Spring RTS Engine

In the nukeTracker widget, I have some sounds played via
Sometimes the sound isn't heard. Is this because of the max simultaneous sounds setting in Spring settings and if so, is there a way to prioritise some sounds over others?

try if it helps to specify a channel:
http://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_UnsyncedCtrl#Sounds

This doesn't seem to have an effect.
I also tried making the layer of the widget = -100 to no avail.
I seem to remember a lower layer making the widget a higher priority or something similar.

hm if you can upload the sound+widget it will be easier to test...
Atm I lean more towards problems with the soundfile (try mono maybe) or widget rather than bug in engine, so moving it to "games & mods" for now..

Below are three examples of sounds from the widget. All sounds are affected equally it would seem and usually when there are other sounds playing (from fighting going on).

cabal_silo_online.ogg
duration: 2.581 s
sample rate: 44100 Hz
channels: 1
bitrate: 76 kbps
codec: vorbis
encoding: lossy

enemyNukeLaunch.ogg
duration: 5.27 s
sample rate: 44100 Hz
channels: 1
bitrate: 127 kbps
codec: vorbis
encoding: lossy

NuclearMissReady.wav
duration: 1.4 s
sample rate: 48000 Hz
channels: 1
bitrate: 768 kbps
codec: PCM
encoding: lossless

Here is a beta version of the widget with sounds included (note these sounds include game ripped files) just for examples of eventual functionality.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2o5uiidfs56ksqt

Try using mono. In this case it shouldn't matter at all, but humor me.

Edit: Derp, they are mono.

LEDZ wrote:All sounds are affected equally it would seem and usually when there are other sounds playing (from fighting going on).

again Einstein was right

again Einstein was right

So what would Einstein suggest can be done about this problem?

Einstein wrote:Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

PS: sound channels are limited in contrast to stupidity.
PPS: in Spring sound items have a priority defined in sounds.lua

jK wrote:

Einstein wrote:Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

PS: sound channels are limited in contrast to stupidity.
PPS: in Spring sound items have a priority defined in sounds.lua

I'll reply in kind.

Einstein wrote:"If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut."

Can you increase X by giving explaining how sounds played by widgets can override sound priorities so that we can all increase Y; otherwise you might as well maximise Z.

how sounds played by widgets can override sound priorities

Did not test but seems Spring.LoadSoundDef http://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_UnsyncedCtrl can create new sounddefs "on the fly" with new priority.

Is there any way to preload soundfiles if you play them using PlaySoundFile? What if you have about 300 files? Are they all loaded when running this call?

LEDZ wrote:Can you increase X by giving explaining how sounds played by widgets can override sound priorities so that we can all increase Y; otherwise you might as well maximise Z.

JK was joking, don't take it seriously

Jools wrote:Is there any way to preload soundfiles if you play them using PlaySoundFile? What if you have about 300 files? Are they all loaded when running this call?

jK wrote:PPS: in Spring sound items have a priority defined in sounds.lua

Yes, sound items, but does this also apply to sounds played by Spring.PlaySoundFile("sounds/xxx.wav")?

Aren't these just handled on the fly?

Spring.PlaySoundFile("sounds/xxx.wav") IS a sound item