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Play a sound multiple times without waiting for it to finish
I'm trying to get it so that I can play a loaded Sound file multiple times (for example, playing a bullet firing sound quickly), but calling sound_obj.play(Mixer.Default) seems to block it script execution until it finishes. Is there a way to play sound objects asynchronously?
  • Last Edit: April 30, 2017, 09:12:02 pm by Eggbert
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Re: Play a sound multiple times without waiting for it to finish
Reply #1 –
Sound#play() shouldn't block.  The music module in particular specifically relies on it not blocking, so it's kind of weird if it is for you.

That said, a single Sound can only have one instance playing at a time - calling play() on it again will just restart it:

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Sound#play([mixer]);

    Begins or resumes sound playback.  When called with no `mixer` argument,
    Sound#play() will resume playback for a paused sound.  Otherwise, the sound
    is started from the beginning on the specified mixer.


I should probably implement a SoundEffect API like Sphere 1.6.  Something to think about for the next miniSphere version, I guess. :)
  • Last Edit: April 30, 2017, 11:30:00 pm by Fat Cerberus
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Re: Play a sound multiple times without waiting for it to finish
Reply #2 –
I think that might have been the issue then. Though it seems to have issues if it restarts it repeatedly .