12 replies to this topic

[boriskarloff]

Hi

I have a soundtrack in the game.

Is it possible to turn off the audio volume and turn on it when the jingle is over?

 

Thanks

 

[wiesshund]

Yes, if your sound track is internal files and not external

and run with the playsound command

 

look at playsound args, one of them is to use existing
which will play said sound from the last place it was at.

 

so you would

stop sound

playsound with lower volume and use the existing instance of it

then stop sound

and play it, again resuming, back to normal volume

[boriskarloff]

"use the existing instance"

how? because PlaySound is generic.

 

Thanks

[wiesshund]

"use the existing instance"

how? because PlaySound is generic.

 

Thanks

 

please read the info on playsound command, it explains it all

[boriskarloff]

I don't find this documentation, can you give me a link?

Thanks.

[hmueck]

<your visual pinball installation folder> \docs\CommandReference.txt

[boriskarloff]

There is nothing about that in CommandReference.txt

Some code of example?

Thanks.

[wiesshund]

There is nothing about that in CommandReference.txt

Some code of example?

Thanks.

 

Not correct

PlaySound(string, int loopcount, float volume, float pan, float randompitch, int pitch, bool useexisting, bool restart, float front_rear_fade)
 - also allows to increase/decrease the frequency of an already playing samples, and in general to apply all the settings to an already playing sample, and to choose if to restart this playing sample from the beginning or not
   loopcound chooses the amount of loops
   volume is in 0..1
   pan ranges from -1.0 (left) over 0.0 (both) to 1.0 (right)
   randompitch ranges from 0.0 (no randomization) to 1.0 (vary between half speed to double speed)
   pitch can be positive or negative and directly adds onto the standard sample frequency
   useexisting is 0 or 1 (if no existing/playing copy of the sound is found, then a new one is created)
   restart is 0 or 1 (only useful if useexisting is 1)
   front_rear_fade is similar to pan but fades between the front and rear speakers
 - so f.e. PlaySound "FlipperUp",0,0.5,-1.0,1.0,1,1,0.0 would play the sound not looped (0), at half the volume (0.5), only on left speaker (-1.0), with varying pitch (1.0), it would reuse the same channel if it is already playing (1), restarts the sample (1), and plays it on the front speakers only (0.0)
StopSound(string)

[boriskarloff]

And where is the option to change the volume runtime?

[jpsalas]

I do that in my rolling ball routine, just check any of my tables. The code I use is this:

 

            PlaySound("fx_ballrolling" & b), -1, ballvol, Pan(BOT(b) ), 0, ballpitch, 1, 0, AudioFade(BOT(b) )

 

ballvol is the volume of the sound calculated by the balls speed (speed x and speed y), so the sound is higher when the ball moves at high speed and it is lower when it is moving slower.

And it is calculated in real time

[boriskarloff]

Yes I was thinking about somethiing like that, but with the soundtrack, the track re-start every time.

[jpsalas]

Because you are not giving the command to use the same sound/music that it is already playing:

 

PlaySound(string, int loopcount, float volume, float pan, float randompitch, int pitch, bool useexisting, bool restart, float front_rear_fade)

 

In red are the commands you need.

 

In my case I use the usexisting too:

 

 

PlaySound("fx_ballrolling" & b), -1, ballvol, Pan(BOT(b) ), 0, ballpitch, 1, 0, AudioFade(BOT(b) )

 

If you want to change the volume of an already playing sound you need to use the useexisting, otherwise it will start a new sound. And do not use the StopSound, otherwise it will start again from the beginning.

 

PlaySound"Mymusic",0,myvolume,0,0,0,1,0,0

[boriskarloff]

Perfetc. Thanks, now I've understood.

  

 

Edit:

if someone needs:

 

'********************************************

'turn off the volume and play jingle

Sub VolumeDownWithJingle (jingle, setTime)

PlaySound SoundTrackArray(CurrentTrack),0,0.00,0,0,0,1,0,0

PlaySound jingle

TimerBackToTheVolume.Interval = setTime

TimerBackToTheVolume.Enabled = True

End Sub

 

Sub TimerBackToTheVolume_Timer()

PlaySound SoundTrackArray(CurrentTrack),0,SongVolume,0,0,0,1,0,0

TimerBackToTheVolume.Enabled = False

End Sub

'******** the end **********

Edited by boriskarloff, 18 December 2023 - 08:20 PM.