Alter sound settings per game mode

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Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-04-2012

Ok, I figured I should post what I've done so people can get an idea of how to do this. Thanks to Mr. Bougo, Asy7um, and Spaceman for their help.

Here is how one can alter their sound levels(specifically mute and unmute music and ambient noise) in specific game modes. Add these line(for example) to autoexec.cfg

Code:
alias cl_hook_gamestart_ctf "seta snd_channel8volume 0.100000; seta bgmvolume 0.100000; seta snd_channel9volume 0.100000; seta snd_staticvolume 0.100000"

alias cl_hook_gamestart_dm "seta snd_channel8volume 0; seta bgmvolume 0; seta snd_channel9volume 0; seta snd_staticvolume 0"

That will effectively turn music and ambient sounds on(at half volume) for ctf and off for dm. This can be done for all other gametypes as well.
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Original message:

Is there a way to make the game automatically mute the music during a certain gametype? I love the music, but it's a hindrance in a duel. And since I mostly duel, I often forget to turn it back on when changing gametypes.

Also, is it possible to bind "exec insertcfgname.cfg" to a key?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - asyyy - 05-04-2012

bind x "exec insertcfgname.cfg"

in duel.cfg
seta "snd_channel8volume" "0" //mute music
seta "snd_channel9volume" "0" //mute ambient sounds

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Spaceman - 05-04-2012

bind s "exec insertcfgname.cfg"

Maybe add

seta "snd_channel8volume" "1" //mute music
seta "snd_channel9volume" "1" //mute ambient sounds

to your autoexec.cfg which will restore your volume levels every time you start.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-04-2012

Actually, there are cfg hooks called from CSQC just for that.

From defaultXonotic.cfg:

Code:
alias cl_hook_gamestart_all

alias cl_hook_gamestart_nop  //is only called when CSQC unloads before knowing the gametype, very unlikely

alias cl_hook_gamestart_dm

alias cl_hook_gamestart_tdm

alias cl_hook_gamestart_dom

alias cl_hook_gamestart_ctf

alias cl_hook_gamestart_rune

alias cl_hook_gamestart_lms

alias cl_hook_gamestart_arena

alias cl_hook_gamestart_ca

alias cl_hook_gamestart_kh

alias cl_hook_gamestart_ons

alias cl_hook_gamestart_as

alias cl_hook_gamestart_rc

alias cl_hook_gamestart_nb

alias cl_hook_gamestart_cts

alias cl_hook_gamestart_ka

alias cl_hook_gamestart_ft

alias cl_hook_gameend

alias cl_hook_activeweapon

As you can see, those hooks do nothing by default. You can alias them to whatever you like in your autoexec.cfg.

For example:

Code:
alias cl_hook_ctf "echo This message appears every time a ctf game starts"

Now I'm not sure what you mean by "duel" -- is that what young'uns call 1v1 these days? If so, there's no way currently to distinguish between multiplayer FFA dm and 1v1 dm, since it's the same gametype with a different player count.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-04-2012

(05-04-2012, 05:06 PM)Mr. Bougo Wrote: Actually, there are cfg hooks called from CSQC just for that.

From defaultXonotic.cfg:

Code:
alias cl_hook_gamestart_all alias cl_hook_gamestart_nop //is only called when CSQC unloads before knowing the gametype, very unlikely alias cl_hook_gamestart_dm alias cl_hook_gamestart_tdm alias cl_hook_gamestart_dom alias cl_hook_gamestart_ctf alias cl_hook_gamestart_rune alias cl_hook_gamestart_lms alias cl_hook_gamestart_arena alias cl_hook_gamestart_ca alias cl_hook_gamestart_kh alias cl_hook_gamestart_ons alias cl_hook_gamestart_as alias cl_hook_gamestart_rc alias cl_hook_gamestart_nb alias cl_hook_gamestart_cts alias cl_hook_gamestart_ka alias cl_hook_gamestart_ft alias cl_hook_gameend alias cl_hook_activeweapon

As you can see, those hooks do nothing by default. You can alias them to whatever you like in your autoexec.cfg.

