Sound's of battle.net?

[Ringo]

I got reall damn bored (I mean REALLY) so I started thinking of somthing to do.
You know, not somthing you want to comit to, but somthing really.. retarded and random. :p
Then I started to think about how most media players, when playing just audio, generate graphical patterns based on the sound.
So then I thought, why not generate sound patterns, based on graphical data?
Why graphical data, why not network data? why not bnet data? Perfect! The idea is random and retarded, I couldn't seriously comit to such a project.
With the critierias met, I started wundering on how to generate such wave patterns, and what parts of bnet traffic should seed them etc etc.
But before I jump into the deep end, I thought I would have a play around with the with the kernel beep() function and feed bnet traffic into it, to see what kind of tones it would generate.
Infact, I have a bot running in the background why i'm typeing this post, and I must say, its annoying to listen to -- it's like a 56k modem on smack.. in a retarded way ofc. Each packet has a more less unique array of beeps :p

If you're REALLY*100 suffering from bordom and wanna listen to the *sounds of bnet*, the code is below:

Every time you send or recv a packet, pass the data to the AddBeepData() sub.
Put a timer on the form, set it to 1ms interval and call PlayBeep()

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Private Declare Function Beep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwFreq As Long, ByVal dwDuration As Long) As Long

Private m_Data          As String
Private m_Pos           As Long

Public Sub AddBeepData(ByRef S As String)
    m_Data = m_Data & S
End Sub

Public Sub PlayBeep()
    Dim B       As Integer
    If Len(m_Data) = 0 Then Exit Sub
    B = PullBeep()
    Beep B, 1
    'DoEvents
End Sub

Private Function PullBeep() As Integer
    Dim i       As Integer
    Dim B       As Long
    For i = 1 To (Len(m_Data) / 20) + 1
        m_Pos = m_Pos + 1
        If m_Pos > Len(m_Data) Then: m_Data = vbNullString: m_Pos = 0: Exit For
        B = B + Asc(Mid$(m_Data, m_Pos, 1))
    Next i
    If m_Pos > 1024 Then
        m_Pos = 0
        m_Data = Mid$(m_Data, 1026)
    End If
    PullBeep = 500 + ((B / i) * 8)
End Function


Think it would be annoying, to have sound patterns generated from bnet data, like when ppl talk etc -- giving each persion a unique sound/music plus speach sound/music?
Or, would it be retardedly fantastic option to have a bnet chat bot?

edit:
should of probly posted this in the fun forum, or the trash can -- was ment as humor :p

[Falcon[anti-yL]]

would it be retardedly fantastic option to have a bnet chat bot?

NO.

[MyndFyre]

I have to agree with Falcon.

I was wondering why it didn't work for a while til I found:

Beginning with Windows Vista and Windows XP 64-Bit Edition:  This function is not supported.

[brew]

heh
here's my variation:

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bnetlen = *(unsigned short *)(data + 2);
int bleep;
int i2, i3;
bleep = 0;
i3 = 0;
for (i2 = 0; i2 != bnetlen; i2++) {
i3++;
bleep += data[i2] << 1;
if (i3 == 5) {
Beep((bleep << 3) + 300, 20);
i3 = 0;
bleep = 0;
}
}


Much more fun with 20ms beeps imo

[Ribose]

You were really bored.

[Sixen]

Or, would it be retardedly fantastic option to have a bnet chat bot?

Hell yes! That'd be epic.

[PunK]

You my friend, are a hilarious individual.

[Ringo]

After toying around with this idea for the past few days, the time has come! By unpopular demand, Sounds of Bnet On you're iBotPlayer is finaly here!
It includes such smash hits, as:

The sound of load bots.
I Press'ed you're key, and you made a sound.
My tune, you're tune, cardboard box.
I Like Cheese!
Worship the void.

And who could forget the great chart topper, the theme tune to sixth sence:

I see warden packets.... ALL THE TIME!


It is rumored, that michael jackson was on the battle.net one day, pretending to be a 10 year old girl, when he heard the sound of bnet!
It inspired him to stop fiddleing with the battle.net kiddies, and write a new song, in the style of Sound of bnet!
AWSOME! you say? Then you're nuts!

