BCI NET 2/BCI NET 2.iso/archives/programming/amos/amoslist-0195.lzh/AMOSLIST/text0138.txt

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On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Ben Marty wrote:

>
> > I run into a problem when coding my next game, hope somebody can help
> > me with this...
> >
> > Now, this is a piece of code from my game:
> >
> > Sam Loop On
> > Sam Play 1,1
> > Sam Loop Off
> > Sam Play 2,2
> >
> > I want to play a humming sound continuously on channel 1 and some
> > other samples like explosions and laser zaps on other channels.
> > But with the previous example the Sam Loop Off commands stops looping, so I
> > only hear the humming sample once and then an explosion... Then if I
> > remove it the explosion sample will be played continuously.
>
>     I think the solution will involve removing the Sam Loop Off statement
> and finding a way to stop other sound effects.  Isn't there a command to stop
> a channel from playing or something, or silence it?  turn the volume of the
> chanel down maybe?  Play a silent sample on the channel?  Otherwise perhaps
> you'll just have to not use Sam Loop and manually play it at regular intervals.
>

Another solution (albeit convoluted) is to make a tracker in Soundtracker
etc that plays the continuous sound in channel 1 (ie loop the sample in
the tracker program).  Then simply play the tracker in your game, whilst
making explosion sounds etc in the other channels.  ;]

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