I can hear bad guys shooting from across the level!

[d-soldier]

.. Been doing some beta testing of my game, and I ran through it without killing the baddies (just in case someone might do that) and sure enough, as I'm in a totally different section of the map I can still hear them shooting at me (audio only)... Other then the "destory if off screen" (their paths cause them to go off screen frequently) can anyone think of a way to silence these guys when they are x distance from player?

[Sgt. Sparky]

make an actor variable called sound,
and use this

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if(distance(x, 0, player.x, 0) > 100)sound = 0;
else
{
   sound = 1;
}


and when that play the sound use:

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PlaySound2("data/your_sound.wav", sound, 1, 0.000000);


I hope that helps.

[d-soldier]

So I made the actor variable called sound... (not very advanced when it comes to variables mind you)... so where do I put the:
if(distance(x, 0, player.x, 0) > 100)sound = 0;
else
{
sound = 1;
}
????

[Sgt. Sparky]

draw actor event for that badies

[d-soldier]

... doesnt seem to work... the laser(actor) is creates the sound upon it's creation, so I put the code-
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if(distance(x, 0, player.x, 0) > 100)sound = 0;
else
{
sound = 1;
}
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in it's creation script (even tried draw actor script too) and removed the original create actor/play sound function and replaced with create actor/script -
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PlaySound2("data/your_sound.wav", sound, 1, 0.000000);
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And now I hear nothing... adjusted the x distance in the script, and even moved my "not drawn at startup" laser actor close to the action (just to be sure)... nothing... Any ideas? (and I did adjust the "player" actor name in the code to fit my game, btw)

[Sgt. Sparky]

hmmm,
if it is for when the lazer is created then just use for the whole thing,

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if(distance(x, 0, y, 0) < 200)PlaySound2("data/your_sound.wav", sound, 1, 0.000000);

and you know you must change the data/your_sound to the exact sound stuff.
(click on variables/functions and the menu will pop up and click on playsound,
select the sound volume and location ect.
and you know what to do next

[d-soldier]

... Nothing seemed to work until I changed the sound variable from actor to global, now it works perfectly! Thanks again - thats twice today!

[Sgt. Sparky]

xD

you're welcome, any time!