Ambient sound

[Bartimaeus]

The other day I figured out how to use this ambient sound thing to make a sound play in the background. However...
Whenever it changes rooms, the sound obviously has to start over again. As you can imagine, this sounds pretty weird on the game.
So, I searched the manual and I found this helpful titbit:
game.ambient_sounds_persist
According to the manual, if I set this to (1), the sound should play through the rooms. The only problem is that I don't know where to type all of this in.
In the global script?
I don't have a clue.
I'd really appreciate some help.
Thanks.

[BorisZ]

Try game_start in global script.

[Bartimaeus]

Yep... I found it in global script, but now what should I do?
I tried typing the game.ambient_sound_persist thing before, after, in between, you name it. It still won't work.
Am I missing something here?

[Ashen]

Try this:

Code: ags

#sectionstart game_start  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE
function game_start() {
  // called when the game starts, before the first room is loaded
  game.ambient_sounds_persist = 1;
}
#sectionend game_start  // DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE THIS LINE

(Obviously, if there's anything already in game_start, leave it there)

[Bartimaeus]

Eurika! She works!!!
Thanks alot. I was trying to put the '1' in brackets as opposed to '=1'.
Thanks for the help.

[TerranRich]

Nope, it's a global variable, not a function/command. Glad it works.