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Windows GM8.1 + Audacity = Muted Sound?

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Alex Lyons

Guest
As of recently, whenever I edit a .wav file in Audacity and import it into Gamemaker 8.1, the sound does not
play in-game or in the editor. Whenever the cue for the sound occurs in-game, it does not play and cuts
all current sounds that are playing.

Is there any fix to this?
 
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Adhiesc

Guest
I'm sure it's not Audacity's fault, it's the game code's fault.
 
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renex

Guest
Attach one of those problem waves, I'll take a look and see what's up with it.
 
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Jaqueta

Guest
Here's a few things you can do:
- Don't use GM8.1, it's obsolete. Get GMS or GMS2 instead.

IF YOU REALLY NEED TO USE IT.
Make sure that you:
- Don't use MP3 files, they are copyrighted. Use OGG instead.
- Use FMOD, it's free for non-commercial purposes. Or other sound engine that it isn't the built-in GM8 Audio Engine, it's terrible.
 
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Laurent57

Guest
On reading many posts, I'm not sure that GMS is better than GM8. There are probably many many interesting features but we code very well in GM8, for PC in all cases there are enough extensions to do beautiful things. Many users seem to complain about bugs on GMS, Yoyo games make money like Apple. But the quality is not here.
 
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renex

Guest
Laurent57 said:
I'm not sure that GMS is better than GM8
Click to expand...
Turning point for me was 3 years ago, dude. I love shaders. Also off topic... Let's not turn this thread into yet another GM8 vs. GMS thread.

OP needs to post the broken wave file.
 
Mike

Mike

nobody important
GMC Elder
GM8.x has a fundamental audio issue due to Microsoft not fixing underlying bugs in driver they no longer care about. This will just get worse and worse as time goes on. Unless your going to use an external DLL for ALL audio, your going to run fowl of bad audio and crashes.
 
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Alex Lyons

Guest
I also tried a beta of Audacity 1.2.3 that supposedly has Windows 10 sound drivers, but that too does not work when a GM game is played.

I tried Windows 10's official sound editor and it was absolute garbage. Anyone know of a free sound editor like Audacity that isn't crap?
 
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Alex Lyons

Guest
Okay, I tried Audacity for my Macbook and believe or not, it actually fixed the issue. The sound is now playing in Gamemaker!

It's inefficient to have to use two computers to do one action, but it works.
 
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