Stopping sound before time?

[Diana Kennedy]

In your script, are you using the variables/functions button at the bottom of the script editor to add the sound –

Ahm...No. I am not sure.

In fact, what I did before was to ad the sound via the action function "ad-action->play-sound and there I could choose the file indeed in a pop-up box, set volume, hear it and so on. But there was no scripting involved.

Then I did as I described in the posting above, with script, but there I could not find a way to control and hear the sound. I am am confused about which way is the right.

[Diana Kennedy]

Okay, I am still stuck.

So I decided to try my luck by uploading a .ged file. Not the original, it would be too huge. I created an example file with only the hunter, the horse and of course all sounds and animations. But nothing more.
The state as it is now: left Click on the blue filled "aim-area", the arrow is created and the horse flees at a galop, galopp sound is played. press right crtl key and arrow is shot. If Horse is hit, it falls down...galopp sounds continues!
I want them to stop.

I hate to annoy with my own stupidity, but this issue is a major one. My game-project considerably lives of realistic sound actions.

File: http://johnfkennedy.chez-alice.fr/belege/sound.zip

The data-files are loose and probably need to be-packed into a data-folder.

[twobob]

In the actor control for your actor tarpin, click on remove in events – activation event – playsound and remove this action.
Now click on add in events – activation event for aim – add action – script editor
In the script editor click on the variable button at bottom, and add a variable, i.e stopmysound, with integer and global as options. Then click on add then close(not the script editor)
Still in the script editor for tarpan – click on variables/functions – click on PlaySound2 and choose your sound. Click OK. In the script editor you should have something like the following:
PlaySound2("D:\\temp\\sound\\data\\horse-gallop.wav", 1.000000, 1, 0.000000);
In front of this add stopmysound=
So now in the script editor it will be something like:
stopmysound= PlaySound2("D:\\temp\\sound\\data\\horse-gallop.wav", 1.000000, 1, 0.000000);
Now click add button and immediate action and come out of the script editor, and click close for activation event

Still in the actor control for tarpin, click on add in events – collision – choose on any side of actor arrow –add action- script editor
In the script editor add the following:
stopSound(stopmysound);
Click on add – immediate action and close collision event.

I have tested and works fine. You could also use stopmysound variable for say when the actor tarpin is out of vision using the script editor again.

[Diana Kennedy]

twobob, I love you!

Yes, it works real fine now! Thank you so much! I really hope I can return the help / favor one day.

Just two little questions, for my better understanding:

1. What is the particular reason that it has to be the function "playsound2" why not 1 or a 3?

2. Will the game auto-update the path to the sound? In the script-Editor indeed the whole path to the file's initial source is shown. I guess the file will be imported in the data folder. Will the game update this information?

I have tested and works fine. You could also use stopmysound variable for say when the actor tarpin is out of vision using the script editor again.

Yes, I will do so. There's plenty of possibilities now.

Again, thank you so very much for your kind patience and your great help!!

[twobob]

Got there in the end – well done for carrying on, it’s all so easy to give up when you are first learning a new concept.

I think playSound2 is just an updated version of playSound, and that playSound is just a leftover function from previous versions – someone correct me if I’m wrong.

If you now save your game to a different directory, the path to the sound files gets updated to the data directory to where you have saved your game.

It does help if you know a little bit about c programming but you can pick bits and pieces up as you progress.
Also going over the demos seeing how they are put together can give you fresh ideas on how to approach a situation. The advantage that you have is that you are very good at graphics.

[Diana Kennedy]

Twobob,

t does help if you know a little bit about c programming but you can pick bits and pieces up as you progress.
Also going over the demos seeing how they are put together can give you fresh ideas on how to approach a situation. The advantage that you have is that you are very good at graphics

Thank you. In fact I came to the GE because I am an artist wanting to make a game. You are right, I will have to learn C bit by bit. It is very difficult. Most tutorials start at a too high point.


Now I have unfortunately a new little problem: The galpping sound works, even when the actor Tarpan is NOT created! Means: When you click on the aim, the sound plays. But the tarpan actor has "no" in create at startup and is only created with a timer by a text actor. How can I avoid this?

[Novice]

Move the playsound from mouse down to create actor.

[Diana Kennedy]

Hm...But then, the sound will probably play as soon as the actor is created and that is NOT what is intended. The sound should play when one clicks on the aming point so that the actor changes path and animation AND plays sound.

[Novice]

Sorry about that, use an if statement with actor count to check the horse is created to play the sound.

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if (ActorCount(Horse)==1) playSound....;

[Diana Kennedy]

Sorry about that, use an if statement with actor count to check the horse is created to play the sound.

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if (ActorCount(Horse)==1) playSound....;

Hm...It gaves me an error message. The code I made was:

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if (ActorCount(yellowtarpan)==1)galoppsound = PlaySound2("data/horse-gallop.wav", 1.000000, 1, 0.000

[Novice]

You have to put the name of the actor in quotation marks.

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if (ActorCount("yellowtarpan")==1)galoppsound = PlaySound2("data/horse-gallop.wav", 1.000000, 1, 0.000

[Diana Kennedy]

It works! Thank ou very much!

[Novice]

No prob