Here is a demo of the sounds of battle.net you can try before you die (of revolsion):
SoundOfBnet.Wav
You MUST listen to all 1min 40 seconds of it, because theres a reall funky bit at 01:00 to 01:15!
This demo, is the sound of a logon and a short idle in clan recruitment on useast.battle.net.
Note: you need to extract the .wav file with you're winzip player, before you can listen to it on you're waveplayer!
Note: Bnet chat bot player not included.

Here is the kind of 8bit sound wave patterns that will be generated from bnet data:


If you would like to add the *sounds of bnet* to you're chatbot player, the code is below!
This is how to use the code:
Create new vb6 module, and call it ModSound
Paste the below code into said module!
When you're bot loads, you must call the SoundLoad() function
Example:

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If modSound.SoundLoad() = False then msgbox "Failed to init sounds of bnet"

When you're chatbot player closes, you must make a call to the SoundUnload() sub
Example:

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Call modSound.SoundUnload()

When you recv or send a bnet packet, pass it to the AddSoundData() sub.
Example:

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Call AddSoundData(strData)

If you would like to save the sound's of bnet music you're chatbot player is generating, you can now use the StartRecording() and StopRecording() functions!
StartRecording() takes a path to a .wav file, where it will be created as new, and save the sounds of battle.net to it, in 7500khz, 8bit mono!
Because the sounds of battle.net operates at 7500khz, 8bit mono, the quality is not so great :p
Heres code:

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Private Type WAVEFORMAT
    wFormatTag          As Integer
    nChannels           As Integer
    nSamplesPerSec      As Long
    nAvgBytesPerSec     As Long
    nBlockAlign         As Integer
    wBitsPerSample      As Integer
    cbSize              As Integer
End Type
Private Type WAVEHDR
    lpData              As Long
    dwBufferLength      As Long
    dwBytesRecorded     As Long
    dwUser              As Long
    dwFlags             As Long
    dwLoops             As Long
    lpNext              As Long
    Reserved            As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function waveOutOpen Lib "winmm" (hWaveOut As Long, ByVal uDeviceID As Long, format As Any, ByVal dwCallback As Long, ByRef fPlaying As Boolean, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function waveOutPrepareHeader Lib "winmm" (ByVal hWaveOut As Long, lpWaveOutHdr As Any, ByVal uSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function waveOutReset Lib "winmm" (ByVal hWaveOut As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function waveOutUnprepareHeader Lib "winmm" (ByVal hWaveOut As Long, lpWaveOutHdr As Any, ByVal uSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function waveOutClose Lib "winmm" (ByVal hWaveOut As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function waveOutWrite Lib "winmm" (ByVal hWaveOut As Long, lpWaveOutHdr As Any, ByVal uSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByRef Destination As Any, ByRef Source As Any, ByVal NumBytes As Long)
Private Declare Sub RtlFillMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByRef Destination As Any, ByVal Length As Long, ByVal Fill As Byte)
Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function CallWindowProcA Lib "user32" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DefWindowProcA Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLongA Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateWindowExA Lib "user32" (ByVal dwExStyle As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String, ByVal dwStyle As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal hInstance As Long, lpParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function DestroyWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long

'//Window handle/proc
Private hWndHandle      As Long
Private hWndProc        As Long
'//Class is loaded
Private hModInit        As Boolean
'//Wave handle/header/buffer
Private wHandle         As Long
Private wHdr            As WAVEHDR
Private wBuf(999)       As Byte
Private wFadeCount      As Long
'//Input data
Private hData(15)       As String
Private hDataPos        As Long
'//Playlist
Private hPlay(15)       As Boolean
Private hPlayPos        As Long
'//Sound recorder
Private hRecordPath     As String
Private hRecording      As Boolean