For example:

Code:
alias cl_hook_ctf "echo This message appears every time a ctf game starts"

Now I'm not sure what you mean by "duel" -- is that what young'uns call 1v1 these days? If so, there's no way currently to distinguish between multiplayer FFA dm and 1v1 dm, since it's the same gametype with a different player count.

Very interesting! Yeah, duel is 1v1. I forget that it's technically still dm, though I'm curious how xonotic stats can differentiate between a duel and dm.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-05-2012

(05-04-2012, 07:13 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: Very interesting! Yeah, duel is 1v1. I forget that it's technically still dm, though I'm curious how xonotic stats can differentiate between a duel and dm.

This is how:

Code:
# FIXME: if we have two players and game type is 'dm',

# change this into a 'duel' gametype. This should be

# removed when the stats actually send 'duel' instead of 'dm'

if num_real_players(players, count_bots=True) == 2 and \

        game_meta['G'] == 'dm':

    game_meta['G'] = 'duel'

I guess this makes some dm matches on public servers count as duels. A "real player" seems to be any player who played in the match and was playing when the match ended. Bots are included in the count.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-05-2012

(05-05-2012, 02:35 AM)Mr. Bougo Wrote:
(05-04-2012, 07:13 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: Very interesting! Yeah, duel is 1v1. I forget that it's technically still dm, though I'm curious how xonotic stats can differentiate between a duel and dm.

This is how:

Code:
# FIXME: if we have two players and game type is 'dm', # change this into a 'duel' gametype. This should be # removed when the stats actually send 'duel' instead of 'dm' if num_real_players(players, count_bots=True) == 2 and \ game_meta['G'] == 'dm': game_meta['G'] = 'duel'

I guess this makes some dm matches on public servers count as duels. A "real player" seems to be any player who played in the match and was playing when the match ended. Bots are included in the count.

I see. Would it be possible to throw an XPM setting in there as well, so that just any dm with 2 players isn't counted as a duel? I guess that might be getting kinda picky though.

Also, have you successfully used the cl_hooks? I've tried and get nothing. I can't even get cl_hook_gameend "echo good game" to do anything when I endmatch.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-05-2012

You're using hooks wrong. They are aliases, not commands or cvars. You need to alias them to a command.

alias cl_hook_gameend "echo good game"

Also, echo prints to your console, use say to send a message.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-05-2012

(05-05-2012, 05:09 PM)Mr. Bougo Wrote: You're using hooks wrong. They are aliases, not commands or cvars. You need to alias them to a command.

alias cl_hook_gameend "echo good game"

Also, echo prints to your console, use say to send a message.

Well, I tried it with the alias, without it, with and without quotations, and nothing worked. Then I figured out that my autoexec.cfg was not loading. I have no idea why, but Xonotic did not recognize it. I made a new one and everything works fine. I have it set up to kill bgm and ambient sound when I start a dm, andto restart them when the other modes start.

It should be noted that snd_channel8/9volume do not control the ambient sound or bgm, it's bgmvolume and snd_staticvolume.

Once again, thanks for the help, Mr. Bougo. One more thing though, do you know what the "activeweapon" hook does?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-06-2012

I didn't know, so I checked the source. It's actually pretty nifty, it's called when you switch weapons (be it manually or automatically, and spawning with a weapon counts as a switch), with the weapon's shortname as argument or "none" if you switch to no weapon (I think that happens in race mode sometimes when you cross an object-altering trigger that removes all your weapons).

Current shortnames (in git at least):

Laser	laser
Shotgun	shotgun
Machine Gun	uzi
Mortar	grenadelauncher
Mine Layer	minelayer
Electro	electro
Crylink	crylink
Nex	nex
Hagar	hagar
Rocket Launcher	rocketlauncher
Port-O-Launch	porto
MinstaNex	minstanex
Grappling Hook	hook
Heavy Laser Assault Cannon	hlac
@!#%'n Tuba	tuba
Rifle	rifle
Fireball	fireball
T.A.G. Seeker	seeker

(for the record: for w in $(sed -nr 's/.*"w_(.*).qc"/\1/p' w_all.qc); do grep -m1 "REGISTER_WEAPON(" w_$w.qc; done | sed -r 's/.*, "(.*?)", _$"(.*?)"$.*/\2,\1/' | column -ts,)

