[RELEASED] SoundManagerPro: Easy Game Music Plugin

A video explaining the new features is coming out soon. As well as up-to-date documentation. Just figured I'd get it out first!

ALB

 

Yay!!! You're the best man!

Let me know once it's there.

 

Hi ,

I have kind of sound problem, but I am not sure if it is related to SoundManager Pro. My game sounds and music perfectly works on Android, but not on iphone, ipad. Maybe you know the problem (maybe a fix in SoundManager Pro)

Problems.
1. On Iphone sounds/musics are not coming from normal speakers, sounds/musics comes from tiny speaker on front (where you hear people when you on call), so strange.
2. On ipad there is no sound/music at all ?

Is there a fix for this on SoundManager Pro, or should I look into something else

Thank you

Regards
Mete


EDIT:

I heard that if microphone enabled, that iphone issue occurs, strangely app asks about "allow microphone" int the beginning, how to disable this permission ?

 

I'm getting the following error with PlayMaker 1.7.7:

The source:

 

A few other ones:

 

I'm getting a lot more crashes (like, full-on Unity hang and have to force quit) with SMP3 —*seemingly as a result of this construction in potentially rapid-fire situations (like, if a lot of enemies die at once).

SoundManager.PlaySFX( SoundManager.LoadFromGroup( audioDeathGroup ) );

My Sound Manager cap amount is currently 3 and object lifetime set to 5 (the seeming culprits of this have groups with 2-3 sounds and are set to "auto cap").

EDIT: For some additional information, this most frequently seems to happen *after* a round of cleanup where previous similarly-named clips are destroyed due to inactivity.

 

Yeah, setting the object lifetime to something like 30s (this is a fairly twitch-speed game) seems to make the crash much more rare.

 

Made a few changes to the bundled PlayMaker actions to support fade in and fade outs.

SetMusicVolume

 

Ah, I know what this issue is. I didn't update the PlayMaker actions. In SoundManager3, SoundConnections no longer have Objects as a base type. Will figure out a workaround for this.

ALB

 

Cool!

I modified all Set*(Volume|Pitch) actions to support updates on every frame. I'm also adding some Stop* actions with fade out variants. e.g. (FadeOutMusic and so on). Not sure how interested would you be in adding them to the project. It sure would make it easier for me next time I import it

I can paste the code here or send the files by email. Let me know.

 

Sure that'd be great to send by email. Always open to suggestions!

-ALB

 

Hey Moribito,

Taking a look at this now. This is real bizarre, haven't gotten any reports of this. And SMP doesn't use the microphone at all. If you go to Project Settings>AudioSettings, what is under Default Speaker Mode???

ALB

 

Hey mittense,

The SFX Cap is only used when you use SoundManager.PlayCappedSFX. Otherwise it'll ignore the cap amount. It could possibly be that there's a bunch of sfx being played at once and its crashing the editor? I'll look into it though.

ALB

 

I debugged it a little bit last night; I assumed it would be something like a bunch of effects being played at once, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It does seem to be related to effects that get played the most, but the Unity hang (not even a crash) doesn't seem to be related to the amount of activity at any given time.

My most reliable repro so far is actually playing the game like normal, then waiting for a bit (for SFX objects to be deleted due to inactivity) and then continuing to play more. Usually the Unity hang occurs most frequently when it starts to have to play SFX again. It's definitely unrelated to music, based on the testing I did.

 

Hey Cavila,

I have fixed the PlayMaker support. However, the Unity Asset Store server seems to be down and I can't commit. Will commit it when I can!

ALB

 

the playmaker fix is up now!

 

Awesome, I just grabbed the update and it seems to work without issues.

I couldn't find your email but here's a link with the changes I made to the PlayMaker actions provided with SMP: View attachment $SMP_PM_New_Actions.unitypackage

 

Heya sir,

So, I can say with some amount of confidence that the crash I'm experiencing is almost certainly related to playing a sound after a period of inactivity like I was alluding to earlier. If I play through a round of my game, no amount of craziness will result in a crash in-editor or on device, but if I then, say, chill at a pause screen while I get a drink before retrying the round in the same session, the first time I trigger one of the more common sounds (an impact effect), it will cause a hang in the editor and a freeze in-app on device.

