Easiest way to trigger a sound that can be heard by all?

[sysQuik]

What would be the easiest way to trigger a sound from script that is heard by everyone in the map, regardless of where they are located? I looked in tow_dm.scr as I think the final countdown of the bomb is heard by everyone, but I didn't understand what made it heard by everyone. Do I need to get into tikis or ubersound? I found a lot of great info here in the forum, but I'm not sure which approach to use or how to make it heard by all.

Thanks for your help!
Sysquik

[tltrude]

Is it a custom sound, or one that is in the game already? Also, is it a wav or mp3?

[sysQuik]

In game sound, wav file. Not exactly sure which one yet. Thanks for the speedy reply! I really appreciate it.

Sysquik

[jv_map]

Make it play on the local channel (you can define a channel in the alias definition) or add "levelwide" after the playsound command.

Example:
level.alarm_sound loopsound alarmbell local.vol "levelwide"

(don't know if it works with playsound as well)

[sysQuik]

Thanks for your response jv_map. Here's the script:

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main:

	exec global/ambient.scr
	
	level waittill prespawn
	
	  local.master = spawn ScriptMaster
	  local.master aliascache snd_river sound/amb/Amb_RainWindow_01.wav soundparms 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 10000 2000 auto loaded maps "obj dm"
	
	level waittill spawn
		
	thread sound
end

sound:
                    while (1)
	{	
		$sound_trigger waittill trigger
		$river_sound loopsound snd_river
		iprintln "Sound Triggered"
	}
end

Thanks to your excellent tut, I have the problem solved. I just set the min value to 10000 which should be larger than my map. What if I did just want to edit the ubersound.scr, how would I make MOHAA use the ubersound.scr in my pak file instead of the standard one in MOHAA?

Thanks again for all your help!

SySquik

[jv_map]

What if I did just want to edit the ubersound.scr, how would I make MOHAA use the ubersound.scr in my pak file instead of the standard one in MOHAA?

Simply make sure the filename of your pak has a later order in the alphabet than the stock paks. For instance prefix a 'z' (or more ).

Like: zzzysquick.pk3 (though sysquick.pk3 would work too)

[sysQuik]

Excellent! Thanks for the info. Sounds like a pak turf war for zzzzzzzz9999.pk3.

Sysquik