Making a car radio. how to?

[Winters 1]

Hello all i know all about converting files to the correct format and have used custom sounds and music often. What i need to do is add an action that will only appear in the menu when i am in my car and that starts a music file playing (a car radio).

[bn880 5]

I did this for one of my massive MP missions.

Well, what you can do is create a script that is always running, inside do:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">#top

@(vehicle Player != Player)

#repeat

playMusic "boomboom";

~3

?(vehicle Player == Player):goto "stopMusic";

~3

?(vehicle Player == Player):goto "stopMusic";

~3

?(vehicle Player == Player):goto "stopMusic";

~3

?(vehicle Player == Player):goto "stopMusic";

~2.9

?(vehicle Player == Player):goto "stopMusic";

goto "repeat";

#stopMusic

_musicLevel = musicVolume;

0 fadeMusic 0;

~12

0 fadeMusic _musicLevel;

goto "top";<span id='postcolor'>

This was for a small short loop, you can change the @condition to </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">@Player in theVehicle<span id='postcolor'> where theVehicle is your target vehicle with radio.

Also, if you don't want to loop a small sample you can simply do </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">@vehicle Player == Player

0 fadeMusic 0;<span id='postcolor'> later on (you can play silence instead of 0 fadeMusic 0.

[Winters 1]

Hello,

Thanks for the help, i found a solution in a map i had depbo'ed as well. I set the repeating trigger and in it i had it activate once i got in the car and i added the action to the car and not the person (thats what i was doing wrong).

Thanks Again.

[Balschoiw 0]

you can download a template of a car radio mission at our homepage in the cookbook/scripts section. It even fades the sound the further you go away from the car. No script , only 3 triggers.

[Winters 1]

Thanks,

I will check it out.

[Winters 1]

Damn, i am still having trouble.

here is what i have done

i make a trigger that is set to repeatedly.

in the condition field i put:

player in car1

in the on activation field i put:

car1 addAction ["CD Player Track 1", "carradio1.sqs"]; car1 addAction ["CD Player Track 2", "carradio2.sqs"]; car1 addAction ["CD Player Off", "carradio3.sqs"]

Now what happens is everytime i get in the car all 3 actions will appear in the car. Thats fine if i was only getting in once but 3 more will appear EVERYTIME i get in the car . How do i make it so they appear one time and not add 3 actions everytime i enter the car.

Thanks for the help

[bn880 5]

You need to remove all the actions in the on-deactivation field of the trigger.

activation:

carAct1 = car1 addAction ["CD Player Track 1", "carradio1.sqs"];

deactivation:

car1 removeAction carAct1;

but actually, that is a strange way of doing it. Is it insufficient to just add the action to the car? If not then how about adding the action to the Player himself?

[Balschoiw 0]

only adding it to player would make him a wandering jukebox

you have to read out if player is in car and then add actions to player.if player leaves car remove actions.

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Balschoiw @ Oct. 08 2002,11:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">only adding it to player would make him a wandering jukebox <span id='postcolor'>

Not when he is in the car... umm, if he only has the actions when he is in the car then logic dictates.....

The rest I explained already.

[Winters 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ Oct. 08 2002,17:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">deactivation:

car1 removeAction carAct1;<span id='postcolor'>

This does not work, whenever i return to the car all the actions are once again added to the list on top of the original ones

But, thanks for trying to help

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Winters @ Oct. 08 2002,16:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ Oct. 08 2002,17:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">deactivation:

car1 removeAction carAct1;<span id='postcolor'>

This does not work, whenever i return to the car all the actions are once again added to the list on top of the original ones

But, thanks for trying to help <span id='postcolor'>

I just tried it, it works.

Are you sure you read the previous message carefully? I added something else...

[Winters 1]

i added everything just as you said and it does not work, do i have to use your script in order for it to work?

[Winters 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ Oct. 08 2002,17:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">activation:

carAct1 = car1 addAction ["CD Player Track 1", "carradio1.sqs"];

deactivation:

car1 removeAction carAct1;<span id='postcolor'>

Thats everything that i did. and it didnt work.

[Winters 1]

Hmmmm,

It seems to be working now.

go figure

Oh well, Thanks for the help