GML [SOLVED] audio_sound_play Priority? (manual)

[Dr_Nomz]

So I was reading the manual (shocking, I know.) and one of the things about audio_sound_play is that apparently the second variable does nothing?
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QUOTE](the actual value is arbitrary, and can be from 0 to 1 or 0 to 100, as GameMaker: Studio will prioritize them the same)[/QUOTE]So does it really mean that it does nothing? Or does it actually do something? If so, higher or lower numbers, which means it plays over other sounds?

 

[FrostyCat]

Sounds with higher priority will always play over sounds with lower priority if the audio engine is forced to choose, so that argument has a point.

What the Manual meant was that only the relative ordering of the priority values matters. For example, with no other sounds being involved, there is no difference between playing A at 0 and B at 1, and playing A at 0 and B at 100. The relative ordering has not changed, in both cases the priority of B is greater than the priority of A. You should pick a range as a convention and stick to the same one throughout the project.

 

[Dr_Nomz]

Good to know, thanks!