I'm currently making a game and everything is going fine except for one simple thing. I'm having a problem with my app sound. When I touch the "Start" Button to play the game, it presents a new View Controller with the game itself and it plays a song. I have another view controller with its settings. Inside it, I have a UISwith that mutes the App. My problem is that when I dismiss that view controller it does not save its state. I tried NSUserDefauts and could not get it working. Maybe I'm not doing it right... If you could help me I would be very appreciated!
Also, I have multiple a AVAudioPlayer (one for the game, another for when the user wins or loses) is there a way to just completely mute the entire app instead of muting every single AVAudioPlayer one at a time?
Thank you so much!
Regarding muting the sound:
- (IBAction)speakerOnOff:(id)sender
{
static BOOL muted = NO;
if (muted) {
[player setVolume:1.0];
} else {
[player setVolume:0.0];
}
muted = !muted;
}
If you have multiple AVAudioPlayer just access the properties of all and setVolume:0.0.
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I think I need a script that will "get" all the playing HTML5 audio controls and "pause" them apart from the one the user clicks play on. I have seen and can handle simple play, pause, stop with just one audio controls but my skills fall way short of coding something to do what I'm after with multiples. audio controls is a neat solution and integrates well with my current design, I just need help making it work properly. The use case:
https://aberaeronskies.com/ page loads and nothing plays which is desired, user clicks play on a audio controls tag and the track snippet plays which is desired. User clicks on another one (there are 14) and it starts to play, trouble is, the first one is still playing which is not desired; one could click on all of them and they would all play!
The requirement is for a script or a call or whatever (I'm no coder, just doing this as freebie for a mate) that when a user clicks play on any one of the 14 tracks it pauses all other playing tracks.
I thought this was it: Pause all other players besides activated one. jQuery audio plugin for <audio> element and Play selected audio while pausing/resetting others but I'cant make them work.
It may be that this cannot be done and I need to rethink the whole presentation of multiple tracks and if so, further advice on where to look (in addition to above) would also be useful.
Thanks very much...
Ah...
This works
var curPlaying;
window.addEventListener("play", function(evt)
{
if(window.$_currentlyPlaying && window.$_currentlyPlaying != evt.target)
{
window.$_currentlyPlaying.pause();
}
window.$_currentlyPlaying = evt.target;
}, true);
$(function () {
$(".playback").click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var song = $(this).next('audio')[0];
if (song.paused) {
if (curPlaying) {
$("audio", "#" + curPlaying)[0].pause();
}
song.play();
curPlaying = $(this).parent()[0].id;
} else {
song.pause();
curPlaying = null;
}
});
});
I'm programatically changing focus in a tvOS app in response to a UISwipeGestureRecognizer. This all works fine, except there the nice 'boop' sound that plays when changing focus normally doesn't play, which makes the user experience a bit odd. Is there a way to programatically play this sound, or is there some other way I should be trying to handle the focus change?
You can make the button that is in focus have a background border in a different color or something.
In regards to sounds why don't you run a SKAction or play a AVFoundation file when changing focus.
You said you did all the focus stuff programmatically with gesture recognisers (I have done the same for my SpriteKit game) so I assume in the methods that get called when swiping you need to add the sound effect.
In my game those methods look something like this
func swipedRightTV() {
if menuButton.isFocused {
menuButton.isFocused = false
// play your sound here
playButton.isFocused = true
}
func swipeLeftTV() {
if playButton.isFocused {
playButton.isFocused = false
// play your sound here
menuButton.isFocused = true
}
If I have more than 2 buttons I use more if/else if statements in the methods, for simplicity tho I just used 2 in the example.
Does this help or are your methods totally different?
I am doing project on developing a small game(A Soccer Penalty shootout guess game). I was hoping if someone could tell if it is possible to do the following function. I am using Adobe Flash Pro CC.
I am trying to pause the video that i have imported at 3.5 seconds and then two buttons appear with options either a Miss or Goal.. Once the user selects either option the video continues to play.
My question, is it possible to do this using Actionscript in Flash. if so what commands/function does it require.
Thanks
You could do it something like this (given that you are using the FLVPlayback component with the variable name of myFLVPlaybackComponent)
should be
myFLVPlaybackComponent.addEventListener(VideoEvent.PLAYHEAD_UPDATE, videoPause);
private function videoPause(evt:VideoEvent):void {
if (evt.playheadTime >= 3500){
myFLVPlaybackComponent.stop();
}
}
then call myFLVPlaybackComponent.play(); on your resume video function
I'm trying to create an EXE projector using flash 5.5 AS3 where I have a few videos (FLVs) to show (their location is right next to the exe file in the same directory) - each load in a different frame, and all of those videos should also have a full screen option to them. Those are original videos that people WILL want to watch in full screen. It's essential for the experience...
The problem(s) I currently have (after fixing the sound that didn't stop after going to a different video) are hard to describe, but I'll try really hard.
Ok, so when I click the full screen button on a video and watch it in full screen, I will eventually want to exit the full screen, so I click on the same icon at the bottom to exit full screen (or ESC button, it's the same) and then click the navigation button to go to the SECOND FLV's frame to watch the other video. After watching the second video in full screen and then exiting full screen, flash takes me to the FIRST video's frame and that is a big problem. Also, now the button that takes me BACK to the second video's frame won't work. It's like flash is stuck.
I use the Components --> FLVPlayback 2.5 from the componant menu (I don't really know AS3 programming) and I fix its properties in the component parameters.
