Help? sound file assingment driving me to drink!

04-13-08, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by skwasjer

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Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

In the library I have a file called DC_noise_bubbles.dat. This is the file that generates the bubble cloud resulting from an exploding DC (basically a modified Bold1). I also have a file called dc_noise_1.dsd, which is the file that (should) direct what sounds to play when the bubble cloud is generated. In the Sound folder I have a file called DC noise.wav, which is the actual sound file.

I would advice using the same filename for the .dsd, although I don't think it matters.

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Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

For the properties of the SoundSource of dc_noise_1.dsd I have the name set as "DC_noise_bubbles.DC noise". If I'm interpreting the existing .dsd files correctly, the part preceding the period is the dat file the sound is associated with, and the part following after is the name of the sound file itself. But it isn't working; there is no sound being played when the bubble cloud forms.

Nope, the 'name' should be pointing to an entry in the .sdl file (do you have one?). And the notation (incl. the dot) of those names has a different meaning, see my post here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...826#post820826

No, I didn't have an entry in the .sdl file; had no idea about that.

Made two entries --one for ambient and one for hydro-- and triple-checked everything. Sound still won't play, and now when I abort the test mission and exit the game I get crashes, with errors in sound.act. --sighs--

Philipp_Thomsen · 04-13-08, 10:50 AM

I don't know if this is of any help, but in my sound mod I tried putting a sound for DC explosion and it wouldn't play. I realised that the sound was too long. I've shortened the sound to 5 seconds and it started playing.

04-13-08, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

I don't know if this is of any help, but in my sound mod I tried putting a sound for DC explosion and it wouldn't play. I realised that the sound was too long. I've shortened the sound to 5 seconds and it started playing.

I'll try that. If that doesn't work, though, I'm throwing in the towel for now. I've tried just about everything I can think of. In the Sh3.sdl I have the two sound files added, plus a 'master' one with sample.wav flagged as a folder (which mirrors the examples I've looked at for particles, torpedoes, etc.) but I still get no sound. Plus I get crashes when I exit the game. (I forget the exact locations of the errors; if they happen again --as I'm sure they will-- I'll add the exact locations to this*)

* sound.act and ntdll.dll are the two error messages I get when exiting the game

04-13-08, 10:50 AM	#2
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I don't know if this is of any help, but in my sound mod I tried putting a sound for DC explosion and it wouldn't play. I realised that the sound was too long. I've shortened the sound to 5 seconds and it started playing. __________________ To each his own