and do you have to have Pro to do it?

anyone...wanna help?...maybe...

no, seriously....please

external file loading is if u load files wich are not part of the game and i think u need pro for it.

awwww:(oh well, thanks anyway. hey, do you know a good way to reduce music file size, or anything like that?

i thought midi files are smaller than other music files somehow

yea, they are, but i'm using mp3 files. i'm making a guitar hero-ish game, and i have so many music files that the file size of it is like...50 MB, and it takes so long to load. thats why i was wondering about external file loading. i need some way to make the files smaller

Quoteyea, they are, but i'm using mp3 files. i'm making a guitar hero-ish game, and i have so many music files that the file size of it is like...50 MB, and it takes so long to load. thats why i was wondering about external file loading. i need some way to make the files smaller

Read a manual?

Seriously.... GM can't edit sound/music so you better look at a forum dedicated for such a program. Also the manual should've explained to you at least what external loading is....

if u want to convert files, i got a site wich u can use free to convert any file into a filetype u can select.
http://media-convert.com/convert/
maby u can use it to change mp3 to midi files.

@paul23
yea, i already read the manuel, and i didn't understand what it said about external file loading and stuff....thats why i'm asking here. also...i'm not sure where else to ask.
@miner1666
i think i already tried that site, but thanks anyway:)i apreciate the help:)

What you're talking about is using resources, which is indeed a pro-functionality.
You can read and write text- and binary files with lite, but adding resources (such as music) requires pro.

You can reduce the quality of the MP3-files, resulting in a smaller file-size, or use MIDI-music, which probably would mean looking for different music, as converting MP3 to MIDI is hard and the result is usually not satisfying.

well, thus far, i haven't been able to find a place that i can convert them to midi's. and...how do you reduce the sound quality:S?

=D i think i found a good solution=) i'm using windows movie maker to convert the music to WMA format. i didn't think it would work with GameMaker, but it does....i just hope it works for the rest of the game though. if there's something that might be wrong with this, please tell me, thanks. and thanks everyone who actually tried to help

Most audio-programs (i.e. audacity) allow to modify the settings of the MP3. The size and quality of an MP3-file depend on the sample-rate (amount of dots that are stored). Just check the settings when you save the file as MP3, it should show something like 128MHz, or something.
If you decrease the sample-rate, the filesize decreases, but so does the quality...

I doubt if WMA compresses more than MP3.