SKAction playSoundFileNamed ERROR

Question

I am getting this error after about 80 shots of a laser using a controlled Timer Interval so it fires every 0.2 seconds.

* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'Failed to Load Resource', reason: 'Resource squish.mp3 can not be loaded' * First throw call stack:

Here is the code I use to play the sound and create the laser. squish.mp3 is an audio file that is played when an object is destroyed. Can anyone help? Is SKAction not very good for playing sound?

SKAction *sound = [SKAction playSoundFileNamed:@"lazer.mp3" waitForCompletion:NO];
[self runAction:sound];
[self removeActionForKey:@"sound"];
SKSpriteNode *laser = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithImageNamed:@"fire"];

I am suffering the same problem. Did you recover from this problem? — Banshi
Hi yes I replaced the sound file with a different one and it seemed to fix it. It now fires every 3rd of a second (laser sound) and I have not managed to crash it even after 1000 shots. Haven' tested past that. @Banshi — Mixstah

Fabian Fabian · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-01T22:22:22

I was running into the same problem and I think I have a solution, though I'm not sure. I haven't seen the same crash in a while though.

Make a single SKAction that represents playing the laser sound, and reuse that object.

I think playSoundFileNamed: is supposed to be smart about not re-loading the audio file from the file system every time it's used. But the crash indicates that it does get reloaded, at least occasionally. Keeping an SKAction around to reuse means that the audio file is only loaded once.

SKAction playSoundFileNamed ERROR

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