Red Alert CashTicks

Three options for cash ticks:
Extreme: current behavoir (every cash countdown tick is heard)
Normal: RedAlert countdown style (only one cash countdown tick every ~1 or 2 seconds)
Disabled: No cash tickdown or tickup is heard.

Thanks to Tirili for hints on the settings system.

OpenRA.Game/GameRules/Settings.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ using OpenRA.Server;
 
 namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 {
+	public enum MouseScrollType { Disabled, Standard, Inverted }
+	public enum SoundCashTicks { Disabled, Normal, Extreme }
+
 	public class ServerSettings
 	{
 		public string Name = "OpenRA Game";
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public bool Repeat = false;
 		public bool ShellmapMusic = true;
 		public string Engine = "AL";
+		
+		public SoundCashTicks SoundCashTickType = SoundCashTicks.Extreme;
 	}
 
 	public class PlayerSettings
@@ -86,8 +91,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 		public string LastServer = "localhost:1234";
 	}
 
-	public enum MouseScrollType { Disabled, Standard, Inverted }
-
 	public class GameSettings
 	{
 		public string[] Mods = { "ra" };

OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/PlayerResources.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using OpenRA.GameRules;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Traits
 {
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		readonly Player Owner;
 		int AdviceInterval;
 		
+		int tickermod = 0;
+
 		public PlayerResources(Actor self, PlayerResourcesInfo info)
 		{
 			Owner = self.Owner;
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		public void Tick(Actor self)
 		{
 			var eva = self.World.WorldActor.Info.Traits.Get<EvaAlertsInfo>();
+			tickermod = (tickermod + 1) % 3;
 			
 			OreCapacity = self.World.ActorsWithTrait<IStoreOre>()
 				.Where(a => a.Actor.Owner == Owner)
@@ -158,12 +162,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			if (DisplayCash < Cash)
 			{
 				DisplayCash += move;
-				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, eva.CashTickUp);
+				playCashTickUp(self);
 			}
 			else if (DisplayCash > Cash)
 			{
 				DisplayCash -= move;
-				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, eva.CashTickDown);
+				playCashTickDown(self);
 			}
 
 			diff = Math.Abs(Ore - DisplayOre);
@@ -173,13 +177,35 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			if (DisplayOre < Ore)
 			{
 				DisplayOre += move;
-				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, eva.CashTickUp);
+				playCashTickUp(self);
 			}
 			else if (DisplayOre > Ore)
 			{
 				DisplayOre -= move;
+				playCashTickDown(self);
+                        }
+		}
+		
+		
+		public void playCashTickUp(Actor self)
+		{
+			var eva = self.World.WorldActor.Info.Traits.Get<EvaAlertsInfo>();
+			if (Game.Settings.Sound.SoundCashTickType != SoundCashTicks.Disabled)
+			{
+				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, eva.CashTickUp);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public void playCashTickDown(Actor self)
+		{
+			var eva = self.World.WorldActor.Info.Traits.Get<EvaAlertsInfo>();
+			if (
+				Game.Settings.Sound.SoundCashTickType == SoundCashTicks.Extreme ||
+				(Game.Settings.Sound.SoundCashTickType == SoundCashTicks.Normal && tickermod == 0)
+			) {
 				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, eva.CashTickDown);
 			}
+			
 		}
 	}
 }

OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/SettingsMenuLogic.cs

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 
 			// Audio
 			var audio = bg.Get("AUDIO_PANE");
+			var soundSettings = Game.Settings.Sound;
 
 			var soundslider = audio.Get<SliderWidget>("SOUND_VOLUME");
 			soundslider.OnChange += x => Sound.SoundVolume = x;
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 			musicslider.OnChange += x => Sound.MusicVolume = x;
 			musicslider.Value = Sound.MusicVolume;
 
+			var cashticksdropdown = audio.Get<DropDownButtonWidget>("CASH_TICK_TYPE");
+			cashticksdropdown.OnMouseDown = _ => ShowSoundTickDropdown(cashticksdropdown, soundSettings);
+			cashticksdropdown.GetText = () => soundSettings.SoundCashTickType == SoundCashTicks.Extreme ?
+				"Extreme" : soundSettings.SoundCashTickType == SoundCashTicks.Normal ? "Normal" : "Disabled";
+
+			
 			// Display
 			var display = bg.Get("DISPLAY_PANE");
 			var gs = Game.Settings.Graphics;
@@ -138,6 +145,29 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		
+		public static bool ShowSoundTickDropdown(DropDownButtonWidget dropdown, SoundSettings audio)
+		{
+			var options = new Dictionary<string, SoundCashTicks>()
+			{
+				{ "Extreme", SoundCashTicks.Extreme },
+				{ "Normal", SoundCashTicks.Normal },
+				{ "Disabled", SoundCashTicks.Disabled },
+			};
+
+			Func<string, ScrollItemWidget, ScrollItemWidget> setupItem = (o, itemTemplate) =>
+			{
+				var item = ScrollItemWidget.Setup(itemTemplate,
+					() => audio.SoundCashTickType == options[o],
+					() => audio.SoundCashTickType = options[o]);
+				item.Get<LabelWidget>("LABEL").GetText = () => o;
+				return item;
+			};
+
+			dropdown.ShowDropDown("LABEL_DROPDOWN_TEMPLATE", 500, options.Keys, setupItem);
+			return true;
+		}
+		
 		public static bool ShowWindowModeDropdown(DropDownButtonWidget dropdown, GraphicSettings s)
 		{
 			var options = new Dictionary<string, WindowMode>()

mods/ra/chrome/settings.yaml

@@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ Background@SETTINGS_MENU:
 					Width:250
 					Height:20
 					Ticks:5
+				Label@SOUND_TICK_TYPE_LABEL:
+					X:0
+					Y:70
+					Text: Cash ticks
+				DropDownButton@CASH_TICK_TYPE:
+					X:100
+					Y:60
+					Width:250
+					Height:20
+					Font:Regular
+					Text:Extreme
 		Container@DISPLAY_PANE:
 			X:37
 			Y:100