PreloadMissionAudio

This function preloads a game sound into a specific sound slot. The sound can then be played with PlayMissionAudio.

Syntax

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Server

bool preloadMissionAudio ( player thePlayer, int sound, int slot )   

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: the player you want to play the sound for.
• sound: the int sound id to play (interpreted as unsigned short). Valid values are those from the data/AudioEvents.txt file.
• slot: int sound slot in which you preloaded the sound.

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Client

bool preloadMissionAudio ( int sound, int slot )   

Required Arguments

• sound: the int sound id to play (interpreted as unsigned short). Valid values are those from the data/AudioEvents.txt file.
• slot: int sound slot in which you preloaded the sound.

Returns

Returns true if the sound was successfully preloaded, false otherwise.

Example

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server

This example plays a sound when a player spawns

function onPlayerSpawn ( theSpawnpoint, theTeam )
    preloadMissionAudio ( source, 5000, 1 )
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( source )
    playMissionAudio ( source, 1, x, y, z )
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerSpawn", getElementRoot(), onPlayerSpawn )

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client

This example plays a sound when the server triggers the onSoundEvent client event.

function onSoundEvent ( )
    preloadMissionAudio ( source, 5000, 1 )
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( source )
    playMissionAudio ( 1, x, y, z )
end
addEvent ( "onSoundEvent" )
addEventHandler ( "onSoundEvent", getElementRoot(), onSoundEvent )

See Also

• playSoundFrontEnd