Sound Help

[JamesxcX]

Hey, i wanna make a sound to play when someone selects a spell. I have special sound saying "Select target" and want it to play when player selects an ability (not when he casts the ability). I've been using trigger, but its only possible to play it when someone casts an ability, not when selects it. Anyone knows how?

 

[Solu9]

To clarify.
You want a sound to play when the player clicks an ability button?

 

[JamesxcX]

Yes. And i only know to make it when player actually casts the ability. :/

 

[Solu9]

Hmm. You could probably overwrite the default click sound, but that would make it play when any ability button is clicked and other instances where the same sound is used fx. when the "move" command is clicked.

 

[JamesxcX]

yea and that would be ugly :s imagine "Select target" is heard whenever i click something haha

 

[JamesxcX]

Siiiigh, okay ill just give up on this idea :s

 

[Solu9]

I can't come up with a better solution, sorry.

 

[polardude]

well you can do this
Untitled Trigger 001
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
Conditions
Actions
Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
((Triggering unit) has buff test ) Equal to (==) True
Then - Actions
Sound - Play song <gen>
Else - Actions

or you can try set variable for the sounds ( use Sound (sound) array 1 )
and make trigger there use the variables

 

[JamesxcX]

Yes but i want sound to play when ABILITY is clicked, not unit :/

 

[Dr Super Good]

Not possible in WC3.

In SC2 you just change the targeting actors to include a sound actor. You can do so much stuff in SC2 like glowing noises or beeping when targeting.

 

[JamesxcX]

ah damnit

 

[Ezekiel12]

I guess the following wont help you:

You could use a dummy no target abilty which makes a sound when casted. Then it is removed and the targeted ability is added. Then after a short wait a trigger forces the player to press the hotkey for the targeted ability so you have the aiming cursor. When the player casts the ability everything is well and you can remove it and add the dummy ability again. But if he does not cast it but cancel it youre screwed. So far no way is known to detect everything that can cancel the aiming cursor. If the player presses Esc it can be detected, but if he presses just right click then things get messy.