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[CursedOne]

CursedOne

a little problem involving sounds and sword figh...

  hey. im now programming some of the key features of my game loz : moonwinter ages and need some help in the form of code. i have made the entire combat system for link. he can run, slash, spin, get his bow or shield out, shoot his bow and even move with his bow or shield! but the slashing is a problem... how would i make link make a random sound (out of three possible sounds) each time he slashes or spins? can any of you help me out  ???

[TheDarkJay]

TheDarkJay

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

It'd be nice to know what you're using...GameMaker? MMF? C++? QuickBASIC *snigger*?

[Dumb_Ass]

Dumb_Ass

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

Maybe like this is you are using Game Maker 6.0+...

Code: GML

1. sound = round(random(2))
2. if sound = 0 sound_play(snd_attack1);
3. if sound = 1 sound_play(snd_attack2);
4. if sound = 2 sound_play(snd_attack3);
5.  

OF course, you would put that in close to the code that actually makes him slash.

[CursedOne]

CursedOne

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

sorry im using gamemaker 6.1.

[Dumb_Ass]

Dumb_Ass

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

It still works. I use it too.

[CursedOne]

CursedOne

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

thanks

[Goodnight]

Goodnight

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

You might notice after a little while that snd_attack2 is twice as likely to play as the other two. That's because you're rounding the random number to the nearest integer. Think about how that works.

Bump up the random by 1, and round down instead to get equal probability.

Code: [Select]

var sound;
sound = floor(random(3));
if sound = 0 sound_play(snd_attack1);
else if sound = 1 sound_play(snd_attack2);
else if sound = 2 sound_play(snd_attack3);
Or, GM6 has a new function called choose() that makes some cases of randomness much easier.

Code: [Select]

sound_play(choose(snd_attack1, snd_attack2, snd_attack3));

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[Antidote]

Antidote

Re: a little problem involving sounds and sword ...

I've run into a few problems using GM's choose() function >_> and that code doesn't have to be if statements I used a switch statement for my engine and it works like a charm .
this is how i set up the engine.

Code: GML

1. if (objLink.state == objLink._SLASH_)
2. {
3.  _SLASH_SOUND_ = floor(random(3)); // used Goodnights rand code instead of my current >_>
4.  switch(_SLASH_SOUND_)
5.  {
6.   case 0: sound_play(sndSwordSlash1);break;
7.   case 1: sound_play(sndSwordSlash2);break;
8.   case 2: sound_play(sndSwordSlash3);break;
9.  }
10. }
11.  

Just so you know I only use capitalized vars for pieces of code that involve the player or enemy states. In my Engine _SLASH_ has the value of 3 Although it doesn't really weigh on the development of your game I figured that small bit of info may help also if you use this code you don't have to use obj*.* for anything I just put it there for S&G

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