EDIT: Here's one thing you can do to make weapon-specific aliases:

Code:
alias cl_hook_activeweapon "cl_hook_w_$1"

alias cl_hook_w_laser

alias cl_hook_w_shotgun

alias cl_hook_w_uzi

alias cl_hook_w_grenadelauncher

alias cl_hook_w_minelayer

alias cl_hook_w_electro

alias cl_hook_w_crylink

alias cl_hook_w_nex

alias cl_hook_w_hagar

alias cl_hook_w_rocketlauncher

alias cl_hook_w_porto

alias cl_hook_w_minstanex

alias cl_hook_w_hook

alias cl_hook_w_hlac

alias cl_hook_w_tuba

alias cl_hook_w_rifle

alias cl_hook_w_fireball

alias cl_hook_w_seeker

Then use these empty aliases just like the other hooks, by aliasing them to whatever you want. You can then have weapon-specific binds, how awesome is that.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-06-2012

Oh I see. That's pretty neat, but I can't think of a practical use for that. Any ideas?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-06-2012

Weapon-specific binds. Want auto-crouch when zooming with the nex? You can rebind mouse2 in cl_hook_w_nex. And bind it back to normal when switching away (you figure that one out)

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-06-2012

I was messing around with weapon specific FOVs, which is cool but distracting. Another thing I was considering was making the minstanex alt-fire bound to my laser key, then making mouse 2 zoom. I always hated how the minstanex alt wasn't a zoom.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - rocknroll237 - 05-06-2012

Cool stuff! Has anyone got a guide for all of these alias thingys?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-06-2012

(05-06-2012, 03:34 PM)rocknroll237 Wrote: Cool stuff! Has anyone got a guide for all of these alias thingys?

from what i can tell, alias are simple, it's just :

alias WhateverTheAliasIs "whatTheAliasDoes"

For example, here is my current weapon hooks:

Code:
alias cl_hook_activeweapon "cl_hook_w_$1"

alias cl_hook_w_minstanex "bind BACKSLASH +fire2; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +zoom"

alias cl_hook_w_shotgun "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_uzi "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 90; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_rocketlauncher "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_grenadelauncher "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_crylink "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_electro "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_nex "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_hagar "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_laser "fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

alias cl_hook_w_none "bind BACKSLASH weapon_group_1; fov 115; bind MOUSE2 +fire2"

That essentially changes the binds for the minstanex, and decreases the fov when using the machine gun.

For the minsta, it changes mouse2 to zoom, and mouse3(which is bound to BACKSLASH for me) into the alt-fire. Then everything goes back to normal when minsta is off by rebinding alt fire to mouse2 and laser to mouse3(BACKSLASH).

The MG fov is pretty obvious. The fov is set at 90 for the mg, and 115 for everything else.

I probably went a bit overboard adding the mouse2/backslash binds to all weapons, but I'm obsessive I guess.

Also note that cl_hook_w_none will be activated from time to time when changing weapons. Not sure why. I added commands to it to stop the annoying message I got when it was left empty.

Also, see my original post for the specific sounds settings for different gametypes.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-06-2012

(05-06-2012, 03:34 PM)rocknroll237 Wrote: Cool stuff! Has anyone got a guide for all of these alias thingys?

This is a general console guide. It's not complete yet and doesn't cover all the undocumented features of the game though: Console Tips & Tricks

The only guide is the source code.

(05-06-2012, 03:49 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: I probably went a bit overboard adding the mouse2/backslash binds to all weapons, but I'm obsessive I guess.

To make things cleaner, you could do this:

Code:
alias _whook "alias cl_hook_w_$1 \"bind BACKSLASH $2; fov $3; bind MOUSE2 $4\""

//      weapon           BACKSLASH       fov  MOUSE2

_whook  minstanex        +fire2          115  +zoom

_whook  shotgun          weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  uzi              weapon_group_1  90   +fire2

_whook  rocketlauncher   weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  grenadelauncher  weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  crylink          weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  electro          weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  nex              weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  hagar            weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

_whook  laser            fov             115  +fire2

_whook  none             weapon_group_1  115  +fire2

unalias _whook

(05-06-2012, 03:49 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: Also note that cl_hook_w_none will be activated from time to time when changing weapons. Not sure why. I added commands to it to stop the annoying message I got when it was left empty.

