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AGS Support => Advanced Technical Forum => Topic started by: Nikolas on Mon 08/10/2007 15:55:45

Title: VST or other format support in AGS?
Post by: Nikolas on Mon 08/10/2007 15:55:45
Heh...

I know that this will take 1-2 replies, cause the answer's pretty much "yes" or "no". Still, let me ask it anyway:

Was thinking of making a program for audio, very much audio, and I would need the final output going through a bit of reverb (VST plug-in small library/program, which makes the illusion that the audio is in a certain place, based on certain values). These plug-ins are used ALL THE TIME in music, and all sequencers, and generally programs/hosts supprot various formats, with VST being the main one, for PC. Other names are RTAS, AU, etc.

So. Does AGS support such a program? Can I have the music coming out of a game, going through a VST plug-in (Reverb in particular).

The question is very exact, and it can't work to add the reverb in the recording. I want the reverb to be different each time (which would mean different recordings for every instant).

My guess is "no", but I can't be sure until I ask you nice people here. :)

Thanks for reading this huge post, which could be 1 line question.  :-[
Title: Re: VST or other format support in AGS?
Post by: Ashen on Mon 08/10/2007 17:11:55
AFAIK, you're right and it's not possible.

If it is, it'd take a fair bit of working around, and/or possibly a plugin. Since this isn't really beginner's stuff, I'll move this over the the Tech Forum where you're more likely to get a useful reply.
Title: Re: VST or other format support in AGS?
Post by: Pumaman on Mon 08/10/2007 19:10:41
No, AGS does not support that. I'm not sure if its sound system would even be compatible with a VST plugin.
Title: Re: VST or other format support in AGS?
Post by: RickJ on Tue 09/10/2007 09:06:25
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o, AGS does not support that. I'm not sure if its sound system would even be compatible with a VST plugin.
Is it possible/practical to write an AGS plugin that performed this or similar kind of function?   I think what Nikolas needs is a plugin that can open a sound file(s), read and apply reverb or other filtering, and then pass the result to the AGS sound system. 
Title: Re: VST or other format support in AGS?
Post by: Pumaman on Tue 09/10/2007 19:43:01
Currently the plugin API doesn't allow this sort of plugin, but if there was demand for it I could look into how easy it would be to add.