local assigned_object = {}
local played_recently = {}

--name must match the name given in randomsoundinzoneobject.lua object
--sounds are applied to above object (not the zone as it only has 1 slot)
function randomsoundinzonezone_init_name(e,name)
	weapon_name[e] = name
	played_recently[e] = 0
end 

function randomsoundinzonezone_main(e)
	
	--first run through is simply to make sure the assigned object has been spawned too 
	if assigned_object[e] == nil then
		assigned_object[e] = -1 
		return --stops code going any further this sync
	--2nd run through is to find and commit other object to variable to use later (so we don't need to keep finding it or manually assign it's e)
	elseif assigned_object[e] == -1 then 
		for a = 1, 9999 do 
			if g_Entity[a] ~= nil then 
				if weapon_name[a] ~= nil then 
					--we know it has same name as this zone but isn't this zone so if we match then this must be it
					if a ~= e and weapon_name[a] == weapon_name[e] then 
						assigned_object[e] = a 
						return
					end 
				end 
			end 
		end 
	else 
		--if player is inside zone
		if g_Entity[e]['plrinzone'] == 1 then 
			--as there's no engine-side method to get sound playing or not we're just going to use a basic delay
			if played_recently[e] > 0 then 
				--keeps the count a bit slower
				if GetTimer(e) > 1 then 
					StartTimer(e)
					played_recently[e] = played_recently[e] - 1 
				end 
			--if we no longer need to delay then we can get a new sound to play
			else 
				--randomly decide if we should play a sound based on the other objects HP (higher HP = less chance to play)
				if math.random(0,g_Entity[assigned_object[e]]['health']) == 1 then
					played_recently[e] = g_Entity[assigned_object[e]]['health']*100
					--picks a random sound from the 5 slots
					PlaySoundIfSilent(assigned_object[e],math.random(0,4))
				end 
			end
		end 
	end 
	
end