Shoot One, Shoot Two, Shoot Three

Summary

This tutorial demonstrates how to create an object that makes a different sound each time it is shot by a player.

In brief: we will encase a cube with a Trigger of type "TT_Shoot". Then we’ll add a RoundRobin that monitors the Trigger and controls three SpecialEvent actors. Each SpecialEvent plays a different sound, "One," "Two," "Three!"

Instructions

1. Create a room
2. Add a 64x64 cube somewhere on the floor in the room.

3. Add a Trigger to the map (see Actor Overview), and place it dead-center inside the cube from Step 2. Set the following properties for the Trigger:

   Trigger Properties

   Name	Value
   Events → Event	shot
   Trigger → TriggerType	TT_Shoot

4. Add a SpecialEvent anywhere in the map. Edit the following properties of the SpecialEvent:

   SpecialEvent #1 Properties

   Name	Value
   Events → Tag	one
   Object → InitialState	PlayersPlaySoundEffect
   SpecialEvent → Sound	Sound'Announcer.(All).cd1'

5. Add another SpecialEvent anywhere in the map. Edit the following properties of the new SpecialEvent:

   SpecialEvent #2 Properties

   Name	Value
   Events → Tag	two
   Object → InitialState	PlayersPlaySoundEffect
   SpecialEvent → Sound	Sound'Announcer.(All).cd2'

6. Add one more SpecialEvent anywhere in the map. Edit the following properties of this final SpecialEvent:

   SpecialEvent #3 Properties

   Name	Value
   Events → Tag	three
   Object → InitialState	PlayersPlaySoundEffect
   SpecialEvent → Sound	Sound'Announcer.(All).cd3'

7. Finally, add a RoundRobin anywhere in the map. Edit the following properties of the RoundRobin.

   RoundRobin Properties

   Name	Value
   Events → Tag	shot
   RoundRobin → bLoop	True
   RoundRobin → OutEvents → [0]	one
   RoundRobin → OutEvents → [1]	two
   RoundRobin → OutEvents → [2]	three

Now, launch the map, point your gun at the cube and fire away!

Extra: If you want to, say, have a message at one shot, three shots, and seven shots, you can for example assign the SpecialEvents the tags 'one', 'three' and 'seven'.

Then you assign Roundrobin as follows:

Here, X stands for any Eventname you care to use, it doesn't matter what name, but the Outevents between the events you really care about HAVE to have a name, otherwise it won't work.

xX)(Xx: Nice! Good, well thought out and easy to understand tutorial, hope you write more, just like a tutorial should be

Related Topics

• Trigger Systems: more examples of using triggers to create complex behaviour
• Types of Trigger: brief summary of trigger actors

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