Music Volume

[Tinky the target]

Hey,

Was ewondering how to increase the volume of music that I have entered into a mission myself....by using the description extention file.

I noticed there is a db option.  which i assume was decibels...but changing that seems to make no difference.

Thanks for any help...once I've sorted this my mission should be just about done!! ;D

[dmakatra]

fadesound and fademusic is the commands you're looking for, look em up in the command reference.

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[Tinky the target]

Thanks Armstrong...


But I take it that the fademusic command will stay active for the rest of the mission. since at the beginning I have an external piece of music playing, but about 2/3rds of the way through a piece of internal music plays.  now the external piece is almost slient without using the fademusic command, but i have a feeling the internal music will be deafening (since i had to set fademusic to full (5) to make the music hearable)...whereas the internal music is quite loud enough without fademusic...

if you understand that!!

Is there another way of making it even louder BTW, as although it is loud enough...i would like it louder!!!! ;D

Thanks

[Drozdov]

Try turning the volume knob up on your speakers...

If this isn't what you're wanting, try values greater than 5. You sure that 5 is full volume?

[Tinky the target]

No, I went up the numbers from 1...6 and 7 didnt seem to make a difference so i assumed 5 is max.

If I turn up the speakers then the ambience and other music will be too loud!!

[Tinky the target]

It seems to max out at about 10...

[-Omega-]

...Why don't you use the fadeMusic command to crank the volume of the first song, and then make a trigger that will lower the fadeMusic variables at a certain point in your map (before the second song)?...

Dunno if it'll work for what you're doing...

[Tinky the target]

Thanks for the idea!

But what I was wondering now is whether I'm using this command right...

Tell me if I'm wrong but dont most things like this go from 0 to 1 (like setdamage1 is completely dead and like setdamage0.3 will do in legs and stuff).  So does fademusic go from 0-1?  

I mean I'm sure there is a difference above 1...

 

[-Omega-]

I'm definately not too familiar with the fadeMusic command, but from reading posts of people who have had questions about it I've gathered a few things... sorry if it turns out to not be %100 accurate information, I havn't been able to test it all myself.

_variable1 fadeMusic _variable2

_variable1 = The time (in seconds) over which the command will take effect. (if you put in 20, over the next 20 seconds the volume will gradually change)

_variable2 = The change in volume. A number greater than one increases the volume, and a number less than one decreases it. From what I've read, it seems to go from between 0 (no music) to 5 (large volume increase). I'm not sure if the variable is relative to the current volume or not (meaning: if you set it to 1, I don't know if there will be no volume change, or if it will set the music to volume level 1).

So, based on all of this, if you use a script or the On Activation field of a trigger and put in:

10 fadeMusic 5

then it should gradually increase the music volume to max over 10 seconds.
Or, if you put in:

5 fadeMusic .1

it should gradually decrease the volume to a quiet level over 5 seconds.

0 fadeMusic 0

would be used to instantly turn the volume of the music off.


Hope that makes sense, helps you out, and isn't just repeating what you already know...  

[Tinky the target]

Thanks for all the help (esp. Omega)...

I guess this is something that I'll have to just mess around with till I bodge the right thing and it works.
 ;D