Loop sound on touch - Stop sound on touch

Hello,

This script i wrote (put together, me no good scripter)is playing 1 sound on touch from content of 1 object that changes color during a float time. So far i figured it out (see script below).

My problem is I want to play sound on touch and loop the sound endless, and stop it when the button is touched again.
Also the color has to change back only when the button is touched again.

I treid to put llLoopSound() into the script together with llStopSound(), but i did not get it right, got errors all the time saving it.

Another (not so big) issue is : I have 16 buttons (16prims), all linked, all have different sounds in it and so far it works good with the script below.
But I like to preLoad the sounds all in one time touching one other button, like an ON/OFF button... is that possible?

And the volume problem? I like to send the sounds all over my parcel instead of a few meters. I read it was not possible, but is there some new info about?

Thanks in advance,
Billy Trenton


SCRIPT:


float length = 3.8;
vector off = < 1., 1., 1.>;
vector on = < 1., 0., 0.>;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llPreloadSound( "Synth 001" );
llSetColor(off, ALL_SIDES);
}

touch_start( integer total_num )
{
llPlaySound( "Synth 001", 1.0 );
llSetColor(on, ALL_SIDES);
llSleep(length);
llSetColor(off, ALL_SIDES);
}
}

Try llLoopSound()

And pair it with llStopSound()

First...just for future reference...enclosing your code in [ php ] and [ /php ] (without the spaces) tags helps us all to read it more easily.

float length = 3.8;
vector off = < 1., 1., 1.>;
vector on = < 1., 0., 0.>;

integer on;

default
{
   state_entry()
   {
      llPreloadSound( "Synth 001" );
      llSetColor(off, ALL_SIDES);
   }

   touch_start( integer total_num )
   {
      if(on != TRUE)
      {
         llLoopSound( "Synth 001", 1.0 );
         llSetColor(on, ALL_SIDES);
         on = TRUE;
      }
      else
      {
         llStopSound();  // I did NOT check this function, just threw it in.  Don't know if arguments are needed inside the parens.
         llSetColor(off, ALL_SIDES);
         on = FALSE;
      }
   }
}

By the way...anyone know factually if the method of declaring a variable opposite by:

on = !on

works in SL?

I've been having trouble with sound lately.... but if you're getting compile errors, make sure your "Synth 01" sound is actually stored in the contents of the prim with the script first.


There is an llTriggerSoundLimited() which is SUPPOSED to define a box in which the sound can be heard, but I only hear sounds if my avatar AND my camera are really close to the prim emitting the sound.

My whiny bitter opinion is that linden lab decided sound is a griefer tool and they've handicapped it tremendously. I would dearly like to be proven wrong.

I wouldn't doubt you...and...in fact...I have been in SL with my sound off since...oh...the first 2 weeks of my membership back in 05. See...there are these things called gestures...and they emit sounds...and OMG is it annoying...

Yep, llStopSound should work without parameters.

I wonder about your 'on' definition, though? I have no idea whether it's better to use vectors for such things, but - as an admittedly poor scripter - I tend to use either a string or an integer for bitwise params.

Have you tried it with "on" as a string to be checked?


Well ... it does if it's a string

Cherry

Thanks Kenn, script is running cool.
I had to change the integer (on) name cause it gives an error on the vector (on) name.
But after that it works great.

Thanks all for feedback.

And about the volume thing we have to wait till Linden give other options, .
And about the preload all thing, i just click them all one time when starting, hehehe.
Cheers...
Greetz Billy.

Whoops...I didn't even catch that there was a vector called on...hah...shows how smart I can be sometimes. Yea...can't double-declare a variable name. Sorry about that, but glad you got the script working.

No problem Kenn, keeps me sharp , but i use this options now in different script to stop and start things very handy.

Now i try to figure out how to trigger with a object ... another object, so it goes turning and stop. Is it possible ?

Greetz, Billy

Objects cannot "touch" other objects, they can only collide with them. So if you require that another object trigger the system in the same manner use a collision_start event instead of a touch. The code will be identical.

If your obejcts are stationary, i.e. will never collide, then you could switch to chat activation using a listen.

Can somebody post the corrected version of this script because I dont have a clue how to fix it

Ooo! A necropost.

The only thing keeping this one from working, I think, is that the scripter has used the variable "on" to mean two different things, so they collide with each other. You'll notice that post #6 made the same observation. It ought to work OK if you just give the integer variable a new name, like "switch." Be sure that you rename it in the three places where it's used in the body of the script, as well as in the type declaration at the top and you should be fine. I think.

ok, I think I got it figured out after a little trial and error. it took me awhile since I am no scripter, but i don't get any error messages when I save the script now, so i think its good now. thanks very much for the prompt reply.

I thought I had it figured out, but it only works if I click on the prim that the script is in...how do I make it work for a multi prim object?

If the prims are linked, touching any prim in the linkset should have the same effect as touching the prim with the script in it.

EDIT: It occurs to me that you might be asking how to make the color of ALL prims in the linkset change when you click on any prim in the linkset. If that's the case, just replace the two llSetColor statements in the script with llSetLinkColor statements that look like ....

llSetLinkColor(LINK_SET, on,ALL_SIDES); 

and

llSetLinkColor(LINK_SET,off,ALL_SIDES);

I dont want it to change colors, but no it doesnt work when i click on any prim, it only works when i click on the one prim that the script and sound file is in

Then the prims must not be linked. There's no other reason why you shouldn't be able to touch any prim to make it work. You did link them, didn't you?

Yes, of course. I thought of a work around to my problem. I can just put the fire inside a bigger invisible cube and link them so that the cube is the root prim, then I can click anywhere on it and the flame will start/stop and the sound will start/stop simultaneously.

and actually the line:

if(on != TRUE)

also works as

if(!on)

and yes:

on = !on

works to make it opposite

Flame? What flame? This script doesn't have anything to do with a flame. All it does is turn sound on and off and change the color of the prim it's in. If you have a flame, it's being controlled by a particle script somewhere, not by this script.

maybe this script is so hot it burns those prims