OpenAL setting sound position

And when adding a sample to the quee im playing it like this :

Vector2 sndPos(listener - sound); //sound : offset of sound in 2d space , listener : player's position in 2d space
sndPos.x /= 100.0f;
sndPos.y /= 100.0f;

alSource3f(source,AL_POSITION,sndPos.x,sndPos.y,0.0f);
alSourcePlay(source);

Hmmm. isn't sound the offset relative to the player ? Then you need to calculate your position like this:

Vector2 sndPos(listener); //sound : offset of sound in 2d space , listener : player's position in 2d space
sndPos.x += sound.x/100.0f;
sndPos.y += sound.y/100.0f;


[quote name='vNeeki' timestamp='1328161831' post='4908626']
And when adding a sample to the quee im playing it like this :

Vector2 sndPos(listener - sound); //sound : offset of sound in 2d space , listener : player's position in 2d space
sndPos.x /= 100.0f;
sndPos.y /= 100.0f;

alSource3f(source,AL_POSITION,sndPos.x,sndPos.y,0.0f);
alSourcePlay(source);

Hmmm. isn't sound the offset relative to the player ? Then you need to calculate your position like this:

Vector2 sndPos(listener); //sound : offset of sound in 2d space , listener : player's position in 2d space
sndPos.x += sound.x/100.0f;
sndPos.y += sound.y/100.0f;

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Thanks , now i can hear the sound but its still not sounding correctly.
Any ideas ?

I think that the problem lies in attenuation level.Is there any good way to calculate attenuation level based on distance between the listener and target position clamped to 0.0..1.0 range?

Edit : Wrote quickly a function that does that(works 100%) but still it seems that the positioning is not correct.

FWIW, I did this using Sfml's Sound (which sits on top of OpenAL), so it's probably alot like OpenAl. Here are my functions with respect to spatial sounds on a 2d top-down game:

This sets the player's location for the sound system


BOOL Quake2dSoundListnerSet(cpVect ListenerLocation, cpFloat Angle)
{
sf::Listener::SetPosition(ListenerLocation.x, -3.0f, ListenerLocation.y);
sf::Listener::SetDirection(cos(Angle)*100.0f, 100.0f, sin(Angle)*100.0f);

return TRUE;
}


This is the part that plays the sound


BOOL Quake2dSoundPlay(etQuake2dSound eSound, cpVect SoundLocation, U32 u32RepeatId)
{
sf::Sound *pSoundInst;
.
.
.
pSoundInst->SetPosition(SoundLocation.x, 0.0f, SoundLocation.y);
pSoundInst->SetMinDistance(gMinDistance);
pSoundInst->SetAttenuation(5.5f);

pSoundInst->Play();
}


So, I'm basically saying "Here's my guy, and he's at these coordinates (world coords) and facing this direction." And then, when a sound plays, I say, "Something is making a sound, and it's at these coordinates (world coords)." SFML (Open AL) handles the rest.

BTW, This link helped me alot: http://blog.tbam.com.ar/2009/05/sound-spatiaiization-for-2d-games-in.html

GL!

FWIW, I did this using Sfml's Sound (which sits on top of OpenAL), so it's probably alot like OpenAl. Here are my functions with respect to spatial sounds on a 2d top-down game:

This sets the player's location for the sound system


BOOL Quake2dSoundListnerSet(cpVect ListenerLocation, cpFloat Angle)
{
sf::Listener::SetPosition(ListenerLocation.x, -3.0f, ListenerLocation.y);
sf::Listener::SetDirection(cos(Angle)*100.0f, 100.0f, sin(Angle)*100.0f);

return TRUE;
}


This is the part that plays the sound


BOOL Quake2dSoundPlay(etQuake2dSound eSound, cpVect SoundLocation, U32 u32RepeatId)
{
sf::Sound *pSoundInst;
.
.
.
pSoundInst->SetPosition(SoundLocation.x, 0.0f, SoundLocation.y);
pSoundInst->SetMinDistance(gMinDistance);
pSoundInst->SetAttenuation(5.5f);

pSoundInst->Play();
}


So, I'm basically saying "Here's my guy, and he's at these coordinates (world coords) and facing this direction." And then, when a sound plays, I say, "Something is making a sound, and it's at these coordinates (world coords)." SFML (Open AL) handles the rest.

BTW, This link helped me alot: http://blog.tbam.com...d-games-in.html

GL!

That was useful even if didn't really gave the results that i'm after.I'm afraid that i will implement this procedurally , ie :

float dist = soundPos.DistanceFrom(listener);

if (dst <= 100) SetGain(..),SetAttn(..)
else if (dst <= 200) SetGain(..),SetAttn(..)

And so on