Custom Sounds when entering new area

[monkeybrain]

So I want to add a sound to a spot on a map when you walk into that area.

 

Here is what  I have so far.

 

Description.ext

class CfgSounds
{
    sounds[] =
    {introSong,CaveAmbient};
    class introSong
    {
    name="introSong";
    sound[]={introSong.ogg,0.9,1};
    titles[] = {};
    };
    
	class CaveAmbient {
		name="CaveAmbient";
		sound[]={\sound\CaveAmbient.ogg,1,1.0};
		titles[] = {};
	};
};

CaveAmbient is the sound.

 

My trigger located in a scripts folder

if (isServer) then
{
  __this = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", [6553.4043, 14202.878, 81.481537]];
_this setTriggerArea [100, 100, 0, false];
_this setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
_this setTriggerStatements ["this", "playSound ""CaveAmbient"";", ""];
_trigger_0 = _this;
};

which i exectued in the init folder

 

[] execVM "Scripts\trigger.sqf";

 

Anyone done this before?

[Halvhjearne]

you need to change your statement, or it will not work, try this:

_this setTriggerStatements ["(vehicle player) in thislist", "playSound ""CaveAmbient"";", ""];

[monkeybrain]

Hrmm that didn't see to work, maybe I have done something else wrong?

[Halvhjearne]

you propperbly need to set the trigger client side aswell then, but why didnt you just add the trigger in your mission.sqm?

[monkeybrain]

Because I have never done this before : P, ill give it a go

[monkeybrain]

ok i got the sounds working heres my mission sqm

  class item8
        {
            position[]={6553.4043,81.481537,14202.878};
          activationBy="WEST";
            interruptable=1;
            repeating=1;
            age="UNKNOWN";
            class Effects
            {
                voice="CaveAmbient";
           };
        };

I am also looping my sound

 

Musicloop.sqf:

while {true} do {
    playsound "CaveAmbient";
    sleep 21;
};

but I can't seem to get the deactivation trigger to work. When I teleport away from the area the sound continues looping

 

heres what i have for the trigger

 

_this setTriggerStatements ["this", "playSound ""CaveAmbient""; music = true; nul = [] execVM ""Musicloop.sqf"";", "music=false"];

[Halvhjearne]

you are quite confusing and dosnt make much sense, but ill try and explain this for you

 

in your first example you have no activation, deactivation or condition line, making it impossible to do much with your music loop, also you have no way to exit the loop, so it will obviusly keep running until the player logs off.

i propose you do something like this:

 

onactivation:

cave = execVM 'Musicloop.sqf';

ondeactivation:

terminate cave;

[monkeybrain]

on activation I now have

playSound "CaveAmbient"; cave = execVM 'Musicloop.sqf';

on deactivation i now have

terminate cave;

the sound loops keeps playing after i leave the trigger area, i tried without

playSound "CaveAmbient"

but still same problem

 

nvm I turned repeating on and it works now. Thanks!

 

Also do you know if it possible to have a trigger to make part of the map darker? I have a cave but its pretty bright inside. Would be nice to make it darker if that's possible.

[TheVampire]

on activation I now have

playSound "CaveAmbient"; cave = execVM 'Musicloop.sqf';

on deactivation i now have

terminate cave;

the sound loops keeps playing after i leave the trigger area, i tried without

playSound "CaveAmbient"

but still same problem

 

nvm I turned repeating on and it works now. Thanks!

 

Also do you know if it possible to have a trigger to make part of the map darker? I have a cave but its pretty bright inside. Would be nice to make it darker if that's possible.

 

Unless you want to write custom dialog, it's not possible.

[monkeybrain]

Hrmm how do you change it so when one person enters the area it doesn't play to the whole server

 

nvm I think I just need a condition in the sqm