ID:160116
 Nov 13 2008, 10:24 am
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I've recently added some sound to my game, and I was informed that the sound files are downloaded onto each person that plays computer. I was just wondering if there's anyway I can secure these files so that they can only be played by my game.
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Begger... My sound files are only slightly edited from the free sound files I downloaded, but even so.
While I have a topic about sound I might as well ask this other question: If I have a lot of things making sound around the game but the player isn't within the view of the sounds will the get a lot of lag? | |
I'm not really sure of the lag but...
Better yet why not send only to the people in view? Haywire | |
It should only be sent to those people in view, I'm just wondering if all those sounds playing will cause a strain on the hosts computer causing everyone to lag.
This is what I'm using. view(7) << 'A.wav' I'm going to add fading sounds to the game when I work out how. | |
Firstly, is it not sound() which sends the music.
Secondly, As I said earlier I have no clue if it strains the host or not? Best thing would be to test it, in consideration to BYONDs capibility it should just about be able to handle it. Haywire | |
Fenon wrote:
It should only be sent to those people in view, I'm just wondering if all those sounds playing will cause a strain on the hosts computer causing everyone to lag. I'm fairly certain that sound is only output to /clients (or movable atoms belonging to /clients), since it would neither be required, nor make any sense, to play it to anything else. Don't take my word on that as law, though. | |
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#8 Nov 13 2008, 12:41 pm
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Well yes they are cached If I recall correctly, also if I recall correctly again, I think BYOND doesn't download a file more than once into a cache, nor do any other programs that I know much of. Other than that you may encrypt the music file with a DLL.
My post in based on the reason that you're trying to stop them using you're cached files after joining your game? EDIT: THIS POST WAS MEANT TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST POSTS I JUST FORGOT TO CLICK POST =) Haywire | |
Fenon wrote:
view(7) << 'A.wav' I recommend using OGG instead of WAV. It like like using PNG over BMP. It is like siding with the godfather instead of a clinically-insane person. It is better because it keeps (nearly, though the difference is negligible) the same quality with a MUCH lower size. | |
GhostAnime wrote:
Fenon wrote: I would rather side with a clinically-insane person, but I was wondering if there was a better file type to use. I know nothing about music and not much about computers/file types. Drat my editor doesn't have that type of save file... Thanks. | |
If I encrypt the sound files will Byond be able to read them?
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I don't think it'll strain the host too much, since the files are cached on your computer...
And like Ghost said, use .ogg. Same quality, lower size. | |
Nope, Haywire, that won't work unless BYOND gets its own encryption/decryption. If you encrypt it, BYOND won't be able to read it. If you decrypt it, BYOND will be able to read it, and players will be able to steal it.
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Fenon wrote:
I would rather side with a clinically-insane person, but I was wondering if there was a better file type to use. I know nothing about music and not much about computers/file types. Drat my editor doesn't have that type of save file... Nope, no better type. OGG is the smallest you'll get without MP3, and BYOND doesn't support MP3's (it could, but that would involve some license-related things...). Also, just find an mp3 to OGG converter if you really need to. Or, if it's a simple file, use MIDI (which is very small, but is limited). | |
Jeff8500 wrote:
Or, if it's a simple file, use MIDI (which is very small, but is limited). Pretty much any of the mod formats are better than MIDI. They're almost as small (at least smaller than a .ogg version), but sound far better and the sound you get is consistent. | |
Yeah I was looking at Midi's but the sound is so bad, it sounds like one of those little electronic keyboards (I forget the name). I'll look into the OGG thing tomorrow, I've already reduced the size of my wav files just about as much as I can, my footstep sound is only 14kb (That one needs to be really small) and some of the music was between 10-20mb and the 20mb one was reduced to 1.39mb (That ones still too big, but others are about 300kb) there is a definate drop in quality even to my untrained ears. I want all the sounds to be tiny, with some of the (Old) larger files the game froze for a second while the sound loaded.
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Wow that 20mb file which I reduced to a 1.39mb file, is now 200kb and the quality isn't too bad. The footstep file was 14kb, it's now 5kb.
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Is it possible to right click the music files and click property and security to prevent others from opening it and using it.
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Nope. Resources like icons and sound are inherently insecure. If it can be seen or heard by the client, it can be copied. While we may eventually consider putting in some sort of encryption into the resource file, ultimately nothing will stop anyone who's determined to make a copy.
Lummox JR