Activator activate sound not working

[gnome14]

I'm making a player home and I added light switches but when I activate them, it plays some generic sound for activation, instead of the one I chose, no matter what sound I choose. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix it?

 

Edited October 28 by gnome14

[sullyvanj93]

I've never tried messing with the Sounds Activate. If that's not working, it may just be a GECK limitation, but I have no idea if that's the case.

If you just can't figure that out, try playing your sound through the script instead. 

[gnome14]

I did figure out that it has something to do with the script. Activate sound doesn't work with a script like this:

 

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scn NPHLightMainSCRIPT

Begin OnActivate

    If XMarkerNPHLightMain.GetDisabled == 1
        XMarkerNPHLightMain.Enable
    Else
        XMarkerNPHLightMain.Disable
    Endif

End

 

But it does work with a scripts like the ones for picking up fruit, e.g.

 

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scn BananaYuccaScript

int State

begin onActivate
    if State == 0 && GetActionRef == player
        player.additem NVFreshBananaYuccaFruit 1
        set State to 1
        playGroup Forward 1
        setdestroyed 1
    endif
end

begin onLoad
    if State == 0
        playGroup Backward 1
    elseif State == 1
        playGroup Forward 1        
    endif
end

begin onReset
    if State == 1
        playgroup Backward 1
        set State to 0
        setdestroyed 0
    endif
end

 

But I'm not sure what to make of it.

[gnome14]

Something like this seems to work:

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scn ActivatorTestSCRIPT

Begin OnActivate
    
    PlaySound ObjSwitchElevator
    If TestRef.GetDisabled == 1
        TestRef.Enable
    Else
        TestRef.Disable
    Endif

End

The only problem is that the chosen sound and the usual sound that plays when you press the activate key (E) overlap each other.

[sullyvanj93]

Would a one-second delay on your sound be appropriate? Very easy to do with NVSE.

[gnome14]

Not really, it has to be immediate, cause it's for a light switch so there needs to be a click simultaneously with activation. I found StopSound function added by JIP on GECK wiki so that could work but I have to check out how to use NVSE scripts first, cause it didn't just work when I added it in the script in GECK lol but I might just leave it as is. Also, thank you for the suggestions.

[Radioactivelad]

A little unintuitive, but you need to put an 'Activate' command in 'OnActivate' scripts if you want the object to react with its built in animations/sounds.

[gnome14]

It worked. Thank you so much!