Private Const FADE_MAX  As Long = 7

Public Function SoundLoad() As Boolean
    Dim wFormat     As WAVEFORMAT
    If hModInit Then Exit Function
    hModInit = True
    '//Fill the buffer with silence
    Call RtlFillMemory(wBuf(0), UBound(wBuf) + 1, &H80)
    '//Create a message window to handle the callbacks
    hWndHandle = CreateWindowExA(0&, ByVal "STATIC", ByVal "SOUNDWINDOW", 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&, &HFFFFFFFD, 0&, App.hInstance, ByVal 0&)
    If (hWndHandle = 0) Then Exit Function
    hWndProc = SetWindowLongA(hWndHandle, &HFFFFFFFC, AddressOf WaveProc)
    With wFormat
        .wFormatTag = 1
        .nChannels = 1
        .nSamplesPerSec = 7500
        .nBlockAlign = 1
        .wBitsPerSample = 8
        .nAvgBytesPerSec = .nSamplesPerSec * (.wBitsPerSample / 8)
    End With
    Call waveOutOpen(wHandle, 0, wFormat, hWndHandle, True, &H10000) 'callback
    wHdr.lpData = VarPtr(wBuf(0)) 'memory pointer
    wHdr.dwBufferLength = UBound(wBuf) 'size of memory block
    Call waveOutPrepareHeader(wHandle, wHdr, 32)
    Call waveOutWrite(wHandle, wHdr, 32)
    SoundLoad = True
End Function

Public Function SoundUnload() As Boolean
    Dim i           As Long
    If (hModInit = False) Then Exit Function
    hModInit = False
    '//Close the waveout
    Call waveOutUnprepareHeader(wHandle, wHdr, 32)
    Call waveOutClose(wHandle)
    Call waveOutReset(wHandle)
    '//Return previous window proc and destroy the window
    Call SetWindowLongA(hWndHandle, &HFFFFFFFC, hWndProc)
    Call DestroyWindow(hWndHandle)
    hWndHandle = 0
    hWndProc = 0
    For i = 0 To UBound(hData): hData(i) = vbNullString: Next i
    hDataPos = 0
    For i = 0 To UBound(hPlay): hPlay(i) = False: Next i
    hPlayPos = 0
    hRecording = False
    SoundUnload = True
End Function

Private Function WaveProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
    If (Not hWndProc = 0) Then
        If (uMsg = &H3BD) Then
            '//Update the buffer
            Call NextPlay
            '//Save buffer to .wav if recording
            If hRecording Then Call BufferRecording
            '//Rewrite the buffer to loop once more (wave header in lParam)
            Call waveOutWrite(wHandle, ByVal lParam, 32)
        End If
        WaveProc = CallWindowProcA(hWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
    Else
        WaveProc = DefWindowProcA(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
    End If
End Function



Public Sub AddSoundData(ByRef S As String)
    Dim i           As Long
    Dim intFlag     As Integer
    If (hModInit = False) Then Exit Sub
    If (Len(S) = 0) Then Exit Sub
    For i = UBound(hData) To 1 Step -1
        hData(i) = hData(i - 1)
    Next i
    hData(0) = S
    '//Seed the *tune* with the 1st 16bits of the tickcount
    Call RtlMoveMemory(intFlag, GetTickCount(), 2)
    For i = 0 To 15
        hPlay(i) = intFlag And (2 ^ i)
    Next i
End Sub

Private Sub NextPlay()
    '//Move to next playing key
    hPlayPos = hPlayPos + 1
    If (hPlayPos > UBound(hPlay)) Then hPlayPos = 0
    '//Move the next data
    hDataPos = hDataPos + 1
    If (hDataPos > UBound(hData)) Then hDataPos = 0
    '//Check if we can play or have data to play
    If (hPlay(hPlayPos) = False) Or (Len(hData(hDataPos)) = 0) Then
        If (wFadeCount = FADE_MAX) Then
            '//Make the buffer stfu
            wFadeCount = FADE_MAX + 1
            Call RtlFillMemory(wBuf(0), UBound(wBuf) + 1, &H80)
        ElseIf (wFadeCount < FADE_MAX) Then
            '//Fade/ecco the buffer into silence
            wFadeCount = wFadeCount + 1
            Call FadeBuffer
        End If
        Exit Sub
    End If
    '//Play the sound
    wFadeCount = 0
    Call TextToBuffer(hData(hDataPos))
End Sub

