Beginner's Guide to Game Programming Ep1 Part 5-A Sound in Allegro 4

[kelly2000398]

when my midi plays it only plays the first second then repeats real fast

[kelly2000398]

when my midi plays it only plays the first second then repeats real fast

[kelly2000398]

when my midi plays it only plays the first second then repeats real fast

[retromelon123]

hmm, i don't seem to be able to play the sound in the game....

i get no errors, it just doesn't play...

any suggestions?? :S

[Nikon05]

I hate your videos.........Im getting no sleep, because I cant stop watching them :)

[frizider2]

Since i can copy only a part of one bitmap, to another bitmap, can i do the same for sample music, like just play from 5. second to 10. second if a ninja kills a samurai in ninja vs samurai game? Are there functions that allow manuvering with parts of samples?

[CoderRach]

@frizider2 I've never really heard of anyone "filmstripping" their sounds, and I don't really think there would be much advantage in doing so. Sounds can vary a lot between themselves, while images are more simple, so filmstripping several actions of the same sprite leads to a smaller image size than saving them all separately.

[TheMenkin]

I have an odd problem. When i put the midi in an if statement it only plays when the if statement is incorrect. im so confused. is there any way around this?

[LusikkaMage]

@TheMenkin Your if logic must be wrong, then.

[DrunkenWaffle]

@TheMenkin Check your equal signs. = is setting a value, == is comparing two.

[dukie67]

Episode 1 has 25,000 views, yet this one only has under 3,000.

>.>

[DIOSMELO15]

Hey first of all i've to say thank you. This tutorial is the best i've seen on the net. i'm spanish but it's so clear i can understand almost everything.

For those who have the same problem than me (the program doesn't crash but can't hear anything), here is the sollution:

Copy this code before loading the midi or the sample.

install_sound(DIGI_AUTODETECT, MIDI_AUTODETECT, "A");

Hope this help.

Bye!

[enigmax91]

@DIOSMELO15

Thank You very much, I had the same problem as many others who posted here, that code really helped fix it!

[Wazzup800]

I got all the code and have double checked to make sure that everything is right. The program opens but nothing happens. I tryed set_volume() but that didn't help. PLEASE HELP!

[ReGretDeath]

Where are you post to put the sound and bitmaps so you only have to put the name and tag like she did?

[LusikkaMage]

What do you mean tag?

For these videos, I have the BITMAP and MIDI objects in main, and I call the functions to use them somewhere in main since this is a small game.

[McClover]

please help i get this error when i try to debug..

Unhandled exception at 0x100347d9 in AllegroTutorial1.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000c.

code is as shown

play_sample( sound, 255, 128, 1000, true );

its inside the while loop for the ESC key i beleave was in tutorial 2?

load sample is under the BITMAP *buffer

and the volume is in the while loop under the play_sample

and destroy_sample is under destroy_bitmap

Any ideas what i did wrong??

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

"how much mountain dew was I on when I wrote this script"

A question every programmer asks themselves at least once... ;)

[deebeast3]

hey, i got my sound set up and programmed in, but i can't hear it. its a mid. help plz and thank u

[LusikkaMage]

you might check your set_volume function. If the program isn't crashing when you try to play then it should have loaded in correctly. Are any other sounds working?

[deebeast3]

MIDI *Main = load_midi("SOUND/Main.mid");

set_volume( 255, 255);

play_midi(Main, true);

then there is more code, but this is just the sound parts. thanks for help.

is this right?

[bc0wful]

sorry about posting this on wrong video but i noticed it during this video.

I get an error on Load_image function :(

here is the log for that particular error.

20 C:\Documents and Settings\***\Desktop\C++ Game\init_allegro.cpp `load_image' undeclared (first use this function)

[LusikkaMage]

Load_Bitmap(...) ?

[SpooksDragonFable]

Does any one know where I can get good .midi files?

And Great video! :)

[lemonadeaz92]

Your videos have taught me more than 2 years sitting in programming class. THANKYOU!

[MrOnix9009]

WHEE!

[Donutslayer7]

I suddenly have the urge to favorite a lot of these tutorials :) this is kinda how you do

BITMAP *picture

FONT *font

type thing, thanks for clearing the sound one up XD

[Toumaz]

The function to stop MIDI playback is stop_midi() - have a look in the Allegro manual, Music routines chapter.

[LusikkaMage]

Okedokey, thanks.

[LusikkaMage]

Hopefully I won't get a big Michael Jackson debate in the comments for this video.

(Hint hint: Will be removed kthx)

[lotios611]

Nice