AS2 → AS3: Attaching Sounds From The Library

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AS3 no longer has an attachSound() method in the Sound object so attaching sounds from the library is a little different. It’s actually more intuitive (as usual with AS3) because it acts just like attaching bitmaps and other objects out of the library.


AS2 → AS3: Loading & Playing External Sounds

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Loading and playing external sounds in AS3 is not far off from its AS2 counterpart. The code, as usual in AS3, is a little different because of the new event model, but really boils down to the same thing.