Re: [AL] Louder Samples (some more musings...)

[VERSTEEGH@KVI.nl]

>> I think I like that idea, without a compressor.  All that's involved, I 
>> think, is rewriting the volume tables with rescaled values.
>
>For the low quality (fast) mixing mode it would just need a table update, 
>but the two higher quality modes do a direct multiplication of the 16 bit 
>sample values rather than going through the lookup tables, so they would 
>need a bit more adjustment. Nothing too complicated, though.
If you don't go through lookup tables, you might even set the gain for a 
single voice, though that might give a performance hit in the mode that does 
use the lookup table.
If you restrict the gain to powers of two, it would not be that bad though
(just a shift).
I'd propose a function like

voice_set_gain(voice, power) , where power is the amount to left-shift the
sample after the lookup table. 

so voice_set_gain(voice, 1) would make it twice as loud, you can then fine 
tune it with the normal voice controls.

We could even disable other voices to prevent overflow, but that might get 
overcomplicated. I still like the idea of having some voices that are louder
than others , though.
>
>I don't have any problem with this, if someone wants to implement it.
I'd implement is, but I don't have access to my computer at the moment, so it 
would have to wait a few weeks.

Martijn Versteegh
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> OK, I give. I have sucessfully installed Allegro WIP 3.9.25(thanks Shawn
> et al.. for this great package). The sample  \wintest programs compiled
> fine under RSXNTDJ(1.5) and DJGPP(2.8.1) per the install faq's etc. I
> try running the RSXNTDJ IDE and compile the same test programs, but I
> get the following error:
> 
> #Error Allegro can only be used with DJGPP
> 
> I thought that I followed all the installation and FAQ'S specifically.
> What the hell did I do wrong? I must be loosing it here:-)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Doogie

cd\djgpp\allegro\wintests
gcc -Zwin32 -c dibhello.c -o dibhello.o
gcc -Zwin32 -o dibhello.exe dibhello.o -lall_i
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Subject: [AL] What's up with WinAllegro?
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I've NEVER seen one working game that was made with the windows version of
allegro. Is it suposed to work? It almost works under RSXNTDJ, but then
again, it dosen't. Does it work with MSVC? Because if anyone has gotten it
to work... You should feel very special!