bug: 1.3.0 and 3d sound (incl. fix)

[D'Lanor]

I cannot get the 3d sound to work anymore.

My 1.2.1 alcscript flags looked like this:

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    flags: 3d|local


For 1.3.0 I changed it according to the new tutorial:

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    flags:
      - is3dsound
      - localonly


The sound however is not 3d. I was unable to test the local sound obviously, but it didn't show up in the logfile either.

[D'Lanor]

My 3d sound suddenly started working again after I deleted the pyc files in the scripts folder.

Edit: and now it is non 3d again at the next export. This is driving me nuts.

[D'Lanor]

I think I fixed the flags problem in the alc_SndClasses.py source file. Can the developers evaluate this?

I noticed that in 1.2.1 the flags were set in self.fProperties:

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        flags = FindInDict(objscript,"sound.flags", "")
        flags = flags.replace(" ","")
        f = flags.split('|')
        for prop in f:
            if(prop == "3d"):
                self.fProperties |= plSound.Properties["kPropIs3DSound"]
            if(prop == "loop"):
                self.fProperties |= plSound.Properties["kPropLooping"]
            if(prop == "start"):
                self.fProperties |= plSound.Properties["kPropAutoStart"]
            if(prop == "local"):
                self.fProperties |= plSound.Properties["kPropLocalOnly"]

1.3.0 sets them in self.fFlags like this:

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        flags = FindInDict(objscript,"sound.flags",[])
        if type(flags) == list:
            self.fFlags = 0 # reset
            for flag in flags:
                if flag.lower() in plWin32Sound.scriptProps:
                    idx =  plWin32Sound.scriptProps[flag.lower()]
                    self.fFlags |= idx

self.fProperties is no longer set anywhere after being initialized with a default value.

So I changed self.fFlags back to self.fProperties and everything is ok now.

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        flags = FindInDict(objscript,"sound.flags",[])
        if type(flags) == list:
            self.fProperties = 0 # reset
            for flag in flags:
                if flag.lower() in plWin32Sound.scriptProps:
                    idx =  plWin32Sound.scriptProps[flag.lower()]
                    self.fProperties |= idx

Not sure why I thought it was working briefly once before (see previous post). Perhaps I mixed up my plugin versions and accidently loaded 1.2.1. Anyway, it works for me now at every export.

[Paradox]

o.o

Why did any of my sounds work? I should have noticed a coding error like that long before a release

[D'Lanor]

The sounds worked ok. They just weren't 3d (which can be checked by rotating your avatar). There were no export errors and nothing even shows up differently in the age logfile.

Edit: I uploaded my proposed fix to the contrib section of the SVN. I expected a password protection, but write access seems to be public.

[Robert The Rebuilder]

I uploaded my proposed fix to the contrib section of the SVN. I expected a password protection, but write access seems to be public.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Trylon, but I believe that's the point of the contrib folder: anyone can contribute to the plugin. The contents are reviewed, then eventually incorporated into the trunk.

[Nadnerb]

I uploaded my proposed fix to the contrib section of the SVN. I expected a password protection, but write access seems to be public.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Trylon, but I believe that's the point of the contrib folder: anyone can contribute to the plugin. The contents are reviewed, then eventually incorporated into the trunk.

This is correct. Also, D'lanor, your fix has been reviewed and merged with the trunk. Thanks.

[boblishman]

So... has this fix been added to the 1.3.0 download and "latest.zip" too (HERE ... or are those still "broken" ... ?

[andylegate]

I think (and I do stress that word, think) that it is in the latest. The post by Nadnerb seems to indicate that the fix was reviewed and added to the plugin you would download. I think.

[boblishman]

I think (and I do stress that word, think) that it is in the latest. The post by Nadnerb seems to indicate that the fix was reviewed and added to the plugin you would download. I think.

well... it says it was added to the svn ... not the zip file ... sure, I can go and get it from the trunk, I was just hoping that for less experienced writers that it would have been added to the zips