Question about custom sound

theOmega · Post by **theOmega** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 1:53 am

I followed the tutorial by jv_map using the workaround and it works fine. I was just wondering if it was possible to use a path name that points to a sound file within the map's .pk3 instead of having to put it in the mohaa sound dir.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:55 am

Wav file or Mp3? Wav files can be in your pk3 in the sound/whatever folder. But, mp3 music files are not in main, so you can't add them to a pk3. You would have to distribute a sound folder along with your pk3.

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 4:51 am

tltrude wrote:Wav file or Mp3? Wav files can be in your pk3 in the sound/whatever folder. But, mp3 music files are not in main, so you can't add them to a pk3. You would have to distribute a sound folder along with your pk3.

Is that right I neevr knew, I had a mp3 of music in my monastery map, it worked well at home here but I must admit I never used it on a server. I might better look into that.

Thanks

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:02 am

I think tltrude is right, mp3 sounds need not be in a pk3 file.

Any time remember to use 'loaded' in the alias definition for sounds in a pk3 file, 'streamed' for extracted sounds.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:02 am

Wait, the mp3's are in main/sound/music, so I guess you could put them in your pk3. But, it would sure make the pk3 larger, and most people turn the music off anyway.

theOmega · Post by **theOmega** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:30 am

I can get it to work with the mp3 in the main/sound/amb dir with:

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local.master aliascache piano sound/amb/pianoman.mp3 soundparms 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 200 500 auto loaded maps "obj dm"

I can get it to work with the wav in the main/sound/amb dir with:

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local.master aliascache piano sound/amb/pianoman.wav soundparms 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 200 500 auto streamed maps "obj dm"

but i cannot get it to work at all if i have either sound format in my pk3 sound dir

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Not sure what I am doing wrong, but i am sure that i need help

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theOmega · Post by **theOmega** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:58 am

While i am asking, how do you make it so walls dampen the sound?

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:03 pm

check what codec the wav file is useing . The sound will need to be in pcm format to use in a pak . You can open the sound with windows sound recorder and then use save as . Then change the codec format to pcm I am not sure what sample rates or bit rates work but you can test them and see . I made a map with PCM 22.050 kHz, 8 Bit, Mono that worked .

theOmega · Post by **theOmega** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:48 pm

It seems as though i had to change the wav file to 22.020 kHz for it to work in the pk3. Today, for some reason, i got the mp3 to work also. I did change the sound source from a script_model to a sound_speaker. Not sure if that makes a difference. Thx to all for the help. Still wondering if its possible to have the sound be dampened by walls.

Post by **jv_map** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:01 pm

theOmega wrote:Still wondering if its possible to have the sound be dampened by walls.

It isn't

theOmega · Post by **theOmega** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:08 am

Eh its ok. I accomplished what i set out to accomplish for the most part. Thx to all who helped. I really appreciate it.

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:03 am

Dl my monastery map and you will see the music comeing from where the guy is eating is a small mp3. Check the code to see how I did it.

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