Side mission scripting help needed for noob

[bvrettski 10]

I've been tinkering with the A3Wasteland drug runners side mission.  (and yes I'm just a trial and error hack when it come to coding).

 

I'm working with the following section of code and would like to customize it a bit. So far my experiments have been fruitless so I could use some help if anyone is so inclined:

 

{

// Mission completed

_drugpilerandomizer = [4,8,12];

_drugpile = _drugpilerandomizer call BIS_fnc_SelectRandom;

 

for "_i" from 1 to _drugpile do 

{

 private["_item"];

 _item = [

         ["lsd", "Land_WaterPurificationTablets_F"],

         ["marijuana", "Land_VitaminBottle_F"],

         ["cocaine","Land_PowderedMilk_F"],

         ["heroin", "Land_PainKillers_F"]

       ] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

 [_item, _lastPos] call _drop_item;

};

 

_explosivePos = getPosATL (_vehicles select 0);

_explosive = createMine ["SatchelCharge_F", _explosivePos, [], 0];

_explosive setDamage 1;

 

_successHintMessage = "You have stopped the drugs runners but they blew up their car! The drugs are yours to take!";

};

 

At the end of the drop drugs section I would like to make the mission pause for a period of time (2 seconds), then play a sound file, pause again (1 second) and then have the explosion take place.

 

I tried inserting the following:

 

//Experimental language - Boom Pause

_waitUntil {sleep 2};

_playSound3D [call currMissionDir + "client\sounds\drugrunners.wss"];

_waitUntil {sleep 1};

//Experimental language - End

 

To be clear the sequence I am looking for is:

1. Drop the drugs

2 Wait 2 seconds

3. play sound file

4. Pause 1 second

5. Set off explosion

 

The drop drugs and set off explosion sections are working fine.

 

Needless to say it my weak attempt at coding didnt work. Any help or pointers to proper coding in this regard would be much appreciated.

 

 

[jshock 512]

When wanting to suspend for a time, just use the sleep command by itself, you don't need a waitUntil around it.

[bvrettski 10]

Thanks for getting back to me...

 

So just:

 

_sleep 2;

_playSound3D ["client\sounds\drugrunners.wss"];

_sleep 1;

 

??

[cosmic10r 2325]

From what i read playsound3d has an issue with reading from a mission file... it doesn't know to start at mission\client\sounds, so it may not work, not sure if that is still the case but it came up in the search. Hopefully it was fixed

you may want to try say3D

 

its going to look more like

 

sleep 2;

playSound3D ["client\sounds\drugrunners.wss", player];

sleep 1;

[bvrettski 10]

you may want to try say3D

 

 

I think you're correct. playSound3D does not seem to work or I'm not scripting it properly. Will try say3D

[davidoss 550]

playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\ambient\battlefield\battlefield_jet1.wss", _spawner, false, getPosASL _spawner, 8, 1, 0];
playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\arsenal\weapons\Pistols\4-Five\4-Five_01.wss", player, false, position player, 8, 1, 0];

playsound3d works  don't panic

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Sure it works, needs a bit of a workaround for custom sounds.

You need to redirect to the root mission folder for the playSound3D command to work when using custom sounds,

having a file named "test.ogg" inside a "\sounds" folder within mission root would look like this:

_missionRoot = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
 _sound = _missionRoot + "sounds\test.ogg";

playSound3d [_sound, player];

Cheers

[bvrettski 10]

I see what ya did there. :)

 

I'll give it a go. Thanks

[bvrettski 10]

Sure it works, needs a bit of a workaround for custom sounds.

You need to redirect to the root mission folder for the playSound3D command to work when using custom sounds,

having a file named "test.ogg" inside a "\sounds" folder within mission root would look like this:

_missionRoot = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
 _sound = _missionRoot + "sounds\test.ogg";

playSound3d [_sound, player];

Cheers

 

 

Tried it multiple times to make sure I was covering my bases but could not get it to work.

