SSE need help applying play sound to magic effect

[3aq]

for the longest time, I've been trying to use the play - sound script onto magic effect.

the goal is to play choice sfx on special weapons like dawnguard's rune hammer.

I used the below's link as reference with no success, so I am wonder if anyone would the proper way to getting this to work?

feedback is greatly appreciated =)

https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Talk:Play_-_Sound

for the record, dawnguard's rune hammer when it casts rune does not emit sounds, the goal is to make the action of placing down rune play a sound, for testing purposes I used the MAGFirebolt03FireSD sound (sound descriptor).

script

Scriptname DLC1testPhilRuneHammerAbilitySCRIPT extends ActiveMagicEffect  

SPELL PROPERTY runeSpell AUTO
SOUND PROPERTY runeSFX AUTO ;altered

EVENT OnEffectStart(Actor target, Actor caster)	
	
	if(caster == game.getPlayer())
		if(RegisterForAnimationEvent(game.getPlayer(), "bashExit") == true)
; 			debug.trace("bashExit registered")
		endif
	
	endif

ENDEVENT

EVENT OnAnimationEvent(ObjectReference akSource, string asEventName)
  
  	if(asEventName == "bashExit")
;   		Debug.trace("the RUNE of me... get it?")

  		; //cast the rune and remove the stamina
		runeSFX.Play(game.GetPlayer()) ;altered
  		runeSpell.cast(game.getPlayer())
  		game.getPlayer().damageAv("stamina", 25)

	endIf

ENDEVENT

EVENT OnUnload()
	UnregisterForAnimationEvent(game.getPlayer(), "bashExit")
	
ENDEVENT

esp setup

Edited July 5, 2019 by 3aq

[Evangela]

I don't think you need the unload event. Animation events automatically unregistered for magic effects that end.

 

I don't know why the sound isn't playing, but I think the 6 calls to Game.GetPlayer is slowing your script down(in addition to the other functions), so maybe taking care of that will help some. You can assign GetPlayer to a local variable outside of the events and use that variable throughout, reducing the number of calls from 6 to 1. Secondly, is any of your debugs firing? Most importantly the one in your OnEffectStart event.

Edited July 5, 2019 by Rasikko

[3aq]

unsure, the script I am using is the vanilla dawnguard runehammer script, the same exact one that's attached to this https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dawnguard_Rune_Hammer

the only lines I altered were the 2 lines with the ;altered in it.

 

as for debug firing, admittedly I am unsure how to do that (the furthest I do is debug notification at key points), but again, as the script is vanilla it should more or less be okay.

Edited July 5, 2019 by 3aq

[3aq]

an update:

 

I figured what was wrong; I erroneously linked it to sound descriptor, what I ought to have done was instead hook it to a sound marker (that itself is linked to sound descriptor).