Doing stuff with env_microphone

[^PoW^norman b.]

I want a speaker to move along with a sound, to be specific, any of the HL2 music sounds, and when i say speaker i mean an object like a func_movelinear, not an env_speaker.

Ive tried using an env_microphone, and the func_movelinear will move, but only to sounds that i make, (ex: me walking, jumping, shooting, etc.) the ambient_generic seems to do nothing.

Any help would be appeciated.

 

[swiss_cheese9797]

if i understand your question, you are trying to make a speaker bounce or move like its playing a song with some loud bass. If that is the case you will need to do one of 2 things: code some kind of sound response trigger to make it move when it passes some kind of sound threshold, or 2, synchronize a series of events that move the speaker with the music.

 

[^PoW^norman b.]

The first one. I thought that the env_microphone could do that, but i think its b/c i directly hooked them up directly to each other. I'm gonna try making so it moves once the sound gets pretty loud, instead of moving continuoulsy with the music.

 

[Raeven0]

Hmm. Does ambient_generic even cause changes in ambient sound volume as the sound it's playing gets softer or louder? I wouldn't think so.

 

[^PoW^norman b.]

Well I tried everything, and it seems that your right. An env_microphone cannot measure the sound level of an ambient_generic, although it can play it back though a speaker.

To tell you the truth, I'm not worried about getting the speaker to move. I can do that some other way, a lot simpler way too.

My biggest problem now is getting some ambient_generic's or some other kind of sound playing entity to cycle though, playing one song, then going to the next. For some stupid reason, ambient_generics do not have an out put that fires after the sound has stopped, or else this would be very easy.

I really wanted to be able to measure the sound level of an ambient_generic b/c im making a nightclub kinda map, with lazers and lights and stuff that goes with the music. Oh well.

 

[Limpet]

Maybe use a timer?
Dunno how efficient that is.

 

[^PoW^norman b.]

Yea, I could use a timer. Just need to find me a watch to time the songs in game. Guess I could write down when certain changes in the songs occur when i want something to happen, like a certain pattern of blinding lights when the music gets loud or changes.

Env_shake's near speakers: Sweet.

 

[Limpet]

I was going to try something like this after playing a horrible map called large_party.
It was going to be named small_party but be huge, like having puzzels and a small skydiving section and other stuff.

Although I learned something from that map. You can use sprite textures as brush textures too

 

[^PoW^norman b.]

Wait, could I get the songs to cycle using a custom env_soundscape? That way I could designate several different places for the music to play, like in the main room, or outside next to a pool.

I dont know much about soundscapes, so if you could just point me to a tutorial that would help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Limpet]

http://www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=hl2.htm
Look under advanced tutorials.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=soundscape&go=Go