We have articles in the lexicon:
https://nwnlexicon.com/index.php?title=PlaySound
and
https://nwnlexicon.com/index.php?title=SoundObjectPlay
I tried both ways, it doesn’t work and that’s it. You need to play a separate sound from the standard game palette on the trigger. The sound of a bear growling.
AssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2"));To play a separate sound, we recommend using PlaySound () , but it doesn’t work. Help with advice!
It says that triggers can’t play sounds in the lexicon…
It seems you have to create some kind of sound object. I only work with NWN2 so I don’t particularly know but…
But entering objects can:
void main()
{
object oEnter = GetEnteringObject();
AssignCommand(oEnter, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2"));
}To avoid glitches, always pass a calculated object directly as the first argument of AssignCommand, i.e. don’t do this kind of shortcut:
AssignCommand(GetEnteringObject(), ...BTW, AssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, blah()) does exactly the same as: blah(). Caller of any script is referenced by OBJECT_SELF already.
Interesting, and really easy then. I guess this might be the same in NWN2. If I need to use that sometime it’s good to know.
In hindsight, PlaySound is an action, so oEnter won’t play the sound when its action queue has something in it. For example, PC is running across the trigger to a point the player clicked.
Therefore to make that code actually work on-trigger-enter, clear actions is needed, which may not be well-received by players:
void main()
{
object oEnter = GetEnteringObject();
AssignCommand(oEnter, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oEnter, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2"));
}Or just temporarily spawn an invisible placeable nearby, play the sound from it, then delete it. Sounds (hehe) wasteful, but will get the job done.
he-he… now try to do the same in the editor and test it in the game… the result is zero. I’ve tried everything with cleansing actions too =__= tried on the trigger and on a living being…
1st thing to do is to check that the sound you want still exists. You do this by right click/edit copy, select a sound and hit play. There are a number of sounds (at least for me) that seem to have gone awol.
TR
Yeah, and maybe check the string name. Could be a spelling error perhaps? I’ve done such mistakes myself, so you never know.
Just for fun, I tried it in NWN2, and it worked splendidly with NWShacker’s script. I think @Tarot_Redhand might be right that your sound may not exist.
Edit: Found my NWN game on one of my old hard drives. Even though it protested (I have not installed it for Win10, this is an old install for Win7) I could actually run the toolset. I checked with running the conversation editor and I found the sound there (“c_bear_bat2”) and could listen to it in the editor, so I don’t know what has gone wrong for you.
Edit2: Found my old module (made from a tutorial for NWN way back probably 10-15 years ago), added a New Generic trigger. Made a script I called s_trigger, where I put NWShacker’s code (the second script he posted here), and attached that script to Properties/Scripts/OnEnter. Tested it ingame and it worked like a charm, so I honestly have no idea why it doesn’t work for you @Victorixxx. Do you use NWN EE perhaps? My game is the old one (Deluxe Edition) with the discs.
Thank you for the possible solution! But I wouldn’t want to add an entire trigger and a separate script for it to play a single sound. Please send the script that you wrote for this, can I really do something wrong?
Yes, I use of course NWN EE! Is that it?
On Enter
void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
object oVi = GetNearestObjectByTag("VI");
object oBear = GetNearestObjectByTag("MM_BEAR3");
if (GetIsPC(oPC) && GetIsObjectValid(oBear) == FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
//AddHenchman(oPC, oVi);
SetCutsceneMode(oPC);
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
AssignCommand(oVi, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oVi, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
DelayCommand(0.2, SetCommandable(FALSE, oVi));
//ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oPC, 2.0);
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(0.8, PlaySound("bf_med_flesh")));
AssignCommand(oPC, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionStartConversation(oPC, "bryn_rip", FALSE, FALSE));
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
//DelayCommand(20.0, StopFade(oPC));
//DelayCommand(20.0, SetCutsceneMode(oPC, FALSE));
}
if (GetIsObjectValid(oBear) != FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
AssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2"));
AssignCommand(oBear, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oBear, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2"));
AssignCommand(oBear, ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oBear, 3.0));
AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.0, ClearAllActions()));
AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.1, ActionAttack(oPC)));
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM)));
}
}As you can see, I tried to apply the effect on the creature (bear) and on the trigger itself, it doesn’t work.
Here’s a (new) script that plays a sound without stopping the player.
I made it into a function, so it’s easier to re-use in other code.
// by NWShacker, 04.2020 - makes oSelf "play" sound sSound
void PlaySoundNow(string sSound, object oSelf=OBJECT_SELF)
{
// spawn invisible placeable at oSelf's location
object oSound = CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE,
"plc_invisobj", GetLocation(oSelf));
// make oSound play the sound
// (note: the short delay is needed for the sound)
DelayCommand(0.25, AssignCommand(oSound,
PlaySound(sSound)));
// make oSound destroy itself after playing
DelayCommand(0.25, AssignCommand(oSound,
ActionDoCommand(DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF))));
}
// OnEnter
void main()
{
PlaySoundNow("c_bear_bat2");
// OPTIONAL: uncomment to make the sound one-shot
//DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.0);
}Try it in your code.
Thank you! it work, in my script 
only the time value in DelayCommand(0.25, it is better to put less than DelayCommand(0.05, it works better
Yeah, I used quite conservative delay that should work for everyone. If less works for you then great, but it may be a timing issue with lots of stuff going on around (or players with slow CPU/IO).