Do you think you could investigate this? Perhaps it triggers "none" when you spectate or die?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-07-2012

(05-06-2012, 11:34 PM)Mr. Bougo Wrote:
(05-06-2012, 03:34 PM)rocknroll237 Wrote: Cool stuff! Has anyone got a guide for all of these alias thingys?

This is a general console guide. It's not complete yet and doesn't cover all the undocumented features of the game though: Console Tips & Tricks

The only guide is the source code.

(05-06-2012, 03:49 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: I probably went a bit overboard adding the mouse2/backslash binds to all weapons, but I'm obsessive I guess.

To make things cleaner, you could do this:

Code:
alias _whook "alias cl_hook_w_$1 \"bind BACKSLASH $2; fov $3; bind MOUSE2 $4\"" // weapon BACKSLASH fov MOUSE2 _whook minstanex +fire2 115 +zoom _whook shotgun weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook uzi weapon_group_1 90 +fire2 _whook rocketlauncher weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook grenadelauncher weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook crylink weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook electro weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook nex weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook hagar weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 _whook laser fov 115 +fire2 _whook none weapon_group_1 115 +fire2 unalias _whook

(05-06-2012, 03:49 PM)W4RP1G Wrote: Also note that cl_hook_w_none will be activated from time to time when changing weapons. Not sure why. I added commands to it to stop the annoying message I got when it was left empty.

Do you think you could investigate this? Perhaps it triggers "none" when you spectate or die?

I get the "unknown command cl_hook_w_none" error randomly when switching weapons, on respawn, and when going into spectator mode. Going into spectator mode makes sense, but I don't understand why I get it when respawning and switching weapons.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-08-2012

That's because I forgot to make the cl_hook_w_none alias. Add alias cl_hook_w_none to the bunch.

I guess you spawn without a weapon then get it given to you. I guess this should be reported to the bug tracker. "cl_hook_activeweapon none gets called on spawn". Care to do that?

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-09-2012

(05-08-2012, 01:42 AM)Mr. Bougo Wrote: That's because I forgot to make the cl_hook_w_none alias. Add alias cl_hook_w_none to the bunch.

I guess you spawn without a weapon then get it given to you. I guess this should be reported to the bug tracker. "cl_hook_activeweapon none gets called on spawn". Care to do that?

Done

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - Mr. Bougo - 05-09-2012

It seems you didn't understand what my aliases above do. The Xonotic hook system calls the cl_hook_activeweapon console command with as argument the name of the target weapon. My aliases above redirect this command to a set of aliases, one for each weapon:
alias cl_hook_activeweapon "cl_hook_w_$1"
This means that the command "cl_hook_activeweapon shotgun" will in turn call the command "cl_hook_w_shotgun". I simply forgot to define the "cl_hook_w_none" alias which gets called when the hook system calls "cl_hook_activeweapon none".

Nevertheless, cl_hook_activeweapon none gets called when it shouldn't (from a player's standpoint at least), and that is the bug. I corrected the bug description accordingly.

RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - W4RP1G - 05-09-2012

(05-09-2012, 02:22 PM)Mr. Bougo Wrote: It seems you didn't understand what my aliases above do. The Xonotic hook system calls the cl_hook_activeweapon console command with as argument the name of the target weapon. My aliases above redirect this command to a set of aliases, one for each weapon:
alias cl_hook_activeweapon "cl_hook_w_$1"
This means that the command "cl_hook_activeweapon shotgun" will in turn call the command "cl_hook_w_shotgun". I simply forgot to define the "cl_hook_w_none" alias which gets called when the hook system calls "cl_hook_activeweapon none".

Nevertheless, cl_hook_activeweapon none gets called when it shouldn't (from a player's standpoint at least), and that is the bug. I corrected the bug description accordingly.

Oh i see. Yeah I don't fully understand how this stuff works. Thanks for correcting that for me.

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RE: Alter sound settings per game mode - rocknroll237 - 05-12-2012

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