Prompt sound from unit?

[Shoto]

Is there any way to make a unit "say one of their lines" so to speak, using triggers?
Essentially;
Event
Something happens
Actions
Make TempUnit play their Attack quote

 

[Mechanical Man]

Yes, with Play sound. But first you must get the sound using sound editor, finding your sound and use as extrenal sound command

 

[Shoto]

So no then. I know I can do that, but my question was if I could force a unit to play a sound from their soundset, without specifying the exact sound in sound editor.
Thanks anyway!

 

[rulerofiron99]

Well yes.

The sounds from each unit's sound set are all individually available in the sound editor. If you want to randomise it, put all the sounds in an array and specify a random index:

Set FootmanAttackSound[1] = Footman Attack 1
Set FootmanAttackSound[2] = Footman Attack 2
etc

Then play it with Sound - Play FootmanAttackSound[random number between 1 and 2]

 

[Shoto]

Thing is I'd like to make a trigger that selects a random unit from a group and plays one of that units "what" (selection) quotes. And I mean I can do that, but if I have to select the "what" quote of every possible unit in the sound editor and then write a trigger checking the unit type and selecting the right sound to play, it's just too much work for a fairly minor thing and simply not worth it.

 

[WaterKnight]

You can read the UI\SoundInfo\UnitAckSounds.slk programmatically and convert it to your jass lines, mapping the paths to the unit type id and maybe the string identifier.

edit: You also need the Units\unitUI.slk to know which soundset is attached to the unit.

and ofc the war3map.w3u for custom changes.