Authors CurseForge

I'm trying to write a little mod for myself that turns on background sound when a ready check fires because I tend to alt-tab a lot during downtime in raids but don't want background sound on all the time.

My problem is that setting background sound to on seems to take some time to propagate or something. Using the code I have below, the first time I get a ready check, the bg sound setting gets turned on but I can't hear the sound in the background. However, without changing anything else, if I send a second ready check, that one works. Does anyone know how to avoid this issue (or a better way to do what I'm trying to do)? Thanks.

local frame = CreateFrame("FRAME", nil, ReadyCheckListenerFrame)

ReadyCheckListenerFrame:SetScript("OnShow", nil)

local bgSound = nil
local function BgSoundOn()
    bgSound = BlizzardOptionsPanel_GetCVarSafe("Sound_EnableSoundWhenGameIsInBG")
    if(bgSound == 0) then
        AudioOptionsSoundPanelSoundInBG:SetValue(1)
    end
    print(BlizzardOptionsPanel_GetCVarSafe("Sound_EnableSoundWhenGameIsInBG"))
end

local function BgSoundOff()
    if(bgSound == 0) then
        AudioOptionsSoundPanelSoundInBG:SetValue(0)
    end
end

function ReadyCheckListenerFrame_OnShow()
    print("ReadyCheckListenerFrame_OnShow")
    BgSoundOn()
    
    PlaySound("ReadyCheck")
    
    --BgSoundOff()
end

frame:SetScript("OnShow", ReadyCheckListenerFrame_OnShow)

Easiest way to do that is just to set an OnUpdate script after turning BG sound on?

Actually is there some way to delay 2 seconds without using OnUpdate? OnUpdate doesn't fire when I'm alt-tabbed out of the game.

Thanks, changing to maximized windowed mode did in fact fix the OnUpdate bug. However, I have a new issue now. As far as I can tell, the "propagation" for changing the sound setting isn't time based - it requires me to actually alt-tab back into the game for at least some sliver of time. Is there some better way of doing what I'm trying to do or am I just SOL?

Quote from arnath2

Thanks, changing to maximized windowed mode did in fact fix the OnUpdate bug. However, I have a new issue now. As far as I can tell, the "propagation" for changing the sound setting isn't time based - it requires me to actually alt-tab back into the game for at least some sliver of time. Is there some better way of doing what I'm trying to do or am I just SOL?

From how you explain it, it seems like the game checks if "sound in background" is enabled while losing focus and disables the sound if needed. It then seems to only enable the sound when it regains focus.

In other words, it doesn't seem like changing the "sound in background" setting itself can directly disable/re-enable sound.

I haven't tried this myself, but the next thing I would try doing is changing the actual "enable sound" setting.

In other words, when you're normally auto-setting the Sound in BG on. Do the following: Disable Sound, Enable Sound in BG, Enable Sound. See if that "forces" the sound to be enabled.