The same repro steps with SFX disabled has yet to result in a crash (even SFX disabled while music/sound connections are enabled don't result in a crash). And this is definitely new as of SMP3. My setup isn't too terribly complex either, since it's a relatively small project. That's about as useful information as I've had time to gather, though.

 

Sir this is a critical bug. Our application suddenly hangs after a period of time playing. This only happened after updating to SMP3. You have to fix this ASAP. Even in Unity editor it still hangs.

 

How I can disable the update checker?
I Hate it!

 

Yes, go to Tools > AntiLunchBox > SoundManagerPro > Turn Off Automatic Update Checks

ALB

 

I'm looking into this and trying to reproduce but not having any luck. From what mittense has told me, it's related to SFX. I've been trying to reproduce with the SoundManagerProDemoScene but haven't come across it. Does it have to do with AudioSourcePro?

ALB

 

Hey mittense,

As I was saying above, I'm trying to reproduce but not having any luck. I've been trying to reproduce with the SoundManagerProDemoScene but haven't come across it. Does it have to do with AudioSourcePro? Is that what you're using?

ALB

 

Hey MoribitoMT,

I've been building this out on a few devices and haven't had the microphone problem. SMP doesn't use the microphone. Did you check out the ProjectSettings/AudioSettings thing I mentioned earlier?

ALB

 

Actually,

The best thing you could do is provide me with steps to reproduce in one of the demo scenes.

ALB

 

Actually,

I think I was able to reproduce your problem. It happens when the prepool amount is 0. I'm looking into it now, but it should be pretty easy to fix now that I know what it is.

ALB

 

Hi Alb,

Did you manage to update the documentation? What about what you mention regarding an easier way to do what I would like to do, any ETA?

Many thanks!

Stil

 

Hey Stilghar,

Sorry I've been prioritizing bug fixes with SMP3. Just released the latest bug fix for the 0 prepool amount crash. The documentation update will come soon, since SMP3 is looking like its getting close to a stable state.

ALB

 

Hey CORPSEGRINDER,

The bug fix is submitted!

ALB

 

Hey mittense,

The bug fix has been updated.

ALB

 

Thank you much; will try shortly to see if there are any further issues.

 

Hi MoribitoMT,

I had your same problem in a past project.

That occurs if you set "Prepare IOS For Recording" in the iOS Settings in Unity. If you don't need the microphone you can uncheck this. If you need the microphone and enabling this is required you will need to have a look at this fix:

https://github.com/cbaltzer/UnitySpeakerFix

It will force the iOS device to use the external speakers, even if you enable the microphone. The last time I used it had a side effect: you will not be able to mute the sound with the physical button in the iPhone.

 

Hi ALB

I tried asking a question about callbacks a while back, but you didn't reply - one last attempt...

I'm trying to determine the intended behaviour for OnSongEnd, as I want to have a callback for when a song ends, so I can take further action.

The demo scene you provide seems to have this behaviour ->

Song A is already playing.
Start Song B with a callback for when it finishes (changes button colour in the example).
Song A finishes, and invokes the callback intended for Song B.
Song B finishes and does not invoke the callback.

Is the above your intended behaviour, if so, what's it supposed to be used for?

Thanks for any help...

 

Hey Gavin,

Sorry if I missed your question. This seems to be a bug I missed. Will look into it, that's not the intended behavior.

ALB

 

Hey Gavin,

I just commited the fix. Should be available for download now.

ALB

 

Hey guys,

Just released version 3.1

Changelog in 3.1:

• bug fix for song callbacks calling early
• Added tag, layer, and name filters for AudioSourcePro event triggers

ALB

 

Thanks ALB! I'll take a look!

