Something hilarious to try... | Forums

[rlmergeuser]

I was playing around last night and came up with something that gave me a big case of the giggles. Give this a try when you need a break from track decorating.

I created a looped sound source of the crazy circus music and set it to "static." Then I used an object information datasource to track the player's position on the driving line. With subtraction and division operators, I got it so that the values ranged from about -20 at the first checkpoint, to about +12 at the finish line. Then I used this value to drive the pitch of the sound source.

Driving through the track is simultaneously disturbing and hilarious. When you start, the circus music plays slowly in a weird demented way. As you continue to drive, it starts playing faster and faster, turning into an insane frenzy. Navigating even the simplest obstacles becomes almost impossible.

I would have used it in the finished track if it didn't completely destroy the theme. I may or may not have a use for it in the future, but feel free to steal the idea for your own track if you like.

[rlmergeuser]

Yeah, it's great fun attaching the pitch of sounds to dynamic values. You can get some really interesting results, including makes sounds that sound almost completely new.

For a track I'm making, I've managed to get a sound that fires at regular intervals. Each time it plays again, a Curved Data Source adjusts the pitch over time. The sound effect I'm using is the Horn sound of a boat, and it's create a pretty convincing 'alert' siren sound effect.

[rlmergeuser]

Yeah, the boat horn is pretty freaky if you take it down a couple of octaves!

[rlmergeuser]

I was thinking about making a skill game to test how well people can ride when they are constantly being subjected to ear splintering sound effects.