[CS3] AS2: Playing a sound n00b :)

Hi folks,
I want to have something play a sound when it is clicked, however, its a movieclip not a button. my code so far looks like this:

Quote:

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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

myRadians = Math.atan2(_root._ymouse-this._y, _root._xmouse-this._x);
// myDegrees = Math.round((myRadians*180/Math.PI));
_root.yChange = Math.round(_root._ymouse-this._y);
_root.xChange = Math.round(_root._xmouse-this._x);
_root.yMove = Math.round(_root.yChange/1);
_root.xMove = Math.round(_root.xChange/1);
this._y += _root.yMove;
this._x += _root.xMove;
this._rotation = myDegrees+90;


}

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when the left mouse button is released i want a gunshot sound to play can i achieve this?

would look something like this?

Quote:

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on (release) {
play("GUNSHOT_.WAV");

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Any thoughts, thanks?

If this sound is being loaded from your library, then it needs to look like this:

Code:

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on (release){
    var gunShot:Sound = new Sound(this);
    gunShot.attachSound ("gunshot"); //this is the linkage identifier, not the file name
    gunShot.play();
}

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If it's embedded in the button/movieClip, then a simple

Code:

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on (release){
play();
}

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would work.

As a note, keeping all the code in one or two spots, rather than actually putting code on your buttons directly, is a good idea for a couple of reasons:

1) it's easier to find everything.
2) if you make the switch to AS 3.0 you have to do it this way.

So, I would rather see this (placed just in a frame, not on the movie itself anywhere):

Code:

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var gunShot:Sound = new Sound(this);
gunShot.attachSound ("gunshot"); //this is the linkage identifier, not the file name

button.onRelease = function(){
    gunShot.play();
}

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Good luck.

hi CJ,
Yes the sound is in my library,

I have tried this code:

Quote:

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on (release){
var gunShot:Sound = new Sound(this);
gunShot.attachSound ("gunshot"); //this is the linkage identifier, not the file name
gunShot.play();
}

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and get this error: gunShot.play(); There is no method with the name 'play'.

I assume its because i am a real n00b with AS2!
The instance that this code needs to work on is "crossHair" does this affect the code above?

Thanks folks.

Whoops. I meant gunShot.start(); Sorry about that.