Play audio file more than once

[Jade_Monkey]

Hi everyone,

 

I had a nice idea for a mission but im a little stuck. It involves playing one or two audio files more than once.

 

I havent had any luck with this so far.

 

I tried looping the MCUs and also creating many MCUs that use the same audio file.

 

So far none seem to work after playing each audio file once.

 

Has someone had any luck with this?

 

Or is it a limitation of the game engine/ME?

 

Thanks in advance

[JimTM]

Hi Jade_Monkey,

 

Here's a design that should work for you:

 

 

------>------0s (timer)------>------Play Sound (media translator)

              |

              |

              V

              |

              |

             Wait-------------->------Stop Media (media translator)

             for

             Sound

             (timer)

 

Once the sound finishes, you should be able to retrigger the logic above.

 

Set "Wait for Sound" timer to slightly more than the length of your sound.

 

Set the media type for "Stop Media" to...Stop Media!  :-)

 

FYI, during my testing, I discovered that the "OnMediaStopped" event message from the media translator was not being generated when the media stopped, so that precluded another design that I had.

[Jade_Monkey]

Hi Jade_Monkey,

 

Here's a design that should work for you:

 

 

------>------0s (timer)------>------Play Sound (media translator)

|

|

V

|

|

Wait-------------->------Stop Media (media translator)

for

Sound

(timer)

 

Once the sound finishes, you should be able to retrigger the logic above.

 

Set "Wait for Sound" timer to slightly more than the length of your sound.

 

Set the media type for "Stop Media" to...Stop Media! :-)

 

FYI, during my testing, I discovered that the "OnMediaStopped" event message from the media translator was not being generated when the media stopped, so that precluded another design that I had.

Thank you! I'll test tonight.

 

Yes i noticed that the event doesnt work, at least the way i hoped.

 

Thanks again!

[JimTM]

Here's a revised design that eliminates the need to wait for the sound before re-triggering:

 

------>------0s (timer)------>------Stop Media (media translator)

              |

              |

              V

              |

              |

             2s-------------->---------Play Sound (media translator)

           (timer)

 

I just flipped the media translators and changed the wait timer to a 2s timer. If you re-trigger before your sound finishes, it is cut off and replayed.

 

Note: The "Stop Media" translator in both designs will stop ALL running media in the mission.

Edited February 14, 2016 by JimTM

[Jade_Monkey]

Thanks again!

 

The stop media did the trick.

[JimTM]

You're welcome JM.

[TP_Jacko]

I hope to one day surprise my squad mates with a recoding of my voice barking out commands in a poor German or Russian accent in a mission I made

[JimTM]

I hope to one day surprise my squad mates with a recoding of my voice barking out commands in a poor German or Russian accent in a mission I made

 

Or just barking. Now where is that "dogs barking in village" file? 

Edited December 4, 2015 by JimTM

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