As far as I know there is no way to prevent the default sounds from playing, and there are no lever or button hooks, (and so no easy way to detect the use of switches) ~that I am aware of.
So this is the way I devised.
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How to do it:
First, re-define the default Button and Lever sounds to a silent sound effect, placed in your "sounds" folder. Use the following script placed in the sounds.lua file in your project.
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defineSound{
name = "modButton",
filename = "assets/samples/env/button_01.wav",
loop = false,
volume = 1,
minDistance = 1,
maxDistance = 10,
}
defineSound{
name = "modLever",
filename = "assets/samples/env/lever_01.wav",
loop = false,
volume = 1,
minDistance = 1,
maxDistance = 10,
}
defineSound{
name = "button",
filename = "mod_assets/sounds/silent.wav",
loop = false,
volume = 1,
minDistance = 1,
maxDistance = 10,
}
defineSound{
name = "lever",
filename = "mod_assets/sounds/silent.wav",
loop = false,
volume = 1,
minDistance = 1,
maxDistance = 10,
}Next add the soundEffect script to the map: [note:updated script, now does the connections automatically.]
Place this code in a script object and name it 'customSounds'.
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for l = 1, getMaxLevels() do
for e in allEntities(l) do
if e.class ~= nil and e.class == "Button" then
e:addConnector('toggle', 'customSounds', 'soundEffect')
elseif e.class ~= nil and e.class == "Lever" then
e:addConnector('any', 'customSounds', 'soundEffect')
end
end
print('Sound connections added to all buttons and levers!')
end
function soundEffect(caller)
if caller and string.match(caller.id, 'SND_') then
local sEffect = string.match(caller.id, "SND_"..".+")
playSoundAt(string.sub(sEffect,5),caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
elseif caller and caller.class == "Button" then
playSoundAt('modButton', caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
elseif caller and caller.class == "Lever" then
playSoundAt('modLever', caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
end
end
In a real map you would use the name of your custom sound, but for the example I will use the Ogre's scream with a button. You do this by making a button, and adding 'SND_' plus the name of the sound; in this case: 'ogre_rush_begin'... So you add 'SND_ogre_rush_begin' and you have a button named 'wall_button_1SNDogre_rush_begin'. This makes the button scream when pressed, just as it would play any defined sound, if you used that name instead.
On large multi-floor maps, you could use copies of the sound effect script per floor, to keep from needing to connect switches to a script on a different floor. Duplicated scripts will work just the same.
Video example.
UPDATED!:
I updated the script, and it will now auto-update all levers and buttons to have sounds ~without manual connections. I also changed the token from an Asterisk to the letters 'SND_', because it seems that anything but an alphanumeric character messes up calling the object in scripts.
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for l = 1, getMaxLevels() do
for e in allEntities(l) do
if e.class == "Button" then
e:addConnector('toggle', 'customSounds', 'soundEffect')
elseif e.class == "Lever" then
e:addConnector('any', 'customSounds', 'soundEffect')
end
end
print('Sound connections added to all buttons and levers!')
end
function soundEffect(caller)
if caller and string.match(caller.id, 'SND_') then
local sEffect = string.match(caller.id, "SND_"..".+")
playSoundAt(string.sub(sEffect,5),caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
elseif caller and caller.class == "Button" then
playSoundAt('modButton', caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
elseif caller and caller.class == "Lever" then
playSoundAt('modLever', caller.level,caller.x,caller.y)
end
end
- i have a receiver with 7.1 sound coupled to my pc, and today i noticed