Sound Problem

[Jam0864]

is there a way to make it so you can't hear certain sounds when they are off the screen
NO SCRIPT i can't work script if you can't do it without script then don't worry about it i'll work around it

[sam]

Ugh..I dunno unless you have an auto-scrolling map, then you could have functions that the player will have to touch as they move along.

[durnurd]

What's so terribly wrong with script that your aversion to it extends even to other people writing it for you?  Especially when it makes very difficult or impossible things much easier?

There's no easy way without script to cause only sounds that are triggered by events that take place on screen to play.  Precisely what is triggering these sounds?  Is it sprite collisions?  In that case, it should be noted that many have suggested that sprites should only instantiated just before they are due to come on the screen and disappear just after they should be leaving the screen, thus removing the problem of playing sounds having to do with sprite collisions off-screen.  It involves a lot of special functions if that's the route you want to go (w/o script).

[Jam0864]

This may sound dumb but I don't use script because even when someone else writes it I can never get it to work it doesn't come up with an error message just the script don't do nothin

[bluemonkmn]

Would you be interested in some help getting scripts to work?  Presumably it's some simple little step that you've missed that we could easily help you fix -- if other games with script are working for you.  Or do you already have an answer in eliminating sprites that are off screen?

[Jam0864]

I can get it to work when it's generated by the scripting wizard but i tried the double jump script and durnurds realistic explosions script (with the screen shaking) and a few others and i replace the names i'm meant to replace (I think) but it dont work. is it because i'm putting it in the same script file the scripting wizard generated? 

[bluemonkmn]

If you're putting them in the same file you need to know how to merge the code intelligently.  You can't just add it on to the end.  For example there should only be one Player_OnControllerMove subroutine.  If you have multiple things to do when the controller moved, it all has to go inside the same Sub.  And there should only be one ProjectObj.GamePlayer.Play line and it should only be at the end of the first script block (the end of the whole script if you don't use "#Split").  Those are just a couple examples of things to be aware of if you're trying to merge scripts.  You might be better off starting with a blank script, or just deleting everything except the last 3 lines of the shooting script before inserting other code.

[Jam0864]

oh i see thats right i was just pasting it on the end i have absolutely no knowledge of script what are subs is that the text before it says
      End If
   End With
End Sub? 
i have tried to understand what the script is saying
HostObj.SinkObjectEvents ProjectObj.GamePlayer, "Player"
HostObj.ConnectEventsNow()
ProjectObj.GamePlayer.Play 16
means to play the game right? 

[Jam0864]

can GAMEDEV read two script files at once?

[bluemonkmn]

No.  Multiple scripts can be combined into a single file using "#Split", but it is still only running one script at a time.
I won't bother going through a detailed explanation of script since you said you didn't really want to write script, but I'm sure we can tell you how to get others' scripts running if you need help with that.  Combining scripts would be a bit more time consuming and I don't know how many people around here would be interested in taking the time to help out with that, but as far as copying and pasting entire scripts, that shouldn't be too hard to get working if you ever need to do that.
And if it turns out that you are interested in learning script, there are many resources available.  And if you have specific questions you can ask them in the scripting forum.  We can't answer general questions, though... it takes a whole document to describe more general issues and that's what other resources are for.