I think it would be a good idea and it could save alot of time in us mappers/modders made a list of all the gibberish that needs to go into the SFX file for an era.

For example, by adding this to your XXXcw.SFX you will now have sounds for an ATTE.

// AT Walker Footsteps XBOX and PC ATTE ATAT ATST
#ifplatform xbox pc
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA01.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA02.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA03.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA04.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA05.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerA06.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050

..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB01.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB02.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB03.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB04.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB05.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerB06.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050

..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC01.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC02.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC03.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC04.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC05.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_layerC06.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050

..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_low01.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_low02.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\global\effects\fs_walker_low03.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
#endifplatform xbox pc

// ATTE Weapons -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifplatform xbox pc
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_ATTE_trtBlaster_fire.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 44100
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_ATTE_frontBlaster_fire.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 44100
#endifplatform xbox pc
#ifplatform ps2
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_ATTE_trtBlaster_fire.wav wpn_ATTE_trtBlaster_fire -resample ps2 12000
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_ATTE_frontBlaster_fire.wav wpn_ATTE_frontBlaster_fire -resample ps2 18000
#endifplatform ps2
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


I just think it would be smart to do, or if would be great if someone made a SFX for all the vehicle sounds, but I'm not sure if there would be any reprocussions?

If you're going to have a single file with all the sounds for an era, the only problem I can think of is memory usage. Aren't all sounds from an SFX loaded into memory when the game starts? If so, that's a LOT of memory wasted when it isn't necessary (they are wav files after all, ie no compression).

A possible solution to using too much memory might be to create a seperate SFX for each individual vehicle. Then you read in only the vehicle sound files you need.

Example: ..etc

Would that work without a problem?

It might who knows. I'm not really into expiramenting with sound becuase I think it is a {BAD WORD}. You're right about the memory usage, I think it may have been Majin who said that it could only really handle about 1.5 actual worlds. As in sounds.

I want this to keep going so here is the AAT

// AAT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifplatform xbox pc
//..\..\cw\effects\wpn_AAT_blaster_fire.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 22050
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_AAT_mainBlaster_fire.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 44100
..\..\cw\effects\wpn_AAT_missleLauncher_fire.wav -resample xbox 22050 pc 44100
..\..\cw\effects\eng_AAT_low_lp.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
..\..\cw\effects\eng_AAT_mid_lp.wav -resample xbox 20000 pc 22050
..\..\cw\effects\eng_AAT_hi_lp.wav -resample xbox 16000 pc 22050
#endifplatform xbox pc
#ifplatform ps2
//..\..\cw\effects\wp2_AAT_blaster_fire.wav wpn_AAT_blaster_fire -resample ps2 16000
..\..\cw\effects\wp2_AAT_mainBlaster_fire.wav wpn_AAT_mainBlaster_fire -resample ps2 16000
..\..\cw\effects\wp2_AAT_missleLauncher_fire.wav wpn_AAT_missleLauncher_fire -resample ps2 16000
..\..\cw\effects\eP2_AAT_low_lp.wav eng_AAT_low_lp -resample ps2 3000
..\..\cw\effects\eP2_AAT_mid_lp.wav eng_AAT_mid_lp -resample ps2 6000
..\..\cw\effects\eP2_AAT_hi_lp.wav eng_AAT_hi_lp -resample ps2 16000
#endifplatform ps2
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Are you sure that they all work? I know where to find everything and all but I wanted this to be like a for sure thing.

sawyerdk9 wrote:Are you sure that they all work? I know where to find everything and all but I wanted this to be like a for sure thing.

Try them and find out.

The big thing is isnt getting the sound calls, its making sure they dont overlap (as in two references, same file). This will cause a crash. The safest way to do it is once you get your unit sounds totally set up, then add vehicle sounds 1 at a time, searching your .sfx file for dupicate references as you add each individual sfx call.