Ambient Generic

[Piggy]

I'm sure there is a tutorial on this, but everytime I have my ambient generic play you cannot hear it unless your next to it as it starts to play. Is there a specific way it has to be done besides triggers?

[zombie@computer]

tick 'play everywhere' flag?

[Piggy]

tick 'play everywhere' flag?

Still does it play from the start of the map? I tried it before and for some reason they just would not play.

[MayheM]

Or if you do not want to it play everywhere you need to adjust the radius to be larger. I think by default it is at 256 units. You also may need to put a logic auto in there to trigger the sound "at map start" and it should play... if it is random or not looping you can making the logic auto frigger a timer that makes it randon...

[Piggy]

Ok I've placed two sounds directly next to each other, both Ambient_Generic, BOTH have flags is NOT looped and play everywhere, and large radius, neither play.

[Duke Nukem]

are you using custom sounds? and try to trigger a func_door (or sth else that you can see moving) by the ambient generic("onplaysound" or sth.), so you can see if its even turned on or not...

[Major Banter]

Are your speakers on?

You'd be surprised, seriously.

Get an ambient generic and leave all its settings alone. Use bog standard HL2 sounds, trigger them via a door as Duke Nukem says, and make sure that it plays by standing next to the ambient. Make sure it isnt imbedded in a prop or brush. If it doesn't play, then there is a significant problem.

If it does, then we'll carry on from there

[tron00]

Ok I've placed two sounds directly next to each other, both Ambient_Generic, BOTH have flags is NOT looped and play everywhere, and large radius, neither play.

Did you do the snd_rebuildaudiocache thing?

tron00