Mute/Unmute

[JasonMc]

As you might know, I'm building a complex toolbar for my games, which will appear on most pages via Runtime Frames Merging.

I want to have a button that, when clicked, it mutes all the sound, and changes to a different image. Then, when it is clicked again, the sound comes back, and the original image comes back.

I have the two button images (a megaphone with audio lines, and one without), btw.

[jeeji1983]

JasonMc,

It's very sample to do! First, create an Integer Variable, you can name it SoundControl, or any given name of your choice.

Second, Create an Hotspot using the image when the sound is ON. Go to Hotspot Properties, click on Action tab, then select STOP ALL SOUNDS. Go to Variables tab, then click the two checkbox. Select your SoundControl variable at MUST BE ENABLED ONLY IF and then add your variable to 0. At change the value of variable, add SoundControl to 1.

Create another Hotspot over this one. Click on the Audio tab, select all the music/sound you want to play when clicked, go to Variables tab, check the two checkbox, add SoundControl to 0 for the first checkbox, and to 1 for the second one.

You're done!

I hope this tutorial may help you.

[JasonMc]

Thank you! That answers my question perfectly.

EDIT: I want to add that I found, to make things easier, instead of using the "stop all sounds" function and having to restart specific things (remember, this toolbar is going to be on Runtime Frames Merging...), you can do this:

Under Audio for the "turn sound off" button (hotspot properties), select "change volume" for the channels you want affected, and set the volume to "0". Then, for the "turn sound on" button (hotspot properties), select "change volume" for the channels you want affected, and set the volume to the original volume.

This way, background sounds and music will still continue playing (thus, no restart each time the button is clicked), yet you can't hear them unless you click the "turn sound on" button on again.

Thanks again for showing me where all that was, and for walking me through the variables, jeeji1983. I'm slowly catching on.

[juhuwoorps]

But change volume will not work under WIN7

[JasonMc]

Well, I'm only planning on making this for XP and below, anyhow. 7 has compatibility issues with everything.