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      I recently had a thought about EVO's volume control. Now bear with me, I am a bit of a moron when it comes to programming so if what I'm proposing is stupid or impossible let me know. The only thing about EVO that really drives me nuts is this, I can't listen to mp3's (for example) while playing because the game and computer volume controls are the same. If you turn the game volume down, the mp3 volume goes with it. Would it be hard or even possible to create a plug-in to give EVO it's own volume contol, affecting the game's sound only? I just want to be able to have the game volume on 1 or 2 and the music on 5 or 6 for example.

      Just a thought, do with it what you will.

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      Yes, its impossible. But you could simulate it by 'de-amplifying' all of the sounds in the data files. SoundEffects can do that, doesn't take long for one sound even. Just kind of tedious. Or you could wait for Nova to listen to MP3s.

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      Originally posted on the progress log by mburch:
      *** game volume is now separate from system volume
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      And hey, shouldn't this be on the devs corner?

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      Originally posted by MadFax7:
      **And hey, shouldn't this be on the devs corner?
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      Heh. Yeah probably.

      And he's right. EVO can't do that. Nova can...

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      I apologize for not knowing the proper channels for my previous comment but not everyone has 15 hours a day to spend playing this game or hanging around this group to understand the specifics. Is this not the EVO web board? Therefore, I doubt a comment about EVO, as mine was, is inappropriate here (if it is, the separation for each comment type should be clearer).

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      Originally posted by hanz111:
      I apologize for not knowing the proper channels for my previous comment but not everyone has 15 hours a day to spend playing this game or hanging around this group to understand the specifics. Is this not the EVO web board? Therefore, I doubt a comment about EVO, as mine was, is inappropriate here (if it is, the separation for each comment type should be clearer).

      Don't sweat it. The (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum;=EV+Developer|APO|s+corner&number;=9&DaysPrune;=20&LastLogin;=")Developers Corner(/url) is just where everyone who knows this kinda stuff hangs out (although some, like me, hang out here and on the devs corner). So questions about making plugins should go there, if you want them to be answered faster, that is.

      Oh yeah, SoundEffects is available (url="http://"http://www.riccisoft.com/soundeffects/")here(/url).

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