3D sound not looping

[reaper lok 82]

So after reading many threads and posts regarding sound, say3D, playSound etc etc, I am stumped and even more confused than previously, lol

Here is what I am attempting to achieve;

I would like a 3D sound to play on a loop when a player is close to an object (continuous sound while player is within 8 feet etc).

I have the sound (listed within my description.ext) and I am fully capable of playing the 3D sound from said object (via a trigger), however, I cannot get the sound to play continuously?

Any help is greatly appreciated :)

Regards,

REAPER

[dreadedentity 278]

while {true} do
{
_unitName say3D "sound";
sleep (how long your sound is);
};

[jshock 513]

Forgive my probable not correct usages of commands, however, I'm just doing this in a directional sense, not a syntactically correct sense :p.

Couldn't you have your trigger with the condition of your 8ft distance and then in the onAct have a call to a script that looks like this:

//script call argument comes in as true

_playSoundVar = (_this select 0);

while (_playSoundVar) do {

playsound "blah"; //<<Like I said, whatever it is that plays the sound, don't know the exact syntax.
waitUntil {//code for "sound completed"};

};

//and then have the script call argument false in the onDeact of the trigger 

/*  Insert Code for stopping sound play here for when the while loop is not true  */

Like I said, sorry for the lack of actual script, but it's just an idea of structure to play off of.

EDIT: Was ninja'd by Dread :p, but if you want the sound to completely stop playing after the unit is out of range of it, meld the two ideas together :).

[dreadedentity 278]

No sense in having the sound being played by trigger activation or distance-based, this will cause duplicate sounds if a player runs in and out of the activation area. The absolute simplest way to do this is to have the sound playing constantly. Also, if you only want the sound heard within 8 meters, you should use playSound3D. Something like this would work nicely:

while {true} do
{
_distance = 8;
_volume = 50;
playSound3D ["mySound.ogg", _myUnit, false, getPos _myUnit, _volume, 1, _distance];
sleep (length of sound);
}; //you need to test _volume, because the smaller the distance the higher the volume needs to be for you to hear it.

[reaper lok 82]

No sense in having the sound being played by trigger activation or distance-based, this will cause duplicate sounds if a player runs in and out of the activation area. The absolute simplest way to do this is to have the sound playing constantly. Also, if you only want the sound heard within 8 meters, you should use playSound3D. Something like this would work nicely:

while {true} do
{
_distance = 8;
_volume = 50;
playSound3D ["mySound.ogg", _myUnit, false, getPos _myUnit, _volume, 1, _distance];
sleep (length of sound);
}; //you need to test _volume, because the smaller the distance the higher the volume needs to be for you to hear it.

Would I be putting this code directly into the mission init.sqf file?

my .ogg file is called radio_9

the object I want to omit the sound is called gen_1

I will give this a try today - most appreciate the time you took to reply :) I will update this thread with my results!

[tryteyker 28]

You can put this into the init.sqf, but make sure you are spawning ([] spawn {}) the code or else you're going to have a bad time.

[das attorney 858]

Plus read up on the mission root path - you'll need it or the sound can't be found:

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-mission-root/

[reaper lok 82]

Plus read up on the mission root path - you'll need it or the sound can't be found:

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-mission-root/

I read Killzone Kids blog and have read many of his posts - he is the scripting kiddie for sure....however, I now feel even dumber for reading it, lol It is so complex for an amateur scripter like myself that I get lost after three words.

Mission maker = yes

Scripter = no

;)

[tryteyker 28]

Hope you don't have special characters in your windows username aswell. Mission root path will screw up if you have special characters in your username. Use a custom path (arguably just putting the sound in C:\ or whatever your drive is is best) in that case.

[killzone_kid 1332]

he is the scripting kiddie for sure....

:butbut: And I was just gonna suggest you to look at createSoundSource, which would naturally loop the sound...

[dreadedentity 278]

:butbut: And I was just gonna suggest you to look at createSoundSource, which would naturally loop the sound...

This is really funny. @REAPER "script kiddie" is a negative term so being called one is quite an insult. :p

[tryteyker 28]

:butbut: And I was just gonna suggest you to look at createSoundSource, which would naturally loop the sound...

doesn't allow for anything outside cfgvehicles does it? haven't really used it, but OP has his sound in the description.ext so that wouldn't work, I assume.

[reaper lok 82]

This is really funny. @REAPER "script kiddie" is a negative term so being called one is quite an insult. :p

lol, might have been lost in translation. Where I come from being called the kiddie at something means you are the man! I was attempting to suggest that Killzone Kid is the authority on script issues, however, I am not at that level as to implement some of these suggestions. I am operating at more of a drag and drop level ;)

Sorry if I inadvertently offended.