IDirectSound3DListener8::SetDistanceFactor Method

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09/10/2011

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The SetDistanceFactor method sets the distance factor, which is the number of meters in a vector unit.

Syntax

HRESULT SetDistanceFactor(
         D3DVALUE flDistanceFactor,
         DWORD dwApply
)

Parameters

flDistanceFactor
Distance factor. D3DVALUE is defined as float.

dwApply
Value that specifies when the setting should be applied. This value must be one of the following:

Value	Description
DS3D_DEFERRED	Settings are not applied until the application calls the CommitDeferredSettings method. This allows the application to change several settings and generate a single recalculation.
DS3D_IMMEDIATE	Settings are applied immediately, causing the system to recalculate the 3D coordinates for all 3D sound buffers.

Return Value

If the method succeeds, the return value is DS_OK. If the method fails, the return value may be DSERR_INVALIDPARAM.

Remarks

The distance factor has a range of DS3D_MINDISTANCEFACTOR to DS3D_MAXDISTANCEFACTOR, defined in Dsound.h as FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX respectively. The default value is DS3D_DEFAULTDISTANCEFACTOR, or 1.0.

Requirements

Header: Declared in DSound.h.

Library: Use Dsound3d.dll.

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