"cd play XX" when you die

[dr_mabuse]

Hey there,

I want my MOD playing an MP3 when you die in the singleplayer, not in multiplayer...
Can i do this via QuakeC or do i need to mod the engine (PSP ProQuake)?

The only music thing i have done so far is via "trigger_command" brushes on my map, and it changes the music
when you enter a different area.

[Spirit]

Should be easy. In player.qc's PlayerDie() (or elsewhere?) check if you are in a multiplayer game and if not, stuffcmd the "cd play XX".

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if (!(deathmatch || coop))
      stuffcmd (self, "cd play 123\n");



If that works I shall from now on be called Spirit of QC.

[dr_mabuse]

thanks i will try it and tell you if it works

[Max_Salivan]

mmm without cd

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void() DeathSound =
{
   local float      rs;

   // water death sounds
   if (self.waterlevel == 3)
   {
      DeathBubbles(20);

      sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "player/h2odeath.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
      return;
   }
   if (self.invisible_finished > time)
      return;

   rs = rint ((random() * 4) + 1);
   if (rs == 1)
      self.noise = "player/death1.wav";
   if (rs == 2)
      self.noise = "player/death2.wav";
   if (rs == 3)
      self.noise = "player/death3.wav";
   if (rs == 4)
      self.noise = "player/death4.wav";
   if (rs == 5)
      self.noise = "player/death5.wav";

   sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, self.noise, 1, ATTN_NORM);
   AttractNoise(400); // Attract monsters
   return;
};

[Baker]

As far as I know, the "correct" way is

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      WriteByte (MSG_ALL, SVC_CDTRACK);
      WriteByte (MSG_ALL, 2); // 2 is track number
      WriteByte (MSG_ALL, 2); // 2 is track number

Yes that WriteByte message needs to occur twice. According to the docs ...

http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/quake/Qc/qc-net.htm

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Message: Set CD Track

  WriteByte (MSG_ALL, SVC_CDTRACK);
  WriteByte (MSG_ALL, val1);        // CD start track
  WriteByte (MSG_ALL, val2);        // CD end track

The SVC_CDTRACK message takes 2 bytes so two WriteBytes must be sent. Otherwise the client will probably get some sort of fail to console with a "bad network message" of some sort.