SoundLiteAS3

Add all sound related functionality within minutes to your game or application.

SoundLiteAS3 is the result of thinking why does a game developer need to code certain game sound related tasks again and again, even though they are simple.

Why SoundLite?

For your game it allows very quick integration of features like

• BG and SFX mute options.
• Having a set of SFX sounds and playing them RANDOMLY or SEQUENTIALLY.
• Allows setting volume levels for individual sounds
• Fading In and Out of Background music when scene changes.

Limitations

• It can deal with Embedded Sound objects or the ones which are preloaded only, targeted at common flash games.
• Doesn't bother with panning controls.

How to use

• First preload your sounds in AS3 "Sound" objects either via embedding or other methods.
• Create MSound and MSoundGroup objects as needed for all your sounds
• Call MBG.init() and MSFX.init() always in the beginning
• Use MSFX.play() or MBG.play() methods and pass MSound objects.
• MSFX and MBG has methods to control muting of SFX and BG sounds

Notes

• Alternatively you can use the MSound and MSoundGroup objects directly as well and call methods on their objects.
• MBG and MSFX has static methods, so no need to create objects
• Every class has "cleanUp()" method which sets all references it uses to null

Example usage - Simple

//first declare the Embeds
[Embed(source="../res/loop.mp3")]
public static var bg_loop:Class;
 
[Embed(source="../res/sfx.mp3")]
public static var sfx_1:Class;

//create MSound objects
private var sfx1:MSound = new MSound(new sfx_1());
private var bgloop:MSound = new MSound(new bg_loop(), 1000, 0.4);

//init MBG and MSFX, preferably in AS3 main class constructor
MBG.init();
MSFX.init();

//use the methods on events as needed
MSFX.play(sfx1);
MBG.play(bgloop);	//fadesIn, when done through MBG
MBG.stop();			//fadesOut, when done through MBG
MBG.toggleMute();	//stop and starts last sound automatically when done on MBG
MSFX.setMute(true);

Example usage - MSoundGroups

//gem0 to gem4 are MSound objects
private var allgems:Array = new Array(gem0, gem1, gem2, gem3, gem4);
private var gems_random:MSoundGroup = new MSoundGroup(allgems);
private var gems_sequential:MSoundGroup = new MSoundGroup(allgems, MSoundGroup.MODE_SEQUENTIAL);

//to play
MSFX.play(gems_random); //or
MSFX.play(gems_sequential);

Important other notes

• Explore the public methods in MSound and MSoundGroup classes and use them if needed