How to Play a random sound from a list

[Gamer-3ac24a5e7f4beb96 4]

I have my sounds set up in the Sounds folder inside the mission folder. I have my sounds configured in my description.ext file. How do I call one sound from the list at random when a trigger is activated?

[Joe98 92]

If you have for example 6 sounds, then write 6 scripts. Each script plays one of the sounds

 

Your scripts might be named:

sound0

sound1

sound2

sound3

sound4

sound5

 

Then you write a 7th script that selects a script at random.  (I have been meaning to ask over here how to do that. I saw a script years ago but did not keep a record).

 

 

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[Ibragim A 163]

In trigger activation:

[] spawn "Your_sound_script.sqf";

Then make Your_sound_script.sqf in your mission folder & put in it:

_sound = selectRandom 
  [
    "sound_1", // As defined by you in Description.ext
    "sound_2",
    "sound_3"
  ];

playSound _sound;

 

[Gamer-3ac24a5e7f4beb96 4]

Thanks Sergeant! When I put [] spawn "Your_sound_script.sqf"; with my sqf name into a trigger i get the error "On activation spawn type string expected code". I have the sqf file in the mission folder. Any ideas?

[Ibragim A 163]

Oh, sorry.

Of course:

[] execVM "Your_sound_script.sqf";

[Gamer-3ac24a5e7f4beb96 4]

works perfectly thank you very much!