[Import] Playing a song in game

[sethmachine]

Hi,

What is the standard way to play an imported sound file as looping song?

e.g. suppose I have some sound file. How do I import it--as music or as sound?

Once I made that choice, suppose I want the song to play constantly and suppose it lasts N seconds.

Do I use a timer that plays the song every N seconds (and what native should I use for this?).

I found this very helpful tutorial, but it doesn't say how to do looping correctly for songs: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...ials-278/how-use-custom-music-your-map-31249/

 

[Solu9]

You import music (wav files only) as sounds.

To effectively loop a sound you need some variables.

Set Sound_Var = YourSound
Set SoundLength_Var = length of the song (in seconds)
Set SoundTimer_Var = a simple timer

So when you want the sound to begin playing (and then continue to be looped) make a trigger like this:

• Events - Your Event
• Conditions - Your Conditions
• Actions -
• Play Sound_Var
• Start SoundTimer_Var as a one-shot timer that will expire in SoundLength_Var seconds

• Events - SoundTimer expires
• Conditions -
• Actions -
• Stop Immediately Sound_Var
• Play Sound_Var
• Start SoundTimer_Var as a one-shot timer that will expire in SoundLength_Var seconds

Edit:
I wrote MP3 only, but it's wav files only.

 

[vypur85]

There's an easier way to do this.

First, import your sound file.
Go to the Sound Editor. Double click your sound file.
In the 'Options' checkbox, tick 'Looping'.
In the 'Channel' dropmenu, select 'Music'.

Then play your sound file using trigger:
Sound - Play YourSound

It'll loop non stop until you stop it manually using trigger action.


And I believe .mp3 files work as well.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

There's an easier way to do this.

First, import your sound file.
Go to the Sound Editor. Double click your sound file.
In the 'Options' checkbox, tick 'Looping'.
In the 'Channel' dropmenu, select 'Music'.

Then play your sound file using trigger:
Sound - Play YourSound

It'll loop non stop until you stop it manually using trigger action.


And I believe .mp3 files work as well.

Not recommended for two reasons:
1) it doesn't work in all cases
2) PlaySound is obviously a sound and not music, which means the volume can not be controlled via the music volume slider in game options.

 

[sethmachine]

Then do I import songs as Music rather than Sound?