DIAMONDVEHICLE on 26/7/2020 at 15:29
Hi all,
I want to fix a looped sound-emitting object to the player so that the sound follows them wherever they go, it's essentially for ambient music.
I tried linking with StartingPoint -> PhysAttach -> an ambientSound, with no luck. Sound played, but was static to original location.
I also tried StartingPoint -> Contains -> an ambientSound, with various link datas. Player spawned with a red cube, when dropped the sound would sometimes start to play.
For further context, this is for a dynamic music system I am planning with lgscript, I hope to transition musical loops by setting the volume of looped sound-emitters that are fixed to the player.
Thanks!
nicked on 26/7/2020 at 17:33
Can you not just tick the environmental flag? Then it will play at max volume regardless of where the player is. That might not be a good solution depending on what you have set up for the dynamic music.
I remember an old mission called The Box which had dynamic music - maybe have a look how it was done there.
ZylonBane on 26/7/2020 at 17:58
lgscript? Seriously? That's been pretty much completely obsoleted by NewDark's Squirrel support.
trefoilknot on 26/7/2020 at 18:44
If you use a VOtrap itll be like Garrett keeps saying the sound to himself. Would that work? That's how I did the eternal laughter in HHHH.
DIAMONDVEHICLE on 26/7/2020 at 18:54
I'd never heard of Squirrel scripting in NewDark before, is that the tnhscript script described here? (
https://dromed.whoopdedo.org/tnhscript/index)
I wasn't sure which of the modules listed there is the best, I just thought Lua looked straightforward. Are there performance differences?
@nicked - I'll check out that FM, environmental sounds are not ideal just because the transition is very sudden, I want to see if it's possible to increment/decrement the volume of loops for a smoother and more controlled transition
@trefoilknot - [SPOILER]it depends if the laughter was a loop or an overlapping sample[/SPOILER]
in this case the sounds need to be able loop seamlessly.
ZylonBane on 26/7/2020 at 19:58
Quote Posted by DIAMONDVEHICLE
I'd never heard of Squirrel scripting in NewDark before
DIAMONDVEHICLE on 27/7/2020 at 06:59
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
(backs slowly away from thread...)Sounds like my novicehood is showing ;)
Any links to the Squirrel scripting are appreciated. I guess that means no need for a 3rd party module - that's great if so!
EDIT: nicked, I see the link - thank you!
john9818a on 2/8/2020 at 04:35
If you look at the First City Bank OM you can see where non-environmental ambients were used for transitioning to environmental ambients. Every entrance except for one was set up this way.
