Play music file with the name of an object variable

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I want to place triggers in the world, that play music, when the player is close to them.

I want to reuse the same MusicTrigger-object, but one of them will load songA.mp3 the other songB.mp3

Is it possible to give the MusicTrigger an object/instance variable FileName (Text): songA.mp3 and then in the load music action specify this variable as the file name?

As it is “Load Music” does not allow expressions. What could be a work-around?

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@Ondaluce could you use the extension above for what you needed to do last week?

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Thank you very much!

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Thanks for the heads-up. I solved the problem by also using this extension.
For anyone who wants to import hundreds of audio files at once and use variables to play them:

  1. You can edit the game’s JSON and add the audio files inside the “resources” field. Example:
"resources": [
  {
    "file": "AUDIO1.ogg",
    "kind": "audio",
    "metadata": "",
    "name": "AUDIO1.ogg",
    "preloadAsMusic": false,
    "preloadAsSound": false,
    "preloadInCache": false,
    "userAdded": false
  },
  1. In GDevelop, run a resource scan from the Resources panel.
  2. Finally, you can use this helpful extension to preload each track and then play it (thanks petlimpet for taking an interest!).
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