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by Henry Trujillo · in Technical Issues · 05/13/2006 (4:15 pm) · 4 replies

Hi I am currently trying to modify the racing demo included with the torque engine and I am trying to play a sound when a button is pressed but I can quite figure it out. I can get the sound to play when the button is pressed but unfortunately the sound plays when I press the key as well as when I let go of the key. I have the sound play in the key bind script like this:

function handbrake(%val)
{
$mvTriggerCount2++;
alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
}

Im pretty sure this is what's causing the problem but I don't know how to fix it.
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    Torque 3D Owner Sean H.
    #1
    05/13/2006 (8:42 pm)
    Put a condition:

    if(%val)

    before the code. functions that are binded to buttons get called twice, once when the button is first pressed (%val=1), and again when the button is released (%val=0).

    Henry Trujillo
    #2
    05/14/2006 (1:20 am)
    Okay I tried it a couple of different ways first like this:

    if (%val=1)
    {
    alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
    }

    then like this:

    if handbrake(%val=1)
    {
    alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
    }

    (handbrake is the name of the function by the way)

    and then like this

    if handbrake(%val=1)
    {
    alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
    }
    else

    All of them gave me still give me the same problem. Is there something Im missing? Could it be that I also put this if statement in the handbrake function.

    Torque Owner Dave D
    #3
    05/14/2006 (12:27 pm)
    This snipplet won't work
    if handbrake(%val=1) <--   "=" is an assignment operator "==" compares to equal.
{
   alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
}


    Try this.
    function handbrake(%val)
{
   if(%val)
   {
      $mvTriggerCount2++;
      alxPlay(ScoutSquealSound);
   }
}

    Henry Trujillo
    #4
    05/14/2006 (5:08 pm)
    Tried your way Dave, and it works fine. Thank you so much. You have no idea how long I have been trying to fix this. You rock!