ambient_generic

I'm having alot of trouble getting a ambient generic working in my map. It just doesn't play and i've done everything to get it working. I need some help please.

i have the exact same problem. i REALLY want to add backround music, but it didn't work. everything was set to what it was sopposed to be set for, but still didn't work.

Make sure you include file extensions in the WAV name field. For example: ambience/screammachine.wav[color=white].[/color]

Also tick one of the Radius flags.

um, i allready did that.

OMG, why the hell do so many people have problems with the ambient generic, its so simple.

@gears_of.....: I TOLD YOU I WOULD HELP YOU ON MSN, I WAS ON YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!

Now, you to people, can you post the name of the sound that you are wanting to add, it could be a looped sound, just post the name, and tell me if it's custom.

Now, this is what settings you should have in your ambient_generic:

Class Info

name:sound
wave name: we will get to that later
volume: 10

Flags

Playeverywhere is ticked
start silent is ticked.

Now make a trigger auto with the following settings:

target:sound
deley before trigger:1

Now I am using a different fgd/engine for my mapping, but there is some setting called trigger to send, or global state to read or something, its in the class info, you need to set that setting to "on", not "off", that is its defult value. I have no idea about that flag settings, use your instinct.

Now about the wave name in the ambient generic. Here are some examples of where the sound is and what I would type into for wave name(btw, always use froward //// slash) : The left is where the sound is, the right iw what you need to type in on the ambient generic

c:/sierra/half-life/valve/sound/ambience/sound.wav :: ambience/sound.wav
c:/sierra/half-life/valve/sound/hello.wav :: sound.wav
c:/sierra/half-life/yourmod/sound/ambience/boo.wav :: ambience/boo.wav
c:/sierra/half-life/yourmod/sound/crap.wav :: crap.wav

Use this as a guide when adding your sound. Both of you guys make the exact same setup, but ofcourse use the sound that you want to be played, now as soon as you spawn in the map that you did this in, there will be a 1 second deley than you will hear the sound. I want you both to post back here and tell me if you heard the sound when you did this.

Now as a quiz to you both, if my sound is in : c:/sierra/half-life/valve/sound/bang/explosionsound2.wav what would I type into my ambient generic? The first on to awnser is the best, and the other one is the sucker, this quiz is only for gears of war man and half-lifedude, not for anybody else :razz:

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i,ve already done everything you guys have said and none of aaron da killers hints work the sound is still not working :sad:

If it's a sound file you've added, you have to match up it's location in the Half-Life Folder (and/or subfolders) to the game directory or the mod directory and the sub-folder under that (and where you're sound file is kept) has to be called "sound".



C:\Sierra\Half-Life\Valve - game directory

C:\Sierra\Half-Life\Mod - mod directory

C:\Sierra\Half-Life\Valve\sound\ambience\screammachine.wav - typing ambience\screammachine.wav in the [color=limegreen]ambient_generic entity will allow it to play this sound.[/color]

C:\Sierra\Half-Life\Mod\sound\ambience\customsound.wav - typing ambience\customsound.wav in the [color=limegreen]ambient_generic entity will allow it to play this sound but only works for that mod.[/color]

Ok, fixed gears_of_war_mans problem. He frickin got the sound from another game, it was a stereo sound. People, half-life's sounds need to be in a certain format, and have to be mono so that you can at least hear them.

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