Music on a moving vehicle?

[ayser 1]

Is there a way to add music to a car? I've never seen it before, but i'd really love for this to happen.

Basically I want the song to play in a continuous loop (the .ogg file), and fade away while you get further away.

Is this a possible script / Action?

[bigshotking 11]

say3D :)

[ayser 1]

say3D :)

I'm still fairly new to scripting ArmA, bare with me please :P

I went to the vehicle and on the Init I put

"this say3D "Qom_Nasheed""

I have a file in "/Music/Qom_Nasheed.ogg"

And in description I have

class CfgMusic

{

tracks[] = {Qom_Nasheed};

class Qom_Nasheed

{

name = "Qom_Nasheed";

sound[] = {\Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg, db + 0, 1.0};

};

};

And everytime I go into briefing / ingame I see "Qom_Nasheed" not found. I know i'm doing something wrong, but I can't tell what, any clue?

---------- Post added at 08:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 AM ----------

I changed some of the code and managed to not get any errors while loading up briefing/ingame, but I hear no music, pretty much the code doesnt kick in I guess?

class CfgSounds

{

sounds[] = {Qom};

class Qom

{

name = "Qom"; // how the sound is referred to in the editor (e.g. trigger effects)

sound[] = {"Scripts\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", 10, 1}; // filename, volume, pitch

titles[] = {};

};

};

With " this say3D "Qom" " as the Init on the vehicle

[twirly 11]

Hi...try it this way...

description.ext

class CfgSounds
{
sounds[]= {music1};

class music1
{
	name = "music1";
	sound[] = {\music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg, 1, 1.0};
	titles[] = {};
};
};

Then do...

playsound "music1";   //is non 3D sound

or...

_obj say3D "music1";   //is 3D sound

EDIT: I'm not sure about the looping part... I think you're going to have to time it and then play the sound again to get the loops.

Edited January 14, 2012 by twirly
Clarity

[Hardballer 1]

Hi,

Put this code on the init line of any vehicle

nul = [this] execVM "music.sqf";

Now create music.sqf and put this code in it.

_object = _this select 0;

while {alive _object} do { _object say3D "Qom_Nasheed"; sleep 15;};

For a 35 seconds sound write

sleep 35

With this code the sound will be played in a continuous loop until the vehicle destruction

Edited January 14, 2012 by Hardballer

[ayser 1]

I've tried both of your solutions, and I finally got the song to play, but i'm having problems, it doesnt fade away on how far you are from it. I run close, its the same volume, I run 100m away, it's still the same. Any clue for this?

Description.ext

class CfgSounds

{

sounds[] = {Qom_Nasheed};

class Qom_Nasheed

{

name = "Qom_Nasheed";

sound[] = {"Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", -100, 0.0};

titles[] = {};

};

};

Qom_Nasheed.sqf

_object = _this select 0;

while {alive _object} do { _object say3D "Qom_Nasheed"; sleep 194;};

Song is in /Music/Qom_Nasheed.ogg.

The command I put in the init is nul = [this] execVM "Qom_Nasheed.sqf";

Any clue? Really need this fade to work :(

---------- Post added at 04:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:24 PM ----------

Correction: I just did a test again, and it does fade, but only when your very far away, I don't want this guys song to be blasting from his car, is there any way to change the distance the fade starts?

[Hardballer 1]

Try with

{"Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", 0.05, 1};

If you want your volume to be lower you can change 0.05 to 0.005 etc

[mondkalb 1087]

Your soundfile needs to be mono, not stereo.

Also,

sound[] = {"Scripts\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", [b]1.0[/b], 1.0}; // filename, volume, pitch

Change your "volume" value to 1 rather than 10.

This value directly influences the distance the sound can be heard at, though it is not a range in meters but rather a general factor for increasing/decreasing the audible distance.

A value from 0.10 to 0.15 will give your sound a range roughly equivalent to what PC loudspeakers would achieve in a park on a normal day.

[Archosaurusrev 12]

Sorry to not contribute but I can't help but notice Qom is the same music as the Project Reality BF2 bombcar music :D.

Suicide bombing mission, I presume?

[twirly 11]

Your soundfile needs to be mono, not stereo.

Good tip. Thanks for mentioning it... I forgot about this.

[ayser 1]

I had it working PERFECTLY, But it just randomly stopped working out of the blue! I have no clue what I did, and I'm looking at the code, everything is fine. What could be wrong?

