WHAT am I doing wrong re: triggering music?
I'm stumped. Does anyone see something mislabeled or flagged?
The situation is so basic. You walk through a door into a trigger, and it should make an ambient_generic play. It doesn't.
This is the class info for the trigger_once:
And its output:
The info for the ambient_generic:
And its flags:
The .WAV is from RAW and not gamesounds, btw. I keep reading that that matters.
There's already an env_soundscape playing when this gets triggered, in case that's a factor.
The trigger starts disabled. Set 'starts disabled' to no and it should work.
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I was super excited that you'd solved the problem. Sadly, making that change didn't have any effect. The damned music still won't play.
I got rid of the trigger and set the sound to play as an OnPressed output of a button.
Still no luck. I could basically publish this map if I could just sort out this music problem.
Use developer 2 to see if the input is being triggered.
What command in the console should I use to check? Nothing comes up automatically when the button's pressed and I go to the console.
Not sure if it helps at all, but did you type in the .wav file into the sound name manually? I tried to do so, and then tried to preview it straight from there (using the play button), but the music did not play. I typed it into the filter, and previewed it there, where it did play, and I selected it without copying the name with copy and paste... if that makes sense.
Though there is a chance I could have typed it incorrectly?
I had set up a horribly basic map to try it out. It is literally just a simple box with trigger, spawn, and the music thing.
Here are a few screenshots, that I took even if you do not need them.
Links as my screenshots are super big.
http://i.imgur.com/Nux1KRw.png - Music Trigger.
http://i.imgur.com/fZxUmNF.png - Music Trigger outputs
http://i.imgur.com/hGCR6Q2.png - Not sure if this is useful, but here are the Music Trigger flags.
http://i.imgur.com/rIeKVrP.png - Ambient Generic, named Music.
http://i.imgur.com/ivKuroi.png - Ambient Generic Input coming from the Trigger. There are no outputs, obviously.
http://i.imgur.com/zZGzVl4.png - Ambient Generic Flags.
I did take notice that you used OnStartTouch instead of OnTrigger. In my experience, both do work, though I suggest trying the OnTrigger just in case?
As a note, I also tried replacing the trigger with a button, and it worked fine.
Edit: Added an Env_Soundscape attached to the button, left everything else above alone. They both seemed to work together for me.
And I definitely appreciate it.
The only reason I'm using OnStartTouch is because people have told me that I need to use that instead of OnTrigger. Does anyone else here believe otherwise?
I didn't type the WAV name in. I browsed the gamesounds folder and chose it from there. Again, thanks for the suggestion.
I just did an experiment sort of like Netherskate, where I started a new map, built a small room and put a button and an ambient_generic in it. Interesting result: When the amb_gen was set to a sound effect, it would work. When I'd set it to music, it wouldn't.