I need a target macro that plays a sound

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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Weird, I just retyped it and it’s working for me now lol. Maybe something to do with copy/pasting in that the ui doesn’t like? Try just typing it by hand.

/tar young thistle
/script PlaySound(8959,“Dialog”)

All sound channels off but dialog and I can hear it now

If I copy/paste what I literally just copied from my working macro back in I get the lua error. But if I type by hand it works. Something about copying from the forums is converting/formatting the quotation marks strangely. Seems you just need to delete and re-type those and it should work

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Lmao briilliant that fixed it for me as well wtf. I didnt retype the whole macro just the /script part and it works awesome

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Oh Awesome!!! I was starting to think maybe it was something corrupt in your game. Also I did find that there is a Dialog setting in the Audio that might be creating the problem too.

See here:

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Its literally just the quotation marks for some reason lol. Oh well, another mystery solved

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Great find; it must be some weird hidden character or formatting being brought over from the HTML on the forums.

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Good work gentlemen appreciate it. I can finally sit in silence again without listening to the wind

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Also, if you want to get the SoundID for anything. Here is a way to use WoWHead. You can search for any sound, and WoWHead will actually give you the in-game code for that sound.

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can I replace storm wind music with Darnassus? I’m so tired of that song.

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You’d have to edit the game files but shouldn’t be hard at all. It’s the same way people have changed the crit noise to "wooooow’ etc.

I was gonna ask if there was a repository somewhere like that

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No, you cannot modify any of the default Blizzard files under the ToS. That is a big no-no and can equal a ban.

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Although technically correct, the ToS forbids it. If Blizzard’s anti-cheat engine sees the files have been changed, it can ban your account.

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Also technically correct but unlikely. People have used the crit addons for years. But they did crack down on the model changer that let people edit their character models a couple years ago so yours is probably the safest answer

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Yeah, I have no idea what the anti-cheat checks for, and since that big crackdown on the model changer, I just don’t take the risk. I leave everything alone in the default blizzard files and folders other than the Interface folder.

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Interesting discussion on it here btw

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Glad we could help and get it figured out for you.

ENJOY!!!

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This thread deserves an award for being the most helpful thread on the forum.

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Does the sound still play if the NPC is not currently present? Because if it does, it’s not very useful.

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Its mostly a cesspool here but every now and then we’re moderately helpful. :smile:

You just throw a stopmacro with a conditional in the middle there.

/tar young thistl
/stopmacro [noexists][dead]
/script PlaySound(8959,“Dialog”)

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Also, if you look at the more complex script, there is a stopmacro command right before the raid marker and sound portions.

But yes, if you wanted the simple script @Bearhands is right, it would be:

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You can do a lot more with Lua too but probably not necessary for this application

And you’re right, I didn’t even notice you had a /stopmacro in your longer macro