[CS3] Screen with sound and rollover that stops it too. HELP!!!

[mrossetti]

Your help will be reaaally appreciated.

I have a screen with text and a voiceover audio that reads it. There is a rollover button on a word that opens up a popup. When this button opens the sound stops.

I would like to be able to resume the sound where it stopped once I leave the rollover popup.

Is this possible? Thanks so much.

Mercedes

[plasnid]

Good Day Mercedes,

Unfortunately as3 doesn't seem to have a pause. What you would have to do is keep the position in a variable and then stop the sound. On rolling out of the hotspot you would then have to get the sound to play from the stored point.

-Plasnid

[mrossetti]

Hi Plasnid and so grateful for your quick reply.

Could you share the code for this variable? I am really new to Flash.

Thanks a lot,

Mercedes

[plasnid]

Good Day Mercedes,

Here is how I would structure what you're after. Ideally this should be in a class, but it will work like this. joy is a reference to a sound the in library.

var position:Number;
var sounder:joy;
var channel:SoundChannel;

function init():void{
    initPosition();
    initSound();
    channel = sounder.play();
    overPauseMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overAction);
    overPauseMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outAction);
}
function initSound(){
    sounder = new joy();    
}
function initPosition():void{
    position = 0;    
}
function overAction(e:MouseEvent):void{
    trace(channel.position);
    position  = channel.position;
    channel.stop();
}

function outAction(e:MouseEvent):void{
    channel = sounder.play(position);
}
init(); 

Have fun!

-Plasnid

[mrossetti]

Thanks so much Plasnid.

By the way, what is your experience with game design? I need to design an educational game (called serious game) where I can have avatars, levels, scoring and quizzes.

I do have something in very rough form.

Please let me know if you would be interested in collaborating in this project and also let me know your rates.

Mercedes