[dilalmon]

How does one play multiple sound files at once?
Because it's CS:GO, I'm using the "*" trick on EmitSound.

It looks like when I try to play the next sound file, the previous file cuts off. They all use these settings:

                 entity = SOUND_FROM_PLAYER, 
                 channel = SNDCHAN_AUTO, 
                 level = SNDLEVEL_NORMAL, 
                 flags = SND_NOFLAGS, 
                 Float:volume = SNDVOL_NORMAL, 
                 pitch = SNDPITCH_NORMAL,

[dilalmon]

Is this not possible with plugins?

[RedSword]

I ran on a similar problem a long time ago and I believe I just toyed around with different channels.

I believe there is either one channel that allows more than 1 sound at a time or you should use two channels, they shouldn't conflict with each other.

Sorry for the incertitude,

Red

[dilalmon]

That's a little bit of light of hope.
Can you remember what channel it was?

If I were to use multiple channels, where can I find EMPTY ones?

[RedSword]

I can't remember anything for certain.

It might have been that I wasn't using any EmitSound, but rather

ClientCommand(client, "play *%s", sample);

nop

Red

EDIT : Ugh, just tested the above in my CSGO client (with no plugins); 1 sound max at a time :/

[dilalmon]

Shame. Are there any channels we can use as plugin devleopers?

[hleV]

PHP Code:

enum
{
    SNDCHAN_REPLACE = -1,        /**< Unknown */
    SNDCHAN_AUTO = 0,            /**< Auto */
    SNDCHAN_WEAPON = 1,            /**< Weapons */
    SNDCHAN_VOICE = 2,            /**< Voices */
    SNDCHAN_ITEM = 3,            /**< Items */
    SNDCHAN_BODY = 4,            /**< Player? */
    SNDCHAN_STREAM = 5,            /**< "Stream channel from the static or dynamic area" */
    SNDCHAN_STATIC = 6,            /**< "Stream channel from the static area" */
    SNDCHAN_VOICE_BASE = 7,        /**< "Channel for network voice data" */
    SNDCHAN_USER_BASE = 135        /**< Anything >= this is allocated to game code */
}; 


I am not sure if channel values (8 - 134) and (136 - ?) are usable and can't test right now, but you may want to give them a try. Basically each sound you want to play simultaneously should be emited (using Emit* functions) using different channel. I'm not sure how command "play" works and whether it uses any channel. You may want to try and mix "play" and Emit* if you're short on channels.

[Powerlord]

I was under the impression that you can use any channel you wish. I believe channel number is a byte, so values 1-255 should be valid.

However, do note that Source SDK 2013 games bump both SNDCHAN_VOICE_BASE and SNDCHAN_USER_BASE up by 1 each, as they add an additional channel as a second voice channel in position 7 (used by TF2's announcer).

I wouldn't be surprised if CS:S and CS:GO use this for radio voices.