Private Sub FadeBuffer()
    Dim i       As Long
    For i = 0 To UBound(wBuf)
        If wBuf(i) > &H80 Then
            wBuf(i) = wBuf(i) - ((wBuf(i) - &H80) / 2)
        ElseIf wBuf(i) < &H80 Then
            wBuf(i) = wBuf(i) + ((&H80 - wBuf(i)) / 2)
        End If
    Next i
End Sub

Private Sub TextToBuffer(ByRef strText As String)
    Dim i           As Long
    Dim Width       As Long
    Dim Dist        As Long
    Dim Ball        As Integer
    Dim Speed       As Integer
    Dim Pos         As Integer 'strText pos
    Width = 1
    Ball = &H80
    Speed = 0
    For i = 0 To UBound(wBuf)
        '//add force to center
        Dist = (&H80 - Ball)
        Speed = Speed + (Dist / Width)
        If Speed > &H20 Then Speed = &H20
        If Speed < -&H20 Then Speed = -&H20
        Ball = Ball + Speed
        If ((i Mod Width) = 0) Then
            '//Move to next byte
            Pos = Pos + 1
            If (Pos > Len(strText)) Then Pos = 1
            '//Kick wave
            Speed = Speed + ((&H80 - Asc(Mid$(strText, Pos, 1))) / (Width * 2))
        End If
        wBuf(i) = (Ball And &HFF)
    Next i
End Sub


Public Function StartRecording(ByRef strWavPath As String) As Boolean
    If hRecording Then Exit Function
    hRecordPath = strWavPath
    hRecording = OpenRecording()
    StartRecording = hRecording
End Function

Public Function IsRecording() As Boolean
    IsRecording = hRecording
End Function

Public Function StopRecording() As Boolean
    hRecording = False
    StopRecording = True
End Function

Private Function OpenRecording() As Boolean
    Dim i           As Integer
    On Error GoTo OpenRecordingErr
    If (Not Len(Dir$(hRecordPath)) = 0) Then
        Call Kill(hRecordPath)
    End If
    Dim wFormat     As WAVEFORMAT
    With wFormat
        .wFormatTag = 1
        .nChannels = 1
        .nSamplesPerSec = 6500
        .nBlockAlign = 1
        .wBitsPerSample = 8
        .nAvgBytesPerSec = .nSamplesPerSec * (.wBitsPerSample / 8)
    End With
    i = FreeFile
    Open hRecordPath For Binary As #i
        Put #i, , &H46464952 'RIFF
        Put #i, , 0&
        Put #i, , &H45564157 'WAVE
        Put #i, , &H20746D66 'fmt
        Put #i, , &H12&
        Put #i, , wFormat
        Put #i, , &H61746164 'data
        Put #i, , 0&
    Close #i
    OpenRecording = True
    Exit Function
OpenRecordingErr:
    OpenRecording = False
End Function

Private Sub BufferRecording()
    Dim i           As Integer
    On Error Resume Next
    i = FreeFile
    Open hRecordPath For Binary As #i
        Put #i, LOF(i) + 1, wBuf
        Put #i, 5, CLng(LOF(i) - 8)
        Put #i, &H2B, CLng(LOF(i) - &H2E)
    Close #i
End Sub

A quick description of how it works:
It take's around 15 bnet packets to give it enough flavor to generate a tune.
The tune it's self is reseeded with the tickcount, everytime a new message is handed to the module!
It will generate sounds, guaranteed to bring out the bnet raver in anyone!

If you think, the sounds of bnet is the best thing since Jesus, then you are most definitely alone on that one!

[Barabajagal]

Did you run it in Brood War Ladder on Asia?

[Ribose]

Sounds like old, old Pokémon music all jumbled up.

[MyndFyre]

I can't believe I actually listened to that whole thing....

[Hdx]

Odly enough I actually liked it, speed it up about 25% and it'd be some kick ass electronica.
I like it but not enough to spend time writing a bot for it.

[Spht]

lol

[Archangel]

mmm i liked the tune.

Im sure it will make it to the top #5 valhalla tunes in no time.

[l2k-Shadow]

i lol'd. this is srs bsns...