[Solved] Sounds don't stop looping on custom channels

[lynn]

My custom channels used to work fine. But suddenly any sound effect I play looping on a channel will keep on looping even if I call stop

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play ambient rain.ogg loop
stop ambient  ## does nothing

Also playing sounds on the same channel don't cause the other previous sound to stop. They seem to play simultaneously, even though this shouldn't happen.

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play ambient rain.ogg loop  ## keeps on playing even through the next sound
play ambient test.ogg loop  ## does not overwrite previous sound

If I try to play the sound on the "sound" channel, it doesn't play at all

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play sound rain.ogg once ## does nothing
stop sound  ## does nothing

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play sound rain.ogg loop ## does nothing
stop sound  ## does nothing

Any idea what might have happened?

EDIT: I don't think anyone else would run into this issue unless you use a file sharing system to collaborate with others, but here's the solution just in case.

While I was condensing the project down, I managed to isolate the problem. I registered my custom audio channels in my options.rpy file. It seems that because my team collaborates on the project through google drive, a syncing issue created two versions of the options.rpyc file: options.rpyc and options (1).rpyc. Deleting all the options.rpyc files and allowing the program to generate a fresh options.rpyc file fixed the issue.

[Alex]

And what about declaration of your channels and other customisations related to sound and music?

[Asceai]

This is incredibly odd and it sounds as though you may have managed to uncover a bug in Ren'Py.

Can you create a minimal Ren'Py project that exhibits these artifacts and upload it? Just copying your existing project and taking out everything that doesn't cause the problem should be sufficient.

[lynn]

While I was condensing the project down, I managed to isolate the problem. I registered my custom audio channels in my options.rpy file. It seems that because my team collaborates on the project through google drive, a syncing issue created two versions of the options.rpyc file: options.rpyc and options (1).rpyc. Deleting all the options.rpyc files and allowing the program to generate a fresh options.rpyc file fixed the issue.

Sorry for the trouble! Thanks anyway for taking the time to answer.