I’d also make the second delay (with DestroyObject) even 1.0. It doesn’t hurt but keeps the timers at safe distance.
Just help me figure this out. The sound for some reason works with a delay, after all the commands in the script, although I put it at the beginning. Why?
// by NWShacker, 04.2020 - makes oSelf "play" sound sSound
void PlaySoundNow(string sSound, object oSelf=OBJECT_SELF)
{
// spawn invisible placeable at oSelf's location
object oSound = CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE,
"plc_invisobj", GetLocation(oSelf));
// make oSound play the sound
// (note: the short delay is needed for the sound)
DelayCommand(0.05, AssignCommand(oSound,
PlaySound(sSound)));
// make oSound destroy itself after playing
DelayCommand(0.5, AssignCommand(oSound,
ActionDoCommand(DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF))));
}
void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
object oVi = GetNearestObjectByTag("VI");
object oBear = GetNearestObjectByTag("MM_BEAR3");
if (GetIsPC(oPC) && GetIsObjectValid(oBear) == FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
//AddHenchman(oPC, oVi);
SetCutsceneMode(oPC);
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
AssignCommand(oVi, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oVi, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
DelayCommand(0.2, SetCommandable(FALSE, oVi));
//ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oPC, 2.0);
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(0.8, PlaySound("bf_med_flesh")));
AssignCommand(oPC, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionStartConversation(oPC, "bryn_rip", FALSE, FALSE));
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.0);
//DelayCommand(20.0, StopFade(oPC));
//DelayCommand(20.0, SetCutsceneMode(oPC, FALSE));
}
if (GetIsObjectValid(oBear) != FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
PlaySoundNow("as_cv_gongring2");
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
AssignCommand(oBear, ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oBear, 3.0));
AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.0, ClearAllActions()));
AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.1, ActionAttack(oPC)));
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM)));
DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.0);
}
}I recorded a video and set the Gong sound for clarity.
To my understanding a function with a delay runs after everything else is done in the script (I think @Lance_Botelle told me that) . However, as your other functions also have delays on them…well, I’m not exactly sure with that.
Yes, even delay of 0.0 schedules the function call to happen after current script terminates. If you have multiple delays with 0.0, their order is also preserved (IIRC).
@Victorixxx debug the script by commenting everything and uncommenting the statements one by one. Can you make the sound play during the fade-out?
Also some AssignCommands are superfluous and can be taken out for clarity, like:
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM)));to simply:
DelayCommand(2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM));AssignCommand is really needed only to change OBJECT_SELF in a call of a nwscript function that doesn’t accept the self as a parameter.
I tried putting the Sound command in a separate condition at the very beginning, but nothing changed… the delay remains as in the video.
OnEnter
void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
object oVi = GetNearestObjectByTag("VI");
object oBear = GetNearestObjectByTag("MM_BEAR3");
if (GetIsObjectValid(oBear) != FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
PlaySoundNow("as_cv_gongring2");
}
if (GetIsPC(oPC) && GetIsObjectValid(oBear) == FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
//AddHenchman(oPC, oVi);
SetCutsceneMode(oPC);
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
AssignCommand(oVi, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oVi, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
DelayCommand(0.2, SetCommandable(FALSE, oVi));
//ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oPC, 2.0);
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(0.8, PlaySound("bf_med_flesh")));
AssignCommand(oPC, ClearAllActions());
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionStartConversation(oPC, "bryn_rip", FALSE, FALSE));
AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.0);
//DelayCommand(20.0, StopFade(oPC));
//DelayCommand(20.0, SetCutsceneMode(oPC, FALSE));
}
if (GetIsObjectValid(oBear) != FALSE && GetLocalInt(oPC, "brynrip") != TRUE)
{
BlackScreen(oPC);
SetLocalInt (oPC, "brynrip", TRUE);
//AssignCommand(oPC, ActionPlayAnimation(ANIMATION_LOOPING_SIT_CROSS, 2.0, 9999.9));
//AssignCommand(oBear, ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectKnockdown(), oBear, 3.0));
//AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.0, ClearAllActions()));
//AssignCommand(oBear, DelayCommand(4.1, ActionAttack(oPC)));
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM)));
DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.0);
}
}is this a limitation of the game engine? Why can’t I run commands in a black screen? Or play sounds and actions?
P.s. this command DelayCommand (2.1, FadeFromBlack(oPC, FADE_SPEED_MEDIUM))); does not work without AssignCommand(oPC,
What if you skip the delay entirely for PlaySoundNow? If that is to be the first thing that happens, do you really need a delay for that function?
I figured it out… it’s all the fault of the black screen… until he leaves, the sound doesn’t play, I don’t know why, but this one does.
This works for me:
void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
PlaySoundNow("c_bear_bat2");
BlackScreen(oPC);
DelayCommand(2.0, FadeFromBlack(oPC));
}What I suggest is that you check if the above works from and then you recreate the script you want. Step by step: add a command, check if works, add another. It’s possible that your two if’s are mixing things up right now (timing issue).
EDIT: with fade-out, we can also stop the PC and make it play the sound (my first post) since the player won’t notice. Or make the bear do it.
void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
BlackScreen(oPC);
AssignCommand(oPC, ClearAllActions());
DelayCommand(0.5, AssignCommand(oPC, PlaySound("c_bear_bat2")));
DelayCommand(2.0, FadeFromBlack(oPC));
}BTW @Victorixxx, I like your use of knockdown effect on the bear.