A bug report from ten and half years ago...
If a carried egg hatches, the message is
|<foo> drops from your pack.
and if tame, is followed by
|Its cries sound like {mommy,daddy}.
The latter was issued even when <foo> has no speech capability.
Replace "its cries sound like" with "its <vocalize>ing sounds like"
for suitable value of <vocalize>.
This adds two new monster sounds, MS_BELLOW and MS_CHIRP, also two
new sound effect codes, se_chirp and se_croc_bellow.
We had MS_SILENT for crocodile. On wikipedia, crocodile is described
as the most vocal reptile. Adult males make a load bellowing noise
and hatchlings make a chirping noise.
This changes crocodile, titanothere, and baluchitherium from MS_SILENT
to MS_BELLOW and baby crocodile from MS_SILENT to MS_CHIRP. Chirp
might be appropriate for lizards and lizard-like amphibians but I've
left those as MS_SILENT.
[Noticed but not changed: lizards and lizard-like amphibians aren't
flagged as oviparous. Shouldn't they be?]
sound_verbal(char *text, int32_t gender, int32_t tone, int32_t vol,
int32_t moreinfo);
-- NetHack will call this function when it wants to pass text of
spoken language by a character or creature within the game.
-- text is a transcript of what has been spoken.
-- gender indicates MALE or FEMALE sounding voice.
-- tone indicates the tone of the voice.
-- vol is the volume (1% - 100%) for the sound.
-- moreinfo is used to provide additional information to the soundlib.
-- there may be some accessibility uses for this function.
It may be useful for accessibility purposes too.
A preliminary implementation has been attempted for macsound to test
the interface on macOS. No tinkering of the voices has been done.
Use of the test implementation requires the following at build time with make.
WANT_SPEECH=1
That needs to be included on the make command line to enable the test code,
otherwise just the interface update is compiled in.
I don't know for certain when AVSpeechSynthesizer went into macOS, but older versions
likely don't support it, and would just leave off the WANT_SPEECH=1.
If built with WANT_SPEECH=1, the 'voices' NetHack option needs to be enabled.
It was a bit strange, when I first started up the test, to hear Asidonhopo,
the shopkeeper, talking to me as I entered his shop and interacted with him.
Start to add supporting code to windsound and macsound. The latter
remains commented out because I haven't had a chance to try
it on macOS yet.
In order to test it out, I added two more stock sounds:
sa2_xplevelup and sa2_xpleveldown.
sounds can be set in the config file or on the fly with the Options menu.
This also adds a mechanism for specifying a terminology preference
for a boolean option in the options menu.
The choices are: Term_False, Term_Off, Term_Disabled
Term_False, the default, will use the terms "false" and "true" in the
Options menu.
Term_Off will use the terms "off" and "on" in the Options menu.
Term_Disabled will use the terms "disabled" and "enabled" in the Options
menu.
I didn't review any of the existing options to see if one of the new
alternative terms might be a better fit. They were all left at the default.
Switch to using the term "sound triggers" for things that
result in a call to one of the soundlib routines.
SNDCAP_* renamed to SOUND_TRIGGER_*
sndcap field in the sound_procs struct changed to sound_triggers
Use macOS AppKit framework routines for a first cut at a
macsound soundlib interface.
Requires WANT_MACSOUND=1 on build.
Nothing has been done to move the stock sounds into the resources
of a bundle, so after building, if you want to try the stock sounds
out:
cp sound/wav/*.wav ~/Library/Sounds
Because the NSSound macOS routines always do the search, supposedly
the following locations are searched in this order:
1. the application’s main bundle
2. ~/Library/Sounds
3. /Library/Sounds
4. /Network/Library/Sounds
5. /System/Library/Sounds
Although not specifically implemented as of yet, it may be pretty
close to being able to put soundeffects wav files (by se_ name)
into ~/Library/Sounds working for the SND_SOUNDEFFECTS_AUTOMAP feature.
Feedback is welcome. Contributions for improving it are even more
welcome.
The new soundlib supporting file is named
sound/macsound/macsound.m since it's got objective C in it.
Known bugs and glitches:
The Hero_playnotes on a set of 5 notes goes too fast, so there
needs to be a slight delay added between the note of a multi-note
play.
Expand windsound to support SNDCAP_USERSOUNDS (existing),
SNDCAP_SOUNDEFFECTS, SNDCAP_HEROMUSIC.
Place a small number of wav files into sound/wav that are considered
more specific to some game stuff in the core, namely: playing
instruments by the hero, squeaky board traps. The intention is that
those ones can be integrated into the game without requiring user
file deposits or mappings. Building soundlib support for sound/windsound
searches for them as resources, so they should "just work."
