I'm just at a loss. It's a simple tween to create a fade-in and out effect for a movieclip. I don't have anything else radical going on behind it, I've triple-checked and the tween is created properly.

I can even see it work correctly on the stage while I'm messing with it, but it doesn't work on the exported movie. Has this ever happened to anyone? Have I screwed something up?

sorry but, (bump)

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I'm gonna shoot myself if I have to look through every post entitled "sound help plz".

Anyway, I'm using the movieclip method described in AS: Sound and things seem fine at first. I can start and stop everything - the first time. but when I try to use "_root.filename.gotoAndPlay(2)" a second time, it won't play. I've double-checked syntax and all that, and that isn't the issue.

In case you're wondering, I put all the sound MC's on a separate layer of their own that continues under the entire movie, so that I could call on any of these sounds at will. And when I test my movie I get an output message "SWF contains multiple sound item" or something to that effect. Can anyone figure out what I've screwed up?

Thanks!

Ok yeah I am not quite up to speed enough yet to understand the intracacies of the MC method (although I'll work on that later) but I found it easier to use the sound envelope controls under "custom" editing and lower/raise the volumes that way. But it is a simple movie and I'm only controlling 2-3 sounds. I also have digital audio editing experience so that interface is somewhat familiar.

I wish someone would do a small tutorial on these types of controls (not just on sound) and the entire MC method, unless I've missed it and perhaps a kind person can point it out.

Thanks for pointing me to the right places guys.

I'm having a slight problem with changing sound volumes in AS, maybe someone can troubleshoot.

There is a certain sound effect that I want to be able to lower and raise the volume of during the course of the movie. I have assigned a sound to a variable in the following manner, as advised in the BBS...

myVariable = new Sound();
myVariable.attachSound("Soundfile");

Later I start the sound:

myVariable.start(0,100); [note: it's not really going to play 100 times, just loop until I stop it manually with another AS.]

Then at the appropriate time in the movie, I control the volume like so:

myVariable.setVolume(30);

As mentioned before I am also utilizing :

myVariable.stop();

THE PROBLEM IS: I also have various one-time-hit sound effects and a looped mp3 as background music. Even though I am calling the AS on the named variable only, it is setting the loop to the same volume level. I haven't done anything with the music loop's linkage, so as far as I understand it theoretically it shouldn't be affected. I want the music loop to remain constant volume throughout. It is even starting and stopping with the named variable. Even though I haven't "noticed" it per se, I'm pretty certain that the one-time sound effects are also having their volume altered.

Has anyone run into this problem in the past? What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance.
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Serious answer.

To me it depends on your purpose. Some people like adult games and will go looking for them. Others don't want that and should avoid it. If you're making an ADULT gameor movie then you might as well go hard because the people who don't care for pr0n probably won't (or at least shouldn't) be playing or watching. If you're not making an adult-themed production than I would advise keeping it to a necessary minimum or even none at all, lest it detract from your creation.

There's a time and place for both. God love the First Amendment!

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Ok you're right it was that simple. Idiot!

Thanks!

My God I feel like a moron I should be better than this. Sorry if this is a repeat but I didn't see anything like this covered after about half an hour of searching the BBS.

Ok - what I'm trying to do is have a scenario in which a random number between -25 and 25 (variable is gamblingresult) is created, and then both subtracted from a cash total (variable is cash) and displayed in dynamic text. I also have a different dynamic text box below this (displaying the variable plusminus$) that calls it either a profit, a loss or a break-even day. Take a look at my horrible coding:

randomvariable=random(51)
gamblingresult=25-randomvariable
if(gamblingresult>0){
plusminus$="profit :)"
}
else if(gamblingresult=0){
plusminus$="break even session"
}
else if(gamblingresult<0){
plusminus$="loss :("
}
cash+=gamlingresult

The dynamic text displays are coded within the stage and don't seem to be a problem. The trouble I'm having is that it seems to work when the result is a positive number, but if gamblingresult would contain a negative number, it seems to end up as zero. Unless it's just generating 0 as a result of the computation, and that seems beyond probability.

Also, I'm teaching myself (out of a background in QBasic :p) so if anyone has a suggestion for a cleaner way to do this, please let me know, but try to explain fully, since it'll probably be over my head.

Thanks.