TF2: Playing announcer sounds

Mike_BoG · **Author**

Hi,

How would I go on playing the sounds "Success!, Good job" And all those sounds with SourceMod? Please post an example, like what events i need to hook and all that if its even possible.

Powerlord · *Last edited by Powerlord; 09-09-2011 at 14:38.*

Playing the sounds is easy. You'll need to PrecacheSound in OnMapStart or OnConfigsExecuted if reading from a config file and then EmitSoundToClient or EmitSoundToAll when the voice should be played (however, you haven't said when that is).

The files themselves are located in sound/vo/announcer_* including some currently unused ones.

For instance, if I wanted to play "Success!" to a player when they kill someone (and note that this is an extremely simplified version that doesn't detect multiple kills at the same time or anything else that could cause problems):

PHP Code:


			
// Emit TF2 Success! sound when someone gets a kill

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools_sound>

#define SUCCESS "vo/announcer_success.wav"
public Plugin:myinfo = 
{
    name = "Success",
    author = "Powerlord",
    description = "Play Announcer Success message to a player when they get a kill",
    version = "1.0",
    url = "<- URL ->"
}

public OnPluginStart()
{
    HookEvent("player_death", KillEventHandler);
}

public OnMapStart()
{
    PrecacheSound(SUCCESS);
}

public KillEventHandler(Handle:event, const String:name[], bool:dontBroadcast)
{
    new client = GetClientOfUserId(GetEventInt(event, "attacker"));
    if (IsClientInGame(client))
    {
        EmitSoundToClient(client, SUCCESS);
    }
}

Note: This code is untested... I just know that it compiles.

Mike_BoG · *Last edited by Mike_BoG; 09-09-2011 at 14:46.*

Hi. Aha, so the precaching must happen at mapstart, that can be one of the reason my script didn't work. Thanks for the explanation

Edit: How would I go on creating the sound when e.g test_command is triggered?

Code:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools_sound>

#define SUCCESS "vo/announcer_success.wav"

public OnPluginStart()
{
	RegServerCmd("test_command", Command_Test)
}

public OnMapStart()
{
    PrecacheSound(SUCCESS);
}

public Action:Command_Test(args)
{
    EmitSoundToAll(SUCCESS);
}

I hate being noob :s

Powerlord · 09-09-2011 , 14:57 Re: TF2: Playing announcer sounds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_BoG

Hi. Aha, so the precaching must happen at mapstart, that can be one of the reason my script didn't work. Thanks for the explanation

Edit: How would I go on creating the sound when e.g test_command is triggered?

Code:

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools_sound>

#define SUCCESS "vo/announcer_success.wav"

public OnPluginStart()
{
    RegServerCmd("test_command", Command_Test)
}

public OnMapStart()
{
    PrecacheSound(SUCCESS);
}

public Action:Command_Test(args)
{
    EmitSoundToAll(SUCCESS);
}

I hate being noob :s

RegServerCmd only adds a command that's accessed from the server console. If you want one any user can run via /test_command or !test_command, you'll need RegConsoleCmd (yes, Console Commands are chat commands, while Server Commands are console only...)

Alternatively, there is also RegAdminCmd which takes more arguments, but restricts it to admins with specific flags (including the reserved slot flag).

Other than that, it looks right.

Mike_BoG · *Last edited by Mike_BoG; 09-09-2011 at 15:09.*

Aha, does my code look okay by the way? Also, what program do you use to code? Notepad ++?

Edit: Got a error when i changed it to RegConsoleCmd. function prototypes does not match.

Edit2: Figured it out. It needs the same parameters as the Admin cmd.

FlaminSarge · 09-09-2011 , 17:28 Re: TF2: Playing announcer sounds

If you're just looking to play sounds on command, you can use the stock sourcemod sounds.smx plugin. sm_play <target> "soundfile"