Sound Delayed in Flash Game

[JollyPanda]

Hi All,

I have been working on a game that works good with the run frame option while in MMF2, but when I run the swf file in my browser, the sound effects are delayed.

Is there a way to remove or reduce this delay?

Thanks

[Jeff]

I had this problem once with flash creations before the MMF exporter was even in beta testing.

I am trying to remember how I fixed it, I can't remember if it was something in flash itself or a setting on my computers sound card.

Can you test on newgrounds and see if it happens in all Flash creations and not just MMF flash creations?

[JollyPanda]

Hi Jeff,

I tried some games at Newgrounds, and did not notice any sound delays with the games I tried.

I attempted builds with higher/lower bitrates, but that did not help. Also, tested in firefox and chrome, but the delay was the same (as far as i can tell) in both.

[TechVision]

I got this problem too. Thought it was a general problem, but if it's possible to fix, then great. I hope you remember what solved the it.

[DavidN]

I heard from a plain Flash developer that this happens with normal SWFs as well, and that he usually fixes it by continually playing a blank sound underneath everything... I'm not sure how that would help, or if the way that MMF uses the sound system would produce the same effect, but it's the only clue I have.

[TechVision]

Thanks DavidN. I might as well try it.

The weird thing is as far as I can tell all MMF2-made Flash appps on my computer has this problem, and Adobe-made etc. Flash apps have no sound delay. It's quite annoying because in some games it's integral to the gameplay that everything is in sync.

[Tuna]

You might want to look into updating your sound drivers.