Adding sounds

CabalsLegion · Civilian **Joined**: 18 Nov 2008

So i want to test some sounds by replacing the nods eva with my own

i have my sounds in .wav format

where do i place them in the sdk, what do i edit, what do i write in the mod.xml

bsically i need a step by step
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any help is appreciated

Stygs · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

good luck, you can't change the eva with the default SDK since the eva.ini ignores the mod stream... I think Asuka- from www.thundermods.net managed to get it working with a workaround...

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CabalsLegion · Civilian **Joined**: 18 Nov 2008

Yeah thats in german that doesn't help :S

Banshee · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:

Google translator may not do miracles, but it helps Wink

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CabalsLegion · Civilian **Joined**: 18 Nov 2008

yeah that was the opposite of a miracle, i gues i'll have to push this way back on my od to do list

Valdez · Tiberian Fiend **Joined**: 30 Nov 2008

CabalsLegion wrote:

Yeah thats in german that doesn't help :S

Get Steph to translate.

He was my interpreter during the days of pre-English TWA 1.5

Bibber · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 31 Aug 2007 **Location**: Germany

You have to load these sounds at the same level as the global stream.
To do that put them to data\additionalmaps\mapmetadata_*.xml (e.g. mapmetadata_mod.xml) and compile this one.

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Korona · Guest

Could you give some more details?

What specifically is allowing the audio to be placed on the right level? Just the right directory structure? or do the defines need to be set up in any special way? The .wav files go in the Audio folder as normal? Any sub folder is ok?

Bibber · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 31 Aug 2007 **Location**: Germany

It depends on the stream name whether it is loaded "as global" or not.

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Korona · Guest

Thanks man! It all works, that was really awesome. For any poor saps who come after me and are still confused at this point I will just list out what Bibber told me:

The key is to add the following line to the buildmod.bat using a text editor

find the line:

tools\binaryAssetBuilder.exe "%cd%\Mods\%1\data\mod.xml" /od:"%cd%\BuiltMods" /iod:"%cd%\BuiltMods" /ls:true /gui:false /UsePrecompiled:true /vf:true /bcn:LowLOD /bps:"%cd%\BuiltMods\mods\%1\data\mod.manifest"

then make a new line beneath it and add this:

tools\binaryAssetBuilder.exe "%cd%\Mods\%1\data\additionalmaps\mapmetadata_*.xml" /od:"%cd%\BuiltMods" /iod:"%cd%\BuiltMods" /ls:true /gui:false /UsePrecompiled:true /vf:true

Note the " mapmetadata_*.xml " This is the name of the xml file you use to define the sounds with.

The xml file itself just uses the same format as any other audio file defines and it doesn't need to be listed in the mod.xml

Make sure the path is correct, the "additionalmaps" folder is created inside the root data folder where all your other xmls go.