No actual instrument playback is available in the base sound/windsound
soundlib implementation (yet, at least), so it works around that in
a cheap way by using the note-variant wav sounds to concoct the
notes. There are better ways of doing music generation than that,
of course, but this will do in the early going. Any other soundlib
port (such as Qt) can probably easily do the exact same thing. If it
can play USER_SOUNDS, it can almost certainly use the
sound/wav/se_squeak*.wav and sound/wav/sound_*.wav files for
SND_HEROMUSIC and squeaky board sounds soundeffects.
A few of the se_ sounds in sound/wav are free yet licensed, and
there is a file called attributions.txt to meticulously attempt
to comply with the two license variations involved.
SND_SOUNDEFFECTS_AUTOMAP
If SND_SOUNDEFFECTS_AUTOMAP is defined, and a SND_LIB_ interface
that supports SNDPROC_SOUNDEFFECTS is also defined to integrate
soundlib support, the following gets added:
o If sounddir is defined (existing longstanding feature that's
been used with USER_SOUNDS for many, many years) any wav file
present in SOUNDDIR with a name that matches one of the defined
sound effects in include/sndproc.h will get played each time
that soundeffect comes up. So, just drop appropriate wav files
into sounddir and rename it to match.
No tedious config file entries are required to get soundeffects.
[ The only config file change required is to
set SOUNDDIR to point to your directory with the wav files.
Note: SOUNDDIR only works in your config file if NetHack
was built with USER_SOUNDS defined. ]
This is new so there may certainly be some bugs in here.
Please kindly report them if you encounter any.
For those that don't read C very well, these are the file names
that should trigger the SOUNDEFFECTS_AUTOMAP, assuming it is working.
se_faint_splashing.wav
se_crackling_of_hellfire.wav
se_heart_beat.wav
se_typing_noise.wav
se_hollow_sound.wav
se_rustling_paper.wav
se_crushing_sound.wav
se_splash.wav
se_chains_rattling_gears_turning.wav
se_smashing_and_crushing.wav
se_gears_turning_chains_rattling.wav
se_loud_splash.wav
se_lound_crash.wav
se_crashing_rock.wav
se_sizzling.wav
se_crashing_boulder.wav
se_boulder_drop.wav
se_item_tumble_downwards.wav
se_drain_noises.wav
se_ring_in_drain.wav
se_groans_and_moans.wav
se_scratching.wav
se_glass_shattering.wav
se_egg_cracking.wav
se_gushing_sound.wav
se_glass_crashing.wav
se_egg_splatting.wav
se_sinister_laughter.wav
se_blast.wav
se_stone_breaking.wav
se_stone_crumbling.wav
se_snakes_hissing.wav
se_loud_pop.wav
se_clanking_pipe.wav
se_sewer_song.wav
se_monster_behind_boulder.wav
se_wailing_of_the_banshee.wav
se_swoosh.wav
se_explosion.wav
se_crashing_sound.wav
se_someone_summoning.wav
se_rushing_wind_noise.wav
se_splat_from_engulf.wav
se_faint_sloshing.wav
se_crunching_sound.wav
se_slurping_sound.wav
se_masticating_sound.wav
se_distant_thunder.wav
se_applause.wav
se_shrill_whistle.wav
se_someone_yells.wav
se_door_unlock_and_open.wav
se_door_open.wav
se_door_crash_open.wav
se_dry_throat_rattle.wav
se_cough.wav
se_angry_snakes.wav
se_zap_then_explosion.wav
se_zap.wav
se_horn_being_played.wav
se_mon_chugging_potion.wav
se_bugle_playing_reveille.wav
se_crash_through_floor.wav
se_thump.wav
se_scream.wav
se_tumbler_click.wav
se_gear_turn.wav
se_divine_music.wav
se_thunderclap.wav
se_sad_wailing.wav
se_maniacal_laughter.wav
se_rumbling_of_earth.wav
se_clanging_sound.wav
se_mutter_imprecations.wav
se_mutter_incantation.wav
se_angry_voice.wav
se_sceptor_pounding.wav
se_courtly_conversation.wav
se_low_buzzing.wav
se_angry_drone.wav
se_bees.wav
se_someone_searching.wav
se_guards_footsteps.wav
se_faint_chime.wav
se_loud_click.wav
se_soft_click.wav
se_squeak.wav
se_squeak_C.wav
se_squeak_D_flat.wav
se_squeak_D.wav
se_squeak_E_flat.wav
se_squeak_E.wav
se_squeak_F.wav
se_squeak_F_sharp.wav
se_squeak_G.wav
se_squeak_G_sharp.wav
se_squeak_A.wav
se_squeak_B_flat.wav
se_squeak_B.wav
se_someone_bowling.wav
