sound_add(fname, kind, preload);
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| fname | The filename of the sound to add. |
| kind | The kind of sound it should be added as (legacy Feature) 0=normal, 1=background, 2=3D, 3=multimedia player, for things like MP3s). |
| preload | Whether the sound should preload into memory immediately (true) or not (false) (legacy Feature) . |
Returns: Real
WARNING!: This function has been deprecated and will
no longer work!
This function will load a sound file from an external source. This
file can be either a *.wav or a *.mp3. The last two arguments are a
left over from previous versions of GameMaker and can be set
to 0 as they have no effect on the function.
NOTE: Depending on the target platform that is chosen you
are limited as to where you can save and load files from. See
Reference - Files
for more information.
NOTE: You should be aware that if you are using this
function in your HTML5 target game to load resources from an
external server, then, due to XSS protection in browsers, attempts
to load resources from across domains can be blocked and may appear
to return blank results.
global.newsound=sound_add(working_directory +
'\hello.wav', 0, 0);
sound_play(global.newsound);
This will add a new sound and store the index of this sound in the variable "global.newsound", from file 'hello.wav' and then play it.