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Sound for C++ Gauges

ddawson

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Also posted over at Avsim...
Now that I have created the thing, is there any interest in a gauge that will implement sounds for other C++ gauges?

Doug
 
Doug, there is a real need for a replacement for the ancient and aging Gaugesound.dll file, which among its other shortcomings, doesn't support spatial positioning or volume control.
 
does it need to be C++ gauge specific? If the dll watched just two custom variables it could equally be triggered by an XML gauge - e.g.

77 (>C:DD_SOUND:INDEX) // chooses index id of sound to play (from config file)
1 (>C:DD_SOUND:PLAY) // signals DLL to play the sound.

B21
 
Doug already has had an XML=>C sound support system available for some years now for freeware developers. See: dsd_xml_sound3.zip available at AVSIM.

I have had a commercial XML=>C sound system available for over a year now as well.

What is needed is a reasonably complete sound gauge/module for C programmers to use that can replace the now unsupported gaugesound.dll . There is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to roll their own sound support for C gauge freeware projects.
 
oh yeah - I remember now - had forgotten having not looked for a while. Apologies.

I still don't get how the requirements for a C gauge would differ though.

B21
 
B21 said:
I still don't get how the requirements for a C gauge would differ though.
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One could trigger sounds, control panning, and volume using C variables instead of having to detour through the XML parsing engine! :rotfl:
 
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