audio_play_sound(index, priority, loop);
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| index | The index of the sound to play. |
| priority | Set the channel priority for the sound. |
| loop | Sets the sound to loop or not. |
Returns: Index
With this function you can play any sound resource in your game.
You provide the sound index and assign it a priority, which is then
used to determine how sounds are dealt with when the number of
sounds playing is over the limit set by the function audio_channel_num. Lower
priority sounds will be stopped in favour of higher priority
sounds, and the priority value can be any real number (the actual
value is arbitrary, and can be from 0 to 1 or 0 to 100, as
GameMaker: Studio will prioritize them the same). The final
argument is for making the sound loop and setting it to
true will make the sound loop until it is stopped and
setting it to false will play the sound once only.
This function will also return a unique index number for the sound
being played which can then be stored in a variable so that you can
then pause it or stop it with the appropriate functions. This means
that if you have multiple instances of the same sound playing at
any one time you can target just one instance of that sound to deal
with using the audio functions.
if health <= 0
{
lives -= 1;
audio_play_sound(snd_PlayerDead, 10, false);
}
The above code checks the "health" global variable and if it is less than or equal to 0, it will remove 1 from the "lives" global variable and play a sound.