 

Here is the entire segment of the code:

 

_successExec =
{
// Mission completed

sleep 3;
_explosivePos = getPosATL (_vehicles select 0);
_explosive = createMine ["SatchelCharge_F", _explosivePos, [], 0];
_explosive setDamage 1;

sleep 1;
_box1 = createVehicle ["Box_East_WpsSpecial_F", _lastPos, [], 2, "None"];
_box1 setDir random 360;
[_box1, "mission_Explosives"] call fn_refillbox;

{ _x setVariable ["R3F_LOG_disabled", false, true] } forEach [_box1];

_missionRoot = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
_sound = _missionRoot + "sounds\testsound.ogg";

playSound3d [_sound, player];

sleep 5;
_explosivePos = getPosATL (_vehicles select 0);
_explosive = createMine ["IEDUrbanBig_F", _explosivePos, [], 0];
_explosive setDamage 1;

_successHintMessage = "Congrats! The suicide bombers are dead and the explosives are yours...if you survived.";
};

I also found similar code to yours in another Wasteland addon and tried it with no success (Although it does work properly in the addon):

 

_soundPath = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
_soundToPlay = _soundPath + "addons\breakLock\sounds\carhorn.ogg";
playSound3D [_soundToPlay, _vehicle, false, getPosASL _vehicle, 1, 1, 0];

[MKD3 27]

Someone should probably explain the very basics of SQF. Anything with "_" before it becomes a private variable. So _Noob is a variable, and if used with a command "Say3d" it means a variable is defined, and nothing will actually happen. Youve fixed this but its best its explained.

_say3d is a private variable << Does nothing for you in this case,
 

say3d is a command, and plays sound if used correctly.

Also if you havent placed a sound file anywhere and correctly defined it youre not gonna get anywhere.

If in a mission file add this to description.ext, create a "sound" folder, and put your sound in OGG format into the sound folder,and name it "yoursound.ogg".
 

class CfgSounds
{
    sounds[] = {};
    class yoursound
    {
        name = "yoursound";
       //This shows the game where your sound file is and its volume
        sound[] = {"\sound\yoursound.ogg", 0.8, 1};
        titles[] = {0,""};
    };
};

Then execute for clients:
 

player say3D "yoursound";

Try to just get that to work, its a different way to do it but its a good way to learn. And Check this, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

[bvrettski 10]

Thanks for everyone's help. After a little additional experimentation, I was able to get this to work perfectly. :)

 

_successExec =
{
// Mission completed


sleep 3;
_explosivePos = getPosATL (_vehicles select 0);
_explosive = createMine ["SLAMDirectionalMine_Wire_Mag", _explosivePos, [], 0];
_explosive setDamage 1;


_box1 = createVehicle ["Box_East_WpsSpecial_F", _lastPos, [], 2, "None"];
_box1 setDir random 360;
[_box1, "mission_Explosives"] call fn_refillbox;


{ _x setVariable ["R3F_LOG_disabled", false, true] } forEach [_box1];


sleep 3;


_soundPath = [(str missionConfigFile), 0, -15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;
_soundToPlay = _soundPath + "addons\breakLock\sounds\carhorn.ogg";
playSound3D [_soundToPlay, _box1];


sleep 2;
_explosivePos = getPosATL (_vehicles select 0);
_explosive = createMine ["IEDUrbanBig_F", _explosivePos, [], 0];
_explosive setDamage 1;


sleep 5;
_successHintMessage = "Area clear!! The suicide bombers are dead and the explosives are yours...if you survived.";
};

On a followup question isn't there a library of built in sounds in the game? I can't find a listing of them online.

[MKD3 27]

Yup, you can find it a couple of ways.

Either in game by opening the config viewer and checking out cfgsounds.

to do this, open up debug, and enter this:

 [] call BIS_fnc_configviewer

 and search for cfgsounds in there.

 

or by debinarising the base game data files and searching for the sounds in the A3 files.