randomize the music?

Hi.

I got about 3/4 of the way through the 'Generating Random Numbers' Tutorial before I gave up.

Is there a simple way of selecting a random music file to play at the start of each level?

I have 6 merry tracks.

many thanks.

Create a variable MUSICPLAY

On start of layout set MUSICPLAY to random(6)

You can use sub events off start of layout or a function to do the comparison:

If MUSICPLAY = 1, Play this music

IF MUSICPLAY = 2, play this music

Etc.

Thanks ArcadEd,

This is how it looks now:

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But it's still not quite right. No music is playing. Can you see what I've done wrong?

(I set Music_Play as a global variable because I couldn't find the local variable button.)

Random gives you a float, not an integer. You need to use "floor(random(6))" and it will work.

In your particular case though, I would suggest you play sound from string, not from file, letting you construct the name of the music, something like Play "fid_"&MusicPlay, as all your music (except the first index) has a name of this type.

Floor(random(6)) did the trick!

Thanks for the tip.

You can make this a little easier if you name all the music similarly. For example, if you name the music:

Music0

Music1

Music2

Music3

You could play one of them randomly by using the "Play(By Name)" action:

Play "Music"&Floor(Random(4))

Of course, naming music similarly isn't always a viable the best option.

Sorry, forgot to mention the float thing. Glad you got it working.

best(easy) way is play by name

and then

choose("audio-name","audio-name","...","...")

so you can leave names as is, and choose will pick random one

Thanks!