AS3.0: Adding sound has added lag??

[OzzyMgaow]

Hi.

I've made a platform game in Flash using AS3.
Game was fine, no lag, everything worked great.

I imported some small .wav files for sound effects and added them using code like this:

var s5:S5_enemy = new S5_enemy();
var channel2:SoundChannel = s5.play();

Now when playing the game I get lag (mostly in the screen scrolling) when a sound effect plays (like jumping for example) that I didn't get before.

Does anyone know why this is, and if there is a way to fix it?

Thanks.

[OzzyMgaow]

bump

[deadlock32]

have you tested out of the IDE? some times the IDE uses more resources than stand alone or in html

[PrettyMuchBryce]

At 9/9/08 05:27 PM, deadlock32 wrote: have you tested out of the IDE? some times the IDE uses more resources than stand alone or in html

Definitely try what deadlock suggested. If that doesn't work then double check the size of your wav files and check the sound export settings.

[OzzyMgaow]

Yes I've tested outside of flash with just the .swf playing, doesn't make a difference.

[OzzyMgaow]

I've gone to export settings on the individual sounds and they are just set to default.

What would you recommend I change them to?

[OzzyMgaow]

On xport I changed sound quality from 16 to 8, which reduced how it sounded significantly.

It also didn't remove the lag.

Getting frustrated. There's really not a whole lot going on, so it seems odd that just adding a couple sounds is screwing it up. argh!

[OzzyMgaow]

bump :(

[snuffyindustries]

I imported some small .wav files for sound effects and added them using code like this:

Convert them to .MP3 then import them.

[OzzyMgaow]

Tried.

No difference....

[greenkube]

How many times are you declaring the sound channel and playing the sound?

[OzzyMgaow]

The channel line is within the separate game functions, so I guess it's called everytime that functions is used. (so on every jump, or every pickup).

The top lines creating the sound instance is only used once on the program start-up.

Is there a better way to do that?