Ok folks maybe I missed it, maybe what I want to do cant be done but here goes. I am trying to setup a trigger box so that when and only when someone enters the trigger box a audio file plays. I have tried using the play music script but even with trigger checked in the state tab it starts playing immediately even with me well outside the box. I am aware that it would continue to play once I left the box and that is fine for my purposes even desirable. So my question is what i'm trying to do even possible, if so how?

Trigger boxes don't work that way. In fact, the word "trigger" is something of a misnomer. Scripts attached to a trigger box are always playing. They don't trigger when an avatar enters them. I guess you can think of a trigger box as more of an effect box. Things are visible inside the walls of the box, but end at those walls.

Here's what I have learned about scripts in Utherverse over the years.

Scripts used in Utherverse are constantly running from the moment you load into the region until you leave.

Some scripts are "Mass Effect" scripts, which means they affect the entire region. Other scripts are "Area Effect", which means they affect a specific, defined area. And some scripts are "Direct Effect", meaning they only affect a specific object (prop).

Trigger Boxes are designed to allow "Area Effect" scripts to affect an entire 3-dimensional area by defining that area within its walls. But, scripts applied to a trigger box are still constantly running within the bounds of the trigger box, and once an object (prop or avatar) moves within those bounds, the effect of the script is seen.

Audio is a "Mass Effect" script, and therefore isn't limited to an area or boundary. Which means it will play regardless of where it is use.

Trigger Box can be used in conjunction with a secondary prop to turn on and off the Colidable when used with the Gender Block script so it would not be entirely unheard of to turn on and off sound but it was not hard coded as an option. Would have been fun to have though.

hate to say it but I believe that it is all in the super list. theres so much info there sometimes its easy to miss the info one is looking for

Yes, Super List talks about sounds, too:





But, these 2 posts, I couldn't find them inside:


http://forums.utherverse.com/yaf_postsm1030268_Nature-Sound-for-play-music-script---best-all-times.aspx#post1030268#post1030268

http://forums.utherverse.com/yaf_postsm982681_what-are-the-codes-for-sounds.aspx#post982681#post982681

(This last thread, has SifuPeter's post inside:

http://forums.utherverse.com/yaf_postsm1220785_posts.aspx#post1220785#post1220785 )



I hope Dusty will add them directly, there, sometime!