adding new ***.wav files

[lgb3d]

Okay I'm experimenting with the Doss GCS taking a little break from my Windows project.

Currently making a pretty radical flamethrower

I thought to myself I should record or modify a new sound effect..

So I use the windows stock sound recorder, make a new sound add it to sounds.txt put the new sound number in weapons.txt...

And when I run the game there's no critical error or problem..

The problem I have is that it plays absolutely no sound all the other sound effects in the game work except for the one I added.

So I told myself screw it I don't have to make a new sound effect I will just use another one from in the game, so I reverse the sound effect of the shotgun which makes a beautiful flamethrower sound in reverse. And as I am replacing the goo gun save it as goop1.wav..

Same problem..

So whether I make or edit a sound effect whether it be a new one or using an existing one the new altered edited modified sound effect will not play..

I am using Windows XP sndrec32.exe... but the format and the file is creating is 8-bit 11 kilohertz or whatnot. When you look at the properties of the existing stock sound effects they are identical to the modified sound effects I save with this sound recorder.

So I think to myself is this a problem with the version of sound recorder I'm using, or something else?...

Back in the day when we were using Doss we might have had Windows 3.1 and been using the sound recorder there it was a feminine hair different than the sound recorder that is on an XP computer, I want to say sndrec32.exe came with windows 98....

So looking for the old school sound recorder to be able to check that I Came Upon a ton of web results saying that there's pin a virus trojan malware thing being passed around using the file name. As well if you articles saying Microsoft is not selling or Distributing that old exe anymore because they own the patent..

Long story short has anybody had issues like this modifying or creating new sound effects for Dos GCS 1.13 using dosbox?

There has to be something simplistic that I'm missing here. I use the exact same 8 bit setting recording sound with sndrec32.exe for my win 1.3 project and it works fine... hmm

[chris]

For DOS GCS, you want to save the wav files as 8 bit, mono, 17,100hz. The 17,100 is the tough part, since few sound editors then and now allow you to save anything other than 11, 22, or 44 khz. That's also why you almost never saw GCS games venture outside the stock sound effects library.

Back in the day I used Goldwave for Windows to do this, I'm not sure if that app is even around anymore, but it will definitely work. Also, you can download ffmpeg and do it manually via command line. Just create a batch file in the same directory as ffmpeg.exe and it should look something like this:

ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -acodec pcm_u8 -ac 1 -ar 17100 output.wav

As far as why it works fine in Windows, the Windows engine is probably using the Windows sound system. In fact, you might actually be able to rename a .mp3 file as .wav and it might play fine.


Hope that helps.

[lgb3d]

Great advice.

Approaching the Finish Line still probably a mile off.. I told myself,.. today I'm doing some wav file work..

I wound up finding goldwave v 5.7, works great on my XP computer. The installer told me something like I only get a limited amount of use from it since I download for free, but I'm Blown Away the amount of progress I made in a short time with it.

My game sounds entirely different and phenomenal now..

"stand still so I can shoot you" and "I see him over here" were replaced with some Superior homemade sound effects

Another cool trick I did while toying with the guard AI, I added a "play sound" function in the "hit guy - guard wound" part.. so now there is a lot more sound being generated during combat..

I get the concept of ffmpeg, in reality sounds super simplistic.. but searching for a version of it for an XP computer I became a little daunted by the history of them supporting xp and or not supporting it what version i need Etc.. so although it's listed as free I did not go that route this time.

If my copy of goldwave expires I'm definitely going to have to go the ffmpeg route.

Thanks again

[lgb3d]

This is a demonstration of some of my new wav files..

Some weird hiccup in the engine as I was recording. I hit this guy dead on with a rocket it killed everyone around him as well as two guys on the other side of the door, and his response was "hey4.Wav".. so I felt like he deserved that extra grenade

youtube.com/shorts/WWonCFZG0qU?feature=share

[lgb3d]

Here's another nice demonstration. Got me real high in test mode,

youtu.be/4ee2jpyaxVM

But this only works in test mode..

