Caching animations or sound files?
by BeyondtheTech · in iTorque 2D · 05/28/2009 (1:16 pm) · 2 replies
In my game, the first time an animation or a sound file is used, the engine will stutter for a quick second. Is there any way of pulling in the animation or sound before the game starts, so that the user will never experience it in the game?
Just a hack of an idea, but I'm thinking of playing the animation with the alpha set to near 0. Likewise, I can probably play a sound at near 0 volume. Perhaps that will do the trick? I have a lot of animations and sound files, so I'd rather not clutter up either the memory or the time before the game starts.
Just a hack of an idea, but I'm thinking of playing the animation with the alpha set to near 0. Likewise, I can probably play a sound at near 0 volume. Perhaps that will do the trick? I have a lot of animations and sound files, so I'd rather not clutter up either the memory or the time before the game starts.
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06/02/2009 (6:31 am)
If you set the animation t2dImageMapDatablock or sound AudioProfile to preload (add preload = "1" or "true" to the object definition) you shouldn't see a stutter. 
Torque 3D Owner Mat Valadez
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On first alxPlay, it seems to be going that route and loading the info, and subsequently using the loaded info.
It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to make a new consoleFunction (alxLoad perhaps?) that does exactly what that alxPlay() does, except skips the actual playing part (line941).
Copy/paste the alxPlay ConsoleFunction and C function, rename them and take out that last bit about playing the sound.