Sound isn't playing in Game Maker Studio when interacting with an object

Question

I'm making a small game in Game Maker Studio. I have a piece of code that moves the player to the next room when he touches obj_star: this works. I have another line that tries to play sound_collect when the star is touched, but the game just moves to the next room without playing the sound. This code is in the Step event

My code is as follows:

//Get the player's input
key_right = keyboard_check(vk_right);
key_left = -keyboard_check(vk_left);
key_jump = keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space);

//React to inputs
move = key_left + key_right;
hsp = move * movespeed;
if (vsp < 10) vsp += grav;

if (place_meeting(x,y+1,obj_wall))
{
vsp = key_jump * -jumpspeed
}
//Horizontal Collision
if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_wall))
{
while(!place_meeting(x+sign(hsp),y,obj_wall))
{
    x += sign(hsp);
}
hsp = 0;
}
x += hsp;

//Vertical Collision
if (place_meeting(x,y+vsp,obj_wall))
{
while(!place_meeting(x,y+sign(vsp),obj_wall))
{
    y += sign(vsp);
}
vsp = 0;
}
y += vsp;

//Sounds
if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_star))
{
sound_play(sound_collect)
};
//Next Level
if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_star))
{
room_goto_next()
};

Answer 1

I see multiple problems with your code that I can see. First is the inconsistent use of the semicolon as a terminator:

if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_star))
{
  room_goto_next()
};

should be:

if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_star))
{
  room_goto_next();
}

Also, because the same condition is being checked, you can combine the two if blocks to clean up the code.

if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,obj_star))
{
  sound_play(sound_collect);
  room_goto_next();
}

Don't know if this will solve your problem but it will clean up your code. If it doesn't work try using the audio_sound_play function.

Answer 2

You should put the sounds as part of the collision event. When it collides with obj_star You could then say:

sound_play(sound_collect);

room_goto_next();