source entity name for ambient_generic

[UltraProAnti]

if you specify a source entity name in an ambient_generic, where the source entity begins out of earshot and then moves nearer to the player, will the sound radius set in the ambient_generic move dynamically with the source entity (i.e. relative to the origin of the source entity)?

i have a choo-choo tracktrain that starts in a separate hull and drops into the map and comes to a stop next to the player. i can't use the move sound parameter in the tracktrain (because ambient_generic allows pitch-shifting inputs - for when the train slows and stops - and tracktrain doesn't) so i'm going to tie an ambient_generic to it instead

this may seem like a dumb question, but i have a vague recollection of this not working, or maybe i'm totally wrong and it works fine

 

[-Psy-]

Parent it to an object and it shall move with it.

 

[UltraProAnti]

ambient_generics can't be parented

 

[Unarmed]

I think the source sound should do the trick..

Its just parenting but with a different name.

If not then maybe using logic_measuremovement will do the trick.

 

[UltraProAnti]

ok, it worked fine, but my god you have to make the sound radius something ridiculous to make an ambient_generic audible from anything further than a few e-metres away

meanwhile the tracktrain's move sound is so loud you can hear it even when the tracktrain spawns in its own hull outside the main hull...

 

[Unarmed]

haha.. may be... but that can all be adjusted right?

I mean, the ambient generics have a max audiable distance key and a volume key so you can mix them as much as you like. And trains can be told to be silent right?

 

[UltraProAnti]

doh!

on closer inspection, the moving sound of the tracktrain can be pitch-shifted after all. it just wasn't clear from the entity window, but i checked out the sdk developer docs and there it was. now all i need to do is make sure the train isn't deafening...

now, see, if raeven0 were still around, he'd have pointed this out days ago..

 

[Unarmed]

Raeven0 is off to be one of those long-bearded men on mountains that know everything. Should one really need his help you must do more then a simple post.

 

[UltraProAnti]

ommmmmmmmmm

 

[Unarmed]

ommmmmmmmmm

indeed