Can you play a sound (.wav) from your custom folder client sided regardless of sv cvars?

[ivory knot]

I'm curious to see if I can play a sound from my tf\custom directory in any way? I wanna hear it client sided and I want it to always work, regardless of sv_pure or sv_cheats or other commands that could interfere.

[south lake]

cl_customsounds 1
cl_soundfile "filename.wav" - specifies mono wav file in "tf" folder
bind ; "impulse 202"

note if anyone else has cl_customsounds set to 1 they will also be able to hear it but it's extremely unlikely anyone else does

also this does a spray so maybe disable your spray

[ivory knot]

so I wouldn't be able to use the play cvar?

[south lake]

well, have you tried it?

[ivory knot]

Just did, play works like a charm. It searches in the tf2_sound_misc_dir.vpk and takes base in tf\sound. Therefore something like play ui/buttonclick.wav is ideal :)

[south lake]

then do that instead

[ivory knot]

will do!