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From: Ed Fear <gookaloo@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Thanx
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 20:02:19 +0000
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Scott, thou ist a god.  Quite frankly.  A superb god at that.
I don't know if it will work when I do it, but thanx!

Ed :)

P.S  If anyone else has any ways of doing it, feel free to post them!

Scott Cartier wrote:

> Okay, I'll try to make this plain English.  Let me know if I lose
> you. :)
>
> Note, this is definitely not a "beginners" topic.
>
> One thing I thought about doing (to solve this very problem) is to have
> my program execute in two parts.  The first part would load in the
> sample set and sound effects, put them in sound RAM, and then quit.
> Once they are in sound RAM you can reuse the memory that they occupied.
> So the sequence would be something like this (in SIOCONS pseudo-code):
>
>   dload sfx.vb 0x80090000
>   dload sfx.vh 0x800A0000
>   dload main
>   go
>
>   <program loads in sfx.vb & sfx.vh and stores them in sound RAM>
>   <program reads in std0.vb & std0.vh from CD and stores them in sound
> RAM>
>   <program quits>
>
>   dload graphix1.tim 0x80090000
>   dload graphix2.tim 0x800A0000
>      .
>      .
>      .
>   go
>
>   <game starts>
>
> Your main program might look something like this:
>
>     int mode = 0;
>
>     void main() {
>
>       if (mode == 0) {
>         <load sounds and sample set>
>         mode++;
>         exit;
>       }
>
>       <rest of your program>
>
>     }
>
> When you load your program, "mode" will be set to 0.  The first time
> you execute it, that "if" statement will take effect, load the sounds,
> increment "mode", and exit.
>
> Then after you've loaded your graphics and other data you execute the
> program again (DON'T reload it - just type "go" again).  This time
> "mode" is 1 so it skips that first part.
>
> Did that make sense?  I know I'll be using this method once I run out
> of RAM.
>
> Anyone else have ideas how to accomplish the same thing?
>
> Scott
>
> > Heya all!
> >
> > I have found the problem...
> >
> > I am following the Sound For Dummies tutorial, and to play midi I have to
> > load a file called std0.vb (I do also have to load a .vh file, but it's only
> > small...).  Unfortunatley, it is 300kb...  can anyone suggest a way of
> > making it smaller or using another method?  Please respond in 'plain
> > English' - I'm just a lowly beginner!
> >
> > I can't see that they expect you to give up 300kb for a file that you need.
> >
> > To make a soundfile, you have to split it up into a .vb and .vh file.  Can I
> > get a very small sound file and use these as the .vb and .vh file?
> >
> > Cheers in advance,
> >
> > Ed :)
> >
> > "Um...."