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Low Volume Audio?

by Jake Seigel · in Torque Game Builder · 03/10/2008 (6:59 am) · 3 replies

Hey, has anyone had any issues with audio files in TGB being played VERY quietly? I have the volume in the profile set up to 1 (I thought it was 0..1) but SFX and music both play quieter then the file normally would.

#1
03/10/2008 (7:16 am)
Torque's stock sound layer has always been a bit on the quieter side. Check your master volume levels in options. You probably need to raise them.
#2
03/10/2008 (7:21 am)
Thanks for the insight.
This is a little odd, but the audio levels default to 0.8 but when i try to raise them and click apply, they revert back to 0.8 automatically... :-(
#3
03/17/2008 (12:54 pm)
If you look in audio.cc, the alxSetVolume function converts your linear volume setting to a logarithmic decibel scale

Best to modify it or add another exposed method that bypasses the logarithmic scale if you want typical volume behavior for windows applications.


On the 0.8, it may have been saved in one of your prefs files as 0.8, usually setting the volumes to 1.0 and exiting will save your prefs, but if they are read only or not updated, you have to go in and change the value