LOADING IN RANDOM SWFS!!! help!

[exeterblue]

ok, here's whats up.

i have a sound clip thats a swf, that loads into the main scene and loops forever.

what i want to do is whenever you visit the site it loads a random swf. i have 6 swfs that are the sound loops.

please help as i can't figure it out, and have searched the board and the tutorials...and shouted at the action script book. i am flumuxed.

anyone?

[mgason]

You could use arrays and stuff but this method would be very simple.

name your sound swfs sound1, sound2 etc

where you put the command to load the sound, for the file name to load put

["sound" + (random(6)+1)+".swf"]

and make sure expression is checked for that line in the actionscript dialog box.

random(6) returns random numbers 0 to 5, so we add 1 to get 1 to 6.
code says join the string "sound", and a random number 1to6 and string ".swf"

Yes you could just have 1.swf and 2.swf but flash can behave unreliably when loading swf's that start with a number

get it?
feel free to ask more if you have probelms putting into your load code.
[Edited by mgason on 05-31-2001 at 12:44 PM]

[exeterblue]

thanks so much for that, worked a treat.

[gogon]

but right now i cant even get my mp3s to loop

i have several mp3s stored on individual mc .swfs
in each i tried to use the sound panel to loop but it dosent seem to work using the loadmovie level 5 method

i have when the simple things take up days of my time
thanks in advance

[exeterblue]

um..one more ask...

ok i have got the random sounds working excellently.
but i would like to be able to turn the sound on or off, i have had alook through the boards and tutorials and have not found much that can help.

have you got any suggestions?
will it be two buttons; one to set volume at 0, and one button to set the button up to 100 or somthing?

any help would be great!

[exeterblue]

Originally posted by gogon
but right now i cant even get my mp3s to loop

i have several mp3s stored on individual mc .swfs
in each i tried to use the sound panel to loop but it dosent seem to work using the loadmovie level 5 method

i have when the simple things take up days of my time
thanks in advance

on my swf/loops, i have set sync; start and loops; 999 and that works for me.

i dunno if thats a help or a hinderance.

[gogon]

i also set my .swf mp3 to sync/start loops/999 with a fade effect and it dosent loop when i test movie

not working for me with falsh5

???? any ideas?

[gogon]

ok it works if effect is set to none
but dont you want sync set to stream if you have a full length mp3? slower connections need streaming, right?
if i do that then it dont loop
[Edited by gogon on 06-01-2001 at 10:46 AM]

[mgason]

Hi exeterblue,
I have to admit to being in need of a serious upgrade on my flash5 audio skills.

I have 2 links for you though with a bunch of audio tutorials. The killersound site is a great resource on all things audio, not just flash. The were-hree one has a couple of on/off tutorials

I would also highly recomend you get the book Flash 5 studio from
http://www.friendsofed.com/book_flash5studio.html
you can buy it on amazon or wherever. It has a fantatic chapter on using the soundobject and seting up mixing and volume controls etc, all the source code and thorough instructions. Plus about 20 other chapters on other flash topics. Its the best flash book I have ever got.

now those links
http://www.were-here.com/cgi-bin/dbm...%20And%20Music

http://www.killersound.com/cgi-bin/k...1/Catalog/1020

good luck, mark