cod1-1.4: "script_origin" can't playsound()?

[kung foo man]

Sounds retarded, but this remembers me on an old bug which I had. I figured a script_origin first started to work after settings the angles.

Try:

		org = spawn("script_origin", origin);
org.angles = (0,0,0); // add this
org playsound("whizby"); // <----------- no working 
	

I used it back then for this: https://github.com/kungfooman/cod2_s...utils.gsc#L131

[lobolmart]

Sounds retarded, but this remembers me on an old bug which I had. I figured a script_origin first started to work after settings the angles.

Try:

		org = spawn("script_origin", origin);
org.angles = (0,0,0); // add this
org playsound("whizby"); // <----------- no working 
	

I used it back then for this: https://github.com/kungfooman/cod2_s...utils.gsc#L131

i saw the use of .angles for "script_origin" somewhere when googling for this issue and i have tried it already.
also changing the sound to "bomb_tick" or the "american_yes_sir" instead of "whizby", while testing angles doesn't work.

maybe a script entity only plays sounds if it's linked to a client entity. will try again later.

[lobolmart]

maybe a script entity only plays sounds if it's linked to a client entity. will try again later.

nope, this doesn't help either:
org linkto(self, "tag_helmet", (0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0));

[IzNoGoD]

why not just playsound on the client? You're playing the sound on his origin anyway...

[lobolmart]

why not just playsound on the client? You're playing the sound on his origin anyway...

i want to be able to create an entity at a arbitrary location on the map and make this entity play a sound which all nearby multiplayer clients can hear.

i.e. like the bomb in S&D.

i can hack a way to play the sound on all nearby clients, but it's going to be always at full volume and this is an ugly hack as it doesn't make much sense in the context of 3d space.

[lobolmart]

while messing about with the mg42's included in mp_carentan i was able to play a sound through them and then after more trial and error i was able to spawn() a script_model that plays a sound.
will report back, to complete this thread.

EDIT:
alright, so after days of testing my conclusion is that i can't get "script_origin" to play a sound in COD1-1.4 - i.e. this doesn't work:

		org = spawn("script_origin", somePosition);
wait someTime1;
org playSound(someSound); // even if the playSound() is in a separate thread long time after the spawn()...
wait someTime2;
... 
	

i've tried everything including different sounds, sounds aliases, wait timings, setting explicit .angles, .origin and so on.
maybe there is a way, but who knows.

"script_model" on the other hand does work as expected and there is no need to setModel(), set .angles, etc. something in the lines of this in your spawnPlayer() in tdm.gsc should do it:

		org = spawn("script_model", somePosition);
wait someTime1;
org playSound(someSound); // make sure that someTime1 is enough!
wait someTime2; 
	

the downside of course, is that "script_model" is a heavier struct than "script_origin".

i still can't figure out exactly why it didn't work in my while() loop, but i think it has to do with timings and concurrency. if i maintain a single "script_model" per spawned player and only update the origin of said model on demand, it can playSound() every time at a specific location, which is pretty much what i was looking for.

thanks for the replies and suggestions.