Difficulty overwriting sound for BrickBreakSound Datablock

[aludane]

Hello, I'm having difficulty overwriting a default sound in the game.

code:

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function SCS_NewSounds()
{
      BreakBrickSound.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
}
package Content_Dependencies {
   function BrickBreakSound::onAdd(%this)
   {
         parent::onAdd(%this);
         %this.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
   }
};
activatePackage(Content_Dependencies);

BrickBreakSound.getName() returns full path for blank.wav and the eventing gui displays the sound in playSound but when I break a brick with the hammer it's still playing the original sound. When I change the datablock name to a different one such as the default jump sound datablock it works.


I think it's wise that I add why I'm doing this. I want to remove the sound from the game. I then want to parent the killbrick function to play an exact copy of the sound but this time only when a global variable is set for it to do so. I'm doing it because I feel it will improve roleplay when you can choose when the sounds plays (such as when building, etc).

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[Subpixel]

I'm pretty sure you need to point it to the file's actual location, like %this.fileName = "Add-Ons/Server_AludanesAddon/misc/blank.wav";

[aludane]

I'm pretty sure you need to point it to the file's actual location, like %this.fileName = "Add-Ons/Server_AludanesAddon/misc/blank.wav";

using:

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filePath(expandFileName("./server.cs") @ "/sound/misc/blank.wav");

==>echo(BrickBreakSound.fileName);
Add-Ons/Server_Content_System/sound/misc/blank.wav

Sadly it didn't work when it came to hearing the file but the fileName variable was changed like before :(

[Wrapperup]

You need to parent onAdd AFTER you set file name:

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function SCS_NewSounds()
{
      BreakBrickSound.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
}
package Content_Dependencies {
   function BrickBreakSound::onAdd(%this)
   {
         %this.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
         parent::onAdd(%this);
   }
};
activatePackage(Content_Dependencies);

If you parent it before, its just going to add the normal sound, then change the var, which doesnt change the sound.

[aludane]

You need to parent onAdd AFTER you set file name:

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function SCS_NewSounds()
{
      BreakBrickSound.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
}
package Content_Dependencies {
   function BrickBreakSound::onAdd(%this)
   {
         %this.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
         parent::onAdd(%this);
   }
};
activatePackage(Content_Dependencies);

If you parent it before, its just going to add the normal sound, then change the var, which doesnt change the sound.

I tried changing the lightOnSound and it worked.

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function SCS_NewSounds()
{
    lightOnSound.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
}
SCS_NewSounds();
package Content_Dependencies {
   function lightOnSound::onAdd(%this)
   {
        %this.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
        parent::onAdd(%this);
   }
};
activatePackage(Content_Dependencies);

I replaced "lightOnSound" with "BrickBreakSound", restarted server etc didn't work

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function SCS_NewSounds()
{
    BrickBreakSound.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
}
SCS_NewSounds();
package Content_Dependencies {
   function BrickBreakSound::onAdd(%this)
   {
        %this.fileName = "./misc/blank.wav";
        parent::onAdd(%this);
   }
};
activatePackage(Content_Dependencies);

This is cursed. I feel a dark energy.

[aludane]

Sorry for the bump but I'm still trying to figure out what's going wrong and I couldn't access the forums for a couple of days.

When I replace the sound and make it read-only it's working so I'm certain that the datablock is still using the old filepath to the sound. I know in Ruby you can always inspect an object to see its internal state so is there any way I could dump some information that's inside the datablock?

[elm]

Sorry for the bump but I'm still trying to figure out what's going wrong and I couldn't access the forums for a couple of days.

When I replace the sound and make it read-only it's working so I'm certain that the datablock is still using the old filepath to the sound. I know in Ruby you can always inspect an object to see its internal state so is there any way I could dump some information that's inside the datablock?

Datablock.dump();

[aludane]

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==>BrickBreakSound.dump();
Member Fields:
  description = "AudioClose3d"
  fileName = "Add-Ons/Server_SCS/sound/misc/blank.wav"
  preload = "1"
so the fileName variable has changed but hasn't taken effect, could this be a weird case where the datablock is initalized when BL starts up causing any edits to have no effect?

[Plornt]

Then don't change the value. Why not completely make a new one?

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BrickBreakSound.save("config/sound.cs"); save it then change the variable and execute that code inside your add-on somewhere. Then of course delete the previous one