How do i loop custom sounds forever?

[Quack O'Neill 11]

Hi
Iv made a hostage rescue scenario, and people can play the slot in coop / multiplayer. but I want there to be a flickering film on the screen in the room with a sound looping infinatly.

Description code

class CfgSounds
{
sounds[]={};

class Music1
{
name = "Music1";
sound[] = {"\music\ee3.ogg", db+0, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};

};


Trigger code.

tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3]; 


I found this script but it locked my computer up. I think it was working but i dont know how fix it.

while {true} do
{
tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3];
sleep x;
}  

[davidoss 552]

use playSound3D instead.

 

//description.ext by KK

__EXEC (MISSION_ROOT = __FILE__ select [0, count __FILE__ - 15])



// trigger on activation code
if (isServer) then {
_root = parsingNamespace getVariable "MISSION_ROOT";
_sound = _root + "music\ee3.ogg";
playSound3D [_sound, tor1, false, getPos tor1, 10, 1, 50];
};

 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

thank you daviddoss i will try that out.

[HazJ 1289]

Or init.sqf:

MISSION_ROOT = call
{
	private _arr = toArray (str missionConfigFile);
	_arr resize (count _arr - 15);
	toString _arr
};
// Also KK I believe... 95% sure! This little baby snippet I've been using for years.

 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

I pasted your code into my description file but i got and error when i ran the mission file
.if: (encountered instead of '='

I tried just the first lin in the description and the code part in my onActivtion but that didnt work either.
 

[HazJ 1289]

The code part goes in init.sqf or just ditch the isServer check and add directly to initServer.sqf instead.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts

[Quack O'Neill 11]

thanks hazj 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

sorry for being an idiot.

so what goes in my onActivation ? every time i change 

tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3]; 

to
tor1 playSound3D  ["Music1", 1000, 3]; i get errors

tor1 playSound3D "Music1"; didnt work either.

tor1 playSound3D _sound = _root + "music\ee3.ogg"; 
also not working. 

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

3 hours ago, Quack Rejackt said:

while {true} do
{
tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3];
sleep x;
}  

 

 

Did you checked the 2nd ex. ?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/say3D

 

check:

class Music1{name = "Music1";sound[] = {"music\ee3.ogg", db0, 1.0};titles[] = {};};

[Quack O'Neill 11]

the sound isnt playing after putting that code in my description file and my init.sqf and i cant work out how to write or rephrase the right code into the OnActivation because thats how the sound was being triggered. 

what second "ex" ? there is only 1 x in that script and i imagine it means forever or something. 

[HazJ 1289]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgSounds

See this.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

16 minutes ago, Quack Rejackt said:

putting that code in my description

 

 

class CfgSounds
{
	sounds[] = {};
		
	//adjust the volume from db0

	class Music1{name = "Music1";sound[] = {"music\ee3.ogg", db0, 1.0};titles[] = {};};

};

 

20 minutes ago, Quack Rejackt said:

second "ex"

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/say3D

 

Example 2:

Workaround for dead bodies.
private _dummy = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal ASLToAGL getPosWorld _corpse;
_dummy say3D "whatever";
_dummy spawn {
    sleep 5; //Atleast the length of your sound
    deleteVehicle _this;
};

 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

it don't really make sense to me haz j. 

playSound "Music1";   if i type this in the On Act it just plays once and its 2D.

I had it working as a 3D sound but it wouldnt loop for ever.

repleay = true; didnt work.

now iv the code you both wrote for me in the right place but why cant i hear the sound. how do i trigger it in the trigger ? like i was before with the cfg
 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

oh the the second example sorry george.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

you can work with say3d or playSound3D either .

Just to understand you want this sound to play once it's triggered and then play forever , right ?

[Quack O'Neill 11]

right so this would work 
while {true} do
{
tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3];
sleep 21;
}  

the audio is 21 seconds

[Quack O'Neill 11]

yes forever. i dont need it to stop. 

[Quack O'Neill 11]

x as a sleep value crashed the game and so did a value like 25 & a value like 3600

[Quack O'Neill 11]

i could make a 2 hour ogg file but thats got to cost more ?

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

2 minutes ago, Quack Rejackt said:

sleep 21;
}  

 

finishing with  };

 

it's good to add the codes in your posts with the code button <>

1 minute ago, Quack Rejackt said:

i could make a 2 hour ogg file but thats got to cost more ?

 

Do you mean about the MB ?

[Quack O'Neill 11]

yes the MB and time to render and convert it compared to just looping a small file.

yeah sorry. ill try to keep the posts cleaner.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

you can find a loopable sound and add some less sleep on the code

[Quack O'Neill 11]

while {true} do
{
tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3];
sleep 21;
};  

 

i just tried this and it crashed the game again.

[Quack O'Neill 11]

why dont replay = true work ? it looks like it used to work.

[Quack O'Neill 11]

do you think it crashed because the doppler value is on 3 instead of 1 ? or if i changed the sleep to 7 ? anyway i dont like the way the computer performs when i run this.
while {true} do
{
tor1 say3D ["Music1", 1000, 3];
sleep -;
};  

my sound is loopable.