Destroying a sound really destroys it!

[darwin]

I'm using some custom sounds that I've imported into my map.

When I "Destroy Sound" after I play it to clear up the memory leak the sound stops playing immediately (so I don't hear it) and apparently really destroys it, as when I try to play it later in the same game, even without the "destroy" command, it still doesn't play.

As part of my play testing, I tried destroying the sound before I played it, then played it 5 seconds later in the same trigger. The sound didn't play. When I took the "Destroy Sound" action out of the trigger and tried the game again, the sound did play.

I want to use the same sound many times, but I don't want to leak every time I play the sound. How on earth do I avoid that?

Darwin

 

[Dr Super Good]

You store the sound in a global reserved for only that sound. Every time you want to play it, you reference that variable. If you have problems playing the same sound multiple times simply make an array system where there are multiple different objects of the same sound. You should never have to destroy sounds and the only possible time you should need to is if the sound will not ever be used again in the map.

 

[darwin]

You store the sound in a global reserved for only that sound. Every time you want to play it, you reference that variable. If you have problems playing the same sound multiple times simply make an array system where there are multiple different objects of the same sound. You should never have to destroy sounds and the only possible time you should need to is if the sound will not ever be used again in the map.

Excellent, thank you. I got confused when I was reading about leaks. They say sound variables leak so you should destroy them immediately afterwards. But I suppose I don't have to do that unless I don't need the sound anymore.

Thanks again. + rep

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes, you only need to destroy them if you never need them again or if they are local. It was found that even destroying local sounds still leaked so its best to just reuse the same sound object.