CfgSounds

class CfgSounds

{

sounds[] = {Qom_Nasheed};

class Qom_Nasheed

{

name = "Qom_Nasheed";

sound[] = {"Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", 1.0, 1.0};

titles[] = {};

};

};

Whole Descriptions.ext file

// Online manual (http://www.ferstaberinde.com/f2/en/)

class Header

{

gameType = Coop;

minPlayers = 1;

maxPlayers = 20;

};

// Respawn / JIP / Other Settings

respawn = 1;

respawndelay = 3;

#include "f\common\f_JIP_kitpicker.h"

#include "f\common\f_JIP_grppicker.h"

// #include "f\common\f_spect\spectating.hpp"

// #include "f\revive\dialogs\revive.cpp"

// #include "f\common\f_gearSnippets.hpp"

class Params

{

class DayTime

{

title = "Time Of Day";

values[] = {2, 13, 8, 16};

texts[] = {"Dark Night", "Night with Full Moon", "Sundown", "Evening"};

default = 16;

};

class Weather

{

title = "Weather:";

values[] = {2, 0.5, 0.75, 1};

texts[] = {"Random", "Cloudy", "Overcast", "Storm"};

default = 2;

};

class f_param_debugMode

{

title = "$STR_f_param_debugMode";

values[] = {0,1};

texts[] = {"Off","On"};

default = 0;

code = "f_var_debugMode = %1";

};

class Grass

{

title = "Grass Options";

values[] = {1, 2};

texts[] = {"Low", "Normal"};

default = 2;

};

};

class CfgSounds

{

sounds[] = {Qom_Nasheed};

class Qom_Nasheed

{

name = "Qom_Nasheed";

sound[] = {"Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", 1.0, 1.0};

titles[] = {};

};

};

class f_param_lives

{

title = "Number of Lives:";

values[] = {2000,1000,20,10,7,5};

texts[] = {"No Revive","Infinite - Cadet","20 - Easy ","10 - Normal","7 - Hard","5 - Extreme"};

default = 10;

code = "f_param_lives = %1";

};

class RscTitles

{

#include "f\common\f_recog\recogOverlay.hpp"

};

};

Qom_Nasheed.sqf

_object = _this select 0;

while {alive _object} do { _object say3D "Qom_Nasheed"; sleep 90;};

I go ingame with no errors, but I hear no music, once again. Any clue what I did wrong?

Sorry to not contribute but I can't help but notice Qom is the same music as the Project Reality BF2 bombcar music :D.

Suicide bombing mission, I presume?

And yes :)

---------- Post added at 09:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

I'm also now getting "No entry CfgSounds/Qom_Nasheed.titles" Whats up? Did it break itself?

[twirly 11]

I copied the description.ext into a new ext and formatted it properly and I think you should try removing that last }; at the bottom of the file. This may or not be your problem.... but try it anyway. Something looks fishy.

Here's a tip... When you are posting code use the "Code" or "PHP" tags.... not the "Quote" tags. The code will be a lot easier for everyone to read.

[ayser 1]

I moved the Qom_Nasheed.sqf to my main mission folder, and now I hear the music, odd, it was working in the "Scripts" folder before... Oh well, not a big deal. But everytime I get into briefing/ingame I see the "No entry CfgSounds/Qom_Nasheed.titles". Whats wrong with it? I have

class Qom_Nasheed
{
		name = "Qom_Nasheed";
		sound[] = {"Music\Qom_Nasheed.ogg", 1.0, 1.0};
		titles[] = {Qom_Nasheed};
};

---------- Post added at 10:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 PM ----------

I copied the description.ext into a new ext and formatted it properly and I think you should try removing that last }; at the bottom of the file. This may or not be your problem.... but try it anyway. Something looks fishy.

Here's a tip... When you are posting code use the "Code" or "PHP" tags.... not the "Quote" tags. The code will be a lot easier for everyone to read.

You posted once I posted, Seconds of a difference :P

Got rid of the last " }; " And that seemed to be the problem, Many thanks! Time to create this jihad mission :bounce3:

[twirly 11]

try titles[] = {};

[Rydygier 1317]

Correction: I just did a test again, and it does fade, but only when your very far away, I don't want this guys song to be blasting from his car, is there any way to change the distance the fade starts?

This may prove useful:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1400306&postcount=65

from:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1400306#post1400306

In one of my missions, I needed a playing radio with looped few tracks, a jingle and with static noise in the background, but with distance sound disappearing too slowly, so I tried this third parameter. Effect was good.

My Description.ext was looking like that:

class CfgSounds
{
sounds[] = {};
 class Bushes
 {
  name = "Bushes";   
  sound[] = {"sound\Bushes3.ogg", 20, 1, 150};   
  titles[] = {};
 };
 class Inter
 {
  name = "Inter";   
  sound[] = {"sound\InterC.ogg", 20, 1, 150};   
  titles[] = {};
 };
 class Vintner
 {
  name = "Vintner";   
  sound[] = {"sound\Vintner2.ogg", 20, 1, 150};   
  titles[] = {};
 };
 class autumn
 {
  name = "autumn";   
  sound[] = {"sound\autumn1.ogg", 20, 1, 150};   
  titles[] = {};
 }
};

Don't know, if it is optimal, but, again, effect was realistic and good. Fading occurs earlier.