Problem with GageSound

[bauerr]

Hello,

I just tried to use GageSound for background music in a little game. The problem I have is that the music can’t be restarted when it has been finished the first time.
Within my method I call periodically the method isRunning() and if it returns true I call the play(…)-Method.
But this doesn’t work. :’(

Should I load the whole file again or am I doing something wrong?

Another problem: If the player dies I call the stop-method to switch background music off. When the game restarts and I call the play()-Method the music doesn’t start at the beginning. It will be continued where I interrupted it.

Please, help.

Ralf

[bauerr]

Nobody? :’(

[jbanes]

That should work. Can you post the code you’re using?

[bauerr]

Here are some code:

1. Loading the song within the constructor of my game

…

try {
backsong = MusicEngine.load(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("./sounds/skmini[1].mid"));
} catch (IOException e) {}
catch (InvalidMidiDataException e) {}
catch (MidiUnavailableException e) {}
…

2. Starting the sound with mouseclick

//MouseListener Methods
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){

if(e.getButton()==1){
if(!started){
started = true;
startBacksound();
} else {
…
}
}

}//mouse clicked

//Method called e. g. from MouseListener
public void startBacksound(){
MusicEngine.play(backsong);
}

My game loop is running in its own thread. The music will be checked with this code:

if(!MusicEngine.isRunning()){
System.out.println(“restart”);
parent.startBacksound();
}

The if-condition works as I get a “restart” written when I try to restart the song, but the music won’t be restard.

Regards.

Ralf