New and Improved TGB AudioManager

I just want to let TGB users know about the updated AudioManager resource on TDN. I've modded Phillip OShea's awesome AudioManager resource and I've found a way to make audioProfiles created with the resource selectable within behaviors! I've had this on my TGB wishlist for awhile now, it's something that I felt should've been in TGB from the start. It only took me a week or two, very part time...starting with Phillips code ;). I've learned a great deal about how behaviors work internally, and as a bonus I stumbled upon the undocumented ColorPicker for behaviors.


Without further ado...Here's how to install it.

Grab the file resource from the new TGB resource page on TDN:tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TGB/Resources/AudioManager

Unzip it to your resources folder, and (optionally) add the included icon to your tools\levelEditor\gui\images folder.

For the next part you will need a "pro" version of TGB.

Add this code at the bottom of your tools\behaviorEditor\Scripts\fieldTypes.ed.cs editor script

BehaviorEditor::registerFieldType("audioProfile", "createaudioProfileGui");
function BehaviorFieldStack::createaudioProfileGui(%this, %behavior, %fieldIndex)
{
   %fieldInfo = %behavior.template.getBehaviorField(%fieldIndex);
   %name = getField( %fieldInfo, 0 );
   %description = %behavior.template.getBehaviorFieldDescription(%fieldIndex);
   %objectType = %behavior.template.getBehaviorFieldUserData(%fieldIndex);    
   %scenegraph = ToolManager.getLastWindow().getSceneGraph();    
   %list = "None";      
   %count = $managedDatablockSet.getCount();
   for( %i = 0; %i < %count; %i++ ){
      %object = $managedDatablockSet.getObject( %i );
      if( !%object.isMemberOfClass( %objectType ) )  continue;       
      if( %object.getName() $= "" )   continue;
      if( %object.ObjectType !$=  "AudioProfile" )   continue;   
      %list = %list TAB %object.getName();
   }  
   %control = %this.createDropDownList(%name, %name, "", %list, %description, true, true);
   %listCtrl = %control.findObjectByInternalName(%name @ "DropDown");
   %listCtrl.object = %behavior;
}

With this in place you can allow selection of audioProfiles created with the AudioManager like so:

%template.addBehaviorField( mySound, "The sound we want to play", audioProfile,  "", ScriptObject  );

I'd love to see this system or something like it become part of stock TGB in the future. It's incredibly useful. Hopefully the Tools and Tech team will take notice. With this out of the way, they can focus on other areas of TGB :)

Many thanks to Phillip OShea for writing the bulk of this code and making it available to the community.