Ensuring a sound will play during PowerTimeFreezer

[Chaosvolt]

I was trying to figure out if there's any way to rig it so that projectiles and other actors with the NOTIMEFREEZE flag can play sounds during the effect of timefreezing powerups. DeathSound for example doesn't seem to add any special behavior, and fairly certain none of the flags in A_StartSound seem like they'd affect that.

This seems like a general behavior question than a Scripting one specifically, but posted here for lack of a new topic button in the main Editing forum.

[Jarewill]

Not as far as I'm aware.
TimeFreezer freezes all sounds and music and there's no way to enable specific sounds, at least no way that I know of.
You can however make all sounds still happen by creating a new powerup in ZScript and using S_ResumeSound/S_PauseSound:

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Class PowerFreezeMusic : PowerTimeFreezer
{
    bool done;
    Override void DoEffect()
    { //Overriding InitEffect doesn't work here
        Super.DoEffect();
        If(!done)
        {
            S_ResumeSound(false);
            S_PauseSound(false,true); //This will freeze music, but no sound effects
            done=1;
        }
    }
}

This will not cause monsters to make noises, since they are frozen and can't access their A_Pain function.

Also, since PowerTimeFreezer is something that is coded, I would say that the scripting subforum is the place for this topic.

[Chaosvolt]

Not as far as I'm aware.
TimeFreezer freezes all sounds and music and there's no way to enable specific sounds, at least no way that I know of.
You can however make all sounds still happen by creating a new powerup in ZScript and using S_ResumeSound/S_PauseSound:

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Class PowerFreezeMusic : PowerTimeFreezer
{
    bool done;
    Override void DoEffect()
    { //Overriding InitEffect doesn't work here
        Super.DoEffect();
        If(!done)
        {
            S_ResumeSound(false);
            S_PauseSound(false,true); //This will freeze music, but no sound effects
            done=1;
        }
    }
}

This will not cause monsters to make noises, since they are frozen and can't access their A_Pain function.

Also, since PowerTimeFreezer is something that is coded, I would say that the scripting subforum is the place for this topic.

Seems like that'd be a good workaround to be honest. Plenty enough for the original use case that came to mind, specifically a weapon that grants time freeze as a side effect, I found in testing that the freezing cut off the sound I'd mixed up for it.

EDIT: Just tested and that does the job just perfectly. Thanks!

EDIT 2: One oddity however, pausing the game breaks that entirely.

[Wally0222]

EDIT 2: One oddity however, pausing the game breaks that entirely.

I think something has been omitted, so I simply copy the code from gzdoom.pk3 like this.

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class PowerFreezeMusic : PowerTimeFreezer
{

	override void DoEffect()
	{ // Overriding InitEffect doesn't work here.
		Super.DoEffect();
		S_ResumeSound(false);
		S_PauseSound(false, true); // This will freeze music, but not sound effects.
		if (Level.maptime & 1 || (Owner != null && Owner.player != null && Owner.player.cheats & CF_PREDICTING))
		{
			return;
		}
		Level.SetFrozen ( EffectTics > 4*32 
			|| (( EffectTics > 3*32 && EffectTics <= 4*32 ) && ((EffectTics + 1) & 15) != 0 )
			|| (( EffectTics > 2*32 && EffectTics <= 3*32 ) && ((EffectTics + 1) & 7) != 0 )
			|| (( EffectTics >   32 && EffectTics <= 2*32 ) && ((EffectTics + 1) & 3) != 0 )
			|| (( EffectTics >    0 && EffectTics <= 1*32 ) && ((EffectTics + 1) & 1) != 0 ));
	}

I just tested once and it's works perfectly for me, hope it helps.

Note: Erase or disable "S_PauseSound(false, true)" to keep playing music and sounds during PowerTimeFreezer.

[Chaosvolt]

Ah, will test that later on.

That said, the "pausing breaks the sounds" thing doesn't seem to prevent the next altfire from still playing its sound (since I have it set so the player can't use the altifre again while under the powerup's duration), so so the problem is a very minor one.

