...loading same sound file multiple times..

[Naughty Alien]

hi guys..here is simple one..I would like to know, if I do this:

Sound_01=LoadSound("MySound.ogg")

Sound_02=LoadSound("MySound.ogg")

 

Im wondering how file MySound.ogg going to be loaded?? Twice or it will be automatically reused for Sound_02 since its previously loaded already??

[Niosop]

According to the wiki:

 

This command loads a sound from an audio file. The formats that the engine can load are OGG and WAV. The LoadSound function will return a handle to any previously loaded sound from the same file to avoid loading assets twice.

[Josh]

It will load a second instance of the sound from the loaded reference. In pragmatic terms, this simply means you'll increase memory usage by about 12 bytes and have no loading from the hard drive. When both instances are deleted, the reference will be deleted, which is where the real sound data is stored. So go ahead and do it if you want.