Hey I'm no expert but

I think if you can figure out how to get the sound to loop on keyDown then stop looping on keyUp that may be the best way to do it?

perhaps:

on keydown me
  if "1" = the key then
    sound(2).play(member("edgyrockguitar"))
    repeat/loop??
   end if
end

on keyUp me
   if "1" = the key then
    sound(2).stop(member("edgyrockguitar"))
   end if
end

Sorry i couldnt be anymore specific, someone else will no doubt reply, but im only a beginner but theoretically i think thats the right sort of idea...

Peter Butler
Tandokuno Design

If you set the sound channel's "loopCount" to 0, the sound will loop forever. Once you set that you can just use keyUp/keyDown to start/stop the sound as Peter said.

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk

Yay ^_^

Thanks for the input, im sure that will help!!

Useful thing to learn too i didnt know you could do that >_>

Peter Butler
Tandokuno Design

do i need to check the loop box for the sound member??? i dont have the sounds on the score either they are all in the ast and im calling them with that code.  I tried this:

on keydown me
  if "1" = the key then
    sound(2).play(member("edgyrockguitar"))
   
end if
end

on keyUp me
if "2"= the key then
sound(2).stop(member("edgyrockguitar"))
end if
end

but it doesnt work it replays the sound from the start on every press and the loop/repeat idea that goes below the .play section doesnt work either (script error)????>?

Try:

--
on startMovie
  sound(2).queue([#member: member("edgyrockguitar"), #loopCount: 0])
end startMovie

on keyDown
  if the key = "1" then
    sound(2).play()   
  end if
end

on keyUp
  if the key = "1" then
    sound(2).pause()
  end if
end
--

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk

--sound(2).queue([#member: member("edgyrockguitar"), #loopCount: 0])

variable used beor assigned a value

What is your Director version? This code is for Director 9/10.

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk

i use mx

The following is the better way of doing this. I've verified it works fine on MX.

-- Movie script
on startMovie
  sound(2).queue([#member: member("edgyrockguitar"), #loopCount: 0])
  the keyDownScript = "handleMousedown"
  the keyUpScript = "handleKeyUp"
end startMovie

on handleMousedown
  if the key = "1" then
    sound(2).play()   
  end if
end handleMousedown

on handleKeyUp
  if the key = "1" then
    sound(2).pause()
  end if
end handleKeyUp
--

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk

Your saying this works on its own in mx - ive imported the script into a new file and it is still saying that in the first section (starting sound(2).queue...) there is a variable used before assigned value so how did you get it working?????????

That's very interesting. I've just done copy & paste the script and it's fine - it's standard Lingo anyway.

Funny thing is that there are no variables in that line. Do you see the words "sound", "queue", "member" and "loopCount" all in green? Then they are not variables.

May be your Director itself is the problem. If you type in "put version" in the message window do you get "8.5.1"? If not, update.

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk

mine comes up 10.1 man! they are all in green

10.1? That's Director 10 (a.k.a. "MX 2004").

Anyway I tested on D10 and the script works fine (however, "the key" should be "_key.key" in D10).

If you copy & paste sound(2).queue([#member: member("edgyrockguitar"), #loopCount: 0]) into Message window and press return, do you get the same error?

Kenneth Kawamoto
www.materiaprima.co.uk