Gavin

 

I was trying to integrate the latest version of SMP, with the most current version of NGUI, and follow the instructions that says:

I came across a problem, the latest version of Ngui has one more line, getting:

Regarding this last line (return source;), I should also replace it, or should I keep it?

 

Hi Alb,

Any update on this? If you can't do it maybe you can explain what you had in mind so that I try myself...

Thanks!

Stilghar

 

Hi,
I think MuteMusic(bool) isn't working. I've only just started using SoundManager, I have my music loop going and I can mute it by using SoundManager.SetVolumeMusic(0f); but SoundManager.MuteMusic(true); has no effect.

 

I had Singleton class conflict. Even though your Singleton class is in a namespace and you having

Code (csharp):

1. using antilunchbox

C# still gets confused and calls the Singleton not in your name space. I changed all your class declaration to use

Code (csharp):

1. antilunchbox.Singleton

and C# compiles it with no errors. I also tried out the demo scene and it all seems to work OK.

 

With the latest version, the editor performance is really bad. When I add the SoundManager prefab Unity goes from using 1% CPU to maxing out a full core of the processor. I never have this problem with version 2 builds of SoundManager, only since I updated to version 3, is anyone else having this problem?
Update: I downgraded my project to use an old pre-3.0 version and I don't get this problem.

 

Hi ALB,

I think I am hitting this problem. I started to get freezes in the editor and on android.

This started after I added a call to SoundManager.PlaySFX in a OnCollissionEnter event. This can get called many time very quickly when an object is bouncing around.

Because the bug is intermittent and is hard to reproduce, I can't say absolutely that there is a problem in PlaySFX. However, it is a bit too much of a coincidence to ignore.


I have customized some of the soundmanagerpro scripts and so I am hoping you can supply a code fix. Even if you can just let me know which script has the bug. I have downloaded latest version from the asset store. So I can just copy the relevent section if you can point me in the right direction.

THx.

[edit]
is it this code that fixes the bug in soundmanager_sfx_internal?

if(info.currentIndexInPool >= index)
info.currentIndexInPool = 0;

 

Hi,

So I started using this in a project yesterday, and today I started getting a null pointer error when playing a sound effect.
I added in a null check for the clip in the Load method inside SoundManager_SFX and its now working for me:

Code (csharp):

1. // If custom path fails, attempt to find it in our stored SFXs
2. result = Instance.storedSFXs.Find(delegate(AudioClip clip) {
3.     if(clip == null) {
4.         return false;
5.     }
6.     return clipname == clip.name;
7. });

The issue started after I deleted an audio file from the the assets, and added it back in again with the same name. However I did not remove it from SoundManager before deleting it. I dont know if this should cause an issue, but something caused it, and this is the only thing I can think of. I have a tight deadline and I cannot try and replicate this now, but I will when im done on this project.

Adam

 

Hey Apiweb, sorry I missed these. The forums is supposed to email me right away when somebody posts but that just hasn't been happening. I have been answering emails though. That Play SFX function actually returns the audiosource, so that line will suffice:

return SoundManager.PlaySFX(mListener.gameObject, clip, false, volume, pitch);

 

Hey Stilghar,

There is a Crossfade IEnumerator function that you have to call. It takes in two audiosources and a crossfade duration. You can copy that function and remove all the event calls at the beginning and start. And just call that to crossfade two audiosources.

I'll add that next.

ALB

 

Hey grp,

I'm not seeing that problem. I tried it in the demo scene and it seems to be working alright. Would you happen to be using sounds that aren't controlled by SMP? Mute only works on sounds that come from the soundmanager.

ALB

 

Hey Zaddo, I fixed that bug a while back in an update.

ALB

 

Hey mimminito,

I never tried that before! But I did just submit an update like 3 minutes ago that will throw that completely out the window anyway. That list is thrown out at launch and used to populate a dictionary. Should greatly improve efficiency. But now that I think about it, I can put in a null check when that happens too. Will look into it.

ALB

 

Changelog in 3.2:

• Greatly improved SFX performance from O(n) to O(1)
• Fixed audio subscription bug that would remove subscription after disable