Help with making additions to a sound pack

DemAvalon · 2017-08-27T20:43:36.000Z

So looking on the sounds on the RRFSounds (the one I use) I noticed that on the Music folder there is a “hulk_theme” and a “jackson_theme” given their names I imagined they would play when those monsters are on the map, but it never does, the chainsaw theme works fine, why do those never play?, also the chainsaw theme does not work with the combat chainsaw, Looking on the “soundset. json” I don’t see anything for the combat chainsaw.

so how do I create specific themes for specific monsters and items? (I wanted so when you encountered certain monsters it plays a unique theme, mostly for the monsters in the climax of dungeons like the Amigara one)

Zhilkin · 2017-08-28T06:43:12.000Z

You can search source code for all calls to sfx::play_variant_sound and sfx::play_ambient_variant_sound functions to see which sounds are supported and where.

I believe it will be possible to add ambient music/sound when player sees certain monster, but you will need to make some changes to the code.

DemAvalon · 2017-08-28T15:40:05.000Z

I should have said this in the first post, but I’m very stupid, where should I look in the source code (what source code?) and the hulk theme and thriller theme does not play because the code currently does not support that?

Kadian · 2017-08-28T19:36:37.000Z

The source code of the game. If you go to the github page of CDDA you have the possibility to download the game there, this will give you the latest source codes with the newest merges. I can’t say where exactly you’d find the stuff more sounds though.

However, changing the source code could easily break the whole thing or it might lead to bugs later on, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing or if you never looked at similar source code. You’d also have to compile the changed version yourself.

NuG · 2017-08-28T19:48:50.000Z

I your game folder, I’m using the launcher, click on data>sounds then open the sound pack you want to edit.

My NPC reloads a crossbow and it makes a reloading sound, i don;t when i reload crossbow, even though the code is there for it to happen. I believe this happens with more than one sound pack.

I’m not 100% sure how to do what you want to do, but have looked into it a bit previously and here are a couple links that might help.

https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/doc/SOUNDPACKS.md which I got from http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=11771.0

there is also this https://pastebin.com/zwWEWNzr which I got from the sound pack thread on this forum I believe

I haven’t done much but bookmarked them for later possible use, but maybe you’ll find them helpful.

Zhilkin · 2017-08-28T19:54:33.000Z

GitHub

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

Cataclysm-DDA - Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

GitHub

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

Cataclysm-DDA - Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

DemAvalon · 2017-08-28T21:07:48.000Z

Ah, so I need to edit the source to add sounds to objects that don’t have it, something I’m incapable of doing (don’t know programing), I was hoping it was something simple, and I could do it through trial and error.

but if there is a chance it will screw up the whole game…, I guess I won’t touch it then, but thank you all for the clarification on this.

NuG · 2017-08-28T21:58:30.000Z

no i think you just open data>sounds then open the json with a text editor, like notepad or notepad++

I was able to get menu sounds to play that way to a soundpack before, and all I did was copy/paste a couple lines of code(which was from an example in the first link I provided earlier, so it was especially easy). It actually got added I think anyway, so I didn’t have to keep adding it with each game update.

I believe Zhilkin’s links show you where in the code it would be triggered, combined with my links showing you the knowledge of how to edit it.

The only problem is, if you make changed and then update the game I think they would get overwritten, so that’s where GitHub and compiling/forking would come in handy(I a bit clueless on how compiling/forking actually works/is used for TBH, besides having your own copy you can make changes to and submit to the main I think maybe). Pretty sure there’s guides on how to work that stuff, I just haven’t looked into it.

So you could do it with trial and error, I figured out the menu music thing and I’m not a genius or anything

edit: i must have deleted part of a sentence, but I added it back in