Hey, I'm having some trouble getting an animated prop to have engine sounds. I'm able to get right next to the prop, but I don't hear anything. I don't know if I'm referencing the wrong sound or not setting up my odf or lua right.


My lua:
My prop's odf
As always, help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

The "parameterized" sounds for vehicles don't work with SoundProperty of a prop unfortunately.

They're set up in a way so that different sounds are played depending on what the vehicle does, so it can't really apply to a stationary prop.

Really? Well that stinks. I guess I'll need to see what I can find that creates a sound similar to that. If I still can't I guess I'll add the stuff in via sound region and custom sound stream. Although I won't get the fly by effect I was hoping for.

Could you do it by adding one of those little sound boxes that ZE uses to define a specific soundspace, then animate it with the vehicle?

I'm fairly sure you can't animate regions.

Nope, only objects.

I know you can't animate regions, but there is a little editor prop of a speaker, which I'm pretty sure is related to sounds, which you could probably animate. It's in one of the common folders.

You can't necessarily use parameterized sounds, but you can use the layered versions. Check the default vehicle .snd files. I believe what you need is "all_fly_awing_engine_layered".

Wait. So I can just type that into my odf, or do I create a custom sound.lvl?

Just type it in. Parameterized sounds are like "specifically configured" versions of layered sounds since each stock engine consists of three sounds: the low, medium and high range.

Got it. ODF has been edited and I'm munging now. If this works, I can't thank you enough Marth.

EDIT: Nope. Doesn't work. Maybe my LUA isn't reading the GCW sound.lvl properly.

EDIT2: I found this:

It's not working because all components of the parameterized sounds are configured/set up nothing like sounds that are supposed to work with SoundProperty. For example:

global_world.snd wrote:

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SoundProperties()
{
    Name("control_panel_a");
    Group("ambientenv");
    Inherit("ambientemt_static_template");
    Looping(1);
    SampleList()
    {
        Sample("emt_telemetry_temple_lp01", 1.0);
    }
}

This is the SoundProperty used by hoth_prop_command_console_a.odf. Now compare it to anything parameterized-related found in all_fly_awing.snd.

Okay. I get it. So if I want to get flyer sounds working for my props, I need to record them somehow, or find a way to get them in their raw format, and use them is a custom sound lvl.

AQT wrote:It's not working because all components of the parameterized sounds are configured/set up nothing like sounds that are supposed to work with SoundProperty. For example:

global_world.snd wrote:

Code: Select all

SoundProperties()
{
    Name("control_panel_a");
    Group("ambientenv");
    Inherit("ambientemt_static_template");
    Looping(1);
    SampleList()
    {
        Sample("emt_telemetry_temple_lp01", 1.0);
    }
}

This is the SoundProperty used by hoth_prop_command_console_a.odf. Now compare it to anything parameterized-related found in all_fly_awing.snd.

Actually, all sounds work with each other perfectly fine. The problem is the LUA: you're trying to load two sound files from the stock sound folder while only one can be loaded. Since only the space sound file includes most of the flyer sounds, I'd personally recommend using a sound file containing either the Snowspeeder or the AAC; I recommend the AAC the most, but both would work relatively well for speeder sounds. Personally, I think you should load the Coruscant or Naboo sound file.


If you want the AAC, you'd put this in your ODF: If the Snowspeeder, then this: Next, your LUA would look like this for the Snowspeeder: -- OH MY GOODNESS I JUST HAD AN EPIPHANY!

You could use the STAP engine sound! It would work really well and it's easy to load! So yeah, choose a level that has the STAP, load it in your LUA above the stock line (while making sure to begin with ReadDataFile("dc:) or completely ditch using a dc: sound file and just load one that has the STAP, and use stap_engine_layered in the SoundProperty parameter.

For instance: Oh, and don't forget to edit the OpenAudioStream lines at the end of the LUA to match that of Yavin.

Thanks Marth. I'll try it out in a bit, but right now where I am it's really late. I think I'll go to bed now and try out in the morning.


EDIT:
It sort of works. The sound is always present and none of the weapons have sound. I'm fed up. I think I'll deal with this problem later and work on other stuff. I'll figure something out eventually. I hope.

Hang on a moment, could you show me the mo-- err, the LUA? Get on Xfire in an hour and a half, I'll help you there.

I'm sorry, man, I'm trying to get my sleep schedule back on track. For most of the summer I have been nocturnal. Right now it's 11:02 and I have to get up early in the morning (6:00). I certainly would appreciate your help, but I can't accept it at the immediate moment.

No problem Yuke. Being nocturnal sounds very familiar for Marth and I. I just don't have to fix it since I home school.