Player messages

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/5/03 3:10 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> On 12/4/03 5:41 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>>I am not getting a playstopped message if the stack containing the
>>player is frontmost. As soon as I click on the message box or the script
>>editor or otherwise suspend the stack, the playstopped is immediately
>>sent and the next sound loads and plays. I have checked to make sure
>>that messages are not locked.
>>
>>I tried running the stack in Revolution and it works fine in the IDE; I
>>do get a playstopped message there. However if I suspend the IDE or
>>build a standalone, I no longer get the playstopped message and it acts
>>just as it does in MC. Can anyone think of anything that would cause this?
> 
>
> Possibly related: I've noticed some screwy behavior over here similar to
> what you describe but with looping audio-only players.  When the stack with
> the player is frontmost, the audio stops.  As soon as I make the message box
> active, meaning the mainStack is no longer frontmost, the audio starts up
> and plays fine.  I haven't isolated this problem out yet, but I can confirm
> experiencing something odd.

Thanks, I was hoping you'd respond, Scott. What you describe is exactly 
what I see too. My client reports that he does not get this behavior if 
he builds a standalone for Windows (but I haven't checked that yet 
myself.) At any rate, I'll put in a bug report. This one is crucial for 
me right now.

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