Hi,
for my first contribute... here it is this simple but useful (at least for me ) function that allows to play a 3d sound at an arbitrary position. I made this becaus ent_playsound is buggy and needs an entity as emitter. My function needs the sound name string, the position vector of the sound source and the radius (from 0 to unlimited) of the sound. The obstacle detection is very simple for speed reason, and it's better to use short sounds because they aren't dynamically updated.

Code:

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function play_3dsound(str_snd,&vec_pos,radius)
{
	var snd_handle;
	var volume;        
	var balance; 
	var balance_angle[3];

	//--volume calculations
	
	volume = radius / 10;
	result = vec_dist(camera.x,vec_pos);
	volume = volume - int(result * volume / radius);   // result:radius = x:volume -- es with result = 10: 10:700=x:70
	volume = int(clamp(volume,1,100));	
        if(trace(vec_pos,camera.x) != 0)   {volume /= 2;}	//cut this if you dont want object detection
	
	//----balance calculations
	//balance for pan
	vec_sub(vec_pos,camera.x);
        balance_angle.pan = atan(vec_pos[1]/vec_pos[0]);  //find the angle from camera.x to the emitter
        balance_angle.pan = ang(camera.pan) - balance_angle.pan;      //find the difference between cam.pan and bal.pan
        temp = abs(balance_angle.pan);   
        temp = (temp - (temp - 90)*2*(temp > 90)) / 90 * 50;  //temp is locked to 0-90, 0 = 0 and 90 = 100, if temp is bigger, its inverted.
        balance = temp * sign(balance_angle.pan);    //find if on the right or left headphone.
   
   //balance for roll
        balance_angle.roll = atan(vec_pos[2]/vec_pos[1]);  //find the angle from camera.x to the emitter
        balance_angle.roll = ang(camera.roll) - balance_angle.roll;      //find the difference between cam.pan and bal.pan
        temp = abs(balance_angle.roll);  
        temp = (temp - (temp - 90)*2*(temp > 90)) / 90 * 50;  //temp is locked to 0-90, 0 = 0 and 90 = 100, if temp is bigger, its inverted.
        balance += temp * sign(balance_angle.roll);    //find if on the right or left headphone.
  
   //--------
	
	return(snd_play(str_snd,volume,balance));
} 

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I hope that you'll find it useful... and sorry for the bad english

O! I have to try...
thank you

on ride tommorow! Going to test that one

Hey i found some little errors... replace the volume part of the function with this:
Code:

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        volume = radius / 10;
	volume -= vec_dist(camera.x,vec_pos) * volume / max(0.1,radius);   //result:radius = x:volume -- ex with result = 10: 10:700=x:70
	
	trace_mode = ignore_models + ignore_passents + ignore_passable;
        if(trace(vec_pos,camera.x) != 0)   {volume /= 2;}	
 

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And tell me if it works for you

Hi! I didn't test the script and I don't want to ruin for anyone who wants to use it but this is actually no 3d sound. It's just a stereo sound which means, you would never be able to hear it BEHIND you, right?

Yeah, actually it works for stereo speakers, but because i don't have Surrond to test (I tested it with a headset) i can't say if it will work on it... if you hear the sound from behind, it will just play with a balance of 0. I made it just to use it insistead of ent_playsound, and sorry if i gave to it a wrong name...

Thanks a lot for this contribution! Its exactly what i needed. To play a hit sound on level geometry i used a sprite for the hit flash so i could do it with ent_playsound. With your code i can do the effect with a particle wich is faster.