Help!: Adding music to end of round. (TTT)

Garry's Mod coding
#1

I have this lua code in ‘./garrysmod/lua/autorun/’ folder for my server:


-- You can add up to 3 sounds for this. Add or delete resource.addfile as you need
resource.AddFile("sound/cakeisgone.mp3")

-- Remember to change the name of the sounds to the sound you want from above
function PlayMusic(wintype)
     BroadcastLua('surface.PlaySound("cakeisgone.mp3")')
end
hook.Add("TTTEndRound", "MyMusic", PlayMusic)

Every time I join my server it downloads cakeisgone.mp3 and then I can’t find it anywhere in MY garrysmod files.
Why won’t it download properly and reuse it?

Then I go into to my server and after the round ends, no music it played and in the console it says it can’t find the cakeisgone.mp3.

I think the problem is that it cannot download the file? Any ideas would help! Thanks.

#2

You using fastdl?

#3

No, is that required? I know their has to be a certain size of file that it uses?

#4

No it’s not required at all, however it can cause problems with people downloading the files. So don’t worry about that.

#5

I did a look up of FastDL:
So what I did was I didn’t realize that I had a site already set up with my host and was already set up in the server.cfg file. Added cakeisgone.mp3 to a folder called sound on the site and now it downloads the song and doesn’t ask for it again :smiley:

But it still doesn’t play the song and say the same error again above in picture 2.

#6

On the clientside lua (cl_init), try using
[LUA]
util.PrecacheSound(“cakeisgone.mp3”)
[/LUA]
since it will be playing there.

#7

If the above post doesn’t work, try adding sound/ to your file directory.
Like so:



BroadcastLua('surface.PlaySound("sound/cakeisgone.mp3")')

As that’s what I use and it works :stuck_out_tongue:

#8

Wouldn’t putting sound there adversely effect the path, since PlaySound defaults in the sound folder?

#9

I was not sure where to place

so I placed it at the top of the file and did not change anything, Not sure what that does either, tbh.

I was thinking the same thing but I tried it anyways, it didn’t work either. :confused:

#10

That’ll try to play garrysmod/sound/sound/cakeisgone.mp3

#11

Any other ideas to fix this?

I’m not sure if related but do I want Pure Server disabled or enabled?

#12

Does the file exist in garrysmod/downloads/sound/ or garrysmod/sound/ after you’ve entered the server?

#13

In garrysmod/sound/ it does.

#14

Does it give you the same error if you type “play cakeisgone.mp3” in console?

#15

It does give the same error.

#16

I’d recommend getting FastDL first off, just because it makes it x2 as easier.

[lua]resource.AddFile(“sound/cakeisgone.mp3”)[/lua]

Then put this
[lua]
local function PlayMusic(wintype)
– Play sounds when a team wins
if wintype != WIN_TRAITOR then
BroadcastLua(‘surface.PlaySound(“sound/cakeisgone.mp3”)’)
else
BroadcastLua(‘surface.PlaySound(“sound/cakeisgone.mp3”)’)
end

end
hook.Add(“TTTEndRound”, “MyMusic”, PlayMusic)
[/lua]

I might be totally misreading the problem here though…

#17

I have all that setup.
Good News:
Not sure what changed but it started working ><
Everyone on the server could hear the music

But thanks everyone for the help! :smiley: