[RESOLVED] [CS3][AS2] Mute Button for Sound Effects

Alright so I'm making a mute button at the bottom of my game, and with most of the tutorials the button only mutes the sound that is already going on. It doesn't ever mute future sounds that appear in the actionscript. Is there a way to totally mute all the sounds even ones that appear after you click the button?

Also, what is the best coding for putting in sound effects in a game with using a mute button?

Edit: Maybe if I create a function for each sound effect and have an if statement in that function saying that it can only play if the mute button is not active?

Yes, use one function with sound name passed as parameter to play all sounds. Inside that function check for mute button.

Alright I get all that stuff but I can't seem to get the coding right for the actual button... I want it show the first frame when it isn't muted, and then when it is muted, to show the 2nd frame.

All in all, when I want it so I can click the button it will be muted on frame 2, and when you click it again, all the sound comes back and it's on frame 1.

I know it is some sort of else statement...

the simplest way is to create a movie clip with 2 frames. place sound off button on frame 1 and sound on button on frame 2.

on timeline frame #1 actionscript : sound = new Sound(); ( and of course stop(); so it stops at frame 1 )

then sound off button code:

on (release) {
sound.setVolume(0);
gotoAndStop(2);
}

and sound on button code:

on (release) {
sound.setVolume(99);
gotoAndStop(1);
}

That way you don't need to take care of each sound individually, as long as you do not assign a movie clip to this code: sound = new Sound();
it will control global volume.

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Originally Posted by MikeMD

the simplest way is to create a movie clip with 2 frames. place sound off button on frame 1 and sound on button on frame 2.

on timeline frame #1 actionscript : sound = new Sound(); ( and of course stop(); so it stops at frame 1 )

then sound off button code:

on (release) {
sound.setVolume(0);
gotoAndStop(2);
}

and sound on button code:

on (release) {
sound.setVolume(99);
gotoAndStop(1);
}

That way you don't need to take care of each sound individually, as long as you do not assign a movie clip to this code: sound = new Sound();
it will control global volume.

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Wow it actually worked! Thank you very much.