Env soundscape

Entity Description

Entity Name: env_soundscape

An entity to control sound in an area. The active soundscape at any time is the last one that had line-of-sight to the player, and was within the radius.

Keyvalues

• Targetname
• Parentname
• EnableDisable
• radius

<integer> If set to -1, then the player can hear the soundscape as long as he can see it (regardless of distance to it).

• soundscape

<string> The name of the soundscape to use. Corresponds to an entry in the soundscapes*.txt file in the scripts directory.

• • Nothing
  • Automatic
  • Automatic_Dialog
  • GenericIndoor
  • GenericOutdoor

• position0
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 0
• position1
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 1
• position2
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 2
• position3
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 3
• position4
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 4
• position5
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 5
• position6
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 6
• position7
  • <target_destination> Sound Position 7

Sound positions that will be referenced inside the soundscape text file. Usually used to position a set of sounds within the world.

Inputs

• Targetname

• Parentname

• EnableDisable

• ToggleEnabled

Toggle the soundscape enabled state.

Outputs

• Targetname
• OnPlay

Fired when this soundscape becomes the active one.

See Also

• Listing of HL2 Soundscapes - for soundscape keyvalue
• Soundscapes - describes how to define new soundscapes and has more information on the use of this entity.
• Listing of HL2 Soundscapes - a list of soundscapes available in Half-Life 2.
• ambient_generic - an entity used for playing individual sounds at specific locations, usually intentionally triggered.