PlaySound weird slowdown issue?

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:57 am

Hey guys. I've not been here in a while but I've started messing with a new project in Pb. I've been having an issue with my game not working right once a sound is played.

Could someone confirm for me that they experience the same result with this program:
http://www.dracsoft.com/zips/2ds.zip

Run the game, use WSAD to move around. Note the speed you move. Now left-click to fire, or right-click to reload and thus cause a sound effect to play. The sound plays fine, but all of a sudden the movement speed is practically zero.

The yellow AI players stop moving at the right speed too.

This does *not* happen when I change:

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Procedure PlaySFX(sfx.l, loop.b = 0)
  If IsSound(sfx)
    If loop=1
      PlaySound(sfx,#PB_Sound_Loop)
    Else
      PlaySound(sfx)
    EndIf 
  EndIf 
EndProcedure

To this:

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Procedure PlaySFX(sfx.l, loop.b = 0)
  If IsSound(sfx)
    If loop=1
      ;PlaySound(sfx,#PB_Sound_Loop)
    Else
      ;PlaySound(sfx)
    EndIf 
  EndIf 
EndProcedure

With those two lines commented out, the player does not slow down, and all is normal, (except no sounds).

djes · Post by **djes** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:24 am

Had this with VIA chipset. Be sure to use the correct frequency of your sound (generally 44100Hz), and not more.

Demivec · Post by **Demivec** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:50 pm

@dracflamloc: there is no delay when a sound is played for me. Win XP SP3 (x86) Realtek AC'97 audio .

djes · Post by **djes** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:09 pm

It was an old chipset

It's a known bug, I hang around some days to find it...

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:00 pm

Thanks guys, I'll try that out