Unreal Tournament 2004 Level Design


Custom Actor: DG_TriggerSound

The DG_TriggerSound actor provides the functionality of a standard Trigger actor that also plays a sound when triggered.  This is handy for audible triggers using only one actor.
This actor also works well for replacing the low volume of MoverSounds on Movers.

The DG_TriggerSound actor supports sound triggering on Player Touch, Projectile Shoot, and on Events.


Notes

The sound is played when the Trigger is activated.  See the standard Trigger actor information on UnrealWiki or UDN for how Triggers work.  By selecting a specific Trigger.ClassProximityType, you can specify the Trigger to only be triggered by that class.

You cannot hear this actor in the UnrealEd Realtime Preview mode.


Importing the Actor

The Easy Way:

- Download the actor zip file.
- Unzip the .ut2 map file to your UT2004 Maps folder.
- Start UnrealEd.
- Open the demo map file (this loads all of the DG actor assets into the editor).
- Open your map (do not restart UnrealEd).
- You can now insert the new DG actor from the Actors browser.
The DG_TriggerSound actor is located at [+]Actor [+]Triggers [+]Trigger - DG_TriggerSound.

The Manual Way:

- Download the actor zip file.
- Unzip the .u script file to the UT2004 System folder.
- Unzip the .pcx icon texture file to a temporary folder.
- Open your map.
- Import the .pcx icon texture file into "Package: myLevel" and "Group: Editor", check the "Masked" option and uncheck the "Generate MipMaps" option.
- Choose Log from the UnrealEd View menu.
- Enter "obj load file=DG_TriggerSound.u package=myLevel" (without the quotes).
- Refresh the Actor Classes display by unchecking and re-checking "Use 'Actor' as Parent?"
- Locate and select the DG_TriggerSound actor in the [+]Triggers[+]Trigger group.
- Right-click on the actor in the list and choose "Default Properties", then set the Display.Texture to the icon texture you imported previously.
- Right-click in the map viewport and "Add DG_TriggerSound Here".
- Set the specified relevant properties as listed below.


Using the Actor

1. Triggering by Bot or Player Touch

- Insert the DG_TriggerSound actor into the map
- Set the Collision.Height and Collision.Radius to the desired collision cylinder size
- Set the Trigger.TriggerType to TT_PlayerProximity
- Set the desired TriggerSound properties for the sound to be played

2. Triggering by Bot or Player projectile shooting

- Insert the DG_TriggerSound actor into the map
- Set the Collision.Height and Collision.Radius to the desired collision cylinder size
- Set the Trigger.TriggerType to TT_Shoot
- Set the desired TriggerSound properties for the sound to be played

3. Triggering by Event

- Insert the DG_TriggerSound actor into the map
- Optionally set the Collision.bCollideActors and bBlock* properties to False
- Set the Events.Tag to the name of the Event that will trigger this Trigger
- Set the desired TriggerSound properties for the sound to be played


Download

Please be sure to credit DGUnreal or David 'DGUnreal' Green in your map's readme file as the author of this script.


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