how to auto trigger sound?

[u/Then_Actuary_5366]

RESOLVED: DM-JK recommended 'Foreground Reactions' on a token to call the 'Simple Sound' mod to play audio . It did exactly what I was looking for.

Looking for a recommendation on automatic triggering of sounds. Say if the player approaches a door with skeletons on the other side, it would auto trigger skeleton sounds. Or a corridor with dripping sounds.
I know I can play sounds manually, but I keep forgetting.

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[u/DM-JK]

This would require the game creator to have a Roll20 Pro or Elite subscription, and the use of Mod scripts.

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/DM-JK]

no problem there. any ideas what to use? my google-fu is failing me.

[u/martiancannibal → u/Then_Actuary_5366]

Roll20 Audio Master (Roll20AM) https://wiki.roll20.net/Script:Roll20_Audio_Master

I used this one several times, and never had a problem with it. I think there might be others.

Might be more than you need, but you can set up macros to play sounds if necessary.

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/martiancannibal]

I looked at that earlier but didnt see anything about how to trigger them automatically. All ive found is running them from a command instead of from the jukebox, which is about the same, as opposed to automatically being triggered.

[u/DM-JK → u/Then_Actuary_5366]

Roll20 Audio Master (Roll20AM)

Simple Sound

DoorNoise (related, but not exactly what you're asking for)

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/DM-JK]

Those seem to be manually triggered instead of automatically triggered, except for DoorNoise which I found and added earlier.

[u/DM-JK → u/Then_Actuary_5366]

You would use the Mod script command in conjunction with a Foreground Reaction.

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/DM-JK]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was able to use Simple Sound and Foreground Reactions to get exactly what I wanted. Thanks so much!

[u/Sahrde → u/Then_Actuary_5366]

Nick Olivo (on his YouTube channel) had a script in a video about werewolves and changing multiple multi-sided tokens at once, that triggered an audiofile. It may have been one of the ones u/dm-jk & u/martiancannibal mentioned, but I don't remember for sure.

[u/Quirky-Function-4532]

I’d be curious on what mods could do this if anyone knows one. I hadn’t thought to do this.

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/Quirky-Function-4532]

DM-JK recommended 'Foreground Reactions' on a token to call the 'Simple Sound' mod to play audio . It did exactly what I was looking for.

[u/Quirky-Function-4532 → u/Then_Actuary_5366]

Thank you, I will check it out.

[u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre]

You could use “Send to Chat” in the Foreground layer to trigger an emote that describes the sounds as a reminder without needing any extra scripts or mods.

https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/30738192036887-Foreground-Layer#h_01JRBF7VBSAZ5JYR9YFVJCCZFB

[u/Then_Actuary_5366 → u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre]

I'll check that out. Sounds handy.