Hello guys, today i want to know how i can play a sound after a player use a trigger. I also need to know how i can convert the sounds or something like this and where i have to place the soundfile. I would like to play the sound in this function: Code Snippet Plaintext Copy main() { trig = getEnt ("mysound","targetname"); trig setHintString ("Press &&1 to play sound"); trig setCursorHint ("HINT_NOICON"); trig UseTriggerRequireLookAt(); trig waittill ("trigger"); trig Delete(); //////// Play sound here \\\\\\\\ } Thanks for your help. -fanmagic. If you could give an example i will be very thankful coz i'm a noob in scripting.

Play sound in Scripting

Created on: March 30, 2016, 01:18:31 pm

fanmagic
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Hello guys,
today i want to know how i can play a sound after a player use a trigger. I also need to know how i can convert the sounds or something like this and where i have to place the soundfile.

I would like to play the sound in this function:

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main()
{
	trig = getEnt ("mysound","targetname");					
	trig setHintString ("Press &&1 to play sound");
	trig setCursorHint ("HINT_NOICON");
	trig UseTriggerRequireLookAt();
	trig waittill ("trigger");
	trig Delete();

        //////// Play sound here \\\\\\\\
}

Thanks for your help.

-fanmagic.

If you could give an example i will be very thankful coz i'm a noob in scripting.

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Reply #1 on: March 30, 2016, 01:45:11 pm

you can do it by using playSound which will make it sound like the sound is coming from the entity its self.
heres the link to its discription http://ugx-mods.com/script/#core.Sound.playSound

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trig ("soundAlias", "sounddone");
trig waittill("sounddone");//will wait until the sound is finished playing

heres a tutorial on how to make custom sounds its for main menu but can be used for this as well
https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/Custom+Main+Menu+Music

Reply #2 on: March 30, 2016, 03:15:15 pm

Harry Bo21
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Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 01:45:11 pm

you can do it by using playSound which will make it sound like the sound is coming from the entity its self.
heres the link to its discription http://ugx-mods.com/script/#core.Sound.playSound
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trig ("soundAlias", "sounddone");
trig waittill("sounddone");//will wait until the sound is finished playing
heres a tutorial on how to make custom sounds its for main menu but can be used for this as well
https://confluence.ugx-mods.com/display/UGXMODS/Custom+Main+Menu+Music

do not play sounds "on" triggers, it makes models spawn randomly

spawn a ent,, play on that then delete

Reply #3 on: March 30, 2016, 03:19:04 pm

Quote from: Harry Bo21 on March 30, 2016, 03:15:15 pm

do not play sounds "on" triggers, it makes models spawn randomly

spawn a ent,, play on that then delete

y not do sountatpos()?

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playsoundatposition("mortar_dirt", origin);

that way all u need is the soundallieas name and the origin

Reply #4 on: March 30, 2016, 03:51:00 pm

Quote from: liamsa669 on March 30, 2016, 03:19:04 pm

y not do sountatpos()?
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playsoundatposition("mortar_dirt", origin);
that way all u need is the soundallieas name and the origin

From what I've read in 3archs scripts playsoundatposition is really only used for playing sounds on players. Or at least that's the only time they use it in _ambientPackage.

Quote from: Harry Bo21 on March 30, 2016, 03:15:15 pm

do not play sounds "on" triggers, it makes models spawn randomly

spawn a ent,, play on that then delete

ive never seen this. When you say it makes models spawn randomly what do you mean exactly?

Reply #5 on: March 30, 2016, 04:09:32 pm

Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 03:51:00 pm

From what I've read in 3archs scripts playsoundatposition is really only used for playing sounds on players. Or at least that's the only time they use it in _ambientPackage.
ive never seen this. When you say it makes models spawn randomly what do you mean exactly?

they use for the blockers that u buy.. _zombiemode_blockers.gsc:438 _zombiemode_blockers_new.gsc:197 _zombiemode_dogs.gsc:316

this is the best method for 3d sounds... but 2d sounds i recommend playsound()

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Reply #6 on: March 30, 2016, 04:53:01 pm

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hi man,

I have also made a video how you know need to make sound or song playing by a trigger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v02mCfx0h4Q - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zOINWP5hE - Part 2

I hope that it will help you out of the problem.

in the video I will show you how you need to convert the sound file and where you need to place them and also I have a simple script made that you can use it.

