playSound3D arguments

[gc8 981]

Hi

I'm trying to play some sound but when I wanted to change the sound volume I found that playSound3D doesn't really work with many parameters.

 

This works:

 

 playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss",  player];

 

But this doesn't:

 

playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss",  player, false, [0,0,0], 3, 1, 0];

 

 

Any one know why?

 

thx!

 

[POLPOX 779]

If the 3rd argument (position) is passed to the command, the 1st argument (source) will not work anymore. So, your code is working actually but in [0,0,0].

[gc8 981]

11 minutes ago, POLPOX said:

If the 3rd argument (position) is passed to the command, the 1st argument (source) will not work anymore. So, your code is working actually but in [0,0,0].

 

I read that from wiki but I thought [0,0,0] was default argument. Anyway got it working now, thx POLPOX!

 

But how do I make the sound follow player then?

 

 

Edit: I guess the sound cannot follow the player? Is there command for that?

 

[AZCoder 921]

No this command/sound will not follow the player. The say commands do, although they attenuate heavily and not as easy to hear.

[gc8 981]

So how come this wont work:

 

(description.ext)

class CfgSounds
{
	sounds[] = {};
	
class TestSound1
{
	sound[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss",3,1,0};
	name = "TestSound1";
	titles[] = {};
};

};

 

(init.sqf)

playSound "TestSound1";

 

I get no sound

 

[AZCoder 921]

the last parameter in your sound[] line is 0, that's the distance for the sound, try making it 100 or just remove it (I never use it)

 

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

1 hour ago, gc8 said:

playSound "TestSound1";

 

You need  playSound3D for this.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

you can attach a say3d also ex. :

_your_pos = "#particlesource" createVehicle [0,0,0];	
_your_pos attachTo [_this, [0,0,0]];

 

[AZCoder 921]

1 hour ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

 

You need  playSound3D for this.

 

no no, I think gc8 is just trying a simple playSound test and it wasn't working, but I think say3D might give the right result if if the config is correct

 

[gc8 981]

13 hours ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

 

You need  playSound3D for this.

 

What's wrong with playSound?

[gc8 981]

13 hours ago, AZCoder said:

the last parameter in your sound[] line is 0, that's the distance for the sound, try making it 100 or just remove it (I never use it)

 

I tried removing it and making it 100 but nothing works

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

1 hour ago, gc8 said:

What's wrong with playSound?

 

What exacly you want to succeed?

Play just a sound for player ? for everyone ? a 3d sound ?

[gc8 981]

3 minutes ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

 

What exacly you want to succeed?

Play just a sound for player ? for everyone ? a 3d sound ?

 

play a sound for every player. I also want to attach sound to some object but first I wanted to test all the commands out :) Didn't quite understand your attachTo example

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

You can use either playSound3D or say3d for a 3d sound .

If you want to play not a 3d sound then you can use playsound.

If you want to play the arma 3d sounds like the alarm , you have to use the playSound3D  , like the .wss above.

You don't need also to add this in the cfgsounds at the description.

I don't think so , that you can use the playsound for the game sounds .wss , but i haven't also test this.

 

For the say3d , to attachto you can creavehicle a #particlesource and then attach it to your object .

You can also check in my scripts for the examples.

[gc8 981]

@GEORGE FLOROS GR Thanks, I will try those commands later but I would still like to make the playSound work just out of curiosity. Maybe I'll make a new thread for that.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

45 minutes ago, gc8 said:

make the playSound

 

The certain?

22 hours ago, gc8 said:

"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss"

 

[gc8 981]

27 minutes ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

The certain?

 

wiki says playsound:

"Selects sound from Description.ext#CfgSounds or config.cpp."

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

i just tested and i don't think that you can play a 3d sound as plain sound.

You can play this as a 3d :

add in the init of an object:

playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss", this];

 

Might be that you want to do something else ?

Because i remember that you were asking how to play the sounds in unsung.

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

Ok i just noticed the @

 

It is working.

so it's :

//__________________________ ***  C O P Y   T H I S  *** __________________________


class CfgSounds
{
	sounds[] = {};
	class sound_1
	{
		name		= "sound_1";
		// start path to sound file in AddOn with @
		sound[]		= { "@A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss", 0.8, 1, 100 };
		titles[]	= { 0, "" };
	};
};

 

add this in an .sqf

waituntil {time > 3};  // for the test
playSound "sound_1";
hint"test";

 

[gc8 981]

5 minutes ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

Might be that you want to do something else ?

 

I would like the sound to follow with vehicle

[gc8 981]

1 minute ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said:

Ok i just noticed the @

 

Hey it works! Thanks George. One problem less :)

 

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

Just now, gc8 said:

I would like the sound to follow with vehicle

 

So you are doing this wrong !

 

The above example is how to play a sound from an addon as a (plain) playsound and not as a 3d.

so in order to do this:

( hold on)

[GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207]

This sound has a small duration so you need to loop this .

 

you could use this :

_particlesource = "#particlesource" createVehicle [0,0,0];	
_particlesource attachTo [_this, [0,0,0]];
playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss", _particlesource];

but it's not needed since it will stop on the next seconds

 

So just loop this :

playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_blufor.wss", _this];

 

[gc8 981]

@GEORGE FLOROS GR Thanks but I don't think that works because the sound is not following _particlesource, it just is created at the position of _particlesource.

It states this in the wiki at one of the comments.

[AZCoder 921]

Why not use say3D like you mentioned earlier @GEORGE FLOROS GR? If you loop playsound3D it will create a bunch of alarms, even if short-lived, but could be good for a torture scene :-D