
Thanks Stefan!!! that solved the compiling error. However when I am in game, the sound won't start. It would start if I just play it outside the game. what's wrong? 
new AudioDescription(AudioInGame)
{
   volume   = 1.0;
   isLooping= false;
   is3D     = false;
   type     = $MusicAudioType;

};
new AudioProfile(ForestBirdCallsSound)
{
   fileName = "~/data/sound/forestBirdCalls.ogg";
   description = AudioInGame;
   preload = false;
  
};

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#3
02/07/2007 (5:33 pm)
How are you calling it in your game?

It should be:
alxPlay( "ForestBirdCallsSound" );

Put that alxPlay somwhere, usually in game.cs if it's ambient to play it.

Torque Owner gamer
#4
02/08/2007 (11:49 am)
I used alxPlay(ForestBirdCallsSound), either way they returned a handle 0.
So I tried AudioEmitter in my mission Map instead.
But there's no way to turn on the AudioEmitter except switch to world editor mode and click on the object manually.
please help

Torque Owner Roshan Kuriyan
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#5
02/14/2007 (9:41 pm)
Hi i am also facing a unique problem in audio TGE 1.5
i have vehicle engine sound look at my audio description
datablock AudioDescription(AudioClosestLooping3d)
{ //auto
volume = 0.50;
isLooping= true;

is3D = true;
ReferenceDistance= 40.0;
MaxDistance= 100.0;
type = $SimAudioType;
coneInsideAngle = 360;
}; //engine sound
this is used in the wheeledvehicle datablock
problem is , the other in-game 2d sound volume is changing after the vehicle colloid with the environment.
following the client sounds and server sound implementation properly.
what could be the problem.

thanks in advance