Foot Sounds Not Working?
by George Ison · in Torque 3D Professional · 02/18/2011 (11:57 am) · 8 replies
Hey all,
Im a newb to Torque so please excuse my ignorance to this engine, but Im trying my best to learn. I have a very good grasp on the tools and editors available in T3D and I feel comfortable with their use and such. So now Im trying to dive more into the datablock/scripting side of things and for this I wanted to do something simple (or what i thought would be simple..)to try and get a better handle on the concept. So I decided to work with footstep sounds and debris/dust from the players feet.
So from this I went to the players datablock and setup some sound files that were default to the engine. I then setup some materials in the material editor that I had also used to paint the terrain with. However, no matter what, I cannot get the first noise out of my chracter or dust particle when walking on anything? I know this is probably so easy, but the datablock and scripting is far and away becoming the hardest part of Torque to overcome. Im a Procedural Basic and VB programmer, but I feel somewhat lost in the Torque script, I guess I feel like Im all over the place and am having a hard time grasping all the classes and uses.
Anyway, I gotta start somewhere so any help to get me on my way would be so greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Im a newb to Torque so please excuse my ignorance to this engine, but Im trying my best to learn. I have a very good grasp on the tools and editors available in T3D and I feel comfortable with their use and such. So now Im trying to dive more into the datablock/scripting side of things and for this I wanted to do something simple (or what i thought would be simple..)to try and get a better handle on the concept. So I decided to work with footstep sounds and debris/dust from the players feet.
So from this I went to the players datablock and setup some sound files that were default to the engine. I then setup some materials in the material editor that I had also used to paint the terrain with. However, no matter what, I cannot get the first noise out of my chracter or dust particle when walking on anything? I know this is probably so easy, but the datablock and scripting is far and away becoming the hardest part of Torque to overcome. Im a Procedural Basic and VB programmer, but I feel somewhat lost in the Torque script, I guess I feel like Im all over the place and am having a hard time grasping all the classes and uses.
Anyway, I gotta start somewhere so any help to get me on my way would be so greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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#2
02/19/2011 (7:03 pm)
Yes it is, I didnt want to add anything until I got a feel of what I could do with what was already available. Heck.....lol Im not even to the point where I know really how to add another one to be honest.
#3
02/22/2011 (7:23 am)
Anyone? I'm still unable to get this working... 
#4
02/22/2011 (9:07 am)
To get this working you need proper animation trigger sets on your model.
#5
Thanks
02/22/2011 (11:13 am)
Thanks for your response Ivan, Can you elaborate on that a bit? Im using the stock Gideon model, is he not equipped for this?Thanks
#6
I'll take a look at this.
02/22/2011 (11:21 am)
The Gideon model seems to be equipped with proper triggers (frame 13 and frame 38 for both steps),then this should be a bug.I'll take a look at this.
#7
If you need the sound,then locate this in player.cpp
// Play default sound.
S32 sound = -1;
and replace with
S32 sound = 0;
This is a quick workaround,but not a solution.This code there is a real mess.
02/22/2011 (12:28 pm)
The problem is that the ray cast never returns a valid material for terrains in updateActionThread().If you need the sound,then locate this in player.cpp
// Play default sound.
S32 sound = -1;
and replace with
S32 sound = 0;
This is a quick workaround,but not a solution.This code there is a real mess.
#8
Thanks, I modified the code as suggested. However, the CleanUp tool from the Toolbox stats recompilation has failed.
I tried recompiling the player.cpp directly from VS 2008 and it compiled fine without errors, not sure whats up with the tool box. Im Testing for any change in sound.
02/22/2011 (2:22 pm)
Ivan,Thanks, I modified the code as suggested. However, the CleanUp tool from the Toolbox stats recompilation has failed.
I tried recompiling the player.cpp directly from VS 2008 and it compiled fine without errors, not sure whats up with the tool box. Im Testing for any change in sound.
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