Problems with a simple sound loop

I uploaded a 7 second sound clip for a sim I'm building.

I'm a beginner scripting but had a basic goal.

I want this sound to repeat in a loop, run around 60 seconds then stop.

Its an Alert klaxon for a Battlestar

I created aprim box and stuck the sound inside.

then a script to play it.

Here are my tries:

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSay(0, "Action Stations! Action Stations! Set Conition 1 throughout the ship!";
}

touch_start(integer total_number)
{
llSay(0, "Action Stations! Action Stations! Set Conition 1 throughout the ship!";
llSay(0, "All pilots report to the launch bay.";
integer x = 0;


llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);
llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);
llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);
llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);
llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);
llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);




}
}

plays the sound once and exits.


For loop:

default
{
state_entry()
{
}


touch_start(integer total_number)
{
integer x = 0;

for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{

llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0), 1);

}
}
}

I put a write statement with a number in the for loop and it executes 10 times and then the sound plays.

Have mercy on me, I'm learning scripting the hard way.

Can someone tell me how to do this so my script controls how long the sound loops.

try llLoopSound, then start a timer which after 60 seconds (or whatever) does llStopSound.

http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llLoopSound
http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llSetTimerEvent

The reason for the current behavior is a couple of things:

- bunches of llPlaySound commands or loop routines will execute as fast as possible, they don't wait for the current sound to stop playing before trying again

- a prim can only be playing one sound at any given time


You could in theory make either script pause between iterations by inserting llSleep in there, but llLoopSound is pretty much made for this

Hope that helps some.

EDIT: ahhhh Cool Anti!!!! Don't ever play with sound and never noticed llLoopSound before. Be back in a minute with a different incarnation using it.

integer cntr;
string sound;

default {
    touch_start(integer total_number) {
        sound = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0);
		cntr = 8;
		llSay(0, "Action Stations! Action Stations! Set Condition 1 throughout the ship!");
		llSay(0, "All pilots report to the launch bay.");
		llPlaySound(sound, 1);
		llSetTimerEvent(7.0);
	}
	timer() {
		if(cntr > 0){
			llPlaySound(sound, 1);
			cntr--;
		}
		else{
			llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
		}
	}
}

This will immediately play the sound when touched and then repeat 8 more times (every 7 seconds) for a total of 63 seconds.



Much nicer:

default {
    touch_start(integer total_number) {
        string sound = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0);
        llSay(0, "Action Stations! Action Stations! Set Condition 1 throughout the ship!");
        llSay(0, "All pilots report to the launch bay.");
        llLoopSound(sound, 1);
        llSetTimerEvent(60.0);
    }
    timer() {
        llStopSound();
    }
}

wow - that's quite a relief to know, that even the cracks here don't know all commands

Heck I thought I had em all memorized. Guess I am going to have to get my print out of the wiki and put it back in the magazine rack in the bathroom again for studying.

Aww, all the points go to Jesse for providing a complete working example and, well, just being Jesse. Helpful and gracious as ever.

Glad I was able to chip in a bit. Too bad I'm not into the whole RP/family/children thing, or I'd surely tell my grandkid avatars about the time I was quicker on the trigger than Mr. Barnett with an LSL command

Ms Barnett (Don't feel bad, our hedgehog and I get that a lot!)

I still remember the one and ONLY time I had a script that run a little bit faster then one of Strife's. OMG, I was on cloud 9 for days afterwards. Must have been a combination of alignments of the planets, a fast day for me and an off day for him.

A girl after my own heart. Not just put it in the magazine rack in the bathroom but put it in the magazine rack in the bathroom _again_

Ack, sorry Jesse

Thanks for your input, I will be testing your ideas after some RL.

If anyone has tested their code thats great.

TIA I estimate a test in about 6-8 hours.