Also, I don't think that any of the followings are the reason for the bug, but I use these 3 scripts to stop all sound when navigating away from one frame (with an FLVplayback) to
another frame with another FLVplayback:
MyFLV.stop();
SoundMixer.stopAll();
MyFLV.addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE,xyz);
function xyz(e:Event):void{
MyFLV.stop();
}
I've found these online where people asked help for the sound bug I described.
The third script was suppose to remove the FLVplayback from the stage before going to another frame, but it works only when NOT GETTING INTO FULL SCREEN. I need something that will COMPLETELY remove the previous video from the stage so after exiting the SECOND viewed video, flash won't take me to a video that from some reason is still in its memory. I have something like 30 videos in my project and I need to remove each and every one of them off of the stage before navigating to the next frame to open a new FLVPlayback.
I tried to add a link to a demo I made with the problem so you can look at it, but it triggered a "oops, something went wrong" error, probably anti spam mechanism...
I would recommend using only one frame and only one flvplayback instance. Otherwise you have to deal with weird bugs like the one you are getting (usually caused by misplaced or forgotten code). Of course, using only one frame requires using more code, but with the number of hard-fixes it looks like you were making for the bugs, you may end up with less code.
Don't worry, I'll walk you through everything!
Reasons to use code (as opposed to multiple frames):
Easier to keep track of:
Know where all your code is so you can easily find and fix any problems.
Make changes more easily
You want to switch an existing video? edit a file reference and you are done.
Want to add a video? no more dragging a new flvplayback instance onto a new frame just add some very simple code and a button and you're done.
More customization
Reasons to use multiple frames (and multiple flvplayback instances):
easier to place visually
Some people find it easier when they have an actual movieclip that they can visually place on the stage
Less code
Here we go:
//import flv library
import fl.video.*;
This allows you to use ActionScript to manipulate the flv player
//video playback code-----------------------//
var myVideo:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
this creates an instance of FLVPlayback called myVideo (referenced from now on in the code as myVideo)
this next chunk shows many of the customizable features of the flv player. It is not necessary to include them.
//places the video player on stage at x,y
myVideo.x = 115;
myVideo.y = -10;
//uses SkinOverPlayFullscreen.swf for controls
myVideo.skin = "SkinOverPlayFullscreen.swf";
//color of controls
myVideo.skinBackgroundColor = 0x333333;
//hide controls and time it takes controls to fade and reappear (milliseconds)
myVideo.skinAutoHide=true;
myVideo.skinFadeTime=300;
//add the player to the stage
addChild(myVideo);
And now comes the important part. I have made buttons and added them to the stage. I gave each of the buttons a different instance name (box1_btn, box2_btn, and box3_btn). When someone clicks on a button, an "event" will occur.
//button listener code-------------------------//
//when button 1 is clicked throw button 1 event
box1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicked1);
//when button 2 is clicked throw button 2 event
box2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicked2);
//when button 3 is clicked throw button 3 event
box3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicked3);
//play different videos for different buttons---------//
//when button 1 event is thrown
function clicked1($e:MouseEvent):void
{
//play video 1.flv
myVideo.source = "1.flv";
}
//when button 2 event is thrown
function clicked2($e:MouseEvent):void
{
//play video 2.flv
myVideo.source = "2.flv";
}
//when button 3 event is thrown
function clicked3($e:MouseEvent):void
{
//play video 3.flv
myVideo.source = "3.flv";
}
This code will not have any sounds that keep playing because two videos cannot play at the same time in one instance of the player. Nor will it have any mess-ups when you come out of fullscreen because there is only one frame for the video to go back to.
Some possible problems you may run into:
It doesn't work at all:
Make sure you have added an instance of FLVPlayback to the library by adding an instance to the stage from the components menu (window>>components or ctrl+F7) and then deleting it from the stage (it should still appear in the library).
The playback buttons I want aren't showing up:
There is a great explanation of how to use As3 to manipulate FLVPlayback here:
http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3flvplayback/
find the section about "Applying a Skin to the FLVPlayback Component" and follow it to use an adobe playback skin. If you want to make your own unique skin I would recommend opening and editing one of the pre-made skins. I found mine in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS6\Common\Configuration\FLVPlayback Skins\FLA\ActionScript 3.0
I hope this helps!
Below would be simplest way to unload the FLVPlayback
removeChild(MyFLV);
it works fine for me
flvPlayBack.stop();
removeChild(flvPlayBack);
stops the sound and removes the playback.
I've got a serious of games which in turn load off a main main swf.
I have mute and unmute buttons on the main menu and the same buttons in each game.
When I unload/load a game I want the volume to stay as it is so they player doesn't have to keep turning the volume off.
AudioOff is the button shown when the volume is off and AudioOn is the button shown when the volume is on.
Any ideas of how to do this?
EDIT:
The code I've got now keeps the volume on or off through the games but the buttons aren't showing up correct with this code..
if (SoundVolume.volume == 1)
{
AudioOn.visible = false;
AudioOff.visible = true;
}
if (SoundVolume.volume == 0)
{
AudioOff.visible = false;
AudioOn.visible = true;
}
You can use Flash Cookies to store the user's sound preference:
http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3sharedobject/
If the saved cookie preference is to mute all sound, you can use the following code:
var s:SoundTransform = new SoundTransform();
s.volume=0;
SoundMixer.soundTransform=s;
Hope this helps!
What do you use to change/load/unload games?
If there is a main class running behind all of it, you can have a variable or two with the volume and on/off, and each game can grab the values when they load. Whenever one of the games changes the value, they should pass that back to the main class.
If it is loading a separate page for each one, you'll need to do something with cookies. You can use a SharedObject in each game and the menu to hold the volume and on/off variables. Actually, this would work for both situations. SharedObject tutorial here.