Ambient generic

Entity Description

Entity Name: ambient_generic

Universal ambient sound. Use it to play and control a single sound.

Keyvalues

• Template:Kv targetname
• message

<sound> Name of the GameSound entry for the sound to play. Also supports direct .wav filenames.

• health

<integer> Sound volume, expressed as a range from 0 to 10, where 10 is the loudest.

• preset

<choices> Dynamic Preset

• None
• Huge Machine
• Big Machine
• Machine
• Slow Fade in
• Fade in
• Quick Fade in
• Slow Pulse
• Pulse
• Quick pulse
• Slow Oscillator
• Oscillator
• Quick Oscillator
• Grunge pitch
• Very low pitch
• Low pitch
• High pitch
• Very high pitch
• Screaming pitch
• Oscillate spinup/down
• Pulse spinup/down
• Random pitch
• Random pitch fast
• Incremental Spinup
• Alien
• Bizzare
• Planet X
• Haunted

• volstart

<integer> Start Volume

• fadein

<integer> Fade in time (0-100)

• fadeout

<integer> Fade out time (0-100)

• pitch

<integer> Sound pitch, expressed as a range from 1 to 255, where 100 is the sound's default pitch.

• pitchstart

<integer> Start pitch, expressed as a range from 1 to 255, where 100 is the sound's default pitch.

• spinup

<integer> Spin up time (0-100)

• spindown

<integer> Spin down time (0-100)

• lfotype

<integer> LFO type 0)off 1)sqr 2)tri 3)rnd

• lforate

<integer> LFO rate (0-1000)

• lfomodpitch

<integer> LFO mod pitch (0-100)

• lfomodvol

<integer> LFO mod vol (0-100)

• cspinup

<integer> Incremental Spinup Count

• radius

<string> Maximum distance at which this sound is audible.

• SourceEntityName

<target_destination> If an entity is specified, sound will come from this named entity instead of the location of ambient_generic.

Flags

• Play everywhere
• Start Silent
• Is NOT Looped

Inputs

• Template:I targetname

• Pitch <integer>

Sets the sound pitch, expressed as a range from 1 to 255, where 100 is the sound's default pitch.

• PlaySound

Starts the sound.

• StopSound

Stops the sound if it is playing.

• ToggleSound

Toggles the sound between playing and stopping.

• Volume <integer>

Sets the sound volume, expressed as a range from 0 to 10, where 10 is the loudest.

Outputs

• Template:O targetname

See Also

• env_soundscape - used for changing DSP settings and ambient soundscapes.