se_rumbling.wav
se_loud_crash.wav
se_deafening_roar_atmospheric.wav
se_low_hum.wav
se_laughter.wav
se_cockatrice_hiss.wav
se_chant.wav
se_cracking_sound.wav
se_ripping_sound.wav
se_thud.wav
se_clank.wav
se_crumbling_sound.wav
se_soft_crackling.wav
se_crackling.wav
se_sharp_crack.wav
se_wall_of_force.wav
se_alarm.wav
se_kick_door_it_shatters.wav
se_kick_door_it_crashes_open.wav
se_bubble_rising.wav
se_bolt_of_lightning.wav
se_board_squeak.wav
se_board_squeaks_loudly.wav
se_boing.wav
se_crashed_ceiling.wav
se_clash.wav
se_crash_door.wav
se_crash.wav
se_crash_throne_destroyed.wav
se_crash_something_broke.wav
se_kadoom_boulder_falls_in.wav
se_klunk_pipe.wav
se_kerplunk_boulder_gone.wav
se_klunk.wav
se_klick.wav
se_kaboom_door_explodes.wav
se_kaboom_boom_boom.wav
se_kaablamm_of_mine.wav
se_kaboom.wav
se_splat_egg.wav
se_destroy_web.wav
se_iron_ball_dragging_you.wav
se_iron_ball_hits_you.wav
se_lid_slams_open_falls_shut.wav
se_chain_shatters.wav
se_furious_bubbling.wav
se_air_crackles.wav
se_potion_crash_and_break.wav
se_hiss.wav
se_growl.wav
se_canine_bark.wav
se_canine_growl.wav
se_canine_whine.wav
se_canine_yip.wav
se_canine_howl.wav
se_feline_yowl.wav
se_feline_meow.wav
se_feline_purr.wav
se_feline_yip.wav
se_feline_mew.wav
se_roar.wav
se_snarl.wav
se_buzz.wav
se_squeek.wav
se_squawk.wav
se_squeal.wav
se_screech.wav
se_equine_neigh.wav
se_equine_whinny.wav
se_equine_whicker.wav
se_bovine_moo.wav
se_bovine_bellow.wav
se_wail.wav
se_groan.wav
se_grunt.wav
se_gurgle.wav
se_elephant_trumpet.wav
se_snake_rattle.wav
se_hallu_growl.wav
This needs further testing. At the moment only windsound has
this.
If nobody else looks into it for Qt, I'll take a look in a
few days.
Insert the calls to trigger a number of potential soundeffects
into the core.
If no additional soundlib support is integrated into the
build, then the Soundeffect macro (sndprocs.h) expands to nothing:
[#define Soundeffect(seid, vol)
]
If, however, at least one additional soundlib support is integrated
into the build, then the Soundeffect macro gets defined as this
in sndprocs.h:
[#define Soundeffect(seid, vol) \
do { \
if (!Deaf && soundprocs.sound_soundeffect \
&& ((soundprocs.sndcap & SNDCAP_SOUNDEFFECTS) != 0)) \
(*soundprocs.sound_soundeffect)(emptystr, (seid), (vol)); \
} while(0)
]
That macro definition checks for the hero not being Deaf; it checks
to ensure that the active soundlib interface has a non-null
sound_soundeffect() function pointer; and it checks to ensure
that the active soundlib interface has declared that it supports
soundeffects by setting the SNDCAP_SOUNDEFFECTS bit in its sndcap
entry. That just means that the interface routines are prepared to
accept and deal with the calls from the core, whether or not it
actually produces the desired soundeffect.
Groundwork for a more versatile interface for using
sound libraries. A lot of sound libraries work across
multiple platforms.
The current NetHack sound stuff is quite limited.
Binaries can have a variety of window ports linked into
them, and it makes sense to have something similar for
sound.
This tries to set things up in a more soundlib-centric way,
rather than inserting things in a platform-centric way.
It establishes a new top-level directory sound (akin to win
for the window interface routines, or "window-port") where
sound-related additions and sndprocs and support files can be
added and used across platforms.
The default interface is nosound and the 'nosound' interface
is in src/sounds.c
The interface for 'windsound', which contains the same minimal
USER_SOUNDS support using built-in routines that has been in the
windows port for a long time is added to
sound/windsound/windsound.c.
For now, the sound interface support for 'qtsound' has been added
to the existing Qt files win/Qt/qt_bind.h and win/Qt/qt_bind.cpp,
and a note has been placed in sound/qtsound/README.md to avoid
confusion.
New header file added: include/sndprocs.h.
