turning audio off universally 2

[Flashoid]

I'd like to have an audio off and on button for use in a game. The sounds in the game only play when the user does something successfully or unsuccessfully (like drag an object to the correct box). I have not figured out a way to have the user click an audio off button and have subsequent sounds not play (when the user does something to cause a sound to play). Any help would be appreciated.

 

[MJB3K]

AS1/AS2 code:

my_btn.onPress = function(){
    stopAllSounds();
}

This will stop all sounds playing.

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[Flashoid]

How would I program/play the sounds to play if I use this code to turn them off? I have the sounds playing when a user successfully drags and drops an object - so I have the audio play inside a movieclip with just the audio right on the stage.

 

[MJB3K]

you just start the sounds again like you normally would... the code I gave you stops all current sounds playing... but you can easily restart them like normal.

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Martin

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[Flashoid]

What I'd like to happen is once the user clicks the audio off button that no sounds will play again even if the user does something that normally would cause a sound to play - so in essence I am not looking for a button to just stop the audio once but permanently.

It would be nice to have an audio on button that would turn the audio back on but I would be happy just to have an audio off button that turned the sound off permanently.

 

[oldnewbie]

So you're in fact looking for a mute button?

Are you using soundObjects, or timeline sounds?

Do you have sounds nested on buttons' timelines?

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[Flashoid]

A mute button would work. I am using timeline sounds with movieclips. I know this is old code but I just have it arranged so when the user correctly does something a telltarget script goes to frame 2 of a movieclip, on frame 2 of that movieclip timeline the sound resides. I could lose the the timeline could and put in some actionscripting to play the sound instead - I just don't know how to code the mute button so the sound stays off indefinitely.

 

[oldnewbie]

Use a global volume soundObject...

On the first frame of your movie create the soundObject...

var soundOn:Boolean = true;
var globalSound = new Sound(this);

And on this following on/off toggle button, add this...

muteButton.onRelease = function(){
if (soundOn = !soundOn){
globalSound.setVolume(100);
}else{
globalSound.setVolume(0);
}
};

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[Flashoid]

I'll give it a shot and let you know if I got it to work within my project.

As always thanks for your help.

 

[oldnewbie]

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[Flashoid]

Can you clarify how I would use this. I put this line of code in the actions layer on root timeline:
var soundOn:Boolean = true;
var globalSound = new Sound(this);

I then labeled the mute button to be: muteButton

and tried put the other code... (muteButton.onRelease = function(){
if (soundOn = !soundOn){
globalSound.setVolume(100);
}else{
globalSound.setVolume(0);
}
}; )

...right in the button and in other places (frame 1 actions layer in root timeline) but it gives me this error:

1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Untitled_fla:MainTimeline to an unrelated type flash.net:URLRequest.

Can you please clarify where the code should go.

thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

This was AS2.0 code, not AS3.0.

So you should switch the Actionscript vervion in the Publish Settings...

If you want to use AS3.0, then the code won't work, and would need to be adapted...

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[Flashoid]

I am publishing to AS 2.0. I no longer get any errors but the audio still plays after I have clicked the mute button. Not sure if I am using your code correctly though. Does all the code go in frame 1 on root timeline or does this part go right with the button?

I labeled the mute button as muteButton.

muteButton.onRelease = function(){
if (soundOn = !soundOn){
globalSound.setVolume(100);
}else{
globalSound.setVolume(0);
}
};

 

[Flashoid]

It works!

I put all the code in frame 1 on the root timeline and labeled the mute button muteButton -- published to 2.0 and voila'.

Thanks again for the help!

 

[oldnewbie]

Grrrrrrrrrrrreat!

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