Sound Problems

I want to have a WAV file that plays in the background looping, it is ambient city noise like cars beeping etc....

here is the code i have used to put the sound in and it loads the file and runs the script but wont actually play the sound thru the speakers


sound background = "background.wav";
var_nsave background_handle;




background_handle = snd_play(background, 75, 0);


any ideas?

hmmmm,are the speakers on?^^ try to use this:


background_handle = snd_play(background, 75, 0);
if(background_handle == 0)
{error("[censored], no sound!");}
then u see if the soundis played and stuff...

sound background = "background.wav";
snd_loop(background,75,0);

And be sure that WAV format is OK, check help for this.

Yes, use sound_loop and not sound_play if you want it looping.

Be sure to declare the SOUND and VAR_NSAVE handle variable outside of any function, but then call the snd_loop, from within a function.

i checked the sample rates supported in WED and converted my file to 22Kb sample rate rather than 16, also checked speakers were on!

But still no joy,

Then when i added this code:

if(background_handle == 0)
{error("[censored], no sound!");}

it displayed the error which i guess means it isnt playing the sound.


I have also tried using an MP3 file and a MID file but these two chuck up errors about the file type not being supported even though it says it is in the manual.


Im stuck here :-(

Cant really see whats wrong.

You have to use media_play/loop to use mp3s, mids, avis, and wmvs.

be sure that your wav file is in main folder or you have a path to it at the top of main script.
Try use more simple example without handle.

Before your main script write:
sound background = "background.wav";
and below main function write
starter start_loop
{snd_loop(background,100,0);}

and try to use another sound... f.e. one from templates and we'll see what happen.

Try to play a simple sound file in windows media player. If you here sound then your hardware is o.k. Else you don't have a sound cards

If everything is o.k. than check your wav file summary , and check what audio format you have. If it is a PCM than o.k. else maybe there is the problem...

Hey i had some problems with the sound to;
I had a cute little game I made for my mother (very simple: to pop-up all the baloons before the time runs out; you'll know where the baloon is coming from when you hear the sound coming from the left or from the right) but I couldn't make it play to the right side even if I put the balance to 100. After some time I realised that the problem is (I guess) the sound is mono; but when I reconvert it to stereo the engine shouts "Unknown sound format" or something like that what should i do?? THNX in advance!!!!

Raymaker... check the manual about WAV format (bitrate)

You know the story about the dragon who lived behinde seven seas, seven islands, seven mountains, seven forests, seven other dragons.....


And one morning he wakes up and seys: "Man, where the f.kc I foun the place to live!"

LOL!! thx tompo! this joke was for you if you understud it.....:D

Thats a joke? ok...


Any ways Stereo files arnt supported in Wav through 3DGS, only Mono.

Kurwa mac, ja pierdole, po chuju pojecia nie mam gdzie mnie w pizdu wywialo
Translate... beeep beeeep beeeep I have no idea beeep beeep

But Palm Beach sounds great to me

Right this is wierd, Wav files from the template folder work, but the city noise file i have doesnt, is there a size limit on the files as the file is about 4Mb? I dont have the commercial eddition so sadly i cannot use MP3s aparently


Tried the simplified code and the problem remains.

Bah maybe il just go without the long sound file and have a shorter one looping

so check the bitrate of your wav file and template one.
BTW... if this is a city noise... You can even change this wav to mono.

think the sound file is corrupt or something because even when i change the sample and bit rates it doesnt work. I have used a different sound file and now it works fine :-)

try to play this wav in winamp or something if it'll be working maybe this file is to quiet then check master_vol

it plays nicely in windows media player, and the volume of the code was set to 100 lol, ahh well never mind.