Hi Erik
One issue I've noticed with the current system is that all sounds are played
on the same channel.
Let me give an example:
On the Beechcraft B1900D, sound inside the cabin is engine noise + warning
messages (1000 ft, 500 ft, excessive banking, etc..).
When switching to an external view like the tower, the same channel is used
for both, and the sound pitch is scaled to account for the Doppler effect.
The effect is not realistic, you hear a high-pitch version of the warning
messages from a mile away.
I was wondering if this can be kept into account during the rework.
Thanks
Tom
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Erik Hofman <e...@ehofman.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is a heads up that I'm working on improving the sound system quite
> a bit with a few new concepts in mind.
>
> Right now the FX class is the heart of the audio system while the
> SoundManager is loosely tied between the samples and the FX class. In
> the future the Sound Manager will be the heart of the system and a
> SGSampleGroup class is introduced that holds all sounds for a particular
> model. The FX class will be derived from it and Samples will need to be
> register to one of the SampleGroup classes.
>
> Instead of using the SoundManager in the future subsystems will have to
> deal with the new (and privately held but registered) SampleGroup class
> instead. (It still can create new Samples at will)
>
> Another advantage of this approach is that all updates to the OpenAL
> state will be inside the update() function of the SoundManager which
> should make subtle differences due to interdependencies (almost)
> impossible.
>
> The update will be quite large but the result would be that AI models
> also would be able to generate sound effects (if all goes well). I do
> not yet have a time frame when it will be committed but I wanted it to
> be known in advance.
>
> Erik
>
>
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