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Title: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: Prodatron on 13:13, 17 March 23

Somehow I have in my mind, that it is possible to use the Starkos Player also for playing sound effects, even while playing a tune. Does it require a hack, or is it an existing feature?

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: roudoudou on 14:20, 17 March 23

Quote from: Prodatron on 13:13, 17 March 23Somehow I have in my mind, that it is possible to use the Starkos Player also for playing sound effects, even while playing a tune. Does it require a hack, or is it an existing feature?

you can hack any player if you do not call anymore the player ;D
then you save every registers (better)
doing your sh1T !
then you restore every registers (BETTER!)
then you start again calling the player

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: TotO on 14:48, 17 March 23

As I remember for R-Type, when a SFX is played it just cut the music channel the required time.

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: Prodatron on 15:30, 17 March 23

Thanks! Ok, I see, so there is no "feature" for this :)
I was wondering, if the Starkos player can play just one single instrument (which would be the sound FX) on a specific channel on demand.
Or do have game developers usually their own methodes for playing a sound FX.

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: roudoudou on 15:59, 17 March 23

Quote from: Prodatron on 15:30, 17 March 23Thanks! Ok, I see, so there is no "feature" for this :)
I was wondering, if the Starkos player can play just one single instrument (which would be the sound FX) on a specific channel on demand.
Or do have game developers usually their own methodes for playing a sound FX.

if you do not want to make your own solution, you can upgrade your starkos file to AT1 or AT2 and use the dedicated player

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: Prodatron on 20:04, 17 March 23

Ah, that's it, thanks!

Title: Re: [?] Using the Starkos Player for sound effects (e.g. in games), is it possible?
Post by: GUNHED on 12:13, 21 March 23

Quote from: roudoudou on 14:20, 17 March 23
Quote from: Prodatron on 13:13, 17 March 23Somehow I have in my mind, that it is possible to use the Starkos Player also for playing sound effects, even while playing a tune. Does it require a hack, or is it an existing feature?
you can hack any player if you do not call anymore the player ;D
then you save every registers (better)
doing your sh1T !
then you restore every registers (BETTER!)
then you start again calling the player

Well, that's the way I do it for one of my games. However I just let the song player continue and in addition I so add the sound effect to one channel only. So the song continues an the effect is added.

BTW: It would be nice to have some tool like Starkos just for making sound effects. ;)

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General Category => GFX + Tunes => Topic started by: Prodatron on 13:13, 17 March 23