Can somebody explain, how one should use 'sound' things in Hexen? I am trying to use them for a long time already, but still they do not work as I expect usually.

They define which sound sequence will be played by doors, platforms, floor and ceiling movers of that sector they are in.

Hmm. So, how ambient sounds should be played then, like Wind or Lava?

I cannot believe nobody can help me in this... <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( --> Hello, people?

[quote="Crimson Wizard":3ixzq6ft]Hmm. So, how ambient sounds should be played then, like Wind or Lava? Take a look at SoundWindHexen.vc and BossBrain.vc - Ambient sounds can just be invisible Actors that make a noise every so often. To make them truly "ambient" or non-positional, be sure to pass the constant ATTN_NONE (or 0.0) to PlaySound's optional "Atenuation" (sic) parameter. For example:

PlaySound('Wind', CHAN_VOICE, 0.5, ATTN_NONE);

Is that what you mean?

I mean, how I use those things on map - how to configure them, how to make them play. I am doing something wrong, they either play once, either not play at all.

maybe it is the Wait command in the states block, try changing it to Loop?

Ohhh. My problem does not have anything related to code. I am designing a map. There are Sound things available in thing types list. I am speaking about them.

[quote="Crimson Wizard":1kxrdiex]Ohhh. My problem does not have anything related to code. I am designing a map. There are Sound things available in thing types list. I am speaking about them. I see what you mean, just tried it myself and sound things don't seem to make any noise =/ I'm curious to hear what you find out about this.

Hmm.. couldn't this be a bug then? <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

Well, let me rephrase that... Sound things in my maps don't work, but the sound things in hexen.wad seem to work fine. So we are probably doing something wrong... =/

Hey, CW, I got the wind sound to work. Turned out i was using the wrong type number for the thing (should be 1410 for wind sound) <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" title="Embarassed" /><!-- s:oops: --> So, ambient sounds seem to work OK for me...

Place the things on the map, assign them a tag number and create an ACS script that determines which are "activated" with a delay between activations <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->, if you need examples, check the original Hexen maps (which I thought you would do, heh! <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->).

Hexen has only 2 ambient sound thing types: wind and waterfall. Other sound thing types define sound played by doors, platforms etc. All other ambient sounds in Hexen are played by ACS scripts.

Oh I see. That was my mistake then. Though, what is Lava sound anyway? Was it used anywhere for doors/platforms? Do not remember that really.

It's used for lava sectors that move up or down (bubbling lava IIRC) <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->.