Pre loading sounds

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I have an app that reads a database and randomly selects an item from the database. Each item in the database is associated with an image and a sound file that have the same names. I would like to pre load the audio files but don’t want to pre load all the audio files. Here is the code I am trying to pre load with.

-- get word from content data object   
local word = content[playOrder[currQuestion]].word   
audioFile = audio.loadSound( {content[playOrder[currQuestion]].id..".mp3"} )

I must be doing something wrong because when I try to use audio.playSound I am not able to play the audioFile

Am I headed in the right direction?

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#2

Don’t put curly braces around {content[playOrder[currQuestion]].id…".mp3"} in your loadSound call. That means you are trying to give the function an array instead of a string.
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#3

Aww yes!

Thank you very much, works like a champ now!

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