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Adding a new sound to game.

Winterhart

Winterhart

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Is it possible to add a new sound to the game? This may sound silly but I don't play with zombies on because the sound they make gives me nightmares. I want to add a softer gentler zombie sound so I can enjoy every part of the game. I think I know enough xpath to figure out how to change the sounds but I have no clue as to where I would add the wave file I want to use.

Thank you for your time. :smile-new:

 
You would have to import it into Unity and export it as a unity3d package I think.

Outside of making it into a modlet style, I think you could add it to your Bundles folder and then just reference it in the xml files.

 
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You would have to import it into Unity and export it as a unity3d package I think.
Outside of making it into a modlet style, I think you could add it to your Bundles folder and then just reference it in the xml files.
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Since I know nothing about Unity it sounds like there is no easy way to do this. Maybe I would be better off substituting a less threatening existing sound. Anyone else have any thoughts?

 
Not that hard, really.
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So is bdubyah on the right track with importing into Unity and exporting as unity3d package? Once I did that what would I do with the package. xml I understand enough to take something that I made that I know works and cut and paste to make it do something else I want, mostly. But I know nothing about Unity and would have to learn it. Being dsylexic makes that not that easy, really. lol I will look into it though.

Edit: OK maybe not that hard. It is fascinating. I'm going to make some simple games for my 5 year old Gransdon!

 
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Welcome to the fun. :)

Yeh drag your mp3 files in, export to a .unity3d file (via the export script courtesy of Sphereii et Al), reference in XML.

 
a bob ross zombie?... whispers...." now im gonna eat you a little bit, just tap tap tap... there... its all good... its just a happy bite... keep looting"

 
Yeah, it's not as bad as it sounds. Just watch some of xyth's tutorials on Unity stuff.

To just import a sound, export it from Unity, and then reference it in the xml file isn't that bad.

a bob ross zombie?... whispers...." now im gonna eat you a little bit, just tap tap tap... there... its all good... its just a happy bite... keep looting"
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Bob Ross the Boss Zombie? I'd be down. Haha.

 
Yeah, it's not as bad as it sounds. Just watch some of xyth's tutorials on Unity stuff.
To just import a sound, export it from Unity, and then reference it in the xml file isn't that bad.

Bob Ross the Boss Zombie? I'd be down. Haha.
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Got it, thanks. I found the tutorial and have my new sound!

 
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I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

The file that I imported into Unity and then exported was called ZombieSounds. I followed Xyth's tutorial and used the build command to export it. The exported file is called Sounds.unity3d. I have a folder called Sounds in the Mods Folder with the unity file in it.

Here is my code:

<set xpath="/sounds/SoundDataNode[contains(@name, 'zombie')]/AudioSource[@name=Sounds/AudioSource]">modfolder:Sounds/Sounds.unity3d?ZombieSounds</set>

My code is loading without error but it is not changing anything. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I think I'm telling the game to replace all the sounds for anything containing "zombie" to the sound in modfolder but it obviously isn't getting the message. lol :crushed:

 
Wow, this is so much easier than doing it the older way. How could I have missed this asset export script for Unity. Nvm, my outdated video. ^^

 
.unity3d files go in modname/resources
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So a resources folder instead of sounds right? OK I changed the name of the folder to resources and the code to:

<set xpath="/sounds/SoundDataNode[contains(@name, 'zombie')]/AudioSource[@name=Sounds/AudioSource]">modfolder:resources/Sounds.unity3d?ZombieSounds</set>

It still doesn't work.

 
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Yeah. Look at another modlet if you have downloaded any. Copy the file structure.
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That's what I did with this. :smile-new:

I based it on the Impact Wrench by Elucidus. He was adding an entirely new item though. I'll try and find a mod that's changing a sound instead. Do you know of any?

 
No errors? Paste a pic if the hierarchy in unity?

Also so an exportcurrentconfigs to make sure the XML changes are applying how you want them to.

I've a thread called Xpath error checking here in modding/tutorials that shows you how.

 
I also want to know how to change the sound, rather than adding new sound to new items or entities. I just discovered this method and would be really glad to know how.

This is what I have tried to do.

<configs>
<remove xpath="/sounds/SoundDataNode[@name=zombiefemalescoutalert]/AudioClip[@ClipName=Sounds/Enemies/Scout_Zombie/zombiefemalescoutalert1]"/>

<set xpath="/sounds/SoundDataNode[@name=zombiefemalescoutalert]/AudioClip[@ClipName">#@modfolder:Resources/screamer.unity3d?zombiefemalescoutalert1</set>

</configs>
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This did not work of course. I have tried removing other values, like the channel name "Mouth" and it worked, but removing the audioclip clipname does not seem to work at all.

 
Here's a sample of my sounds.xml file

Code: 
  <SoundDataNode name="BellBike"> <AudioSource name="Sounds/AudioSource_SmallHorn"/>
   <Noise ID="4" range="30" volume="60" time="3" heat_map_strength="0.2" heat_map_time="90"/>
   <AudioClip ClipName="#@modfolder:Resources/GuppyMobilesSounds.unity3d?BellBike"/>
     <LocalCrouchVolumeScale value="1.0"/> <CrouchNoiseScale value="1"/> <NoiseScale value="1"/> <MaxVoices value="3"/> <MaxEntities name="6"/> <MaxRepeatRate value="0.01"/> 
 </SoundDataNode>
...so you would just reference BellBike in the sounds section of whatever you are changing (in my case, in vehicles.xml)

Here is what my Unity looks like:

tmp-Sounds.png


...note on the left I have the object and child, the child has the mp3 dragged to it (seen on the right) and then I have the list of sounds (at the bottom) that I group compile into GuppyMobilesSounds.unity3d

Hope this helps.

 
No errors? Paste a pic if the hierarchy in unity?
Also so an exportcurrentconfigs to make sure the XML changes are applying how you want them to.

I've a thread called Xpath error checking here in modding/tutorials that shows you how.
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As expected there is no change to the zombie sounds in the configs :apathy:

I don't know if this is what you meant for screen prints, but it shows exactly what I did to get my unity3d file.

Step1.jpg

Step2.jpg

 
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