Fading Background Music while a Video is played?

[Rik_Vargard]

Hiya! Well like the title says, I want to fade out a song while a video is played, if that's possible.

Here's what I got so far, looks like the video is blocking the script:
I tried both function room_RepExec() and function repeatedly_execute_always()
The Video plays first and only once it's finished does the fading happen.

Code: ags

function room_AfterFadeIn()
{
  SetTimer (1, 20);
  PlayVideo ("Video03.ogv", eVideoSkipAnyKeyOrMouse, 21);
}

function repeatedly_execute_always()
{
  if (IsTimerExpired (1))
  {
    if (BGM.Volume == 0)
    {
      SetTimer (1, 0);
    }
    else
    {
      BGM.Volume -= 1;
      SetTimer (1, 2);
    }
  }
}

Any ideas? 

[Crimson Wizard]

The PlayVideo command in AGS stops the rest of the game completely, no script is run while it's playing.

AGS 4 has more advanced video controls, so this may be done easily there.

EDIT: I have a weird idea that maybe this could be done if you start crossfading to a another, silent music track right before PlayVideo. I have never tried that myself.

[Rik_Vargard]

AGS 4 has more advanced video controls, so this may be done easily there.

I can't wait to see what the Video part will be like in AGS 4 

EDIT: I have a weird idea that maybe this could be done if you start crossfading to a another, silent music track right before PlayVideo. I have never tried that myself.

Yeah my Eternal Scripting Noob Brain doesn't quite understand this.
But since AGS 4 will make that possible, let's forget this right now, I'll find another way to create that part.

Thanks a lot for replying.
Cheers!

[Crimson Wizard]

EDIT: I have a weird idea that maybe this could be done if you start crossfading to a another, silent music track right before PlayVideo. I have never tried that myself.

Yeah my Eternal Scripting Noob Brain doesn't quite understand this.

This does not involve scripting. In AGS you can configure audio types to crossfade previous playing clips with the next clips.
If you add a silent music clip, you can start it after the previous music, and the music will crossfade to the silent clip, which may sound like it's fading away.

The problem is that I can't find how to only do this for certain pair of clips.
If it's not possible, then maybe there could be made a separate audio type just for this purpose (like "crossfading music" type).

[Eon_Star]

Hi,

Did not quite understand the question but you may have an audio track that  was formatted as a "fading out audio track" say using an audio editor. It might work.

Happy coding.

[Rik_Vargard]

This does not involve scripting. In AGS you can configure audio types to crossfade previous playing clips with the next clips.
If you add a silent music clip, you can start it after the previous music, and the music will crossfade to the silent clip, which may sound like it's fading away.

The problem is that I can't find how to only do this for certain pair of clips.
If it's not possible, then maybe there could be made a separate audio type just for this purpose (like "crossfading music" type).

Hey I really appreciate you trying to do whatever we can with what we have! 
But since you mentioned AGS 4 new Video possibilities, I finally found out another nice way for that moment in my game.
The reason, also, is that I stayed with "Videos block everything" in my head... so I was afraid nothing would work.
Thank you so much for your time!

Hi,
Did not quite understand the question but you may have an audio track that  was formatted as a "fading out audio track" say using an audio editor. It might work.
Happy coding.

Hey thx for your reply!
The thing here is that the music is a background music during a scene with dialogs, thus the player can skip whenever he wants, but the music still has to go on.
So I can't know how much time the player will be in that dialog.
That's the reason why I created that video with no sound, but being played while the background music is playing.

So there's no way I can calculate any timing in this case.

Cheers! 

[Eon_Star]

Hi,

I think you will do good with that idea of using AGS4. Keep up the good work @Rik_Vargard !

Happy coding.

[Snarky]

I can't wait to see what the Video part will be like in AGS 4 

Good news: You don't have to wait.

[Rik_Vargard]

I can't wait to see what the Video part will be like in AGS 4 

Good news: You don't have to wait.

Thx for the reply. Yeah I'm aware, then there's that big warning sign 
At this point I'll finish my game with the current version I'm using.

Cheers!