Thread: How to make sound?

I tried using FMOD but for some reason I just can't get it to work right. I gone through their "getting started" help file but that didn't help.

I get compiler errors. Either I'm not doing something right in the code or I'm not linking something or adding some library. Problem is that I'm new enough that I don't know the actual question to ask, like am I suppose to have some kind of library link (and how do you link it) and stuff. I don't really want to use FMOD because I plan on selling my game when it's completed and I don't want to pay a fee.

Does anyone have a function that will play sound effect and ambient background sound? I looked for Bubba's complete sound source but can't find it. My ideal thing is having a background sound, like birds chirping in a forest and while you are in combat, you can hear swords clashing. This is a console application.

I've looked online and can't find anything helpful. Not even if I tried using FMOD. PlaySound only plays one sound at a time.

I looked for Bubba's complete sound source but can't find it.

My old sound source was for DOS and the other was for DirectMusic. Both of those are deprecated to say the least. I'm now using OpenAL and posting the source would do little since it is quite simple to get OpenAL up and running.

I'll try that and see how it goes. I just couldn't get FMOD to work at all. Kept getting compiler errors.

I'm using VC express. I think it's 2008. It's the free one.

As far as the errors go, I didn't write them down. I'm currently on a business trip and I am using a different computer to access the internet than the one I have my code on. It's a bit of a hassle right now. Things will be better once I get back home next week.

But the whole FMOD was a bit frustrating. I couldn't find any instructions other than the one it came with that would show step by step how to make it work. Or even sample code that included everything that needs to be in it, like the headers (#include) and stuff. I find it easy to dissect a code. But there is none to dissect fully.

You can try using mcisendstring() if you're feeling lazy.

Code:

mciSendString("play sound.wav", NULL, 0, 0);

Originally Posted by Xterria

You can try using mcisendstring() if you're feeling lazy.

Code:

mciSendString("play sound.wav", NULL, 0, 0);

mciSendString seems to be able to play multiple sounds at once. I'm having trouble getting the repeat command to work. I'm trying:

mciSendString("play sound.wav repeat", NULL, 0, 0);

but it doesn't seem to work. I go to the following site play (Windows) but the usage is hard for me to understand.

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