Programming 2D Games

1917.4. Adding Audio to the Game Engine

// Read and register the sound bank file with XACT

result = E_FAIL; // Default to failure code, replaced on success

hFile = CreateFile( SOUND_BANK, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL,

OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL );

if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )

{

fileSize = GetFileSize( hFile, NULL );

if( fileSize != -1 )

{

soundBankData = new BYTE[fileSize]; // Reserve memory for

// sound bank

if( soundBankData )

{

if(0 != ReadFile( hFile, soundBankData, fileSize,

&bytesRead, NULL))

result = xactEngine->CreateSoundBank( soundBankData,

fileSize,

0, 0, &soundBank

);

}

}

CloseHandle( hFile );

}

if( FAILED( ...