//Operations to Play Sources
ALuint buffers[20];
ALuint sources[20];
int SRC_VAL = 0;
float LISTNER_X = 0;
float LISTNER_Y = 0;
void InitSources(){
alGenSources(20,sources);
}
void PlaySource(int buf,bool ambient = true,float x = 0, float y = 0, float refdist = 1.0, float maxdist = 20){
float dist = sqrt((LISTNER_X-x)*(LISTNER_X-x) + (LISTNER_Y-y)*(LISTNER_Y-y));
if(dist <= maxdist || ambient){
alSourcei(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_SOURCE_RELATIVE, AL_FALSE);
alSourcei(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_BUFFER, buffers[buf]);
alSource3f(sources[SRC_VAL],AL_POSITION, x,y,0);
alSourcei(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_REFERENCE_DISTANCE, refdist);
alSourcei(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_MAX_DISTANCE, maxdist);
if(ambient){
alSourcei(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_SOURCE_RELATIVE, AL_TRUE);
alSource3f(sources[SRC_VAL], AL_POSITION, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
}
alSourcePlay(sources[SRC_VAL]);
SRC_VAL++;
if(SRC_VAL >= 20){
SRC_VAL = 0;
}
}
}
//this is inside main for initialization and buffer loading
int main(){
//code
alutInit(0, NULL);
alGetError();
alGenBuffers(20,buffers);
InitSources();
// load sounds
buffers[0] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/walk.wav");
buffers[1] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/jump.wav");
buffers[2] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/pain.wav");
buffers[3] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/break.wav");
buffers[4] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/pain.wav");
buffers[5] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/collect.wav");
buffers[6] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/zombie.wav");
buffers[7] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/splash.wav");
buffers[8] = alutCreateBufferFromFile("SFX/fall.wav");
// code
}
To play a sound I just call the function PlaySource