After I make final some of it remains but some of it reverts back to the basic setup..

I added various lines to incorporate sound using the enemy AI "pygmyini.4th"..

In this I could add lines in specific situations that would call on a specific sound number to be played . Example when a guard is hit by an explosion..

Instead of using the area determined for blast or death, I used the area where it specifies the four different types of enemy death or wound.. that way I could have different guard sound effects play whether they experience fire or explosion.. as well I could keep the normal death sound effects apart from those so I don't have three different death sound effects playing from one guard..

Another thing I did was added to the base 4 die as well as hey.. i have 7 hey and 5 die now.. I changed the lines that specify them in "pygmy1.4th" and as well Incorporated that line in the guard SRC in the enemy set itself. Before making final testing all the levels,.. insured each levels guard text had this accounted for..

So what I noticed after making final it appears I've been reduced back to the base for Hey and dies.. I am using the line "playaugh!" Or what not it was titled in the guard wound scenario, so when I wound the guard and not kill him I'm still getting the base 4 die sounds in a new situation I created that was not stock...

But areas where I pointed to a specific wave file using playsound..something like "64 28 playsound" 64 being volume 28 being sound number play sound being command.. this is a great example of what I used for the flame death I have just a single sound file that the guard Loops plane that sounds like he's screaming on fire.. or the explosion I have two sounds a Gib and a guttural scream sound somewhat like the Space Marine from Doom's death.. I made it myself believe it or not.

So although that format of command is used elsewhere in the script where I added it it does not appear to be working after make final.. and as well after make final my playhey! And playagh! Are reduced back to 4 each..

I might need to sleep on it and it will make sense tomorrow.. my biggest suspicion right now is "pygmy.dat".. perhaps this or some other file is used during the make final and assistant restructuring or keeping things in their original setup..

I do see I got by on some but not all, and that is what makes it weird..

An example would be the AI script in the GCS for Windows. You can alter it save it open it and all your work still there.. but if you test the level it rewrites that document back to the stock settings.. so with my windows project I've been modifying my guards using the fourth script specifically for guards on a unique level.

So in this case with the Doss engine, it'll let me modify the AI, save and test it.. and when I make final yeah it changes some of it back, but it does not revert back the whole document when it compiles it only select pieces..

If this does not work out, I'm okay with it I'm having fun with the GCS.. but if there's a way to get what I see in test mode to come out the other end clean after making final that's what I want. I'm really close to finished with this project, I was feeling pretty accomplished with the sound effects polishing my product, and after I pressed make final what it spit out the other side was a little bit of a bummer.

The good thing is everything in the editor and in the GCS itself is staying set the way I put it, the only change is in the make final output...

Ugh..

[lgb3d]

I'm pretty sure I figured it out thoroughly tested it.. it had nothing to do with the GCS itself.. or the script I wrote..

Although I had checked the guard.4th for every level in my final.. I overlooked something..

In the past I had a level that I deleted, when it was created it made an objec.txt Universe.txt guard.4th backg.VGA Etc.

Although it was not listed in the theaters somehow when compiling the final.. I'm assuming it's guard.4th was in conflict with all my other functional levels. And for some reason instead of bending it to fit the majority of text all of the text reverted back to the default GCS setup...

Whoops.. I guess it was a little too late at night for me to be thinking clearly when faced with something that wasn't functioning.

So what I'm doing is functional and I can move forward doing it applying sound effects to specific situations the guard AI calls on..

Although it would be goofy I want to expand things, there's situations in the guard AI that don't happen frequently but would be better emphasized with extra sound effects..

As an example every now and then in combat and enemy will retreat,.. I forget exactly what it's titled right now .. it'd be cool to have a sound effect of the guard saying "I'm out of here" or "retreat" when that situation occurs as it's not very frequent but it would make better sense when you see the enemy turn and run away from you while you're shooting at him like what's going on there, the sound effect would fill in the blank.

So what was seen and heard in the video above is functional and then some. Amen