Audio stuck at 0 gain?

[sly tapir]

I've been running into a problem where if I start playing a sound when the gain is set to 0, I can't increase it any more unless I stop and restart it. Any clue why it's doing that?

also this doesn't affect it

[atomic dagger]

tbh would not iterate through the assets like that

but when you change the gain how are you doing it?

[sly tapir]

I have a variable set to the sound when i play it and i reference that and do audio_sound_gain

i wish there were a way to loop thru all playing sounds

[atomic dagger]

thats one of those things where like, once you build a system for it its e z as heckfuck

[sly tapir]

yeah

[atomic dagger]

are you recycling the variable?

[sly tapir]

like reusing it?

[atomic dagger]

yeah

[sly tapir]

yeah

[sly tapir]

(how) do you recommend making a system like this?

[atomic dagger]

usually i use an array. i push each sound into the array to be played and the gain is adjust based on howmany sounds are playing

[sly tapir]

oh like adaptive gain for everything?

[atomic dagger]

yep

[sly tapir]

testing in a new project, audio is stuck at 0

it doesnt like my variable

[atomic dagger]

so the first time you set gain has to be after its played

[sly tapir]

ah

using the asset and variable do different things

missed that in the docs

I think the asset and sound index gains are multiplied

🤯

ok

[atomic dagger]

they are not multiplied no, shouldnt be anyways

you basically get two options for controlling gain. you do it through the mixer tool OR do it through code

using code ignores all mixer tool settings

[sly tapir]

if I set mus_test gain to .5 and sound gain to 1, it plays at .5

I think I get it

[atomic dagger]

uh

that shouldnt happen lol

or is undocumented anyways

[sly tapir]

wack

[sturdy garden]

The final gain you hear is the product of the voice (snd) gain, asset (mus_test) gain and emitter (if applicable) gain.

Also technically listener gain (controlled by audio_master_gain) is a factor too