PlaySFX3D

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This function plays a sound in the GTA world from GTA's big sound containers.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Note: There is a tool available which allows you to find bank and sound IDs easily: [sfxBrowser:Download]
Dialog-warning.png Warning: Many players use versions of GTA:SA (especially pirated versions) that have audio files full of zeros so that they can compresses better in their AUDIO\SFX\ folder. (They lack any data)

In case of these invalid audio files, this function returns false

Syntax

element playSFX3D ( string containerName, int bankId, int soundId, float x, float y, float z [, bool looped = false ] )

Required Arguments

  • containerName: The name of the audio container. Possible values are: "feet", "genrl", "pain_a", "script", "spc_ea", "spc_fa", "spc_ga", spc_na", "spc_pa"
  • bankId: The audio bank id
  • soundId: The sound id within the audio bank
  • x: A floating point number representing the X coordinate on the map.
  • y: A floating point number representing the Y coordinate on the map.
  • z: A floating point number representing the Z coordinate on the map.

Optional Arguments

  • looped: A boolean representing whether the sound will be looped

Returns

Returns a sound element if the sound was successfully created, false otherwise.

Example

The following example plays a fire alarm sound near you (looped).

local x, y, z = getElementPosition(localPlayer)
if not playSFX3D("script", 7, 1, x + 10, y, z, true) then
    outputChatBox("You have to install some missing audio files to hear the sound")
end

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