How do you loop BGS?

[archerRin]

Okay since the frame by frame waiting is not accurate enough as discussed in the previous thread i posted how would you loop BGS effectively?

 

[regi]

Doesn't BGS loop automatically? Only ME's and SE's play just once.

 

[archerRin]

BGM loops auto but BGS doesnt

 

[Ceroscuro]

I'm pretty sure BGS also loops ('pretty sure' as in 'entirely sure')...

 

[clipnotdone]

Normally BGM and BGS loop automatically.
If you are using a compressed sound format (pretty much anything other than .midi, .wav and .aff) there will be a delay between each loop (only a bout a half a second)

How do you have the sound set to play?
is it in the map properties or even based?

 

[archerRin]

its in OGG format and i tried adding it in the map properties. and it doesnt loop, only plays once for some reason

 

[archerRin]

I think it might be the weather event system colliding with the BGS then. So there arent any good ways of looping it manually besides adding waits?

 

[Ceroscuro]

There is no good way of manually looping it... even waits won't work since wait events are based on frames, and music is based on time.

 

[archerRin]

Ok, question:
Possible to play two BGS at the same time? For example when it's raining... you have a raining BGS, then you also have a separate BGS of birds and water flowing.

 

[Ceroscuro]

I don't believe so... You can merge the two BGSes using a sound editing program (e.g. Audacity, which is free).

 

[Unka Josh]

You could make one of them into BGM, if you didn't have any other music playing.

 

[archerRin]

Yeah but the thing is i am using an event system that generates random BGS so merging them will be a pain cause it will be like a lot of multiples of BGSes

If thers no way to do it ill use worst case scenario plan : i merge BGM with BGS. I will try with audacity is it easy to use?
actually i think its also possible with garageband on my mac

 

[Unka Josh]

Hey, here's a thought: You could always make some of the sounds SE instead of BGS, if you're changing among them kinda randomly. A parallel-process event that goes Play SE, Wait is the same thing as creating another BGS track, although it will cause lag if you overdo it.

 

[archerRin]

Good idea man I will try that. You can overlap SE sounds , unlike BGS , right?

 

[Glitchfinder]

Good idea man I will try that. You can overlap SE sounds , unlike BGS , right?

Yes, you can. Just be warned that the system will not allow you to play the same SE over and over very quickly. Instead you will hear nothing to hint it is playing. (Which makes it difficult to do a coinage sound effect like the one on Zelda)