play sound ex

Overview

Plays a sound on the target entity with some expanded functionality compared to a more simple play sound. For example, play sound ex can automatically check whether an NPC is alive, and can be interrupted when the NPC dies, or it can forbid the sound from being played, if the NPC is already dead.

Inputs

activate	Starts playing the sound.
deactivate	Stops playing the sound.

Outputs

start	Fires an event when a sound starts playing.
finish	Fires an event when a sound finishes playing.

Refs

target	The object that you want to play the sound with.
interest target	It may be linked to what/whom the group and the speaker should be looking at while the phrase is being spoken (i.e. who or what should the speaker be talking to).
npc dead	The ref will be activated and the sound won't start, if "Check NPC Is Alive" is checked and the NPC is dead at the moment when the sound starts.

Properties

Option	Description
Sound Name	The field for choosing the sound.
Volume	The basic volume sound. Not recommended to change this. It is better to change the sound preset in the Sound Editor.
Sound Filter	Allows you to play the sound through a certain filter. For example, if you choose the "Gasmask" filter, the sound will play as though you're hearing it through a gasmask. Filters: None Gasmask Radio Horn Speaker Intercom Closed Door Through Water.
Sound Bus	Assigns the sound to a chosen sound bus. You can adjust the volume of each sound bus individually using the \engine\volume action. This is useful for when you want to dynamically change the volume of certain sound types over others.
Preview	Play – plays the sound. Stop – stops playing the sound.
Instant?	Does the position of the sound update? If the source is moving, the property must be enabled.
Looped?	Loop the sound.
Enable SlowMo	The influence of slow motion on the sound (true/false).
Check Gasmask	This detects whether the player has their mask equipped and applies the “gasmask” filter to the sound. This can include things like pain sounds, breathing, etc.
Play on Gamepad	Plays the sound through the PS4 gamepad.
AI Sound Type	How does the AI react to this sound?
Stop Interval	After receiving the stop playback command, the number of seconds of delay before the sound stops.
Start Interval	Similarly, the Stop Interval is applied when the sound starts.
End Callback Offset	Will force finish (in seconds from the end).
Play as Music	Playing sound like music. The music settings (e.g. volume, a game in the menu) will apply here.
Importance	The system of queues and priorities. Priorities for automatic sorting for NPCs: plot – interrupts any current "play_sound" on the NPC with any type, except sounds with the same type. general – interrupts sounds with the same type and the type below. Can be interrupted by itself and plot sounds. trifling – are interrupted by all types and can be interrupted by themselves.
Falloff	Time of the falloff sound that interrupts.
Queueing	The sound is sent to the queue for playback after the current sound has finished.
Auto Interest	Enables the auto interest system for the current block (target ref interest target).
Check NPC Is Alive	If enabled, the sound will play only if the target NPC is alive.
Queue Delay	The delay before playing the sound from the queue. Inside the queue, the sounds are sorted by Importance.
Third Person	We have composite sounds, one sound that contains multiple items (sound or other composites), and in the beginning we select up to eight sounds that will start. And we select the items to play only if the play params and item params match.
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Exodus SDK