Getting sound to load on any other computer

Question

I've never really been great at sound in flash, because it
always struck me as being fairly complicated, but this is the first
time it's legitimately not worked for me. I used the following
code:
var soundthrust:Sound = new Sound();
soundthrust.loadSound("cannister_loop.mp3", false);
var soundhit:Sound = new Sound();
soundhit.loadSound("explode_4.mp3", false);
to load two mp3s and later play them as sound effects when
certain things occur (one's when the user presses a key, the other
when a spaceship collides with the ground. Unfortunately, these
sounds do not play on other computers, as I have loaded the
executable file published through flash to the web here:
http://valinet.com/~sheldon/climateorbiter.exe
I even tried uploading the mp3s to the same folder online,
assuming they might not be included in the executable, but alas,
there is still no sound. How to I get sound to play on other
machines? Is there a different way to create sounds (I can use
wav's or anything else if those work better) or a different way to
publish the flash document (although I dislike how viewing normal
documents in browser lets the user see the area around the stage,
unlike an exe) that will make the sound work? Thanks for the help,
and sorry I'm a bit of a n00b.

Answer 1

"kombucha284" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> So why does sound work for me on my computer? Any idea?
Also, I can't really tell as a result if that worked or not... I
won't
> know until tomorrow at school and by then it is due...
Thanks!
Ok, I looked at it again.
To be able to control volumes of sound objects separately you
need to attach each object to a separate movieclip, otherwise your
volume control for the thrust sound will also affect the
explosion sound. When you release the up arrow to let the lender go
down
the thrust volume goes to zero so the explosion sound can't
be heard either. Secondly, if you don't use a preloader and someone
pushes the arrow keys for the thruster before the thrust
sound is completely loaded from the server you can get a missing
sound.
That doesn't happen on your local computer because the sound
loads so quickly. The slower loading of the external sounds across
the
Internet makes a big difference.
Either add a preloader or import the sounds into the library
and use a linkage name and attach sound instead. Since you are
short
on time, that's what I would do.
Also the two mp3 files are pretty small.. 47k and 25k so it
won't add that much to the file size.
1) import canister_loop.mp3 into the library
2) right click on the sound in the library
3) choose 'linkage' and give it a linkage name like
'thrustSound'
Make sure 'Export for Actionscript' and 'Export in Frame 1'
are selected
4) import explode_4.mp3 into the library
5) give it a linkage name of 'explosionSound'
6) create two empty movieclips to attach the sounds to..
this.createEmptyMovieClip("one",10); // create clip 'one' at
depth 10
this.createEmptyMovieClip("two",11); // create clip two at
depth 11
7) attach the sounds to the movieclips...
soundhit = new Sound(one); // soundhit belongs to movieclip
'one' now
soundhit.attachSound("explosionSound");
soundthrust = new Sound(two); // soundthrust belongs to
movieclip 'two' now
soundthrust.attachSound("thrustSound");
Now when you set the thrust volume to 0 for the thrust sound
it won't make the explosion sound volume zero too.
Hope that helps. I tested it and it works fine. How come you
can't test it? Don't have Flash at home?
I put the file on my website for you to test it.. click once
to activate before using the arrow keys.
http://www.kompanionkare.net/flash/lander10.html
No place to land yet?
tralfaz