Change unit attack sound?

[Sverkerman]

Heya!

I'm wondering if it is possible to change a unit's attack sound (Slash, Bash etc.) with triggers? For an example if my unit picks up a sword he will have a Slash sound but if he picks up a hammer he will have a Bash sound.
Thanks!

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[Kaijyuu]

Would require a damage detection system. One can easily play sounds through triggers, though to get it right, you need the exact time and location of an attack swing's hit.

 

[Sverkerman]

@Kaijyuu That is actually a rather good idea. I have a damage detection system that I am using, so setting the attack sound to an empty sound file and then adding it manually might actually be a very good idea Thanks!
However, is there any way of doing this with triggers? I'm imagining "Change unit's attack sound to XXX" ?

Thanks

 

[Kaijyuu]

I'm imagining "Change unit's attack sound to XXX" ?

There's no native function to do such a thing.

 

[Tasyen]

@Kaijyuu That is actually a rather good idea. I have a damage detection system that I am using, so setting the attack sound to an empty sound file and then adding it manually might actually be a very good idea Thanks!

Yeah the damage system gives you the moment to play the sound. I would recomment using an 0 damage action with the jass damageunit function, this will reduce your part to do to:

save current combatsound onto your hero
use saved one in the damage event trigger.​

native UnitDamageTarget  takes unit whichUnit, widget target, real amount, boolean attack, boolean ranged, attacktype attackType, damagetype damageType, weapontype weaponType returns boolean

With values

  call UnitDamageTarget(udg_Target, udg_Target, 0 , true, true, null, null, udg_WeaponSound)

Damage Engine

• Hit Play Sound
  • Events
    • Game - AfterDamageEvent becomes Equal to 1.00
  • Conditions
    • (DamageEventSource is A Hero) Equal to True
    • IsDamageSpell Equal to False
  • Actions
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
    • Set Index = (Custom value of DamageEventSource)
    • Custom script: call UnitDamageTarget(udg_DamageEventTarget, udg_DamageEventTarget, 0 , true, true, null, null, udg_CombatSound[udg_Index])
    • Trigger - Turn on (This trigger)

 

[Sverkerman]

@Tasyen Thank you again Tasyen! You are a real friend!
Very good information, I'm impressed that you knew with such precision exactly what I was asking for

Unfortunately the problem is a bit more complex than that. I've further explained my problem here if you'd be interested in having a look. It comes down to GetLastAnimation, atleast the way I'm seeing myself solving this for now.

Get Last Played Animation