Scripting an on/off radio

[TheGreatCthulhu]

Wouldn't it also be necessary to increment/decrement the Radio variable in the case that the radio sound was to be toggled? Unless I had misinterpreted and this is not what the OP specified.

Yyy, you're right
In the case of the code above, it would be:

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if(GetLocalVarInt("Radio") == 0)   // 0 means "currently off" - so turn it on
{
    PlaySoundAtEntity("id.sound.radio", "radio.snt", "radioarea", 0.0, false);  // 0.0 - fade in time
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 1);   // set it to "currently on"
} 
else  // local var "Radio" is 1, that is: "currently on" - so turn it off
{
    StopSound("id.sound.radio", 0.5f); //Change 0.5f to how long you want the sound to fade out.
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 0);   // set it to "currently off"
} 


Also, the way the code is setup, it should start with:

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void OnStart()
{
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 0);   // 0 instead of 1
    // etc... 


[Daemian]

there's really no way for the script to detect a click on an inventory item. So, I guess you'd have to work something out using those.

That's what i didn't want to hear.
I just wanted the player to use the cellphone to stop the music.
I'm not giving up, i'm having it done somehow. hehe.

[Kalidus]

Wouldn't it also be necessary to increment/decrement the Radio variable in the case that the radio sound was to be toggled? Unless I had misinterpreted and this is not what the OP specified.

Yyy, you're right
In the case of the code above, it would be:

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if(GetLocalVarInt("Radio") == 0)   // 0 means "currently off" - so turn it on
{
    PlaySoundAtEntity("id.sound.radio", "radio.snt", "radioarea", 0.0, false);  // 0.0 - fade in time
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 1);   // set it to "currently on"
} 
else  // local var "Radio" is 1, that is: "currently on" - so turn it off
{
    StopSound("id.sound.radio", 0.5f); //Change 0.5f to how long you want the sound to fade out.
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 0);   // set it to "currently off"
} 


Also, the way the code is setup, it should start with:

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void OnStart()
{
    SetLocalVarInt("Radio", 0);   // 0 instead of 1
    // etc... 


Awesome, that last code did the trick and it now works as intended!

Thanks a lot guys, you will get a place in the credits at the end of my mod.

[TheGreatCthulhu]

@Amn: You know what you could try? You could create one huge script area that encompasses entire level, and then add a use item callback on that - if it's possible to do when you're standing inside the script area itself (didn't test). The player experience would be: use the cellphone to interact with "the air". If it's possible, than it would work out rather nicely, for what you want to do, I think.

[Daemian]

@Amn: You know what you could try? You could create one huge script area that encompasses entire level, and then add a use item callback on that - if it's possible to do when you're standing inside the script area itself (didn't test). The player experience would be: use the cellphone to interact with "the air". If it's possible, than it would work out rather nicely, for what you want to do, I think.

Good idea. But even if that worked, how could the player still interact with other things having that permanent area around?
I'll test it out in a sec.

edit2: didn't work very well. You can use the item "with the air" but in this area you can't pick up items or interact with things. So, not good. But i won't give up.