I will explain all that in the video and maybe more

Best regards,
Gamer9294

Reply #7 on: March 30, 2016, 05:25:05 pm

Quote from: liamsa669 on March 30, 2016, 04:09:32 pm

they use for the blockers that u buy.. _zombiemode_blockers.gsc:438 _zombiemode_blockers_new.gsc:197 _zombiemode_dogs.gsc:316

this is the best method for 3d sounds... but 2d sounds i recommend playsound()

from looking at _ambientpackage and those 3 scripts i dont think it matters between 2d and 3d sounds. it looks is it is based on a combination of scripter preference and if said scripter wants the thread to stop and wait for the sound to end or not

Reply #8 on: March 30, 2016, 05:26:26 pm

Harry Bo21
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Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 03:51:00 pm

From what I've read in 3archs scripts playsoundatposition is really only used for playing sounds on players. Or at least that's the only time they use it in _ambientPackage.
ive never seen this. When you say it makes models spawn randomly what do you mean exactly?

trust me it does, took me forever to find out why a random zombie pair of legs kept appearing at my pap - that was why

same thing happened to sethnorris, again by playing his sound during firesales on the trigger

Reply #9 on: March 30, 2016, 05:42:19 pm

i trust you, it just sounds really weird for an engine function to randomly spawn models like that. but then again it is WAW so lots of weird things happen with the engine

Reply #10 on: March 30, 2016, 05:59:49 pm

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Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 05:42:19 pm

i trust you, it just sounds really weird for an engine function to randomly spawn models like that. but then again it is WAW so lots of weird things happen with the engine

I think its coz it cannot use a trigger to do it, so spawns a ent so it can - and assigns a random model

my theory anyway

Reply #11 on: March 30, 2016, 10:08:45 pm

daedra descent
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playsoundatposition()

Works just fine, however...

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playSound()

is a bit strange. Looks like it spawns an entity near origin (0,0,0) and only plays the sound at that origin instead of the specified entity. Perhaps its because i'm using trigger_radius's for triggers... not really sure TBH.

You can try play_sound_on_entity...

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I think its coz it cannot use a trigger to do it, so spawns a ent so it can - and assigns a random model

Sounds more like an extremely bad script runtime error screwing with the engine.

Had something random like that happen WAY back when i started scripting and didn't know anything - tried creating an alternate power switch and it would always become an STG or FG42 buy trigger, was like: "WTF!?". The trigger had literally nothing to do with the weapon buy trigs and wasn't anywhere near them.

Turns out it was because I didn't have the actual power switch in the map... or atleast that fixed the trigger bug.

Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 05:42:19 pm

i trust you, it just sounds really weird for an engine function to randomly spawn models like that. but then again it is WAW so lots of weird things happen with the engine

Assuming your talking purely scripting...

99% of that is from people not debugging their scripts and running code on undefined entities/objects(script runtime errors) or general logic fails. That is entirely on the person who made the code, not the engine. Given how bad some of the scripts people use are at times, I'm shocked the CoD engine doesn't implode more often.

Reply #12 on: March 30, 2016, 10:54:22 pm

Harry Bo21
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Quote from: daedra descent on March 30, 2016, 10:08:45 pm

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playsoundatposition()
Works just fine, however...
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playSound()
is a bit strange. Looks like it spawns an entity near origin (0,0,0) and only plays the sound at that origin instead of the specified entity. Perhaps its because i'm using trigger_radius's for triggers... not really sure TBH.

You can try play_sound_on_entity...

Sounds more like an extremely bad script runtime error screwing with the engine.

Had something random like that happen WAY back when i started scripting and didn't know anything - tried creating an alternate power switch and it would always become an STG or FG42 buy trigger, was like: "WTF!?". The trigger had literally nothing to do with the weapon buy trigs and wasn't anywhere near them.

Turns out it was because I didn't have the actual power switch in the map... or atleast that fixed the trigger bug.

Assuming your talking purely scripting...

99% of that is from people not debugging their scripts and running code on undefined entities/objects(script runtime errors) or general logic fails. That is entirely on the person who made the code, not the engine. Given how bad some of the scripts people use are at times, I'm shocked the CoD engine doesn't implode more often.

there was nothing wrong with mine or seths code, was literally just caused by calling play sound on a trigger use...

You may notice in treyarchs scripts they never play a sound "on" a trigger - possibly because of this. This is how I worked it out, spawn a ent to play on now and it's fine

Play sound at position is what treyarch do tho yea, just means it has to finish, can't end it early

Last Edit: March 30, 2016, 11:02:51 pm by Harry Bo21

Reply #13 on: March 30, 2016, 11:07:21 pm

Quote from: Harry Bo21 on March 30, 2016, 10:54:22 pm

Play sound at position is what treyarch do tho yea, just means it has to finish, can't end it early

with playSoundAtPosition will the current thread wait until the sound is finished like it would with playSound?

Reply #14 on: March 30, 2016, 11:35:27 pm

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Quote from: buttkicker845 on March 30, 2016, 11:07:21 pm

with playSoundAtPosition will the current thread wait until the sound is finished like it would with playSound?

no

But playsound() actually doesn't either, it just notifies "sound_done" at the end or whatever, so people usually add the following to "make" it wait

Soundobject waittill( "sound_done" );

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