HLDJ: Soundboard style

[Sinistar]

So, I'm looking to make a set of keys act as a "soundboard" for a few canned responses I've got audio files for.
Example: Pressing F1 selects and plays file1. The same goes for F2::file2 F3::file3 and so on.

I have created an alias in console in an attempt to recreate this soundboard style: alias "play1" "bind = file1; hldjsf; hldj_playaudio;"
And of course, bound F1 to "play1".
When I press F1, it selects and plays file1. However, upon selecting a second file to play, it plays file1 again, instead of file2. If, after playing the file1 bind, I double-tap F2, it will play file2.

I'm not quite sure what is the cause of this. It seems to be queuing file1 after I've already played it once... Any help?

[Renegade]

that behaviour is somewhat expected since hldj_playaudio works like a toggle (tap once for on, again for off); you might find it more convenient to use hldj_playaudio_on/off instead. So your alias might look like:

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alias "play1" "bind = file1; hldjsf; hldj_playaudio_off; hldj_playaudio_on"

which first stops whatever might be playing, then starts the loaded file. You may need to add a few waits before issuing hldj_playaudio_on but with the latest version of HLDJ it's usually not necessary.

Also, in case you haven't already, be sure to check out the sticky/tutorial in this forum on binding songs to keys.

[Sinistar]

Bonus points for the quick reply.

Okay, cool. I figured it would involve something like that but I think I kept using the _off command in the wrong places.
I'll try to set it up using that advice and let you know how it works.

[Sinistar]

No joy.

Putting the command in that spot doesn't appear to work. It seems like it's stopping the audio I just selected, leaving the current audio as none.

[Renegade]

Seems I lied, a bit of a wait is necessary (though last time I tested, load times were near instantaneous).

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alias "play1" "bind = file1; hldjsf; wait 10; hldj_playaudio_off; hldj_playaudio_on"

If the game uses a pre-Source2007 engine, you'll need to replace "wait 10" with ten actual "wait"s or "hldjw" or however many you find is necessary.

[Game Zombie]

Seems I lied, a bit of a wait is necessary (though last time I tested, load times were near instantaneous).

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alias "play1" "bind = file1; hldjsf; wait 10; hldj_playaudio_off; hldj_playaudio_on"

If the game uses a pre-Source2007 engine, you'll need to replace "wait 10" with ten actual "wait"s or "hldjw" or however many you find is necessary.

Actually if your using hldj with a older Source game you can just put into your autoexec.cfg

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 alias "wait 10" "wait; wait; wait; wait; wait; wait; wait; wait; wait; wait" 

[Renegade]

To add to that, "hldjw" / "hldj_wait" is aliased to about 70 waits.