KillSoundWhenDone?

Uh...how does this one work?
Are you supposed to KillSoundWhenDone a global sound variable like gg_snd_OK once used (StartSound(gg_snd_OK))?

Use start sound then KillSoundWhenDone, wether it be a global or a local.

That would both kill and stop the sound immediately.
Would it "leak" if I don't kill the sound?

KillSoundWhenDone does what it says, it kills the sound when its finished playing, you dont have to destroy the sound, that is what destroys it.
So it dosent leak.

I mean would it leak if I
StartSound(gg_snd_OK) and don't do KillSoundWhenDone(gg_snd_OK)?
And that KillSoundWhenDone does not kill the sound when it's done, it kills it immediately, thus stopping it too.

Doing it to globals or locals will destroy the sound at the end. With globals, this will be a problem, as you don't dynamically create them.

It can also have issues. Unless the sound variable was created in the sound editor, the sound file must be preloaded to avoid issues for the first few usages.

KillSoundwhendone is bugged, sometimes it will immediately stop the sound. Use it only after the sound's actual duration. I made a thread on this.

If you preload it, that won't happen. At least that is my experience, and backed up by those created in the sound editor not doing it.

Why would you want to preload each sound you ever want to make? Just use a simple function that does it after the specified duration.

Hmm, so it does leak if I don't KillSoundWhenDone?

If you don't destroy the sound and it is dynamically created, then it will leak, yes.


Copy-paste-insert string is a lot easier for me, and also a lot more efficient, than destroying them after a certain time.

Because preloading whould be much, much simpler. A function to do that manually would require that you know the exact duration and would require creating a timer, attaching the sound etc.

Hmm, and how do you preload? >_<

K thx. wtf i knew it!