When you make a complex moving structure (e.g. a lift) with several sectors and then link them using [wiki]Sector_SetLink[/wiki] the movement sound comes from the control sector and all the sectors that are linked to it move silently.
This can cause a problem if the control sector has to be some distance from the actual play area: The lift appears to move silently or, at the very least, if you can still hear the sound, it's obvious that it is not coming from nearby. Is there any way to override this and force other sectors to make the noise? I've tried allocating sounds to the sectors in question using their UDMF properties, but these were still ignored/silenced.
Sector_SetLink and sector sound
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Graf Zahl
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Re: Sector_SetLink and sector sound
At the moment you can't. This will require some changes to how CHAN_AREA sounds work, they should probably not just cover the control sector but also the attached ones. One of those things that got constantly pushed back.
Re: Sector_SetLink and sector sound
OK, well, good to know at least. In most cases I can usually get the control sector near enough that it sounds OK. Though, if you are really paying attention, you can still identify that the sound isn't coming from where you are standing but slightly off in one direction or another. (I guess having 5.1 sound probably enhances that.)