Arma 3: Sound: SoundControllers

Sound Controllers

Sound controllers deliver data from the engine in real time which makes them perfect to control volumes and frequencies of sounds. If you want to monitor sound controllers, you can use these functions:

Command	Usable On
getAllSoundControllers	Vehicles
getSoundController
getSoundControllerResult
getAllEnvSoundControllers	Positions
getEnvSoundController
getAllEnv3DSoundControllers	Environmental objects
getEnv3DSoundController
allEnv3DSoundSources

Also look at this forum post for a video showcase and a great and simple to use example mission.

Sound Controller	Description / Notes	type/range of value	Usable in EnvSounds	CfgWeapons	CfgAmmo	CfgVehicles (Land)	CfgVehicles (Helicopter)	CfgVehicles (Plane)	CfgVehicles (Ship)
interior	Surface texture name below character character starts with int_, character is inside building (time based transition, 0.8s)	<0;1>
houses	local density of object type “building”, derived from map	<0;1>
meadow	derived from map - probably outdated: getAllEnvSoundControllers returns meadows (A3 1.80)	<0;1>
meadows	derived from map	<0;1>
forest	local density of trees, derived from map	<0;1>
trees	local density of trees (different settings), derived from map	<0;1>
sea	derived from map	<0;1>
windy	ambient map wind intensity (soundSetEnvironment). See getAllEnvSoundControllers	<0;1>
wind	wind intensity. See getAllEnv3DSoundControllers	<0;1>
rain	rain intensity. This controller is zeroed for all types when snow = true in RainParticles config	<0;1>
fog	fog intensity	<0;1>
daytime	relative daytime (0 = midnight, 0.5 = noon)	<0;1>
night	night time with transitions at ~17:30-18:00 and 07:00 – 07:15	<0;1>
rainDrops	Rain drop sound occlusion. How much the rain drops can be heard, 1 no occlusion 0 full occlusion. If 'snow' is set to true, rainDrops is 0 (3D Env controllers)	<0;1>
altitudeGround	ground altitude	m
altitudeSea	sea level altitude	m
coast	precise sea shore detection, calculation includes high above sea level (~50m)	<0;1>
waterDepth	sea depth - not available as EnvSoundController (A3 1.80)	m
distance	distance to player?	m
shooting	firefight detection, 1 = no firefight, value is divided by 2 with every shot	<0;1>
deadBody	presense of dead body (~10m)	<0;1>
rpm	actual rpm of the vehicle engine	rpm
randomizer	generates random number between 0 and 1 (once per live of instance)	<0;1>
speed	actual speed of the vehicle	m/s
thrust	thrust of the vehicle engine (acceleration)	<0;1>
camPos	position of camera (0 = internal, 1 = external)	<0;1>
playerPos	position of player within the vehicle (0 = front, 1 = Passenger)	<0;1>
engineOn	state of vehicle engine	0/1
angVelocity	speed of rotation (in all axes)
gmeterZ	accelleration meter
roughness	roughness of surface (0 = "glass")
dustness	roughness of surface (0 = no dust)
damper0	dampers
rock	surface type
sand	surface type
grass	surface type
mud	surface type
gravel	surface type
asphalt	surface type
water	surface type
latSlip
latSlipDrive
longSlip
longSlipDrive
lateralMovement
machCone	only for Jets, makes sure sound is within machCone, if not -> sound will be silent	<0;1>
gear
flaps								(buggy)
envelope
rotorThrust
rotorSpeed
rotorDamage
motorDamage
transmissionDamage
slingLoadActive
scrubLand	object is scrubbing terrain							(VTOL,UAV)
scrubObject	object is scrubbing another object (vehicle ↔ vehicle)
scrubTree	object is scrubbing object type: tree							(VTOL)
scrubBuilding	object is scrubbing object type: building							(VTOL,UAV)
scrubArmor	object is scrubbing armored vehicle (tank)
yearTime	Time of the year in 0..1 range      (Since Arma 3 v2.07.148385)	[0,1[
2.08 ambientTemp	Ambient air temperature, see ambientTemperature	min..max world temperature in Celsius
2.08 snow	1 if "RainParticle" config 'snow' = true, 0 if false. When snow is 1, 'rainDrops' is 0	1 or 0