Problem with sound for moving floor/ceiling

[Kappes Buur]

I had posted about this on the ZDoom forum. However, nobody seemed to have an answers for this.



Here is the problem:

When this script is executed:

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 open

{
    Floor_LowerByValue   (1, 2, 84);
    Ceiling_LowerByValue (1, 2, 32);
    
    Floor_LowerByValue   (2, 2, 68);
    Ceiling_LowerByValue (2, 2, 16);
    
    Floor_LowerByValue   (3, 2, 52);
        
    Floor_LowerByValue   (4, 2, 36);
    Ceiling_RaiseByValue (4, 2, 16);
 }

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the sound of the floor and ceiling moving is played only for sector 1.
Subsequent sectors, 2, 3 and 4 move without the sound, which spoils the effect.

I would appreciate any help in solving this.

And the map

[Graf Zahl]

Have you set the sound limit to something higher than 2? This sounds like the remaining sector sounds get stopped by that as both slots are taken by sector 1.

[Enjay]

Well, I don't know why this happens (something to do with $limit values in sndinfo?) but I can load the map up in a Zdoom version as old as 1.23 b33 and still get the problem.

[Kappes Buur]

Have you set the sound limit to something higher than 2? This sounds like the remaining sector sounds get stopped by that as both slots are taken by sector 1.

I have set Sound Channels to 128 in the Options.
But I guess that sound limit is something different. Where do I set that ?


I have been playing with the script some more and finally settled on inserting some delays, which resulted in an acceptable compromise.
There is just a slight change in sound intensity.

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 open

{
    Floor_LowerByValue   (1, 2, 84);
    Ceiling_LowerByValue (1, 2, 32);
    delay (35);
    
    Floor_LowerByValue   (2, 2, 68);
    Ceiling_LowerByValue (2, 2, 16);
    delay (35);
    
    Floor_LowerByValue   (3, 2, 52);
    delay (35);
        
    Floor_LowerByValue   (4, 2, 36);
    Ceiling_RaiseByValue (4, 2, 16);
 }

[Graf Zahl]

You set the limit with the $limit command in SNDINFO. It has nothing to do with sound channels.

[Kappes Buur]

Ah, okay.

Could this sound problem be classified as a bug, then ?
If yes, then I will reissue it in the Bug section.

[Graf Zahl]

No, it's fully intentional that the default setting for this is 2. Im most cases such sounds tend to drown everything else so they have to be restrained this way.

When Randy removed the limiting feature at the time he transitioned the sound code to FModEx there was a huge outcry because the result was an utter mess so he had to reimplement the feature. Have fun reading the thread over at ZDoom.org.