setSoundEffect

Description

Defines the different sound effects for a trigger or a waypoint. To stop any sound, deactivate the trigger (might take up to 0.5 seconds to stop) or delete the trigger/waypoint (immediate).

Syntax

Syntax 1

trigger setSoundEffect [sound, voice, soundEnv, soundDet]

Parameters:

trigger: Object
sound: String - plays a 2D sound as if playSound was used from CfgSounds (mission or main config). Use "$NONE$" for an empty sound
voice: String - attaches a 3D sound from CfgSounds (mission or main config) to the object that activated the trigger and plays it as if say3D was used
soundEnv: String - plays an environmental sound from CfgEnvSounds (mission or main config)
soundDet: String - creates a dynamic sound object attached to a trigger defined in CfgSFX (mission or main config)

Returns: Nothing

Syntax 2

waypoint setSoundEffect [sound, voice]

Parameters:

waypoint: Waypoint
sound: String - plays a 2D sound as if playSound was used from CfgSounds (mission or main config)
voice: String - attaches a 3D sound from CfgSounds (mission or main config) to the object that activated the trigger and plays it as if say3D was used

Returns: Nothing

Examples

Example 1

_trigger setSoundEffect ["Alarm", "", "", ""];

Example 2

[_group1, 2] setSoundEffect ["Alarm", ""];

Example 3

_trigger setSoundEffect ["$NONE$", "Alarm", "", ""];

Example 4

_trigger setSoundEffect ["$NONE$", "", "BattlefieldExplosions3", ""];

Example 5

_trigger setSoundEffect ["$NONE$", "", "", "Owl"];