How to loop section from a song correctly?
- by Teflo
I'm programming a little Music Engine for my game in C# and XNA, and one aspect from it is the possibility to loop a section from a song. For example, my song has an intropart, and when the song reached the end ( or any other specific point ), it jumps back where the intropart is just over. ( A - B - B - B ... )
Now I'm using IrrKlank, which is working perfectly, without any gaps, but I have a problem:
The point where to jump back is a bit inaccurate.
Here's some example code:
public bool Passed(float time)
{
if ( PlayPosition >= time )
return true;
return false;
}
//somewhere else
if( song.Passed( 10.0f ) )
song.JumpTo( 5.0f );
Now the problem is, the song passes the 10 seconds, but play a few milliseconds until 10.1f or so, and then jumps to 5 seconds. It's not that dramatic, but very incorrect for my needs. I tried to fix it like that:
public bool Passed( float time )
{
if( PlayPosition + 3 * dt >= time && PlayPosition <= time )
return true;
return false;
}
( dt is the delta time, the elapsed time since the last frame )
But I don't think, that's a good solution for that.
I hope, you can understand my problem ( and my english, yay /o/ ) and help me :)
