[lost] sound problem

I loop a sound(snd_loop, a waterfall in this case) and use a var to increse or decrease it's volume...using snd_tune and a var to adjust the volume.
I call it in the entity action in side a while loop(one problem), so the sound gets called and called and called...annoying.
I also cannot get it to respond to snd_tune, but this is how I want to adjust the volume...
I want to keep this in the ent action or create a sound ent using the aug model or something that I can set to invisible and passable later...
any knowledge that can be passed on would help.
Also, is there a trick to using the "add sound" in the editor, I can never get them to work.

Check it in the loop with a snd_playing(snd_handle) function. Thinking about other requests...

First...
Code:

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snd_tune (Handle, Volume, 0, 0);

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And second...call the snd_loop from outside the while loop. Eg. :
You have:
Code:

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while(1)
{
  snd_handle = snd_loop(sound_file_str,100,0);
  wait(1);
}

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Change it to:
Code:

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snd_handle = snd_loop(sound_file_str,100,0);
while(1)
{
  if(key_a == 1) { snd_var += 5 * time; }
  if(key_d == 1) { snd_var -= 5 * time; }
  snd_tune(snd_handle,snd_var,0,0);
  wait(1);
}

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Hope this helps

EDIT: Right click > Add > Add sound > Sound file.wav
Right click while selected > Properties > Change the range (shouldnt be too small) and the volume. Build as normal (default) and enjoy stereo

so snd_tune is calling the snd_handle too, I thought it was just modifying the playing sound? if so then that is another problem I'm having....
I also need to define snd_handle as a global variable...(var snd_handle;)if I want to adjust the sound from a different function or ent correct?
I'll look further. Thank you.

Yes , define 50 snd handles and every time you assign a sound to a variable check to see if each one of them is empty. (Array...) You could than have multiple handles for multiple sounds and control them one by one.

Or you could use one of the current entity's skills as a handle.

eitherway...more typing than I want...I will find a solution, and I appreciate all the input...

OK, I'm sooo frustrated right now...I had to walk away...
I'm positive I know what I am doing and it either..
a)doesn't play.
b)loops over itself eternaly.
AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

here is my basic implementation...
sound waterfall = <water.wav>;
var volume;
var s_handle;
action some_action
{
set some stuff(passable etc..)
s_handle = snd_loop(waterfall, volume,0);
while(player != null)
{
if(vec_dist(player.x,my.x) < 1000)
{
volume += 1 * time_step/4;
}
snd_tune(s_handle,volume,-10,0);
wait(1);
}
}
I may have missed a bracket, but this is my "basic" setup.
I've even tried setting the handle in a separate loop(same action)before this main loop.

P.S. how do you get your code to show up correctly after typing it...I hate how mine always aligns to the left.

i searc and seacrh but i did found it i think

s_handle = snd_loop(waterfall, 1,0);

Why do you want to adjust the volume? Why not just assign the action to the waterfall itself, if you are not doing so already, and then use ent_playloop ( ENTITY*, SOUND*, var volume); function, with a volume of something greater than 100, which will then be heard from a greater distance, and it will become louder the closer you get to it. Check the manual for more info.

Yes, I want positional audio...thanks...lifesaver, if this works....probably will.

it works, thank you....I was making a mountain out of a mole hill. I knew it could not be that hard.