Sample... Reverb? I think?

ZycroNeXuS · May 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM

Alright, so I want to make it so that when you press a directional key, a file of footsteps would play. This is all well and good, and should, theoretically, be easy, right?

The thing is though, when I test the game, it kinda... loops the sample over and over itself. It sounds like reverb, or just that the sample is getting started so many times it sounds like a single note.

I've had this problem a while, but I've always been able to get around it. Is there any way I can fix this? I will, of course, be happy to provide any information needed.

Thanks in advance,
Ethan

nivram · May 22, 2015 at 3:41 AM

Only one action when event loops?

Marv

ZycroNeXuS · May 22, 2015 at 11:23 PM

I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but I THINK you mean that I only have it play when one action is done (like a key is pressed)?
If so, then yes.

Also, I've been stalking these forums a month or so now and it took me until yesterday to figure out that your name is Marvin backwards.

Del_Duio · May 26, 2015 at 5:16 PM

You could also add the condition:

+ Footstep sfx is not playing

And that should stop it from playing a bunch of times in a row like that.

ZycroNeXuS · May 26, 2015 at 9:58 PM

Alright, new problem: Now nothing is playing. Doesn't matter whether I try Del_Duio's solution, or even just make it so that a sample is played upon pressing space or something, it doesn't play anymore. It plays when I click the play button when I'm selecting the sample, but not in-game.

Del_Duio · May 27, 2015 at 4:37 PM

The only time a sfx refuses to play for me is if it's played a billion times in a row in a very short amount of time (it'll stop any background music you had playing too.)

Maybe try saving the original footstep wav file under another name, and re-uploading it to your game and try it again?

ZycroNeXuS · May 27, 2015 at 8:52 PM

Alright, renaming the wav file worked.

Now, how can I get the file to STOP playing when I'm not moving? It continues even after I've stopped.

Klownzilla · May 28, 2015 at 2:38 PM

I have footsteps playing when my character is walking. If animation walking is playing and animation frame =0 ---------> Play sample footstep1 +only one condition when event loops, Then another event...If animation walking is playing and animation frame =6 ---------> Play sample footstep2 +only one condition when event loops. Works like a charm

ZycroNeXuS · May 28, 2015 at 10:52 PM

Neeeever mind. I fixed all my walking-sounds related issues.

Kanenas · August 31, 2016 at 7:00 PM

Next time it would be much appreciated if you could post what you did to fix it! I am having the same issue and can't seem to find a solution, but can still see you've solved it.

Danny · August 31, 2016 at 9:43 PM

Ensure you open up your sfx file (wav/mp3) and trim it down. Any excess silence at the end will cause a delay. Also to boot, Fusion 2.5 can open 32 channels (ie: 32 sounds played at once).

ZycroNeXuS · September 2, 2016 at 3:48 AM

Oh, did I not post a solution? Crap!

Here you go: What's actually happening is that while that condition is true, it keeps starting the sound, so it isn't "reverb", as I called it, it's really the sound playing over itself over and over again. What you need to do is limit the event by adding the condition "Only one action while event loops". It can be found under the Special section (gears icon). This will make it so that the sound plays only once. Alternatively, you can add the condition "while sample [sample name] is not playing".

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