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How do you play background music only in certain areas?

by Robert Geiman · in Torque Game Engine · 10/16/2005 (9:33 am) · 10 replies

I believe I got my AudioDescription and AudioProfile scripts setup to play my background music, but I don't want the music playing when the map first starts.

Instead, I want to define an area in my map where when the player enters it the music starts, and when they exit the music stops.

Anyone have any clues on how this could be done?
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Torque Owner Dirk "dirkk" Krause
#1
10/16/2005 (10:17 am)
Yes. 'Trigger' is your keyword here (check codesamplers.com for a good example) and insert play and stop commands into the events.

It should look like this:
datablock TriggerData( MusicTrigger )
{
	tickPeriodMS = 100;
};

function MusicTrigger::onEnterTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj )
{
  echo( "Music started.");
  $triggermusic = alxPlay(TriggerMusic);
  Parent::onEnterTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj );
}


function MusicTrigger::onLeaveTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj )
{
  echo( "Music stopped.");
  alxStop($triggermusic);
  Parent::onLeaveTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj );
}

Torque Owner Robert Geiman
#2
10/16/2005 (10:21 am)
Ah, thanks for the quick replay Dirk. Looks like this may be just what I need.

Question though: How to I increase the size of the trigger to encompass a large area? In the World Editor it is just a small cube...

Torque Owner Dirk "dirkk" Krause
#3
10/16/2005 (10:25 am)
[url="http://www.garagegames.com/docs/tge/general/ch04s02.php"]Read the manual[/url] ;-).

Torque Owner Dracola
#4
10/16/2005 (10:44 am)
Change the scale in the editor f3

Torque Owner Robert Geiman
#5
10/16/2005 (11:16 am)
Ah, I looked at under the manual under Triggers, but they explain nothing except the tickPeriodMS field.

Yes, scale looks to be exactly what we need.

Thanks a lot guys!

Torque Owner Tatjana
#6
10/26/2005 (7:39 am)
To Change scale of triggers, Ctrl+Alt with mouse
To rotate, Alt with mouse

Dirkks code example looks nice, but I am missing something here. How does new AudioProfile(musicToPlay){filename=" " description=" "} (client/scripts/audioProfiles.cs) function fit in with Dirkk's code sample?

Is the TriggerMusic in the code sample same as my musicToPlay? How are the two .cs files tied together?

(In Dirkk's Code) $triggermusic = alxPlay(TriggerMusic);
In function- MusicTrigger::onEnterTrigger( %this, %trigger, %obj )

Maybe I'm asking the question a bit backwards, but I'm thinking that there needs to be a music channel in audioProfiles.cs attached here. :-)

Thanks, Tatjana

Torque 3D Owner Anthony
#7
10/26/2005 (9:01 am)
TriggerMusic is just an audio profile... ex:

new AudioDescription(ThemeMusic)
{
   volume   = 1.0;
   isLooping = true;   // false if you don't want profiles of this type looping
   isStreaming = false;
   is3D     = false;
   type = 2;
};

new AudioProfile(TriggerMusic) {
      fileName = "~/data/sound/music.wav";
      description = "ThemeMusic";
      preload = true;
};

The above code would work with his code sample (replace the fileName with one relevant to your music file, preferably in .wav format), you can place it at the top of the same script file you define the trigger in.

Maybe I misunderstood the question?

Torque Owner Tatjana
#8
10/26/2005 (6:25 pm)
Anthony, You Wonderful Person! :- )

This is what I was looking for.

Thanks so much,

Tatjana

Torque Owner Vashner
#9
10/26/2005 (6:56 pm)
What about playing music thru an emitter attached to an object?

Like how cars drive by in GTA with blasting music.

Torque Owner Stephen
#10
12/04/2005 (1:10 pm)
I used the code stated above in tqe 1.4...for some reason i can not alter the volume from the editor...and i tried altering the volume level from my audio profile and that did nothing either...could someone suggest a way to alter the volume or get it to where i can alter it in the editor