Sound and Music: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:05, 13 February 2010

This article is a hub for finding information about sound and music in Source.

ambient_generic — this is the basic entity to play a specific sound, including music
env_soundscape plays background noises (see Soundscapes)
env_soundscape_proxy Point entity that acts like a soundscape but gets all of its sound parameters from another env_soundscape entity.
env_soundscape_triggerable Point entity just like env_soundscape except that it works in conjunction with the trigger_soundscape entity to determine when a player hears it.
trigger_soundscape Brush-based soundscape trigger. Does not need outputs, as it automatically triggers the soundscape specified by its Soundscape property.
env_microphone — detects sounds
env_speaker — plays sounds based on a set of Response System rules
scripted_sentence — used to make an NPC speak an idea
logic_choreographed_scene — used for conversations and other sequences. See Category:Choreography.

Category:Sound System — how sound works in Source
Hammer Sound Browser — documents the Hammer user interface for browsing sounds
Soundscapes — background sounds in a map
Sound sensitive trigger — how to trigger an event based on the loudness
Startup Music — one way to add music to a mod's title screen (alternately, put it in a Menu Background Map)

AI sounds are not audible to the player; they are purely an AI construction. They can be placed in-map with the ai_sound entity.

To specify the set of sounds for a custom material (the noises produced in response to hits, scrapes, etc), see Material surface properties.

To play music, use Hammer Sound Browser to search for keyword music.
Many entities can have sounds assigned to them. For example, prop_door_rotating can be assigned sounds for opening, closing, swinging, being locked, and being unlocked. See the individual entities for details.

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