Oolite Bulletins

Thargoid wrote:

It just seems odd that everything goes quiet when you go to the mission screen, and then comes straight back afterwards.

Kaks wrote:

You could think of it as going inside a phone box when looking at mission screens, something that would tend to muffle out all external sounds...

SpitJock wrote:

I could use a little assistance in modifying it though - assuming that's OK...

SpitJock wrote:

The difficulty is - looking at the code in script.js, I can't see how it defines the sounds for radio chatter when entering station or planet/moon aegis - only when still in aegis after launch in this code:

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{start:"LAUNCH",type:"withinStationAegis",init:1,muteOn:false,change:0,src:3,sound:["bgs-m_ambi_chatter1.ogg","bgs-m_ambi_chatter2.ogg"]
,cmp:0},

if(typeof(obj.sound)==='object') sound = obj.sound[Math.floor(Math.random()*obj.sound.length)];

Still thinking I might work up a few sound clips of my own rather than leaving it "dead air". I can see that a bit of ATC chatter will add ambience and make the game even more immersive.

SpitJock wrote:

I've just grabbed a bunch of ATC chat and audio clips from NASA and the former Russian Space Agency, and I think when I've taken out any phrases that break realism ("Uhhh... Houston - we have a problem") there'll be plenty left...

SpitJock wrote:

Does it preload the sound resources files or load/unload on the fly after the random selection?

this.name = "ExpandBGSChatter_Set01";
this.author = "Me";
this.copyright = "(c)2010-4125 Again Me";
this.description = "Expand BGS chatter";
this.version = "1.0";

this.startUp = function()
{
  delete this.startUp;
  if(!worldScripts["BGS-M"]){
    for(prop in this){if(prop!=='name' && prop!=='version') delete this[prop];}
    log(this.name,this.name+': BGS-A or BGS-M not installed. Disabling...');
    return;
  } else {
    if(worldScripts["BGS-M"].startUp) worldScripts["BGS-M"].startUp();
    var myChatter = ["ExpandBGSChatter_Set01a.ogg","ExpandBGSChatter_Set01b.ogg"]; // Place your files in this array
    var a = worldScripts["BGS-M"].bgsSoundPool;
    for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++){
      if(a[i].start==="LAUNCH" && a[i].type==="withinStationAegis"){
        for(let s=0;s<myChatter.length;s++){
          a[i].sound.push(myChatter[s]);
        }
        break;
      }
    }
  }
}

the player usually does not stay that long in the station aegis

Micha wrote:

the player usually does not stay that long in the station aegis

He doesn't?? I guess you've never had to wait in line while 15 ships dock before you finally get cleared... :-D For the 'instant-dockers' this might be true, but for the manual-dockers the constantly looping chatter does get a bit old.

Micha wrote:

He doesn't?? I guess you've never had to wait in line while 15 ships dock before you finally get cleared... For the 'instant-dockers' this might be true, but for the manual-dockers the constantly looping chatter does get a bit old.

Micha wrote:

A suggested improvement might be to have a whole bunch of individual short chatter, and then occasionally one gets randomly played rather than the continuous looping.

Micha wrote:

Not sure if you can do it in JS, but is it possible to load files based on a prefix or wildcard? Ie, all files matching "station_aegis_chatter*.ogg" or something? That way you don't have to hard-code them all into the script, and people can easily add/remove them as they please.

Micha wrote:

Also, on the engine up/down noises, is it possible to only play them -while- the keys are pressed? Or maybe remove them entirely, but affect the volume of the engine noise based on speed? I find the little engine noise quite annoying as I adjust my speed a lot and have currently removed them, but it would still be nice to have some sort of engine feedback. Just a thought.

Svengali wrote:

Micha wrote:

Not sure if you can do it in JS, but is it possible to load files based on a prefix or wildcard? Ie, all files matching "station_aegis_chatter*.ogg" or something? That way you don't have to hard-code them all into the script, and people can easily add/remove them as they please.

Wildcards? Hmm, no. It's not possible, I think. Have tried it a while ago, but will repeat the tests.