Music Play

[spoty76]

Hello, I want to play music when my player dies, I have this in Int main
 

int main()
{
        Music death;
        death.openFromFile("music/death.ogg");

and I want to put death.play(); here

while (window.isOpen())
        {

                float time = clock.getElapsedTime().asMicroseconds();
                if (p.life == true) gameTime = gameTimeClock.getElapsedTime().asSeconds();
                else {
                        p.sprite.setColor(Color(235, 65, 7));
                       
                        view.zoom(0.999f);
                        view.move(0, 0.03);
                        view.move(0.03, 0);
                }

but

if (p.life == true) gameTime = gameTimeClock.getElapsedTime().asSeconds();
                else {
death.play();

wouldn't work... Can you please tell me what to do in details, because I'm just starting to learn programming.

Some details: Visual studio 2013, win 10, and I have class Player in my code.

[Hapax]

wouldn't work

What does this mean? What does it do instead of what you expect it to do? Crash? Hear nothing? Error message?

Are you certain that the music file is opening correctly?
Remember to test the return value of openFromFile():

if (!death.openFromFile("music/death.ogg"))
{
    std::cerr << "\"music/death.ogg\" could not be opened!" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

[spoty76]

I expect the music to play when p.life==true, it doesn't play, i hear nothing, yes I checked file destination, and it opens correctly, and I checked the file - it's not broken

[dabbertorres]

Well you aren't ever calling death.play() inside of the if statement checking p.life == true, so it won't ever play.

[Hapax]

I expect the music to play when p.life==true, it doesn't play, i hear nothing

If you expect it to play when p.life is true, it should be played from the block following the if, not in the code block following the else (plays when it is not true).

Note also that if the music has begun, telling it to play again will restart it from the beginning. If this happens every cycle, it's likely the music won't get far enough into the sound for anything to be heard.

yes I checked file destination, and it opens correctly, and I checked the file - it's not broken

I don't mean that you checked it manually or once but instead that you should check it every time it is opened. I even gave you the code that you can use