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Dark GDK / Looping Music Doesn't Seem To Work

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The Back Alley Media
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2005 19:15
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Hi everyone, this is my first time posting. I haven't seen this posted before, so I thought I would ask.

Whenever I try to loop music under the Dark SDK, it plays once and then just stops. I took my looping code directly from the sampe files. Some background info:

(a) Running visual studio v6
(b) Running windows 2000
(c) Direct X v9 (last version that will work with 2000)
(d) I am getting some interestin linker warnings:

Linking...
LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to "DPLAYX.dll" discarded by /OPT:REF
LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to "OLEAUT32.dll" discarded by /OPT:REF
LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to "SHELL32.dll" discarded by /OPT:REF
LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to "WININET.dll" discarded by /OPT:REF
LINK : warning LNK4089: all references to "d3dxof.dll" discarded by /OPT:REF

Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. I am wondering if these linker warnings might be the root of the problem.
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2005 22:23 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2005 22:24
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The source code has, as usual been eaten by the Hungry Pole of Programming, but I've had no troube with LoopMusic as long as you dont do a PlayMusic followed by LoopMusic (or possibly the other way around).

Those warning messages are just to tell you that some DLL files aren't being used.

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The Back Alley Media
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 05:31
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I tried it again, and still it doesn't work. I've tried enclosing a snippet of my code. I hope this works.

I also tried a to check to see if the music stopped playing by using the : if (!dbMusicPlaying(MUSIC_SPLASH_ID)), and set a breakpoint. The breakpoint was never hit. So the system seems to think that the music is playing. Could there be some kind of problem with my build environment?

I am also having another weird problem - I cannot get a release .exe to run when I invoke my application outside the IDE
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 06:52
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Use the code button for posting your source code instead of using the code text box. Click "code" once, paste the code, click "code" again to close the tag.

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The Back Alley Media
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 07:32
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Enclosed , hopefully, is the code I am using. This time I used the code button.

What is concerning is that the music plays once and just stops. I tried the if (!dbMusicPlaying(MUSIC_SPLASH_ID)) test on it, and it passed. I set a breakpoint and the condition was never true.

I am using Visual Studio v6. under Win 2000. I am just about convinced that it is my version of DirectX and the compiler.
I am using DirectX® 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2003), I also downloaded the extras I found under the FAQ. I have tried my configuration with and without the extras.

More interesting is that neither the debug nor the release .exe will run. What I get is a black window where the mouse pointer flickers at approximately the dbSync refresh rate.

I am about ready to purchase the .net version of Visual Studio. I am about out of ideas. Any insight, suggestions, would be very much so appreciated.







dbLoadMusic ( "splash_loop.wav", MUSIC_SPLASH_ID );
dbLoopMusic ( MUSIC_SPLASH_ID);
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The Back Alley Media
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 08:48
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Ok -- I have solved my own problem. Thanks everyone for the help, it was greatly appreciated. So here we go:

(a) Instead of using dbLoopMusic I switched to dbLoopSound, problem solved. I now get looping music. So there may be some kind of a bug with dbLoopMusic. If the music I was using didn't have copyright issues, I would upload it here and see if someone else could replicate the problem. I do believe there may be a loop music bug tied to a particular sampling rate.

(b) I was able to get my executable to run outside of the IDE. I copied my Media directory and placed at it at the same filesystem level as the .exe and it worked.

I apologize for being such a newbie, unfortunately, I just didn't find the documentation to be 100% clear. I hope at some point it gets updated.

Thanks again everyone. I hope to come up to speed ASAP
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2005 09:12
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There is no bug - you were trying to treat a wav as a music file.

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http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=55106&b=15

I just sent my prog to Mike will see if he can repro to be able to fix it.

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