Fading in and out (Music)

scorelessmusic

Any chance that it's possible to control music fading in and out?

firemaplegames

Yes, I do it in my game Stunt Squirrels when you change to scenes with different bg music. It's subtle, but I think it makes a difference.

You have access to the global Volume Attribute.

Control that with a Rule and a Timer, like this:

Fade Out:

Rule
When game.Volume > 0
Timer
Every 0.01
Change Attribute game.Volume to game.Volume - 0.01

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Fade In:

Rule
When game.Volume < 1
Timer
Every 0.01
Change Attribute game.Volume to game.Volume + 0.01

scorelessmusic

Thanks, that's a nice tip! I'll probably implement that just so I don't forget it. The only issue might be if I want to specifically fade in and out the music track only without affecting the volume of SFX.

firemaplegames

Actually, the game.Audio.Volume Attribute only affects the bg music. SFX are controlled separately.

I keep two global game attributes, musicVolume and sfxVolume. I fade those in and out. The music and sound volumes are set to those attributes' values.

scorelessmusic

Thanks for clarifying. I thought when it mentions 'global' that it was some master volume. I should check it out now.

The attributes sound like a good way to go and I'll follow suit.