Sound player doesn't shut off

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

I've got something really strange going on....

I'm linking a sound to trigger when a button is activated.
I want the sound, which is an alarm to the entire level, to shut off after the button returns to normal position.

I used one alarm sound and it seems to work fine.
I activate the button and the alarm sounds (level wide) then
after 5 seconds the alarm goes off, which is what I want.

However, if I just change the alarm to another wav file,
the sound doesn't shut off after the button is activated.

Why is this happening?
Why would only switching to a different wav file make this happen?

Does anyone know how I can shut off this alarm after a few seconds
and reset with the button?

[HLR]

I've heard talk here and there about "loop points" in wav files that Q2 uses. I don't have a clue how they're implemented though. There's no loop-point paramater for PCM audio in the RIFF WAV specification (that's what Q2 uses as far as I know) so whatever it is it must be non-standard. I don't recall ever seeing any information on it on any sites anywhere. Somebody familiar with the Q2 source should probably dig around and find out what the deal is.

Edit: Oh, to answer your other question, try setting the target_speaker(s) to looped_off, have a trigger_relay turn it on, and a second trigger_relay with a delay on it turn it off.

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

Thanks for the help HLR...
I'll try that out.

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

SWEET

Oh man.....wait till you guys see this...

It works great HLR, thanks for the help!