[Logan MTM]

Just make a New actor with +Notimefreeze flag and use It to play ALL your sound

[Wally0222]

Just make a New actor with +Notimefreeze flag and use It to play ALL your sound

The +NOTIMEFREEZE flag won't play ALL sounds during "PowerTimeFreezer", as I tested in the latest GZDoom 4.6.0.
Only creating a new TimeFreezer powerup in ZScript and using/editing S_ResumeSound/S_PauseSound can play all sounds.

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class PowerFreezeMusic : PowerTimeFreezer
{
	Default
	{
		Powerup.Duration -12; // 12 seconds
	}

	override void DoEffect()
	{ // Overriding InitEffect doesn't work here.
		Super.DoEffect();
		S_ResumeSound(false);
		S_PauseSound(false, true); // This will freeze music, but not sound effects.
	}
}

[Chaosvolt]

Just make a New actor with +Notimefreeze flag and use It to play ALL your sound

Basically the first thing I'd tested was to see if the notimefreeze would at least allow specific actors to still play their sounds, sadly that didn't work. The overriding of timefreeze powerup seems to work fine though.

[Logan MTM]

Just make a New actor with +Notimefreeze flag and use It to play ALL your sound

The +NOTIMEFREEZE flag won't play ALL sounds during "PowerTimeFreezer", as I tested in the latest GZDoom 4.6.0.

Are you sure? This is exactly what i'm doing here and works fine for me. Well, i use 4.5 anyway. Lets see 4.6!

Yeah! It does!

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ACTOR ShellsBelt : CustomInventory 3401
{
Inventory.PickupMessage "$NADA"
Inventory.PickupSound "GotAmmoItems"
FloatBobStrength 0.25
+FLOATBOB
+COUNTITEM
+NOTIMEFREEZE

 States
 {
 Spawn:
 NULL B 1 Bright
 NULL B 70
 Loop
 
 Pickup:
 NULL A 0 ACS_NamedExecute("ShellsBelt",0)
 Stop
 }
}

[Wally0222]

Are you sure? This is exactly what i'm doing here and works fine for me. Well, i use 4.5 anyway. Lets see 4.6!

Yeah! It does!

It works fine for you? I am curiously if you played with any mods that replaces/related to PowerTimeFreezer, or you have modified gzdoom.pk3...

Edit: Check the ACS named "ShellsBelt" first.

[Logan MTM]

That actor needs to play the pickupsound. The ACS Just make some hud events.

[Wally0222]

I think the pickup sound can play normally during PowerTimeFreezer (both with and without NOTIMEFREEZE flag), but other sounds such as gunfire and monster attack sound still frozen.

I was trying to figure out if there's any way to rig it so that projectiles and other actors with the NOTIMEFREEZE flag can play sounds during the effect of timefreezing powerups. DeathSound for example doesn't seem to add any special behavior, and fairly certain none of the flags in A_StartSound seem like they'd affect that.

Basically the first thing I'd tested was to see if the notimefreeze would at least allow specific actors to still play their sounds, sadly that didn't work. The overriding of timefreeze powerup seems to work fine though.

And Chaosvolt already tried the NOTIMEFREEZE flag.

[camaxide]

Just make a New actor with +Notimefreeze flag and use It to play ALL your sound

The +NOTIMEFREEZE flag won't play ALL sounds during "PowerTimeFreezer", as I tested in the latest GZDoom 4.6.0.
Only creating a new TimeFreezer powerup in ZScript and using/editing S_ResumeSound/S_PauseSound can play all sounds.

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class PowerFreezeMusic : PowerTimeFreezer
{
	Default
	{
		Powerup.Duration -12; // 12 seconds
	}

	override void DoEffect()
	{ // Overriding InitEffect doesn't work here.
		Super.DoEffect();
		S_ResumeSound(false);
		S_PauseSound(false, true); // This will freeze music, but not sound effects.
	}
}

If I set S_PauseSound(true, true) in order to not pause music - I get a 1 tick pause of the music before it continues - a tiny stutter each time I freeze - can this be solved? is there an error in the code?