AudioClip.IsPlaying

[Crimson Wizard]

It seems to me AGS lacks a way to simply check if AudioClip is being played, while have a way to check what clip the channels play.
I believe AudioClip.IsPlaying this is a nice candidate for helper function (or property).

Other option would be to add following properties:
AudioClip.PlayCount - number of channels this clip is played on right now.
AudioClip.ChannelsPlaying - array of references to AudioChannel.

[Joseph DiPerla]

I thought it did have a few of those features you just asked for.


AudioChannel *channel = aExplosion.Play();
while (channel.IsPlaying) Wait(1);
Display("Finished playing the explosion");


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AudioChannel *channel = System.AudioChannels[2];
if (channel.PlayingClip == null)
{
  Display("Nothing is playing on channel 2");
}
else
{
  Display("Channel 2 is playing a clip of type %d", channel.PlayingClip.Type);
}


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while (Game.IsAudioPlaying(eAudioTypeMusic))
{
  Wait(1);
}


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Display("There are %d audio channels.", System.AudioChannelCount);


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AudioChannel *channel = System.AudioChannels[2];
Display("Channel 2's current volume is %d.", channel.Volume);

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Unless you meant a more direct way of achieving those things or are talking about something else entirely?

[Crimson Wizard]

Unless you meant a more direct way of achieving those things or are talking about something else entirely?

Here's a recent thread referencing the problem:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46384.0

Basically there's no way to know if certain AudioClip is playing without checking all channels, and that usually requires writing your own helper functions in the script.
That is - you can know what clip is playing on a channel, but to know what channel does the clip play on you should do some extra coding.