Playing a sound for a player?

[black.sheep]

How do you play a sound for just 1 player?

 

[_whelp]

//I didn't really test this since I have no access to Wc3 right now so it might not work.

function haha takes nothing returns nothing
    if(GetLocalPlayer() == Player(<Player Number, 0-15>)) then
        call StartSound(<Sound>)
    endif
endfunction

 

[Lehona]

function haha takes nothing returns nothing
    local sound snd = ""
    if(GetLocalPlayer() == Player(<Player Number, 0-15>)) then
        set snd = "YourSound"
    endif
    call StartSound(snd)
endfunction

This will prevent Desyncs better (Though Im not sure whether StartSound may cause Desyncs).

 

[Azlier]

>This will prevent Desyncs better

That'll cause desyncs. If it compiled, that is. The first is the correct answer.

 

[Nherwyziant]

How could Lehona's trigger can Desync? It just uses string, I know string, integers, real, and boolean doesn't desync.

 

[Azlier]

If you use a string for the first time, it gets tossed into WC3's string table. It's reaaally bad to modify the string table locally.

 

[Lehona]

Creating variables local is bad, modifying them won't cause a desync or such.

 

[Azlier]

No idea what you're trying to say.

 

[Laiev]

He try to say

function haha takes nothing returns nothing
    local sound snd = ""
    if(GetLocalPlayer() == Player(<Player Number, 0-15>)) then
        set snd = "YourSound"
    endif
    call StartSound(snd)
endfunction

this don't cause desync

 

[Azlier]

It will if "YourSound" was a string never used before.

Really, the first answer was the perfect answer.

 

[PurgeandFire]

It will if "YourSound" was a string never used before.

Really, the first answer was the perfect answer.

Out of curiosity, would the same apply to this?

Don't ask why I'm asking this, I just remember reading something a very long time ago about it and I was always curious whether or not the same rule applied:

function haha takes nothing returns nothing
    local sound snd = "YourSound"
    if GetLocalPlayer() != Player(0) then
        set snd = ""
    endif
    call StartSound(snd)
endfunction

 

[saw792]

Well we (I?) used to think so, but it seems "" is in the string table by default anyway so there are no issues there (according to Azlier).

 

[Lehona]

"" is String Id 1. Always.

 

[Azlier]

Indeed the subject was well tested by a few of our scientists.

And people, please realize that sounds are handles and not strings.