Hi, I'm trying to loop a .wav file for my map, but it's not working. Here are my triggers:

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Always();

Actions:
Set Switch("Switch1", clear);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch1", not set);

Actions:
Play WAV("staredit\\wav\\pain.wav", 0);
Set Deaths("Player 9", "Gantrithor (Carrier)", Set To, 0);
Set Switch("Switch1", set);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch1", set);

Actions:
Set Deaths("Player 9", "Gantrithor (Carrier)", Set To, 200);
Wait(9266);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Deaths("Player 9", "Gantrithor (Carrier)", Exactly, 200);

Actions:
Set Switch("Switch1", clear);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Thank you for your help in advance.

What the hell? I'm not completely getting the purpose of those triggers, but the first one does nothing and P9 deaths can't be set.
Use one of P1-8 and an unused unit like neutral - neutral - cantina.

Also you making it too complicated.
All you need is 1 trigger:

All Players
C: Switch 1 is cleared
A: play wav
A: wait(9266)
A: Preserve

Optionally you can add another trigger that controls the switch. A set switch means music off.

Sorry, first time using Death count triggers.

I fixed it to this, so it plays it once, but it doesn't loop.
Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Always();

Actions:
Set Switch("Switch1", set);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch1", set);

Actions:
Play WAV("staredit\\wav\\pain.wav", 0);
Set Switch("Switch1", clear);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch1", not set);

Actions:
Wait(9266);
Set Switch("Switch1", set);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Can you post the map?

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Oct 12 2010, 12:14 pm by DevliN. Reason: Mineral abuse.

Why don't you do what I recommend? Is there any reason you need it that complicated?

http://www.staredit.net/files/1987/
Copy this.

That will only play it for Player 1 (or the first player). The off-state of the switch will make it not run for all players after that.

Using waits like that causes wait blocks as well. Use hyper triggers. Then, multiply the number of seconds in your WAV by the fraction 250/21, and round up. That's the number of deaths you want for your WAV if you add 1 death to it every turn.

Since WAV playing is single-player, you should just use an unused death count for Current Player. Never use global variables like switches for single player actions unless you know what you are doing.

Why do you need the switch? Just have the sound play when you have 0 deaths of whatever DC and set the DC to however long the sound is and constantly subtract 1 DC.

@NudeRaider: I didn't use it because I realized my Hyper Triggers would cause wait blocks.
@Azrael.Wrath: I got it to work! Here's my code:

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Always();

Actions:
Set Deaths("Player 8", "Cantina", Subtract, 1);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Deaths("Player 8", "Cantina", Exactly, 0);

Actions:
Set Deaths("Player 8", "Cantina", Set To, 111);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Deaths("Player 8", "Cantina", At most, 1);

Actions:
Play WAV("staredit\\wav\\pain.wav", 0);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

@rockz: The example is too confusing, but thank you nevertheless.
@Aristocrat: Thanks to you and http://forums.starcraft.org/showthread.php?t=37246, I got it to work. Thank you very very much.
@samsizzle: That's what I did, except I used a P15 Scarab on the map so it went really fast. I had to do some reading to figure out what I was doing wrong.

That's going to bug up real quick.

Change the first 2 triggers to be owned by player 8.

When P8 is a computer player, then let him own the hyper triggers. It will still be in effect for every player.

Yeah, you have the trigger owned by All Players, so when you are testing alone All Players is only 1 Player and thus after 111 trigger loops you hit 111 death counts.
But when more players come into play they will all add to the dc too so it'll hit 111 much faster.

What? Does this mean that the P15 scarab trick makes the trigger loop faster? are you freakin kidding me?

No, trigger loops are still happening at 250/21 times per second.

You can get the play wav to work by using "Current Player" for the DCs. Using P8 DCs and triggers actually do not work the way you described it.

You can use "All Players" if you change "Player 8" to "Current Player," which is what you'd want to do if you have 8 player slots.

@samizzle: No, I'm not kidding you. I assumed wrongly. That's all.
@NudeRaider and Azrael: It's going to be an 8 player game but I've been testing it out with P8 as computer.

Thank you all. The music loops fine now, but it doesn't start right away. Any suggestions?

move the bottom trigger up one.

Seriously, just do something like this. It works in 8 players, it takes only two triggers, and it cannot possibly get any simpler for a non-waitblocking mechanism.



Obviously, replace the WAV name with yours and the set deaths number to (the number of seconds your WAV) times 250/21, rounded up.

I recommend adding the following condition so each player can switch off the music at will.
Easiest implementation is:
- A civ walks to a beacon which sets 'Mining Platform' to 15000 (or any number >= 1301) for music off
- and another beacon which sets 'Mining Platform' to 0 for music on.