Hello,

I am trying to get an ambient sound to play in the background of my map but when I load my map I can't hear anything. I would like amb_brecourt_ext to play. Do I need to extract it or something or will it play while still in the pk3 file?

I will put my .gsc file on the end of this post so you can see if there is a problem there.

Thanks for any help,
Gnasher


My .gsc

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main()
{
ambientPlay("ambient_brecourt");

maps\_load::main();

precacheshader("black");
precacheString(&"Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy");
precacheString(&"6th June 1944");
precacheString(&"0200 Hrs");

level.player takeallweapons();
level.player giveWeapon("m1garand");
level.player giveWeapon("thompson");
level.player giveWeapon("colt");
level.player giveWeapon("fraggrenade");
level.player switchToWeapon("m1garand");

thread intro_screen();

level waittill ("finished intro screen");
}

intro_screen()
{
maps\_introscreen::introscreen(&"Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy", &"6th june 1944", &"0200 Hrs");

}

Thats not how it works in singleplayer


main()
{
maps\_load::main();

level.ambient_track ["brecourt_sound"]= "ambient_brecourt";
thread maps\_utility::set_ambient("brecourt_sound");

precacheshader("black");
precacheString(&"Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy");
precacheString(&"6th June 1944");
precacheString(&"0200 Hrs");

level.player takeallweapons();
level.player giveWeapon("m1garand");
level.player giveWeapon("thompson");
level.player giveWeapon("colt");
level.player giveWeapon("fraggrenade");
level.player switchToWeapon("m1garand");

thread intro_screen();

level waittill ("finished intro screen");
}

intro_screen()
{
maps\_introscreen::introscreen(&"Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy", &"6th june 1944", &"0200 Hrs");

}

dont forget to add this to your .csv file or you will get an "unknown soundalias" error

ambient_brecourt,,ambient/amb_brecourt_ext.mp3,1,1,,,,,music,streamed,,looping,,YOURMAPNAME

p.s. dont forget to replace YOURMAPNAME with the name of your map!


edited on Nov. 27, 2005 01:49 pm by Seawolf

Hello,

Thanks for the quick reply Seawolf. I'll give that a go, but first I need to know what a .csv file is. Could you explain this to me, or is there a tutorial explaining?

Thanks,
Gnasher

A csv file (comma seperated variable file) defines the sounds that are to be played and the volumes, etc and the location of the sound in the pk3... I think there is a tutorial around here somewhere... If not, you can always just take a csv from a custom map and edit it...

Hello again,

Thanks Tim. I'll have a look for a tutorial and give this all a go.

Thanks again,
Gnasher

Hello again,

I have tried the csv file thingy, but it still doesnt seem to work. I copied the code into notepad and saved it in soundaliases folder, but I get errors in the CoD console!
I think I need more help with this .csv file. Could perhaps someone post a step by step walkthrough to show me how it's done? That would be great.

Thanks,
Gnasher

Don't just copy the code... type it over and try to understand it. The csv's in the tutorials are usually for sounds.. not ambiant tracks.. Take a look in the sound.csv file in one of the stock .pk3 files. It might give you an idea how it's done.

Hello,

I think I understand it all now. I have got it working, it turned out I was missing a couple of lines in the file. Thanks for all the help guys!

Thanks again,
Gnasher