PlaySound - Queue

['LinKin]

Hello,

I'm using playSound function. So it plays a sound when something happens in game, but, there exists the possibility that 2 events are triggered with a veery small difference of time, so I think that the sounds would mix up. Meaning that the player will not hear clearly.

How could I avoid this?

Like, just when it finishes playing the first sound, it starts to play the other one.

Thanks.

[Citizen]

Try this:

local soundQueue = {} 
local currentSound 
local canPlay = true 
  
function playLatentSound( path ) 
    if not path or type( path ) ~= "string" then return end 
    local snd = playSound( path ) 
    if not canPlay then 
        setSoundPaused( snd, true ) 
        table.insert( soundQueue, snd ) 
    else 
        currentSound = snd 
        canPlay = false 
    end 
end 
  
function whenSoundStops ( ) 
    if source ~= currentSound or #soundQueue < 1 then return end 
    local nextSnd = soundQueue[1] 
    if nextSnd and getElementType( nextSnd ) == "sound" then 
        setSoundPaused( nextSnd, false ) 
        table.remove( soundQueue, 1 ) 
        currentSound = nextSound 
    else 
        canPlay = true 
    end        
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientSoundStop", root, whenSoundStops) 

Use playSoundLatent instead of playSound.

Note that this system obviously won't support the looped argument.

(I wrote everything from my phone. Took me a lot of time but I hope it will work.)

I just got another idea if you need to prevent the sound mixing for all sounds (even those that are coming from other resources.

['LinKin]

Thanks. Got the idea but look.

This is the event to use, and it's only from 1.4 ONWARDS.

onClientSoundStopping

Hmm, I will try another way. I will tell you if it works

Edited March 13, 2014 by Guest

[Castillo]

The wiki is wrong, the event "onClientSoundStopped" is available on MTA 1.3.5, I just tested.

['LinKin]

Oh well, Ok

But I've done it this way: And I think it's pretty the same..

  
addEventHandler("onClientElementDestroy", root, 
function() 
    if source == currentSound then 
        canPlay = true 
        if #soundQueue >= 1 then  
            local nextSnd = soundQueue[1] 
            if nextSnd and getElementType( nextSnd ) == "sound" then 
                setSoundPaused( nextSnd, false ) 
                table.remove( soundQueue, 1 ) 
                currentSound = nextSnd 
            end          
        end 
    end 
end) 
  

Took it from here: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 3&p=398931