Custom Hudgun Sounds, Help!

Pyccna | 2013-11-30 04:04

I'm a little confused about the custom sounds for Hudguns;
I've noticed that it's either command registersound or altsound followed by the directory followed by a designation number (most likely the sound volume???)
Also stated in sounds.cfg: "hardcoded cube sounds (i.e. order matters, and these must always be the first to be registered)"
So just trying to play a my custom sound for the rifle when using mr.fixit playermodel, here's what I have so far:
_{if (= $playermodel = 0) [

registersound "q009/rifle" 80 // "awesund/rifle" //"free/rifle1"

altsound "q009/rifle2" 80

altsound "q009/rifle3" altsound "pyccna/mrfixit/rifle" 80]}

So I'm actually wondering now: is it possible to change the hudgun sounds without modifying the source code, if so how should I go about doing that?

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zombie-apocalypse | 2013-11-30 10:31

Hi Pyccna!

bind MOUSE1 [sound (registersound "q009/rifle"); attack]

did the trick for me!

I never experimented with playermodels, but your if $playermodel = 0 [] looks wrong to me... I gotta think about it. Oh, and btw, I'd be very happy if you joined our mapping at cube-corp sometime! =) Please have a look at the server list this weekend, if you're interested! :D

love, meow! =)

RaZgRiZ | 2013-11-30 12:47

if (= $playermodel 0) [ stuff ]

How did you manage to mess a check this simple up? :P

Suicizer | 2013-11-30 16:05

I'm sure I could :D.

skiingpenguins | 2013-11-30 16:21

if the order matters wouldnt that stuff need to go in the sound cfg?

Pyccna | 2013-11-30 16:47

Thanks for suggestions, still no luck.
До свидания и Спасибо
-P

Suicizer | 2013-11-30 17:36

Perhaps that's because Cube Engine 2 searches for a mesh and it's contributional files (cfg-file, skin, masks, etc) and not such thing as new sounds (those are probably only checked during start up) when loading a playermodel.
So 2 options;
- Implement in the cfg-file of the model that it checks sounds.cfg once more (like exec "data/sounds.cfg"), if you put that command into sounds.cfg.
- Modify the source code that it always checks up which sounds are being used when selecting a playermodel.

Edit:
If trying the first option, I would suggest to load another file instead of sounds.cfg (like exec "data/sounds_snoutx10k.cfg"), because of the reason which skiingpenguins just mentioned.

Pyccna | 2013-11-30 20:27

Well, I don't want to modify the source code, & option 1 isn't working even without the _{if (= $playermodel 0) [}. Guess if there is a way to do it, only a handful know it :\ & I don't really want to spend too much time on this. Oh well, no custom sounds for my hudguns. Thanks anyway guys!
До свидания и Спасибо
-P

skiingpenguins | 2013-11-30 17:40

i'm pretty sure you can't just go adding new sounds without replacing the old ones in the sound.cfg file. the order matters and registering new sounds without resetting the list would simply append them instead of overwriting the reference to the old ones

Fatality | 2014-02-09 13:50

From what I gather from this post, you just want to change the sound when you fire your rifle? Why does it matter which player model you are using? Changing something like the rifle sound would apply to all player models.
On to my possible solution, I've actually changed some sounds myself. I didn't like the rifle sound that came with collect edition, so back when I had no idea about the sound.cfg I just copied the "awesund/rifle" and put it in the q009 folder, replacing the rifle sound there and it worked fine. I'm sure you could do the same with your custom rifle sound, just make sure it is the right format (.wav, I think).
When I changed my hit-sound though I did it the correct way and edited my sounds.cfg, so it looks like this for me:

//registersound "free/hit"
registersound "fatality/fatality" 175

Just have to make sure again, that it is the right format. I found out at first that my sound file was corrupted and had to re-bounce it from logic pro as a .wav for it to register. And yes, the number after the directory is the volume, I think it goes up to 255. Hope this helps if you are still wondering about this.

Pyccna | 2014-02-09 14:19

It mattered because I wanted to have different sounds (as suggested by awesomeman122) because of different hudgun sets per playermodel; and thus different sounds to correspond with each weapon. Sadly this is impossible without modifying the source code.

До свидания и Спасибо
-P

Nyne | 2014-04-05 15:41

You could try to work with a lil' dirty hack:

/bind "MOUSE1" [_soundvol = $soundvol; if (&& [= $playermodel 0] [= $getweapon 6]) [soundvol 1; sleep 0 [soundvol $_soundvol; sound 4]]; attack] // Play shotgun sound instead of pistol sound, if playermodel is Mr.Fixit and weapon is Pistol.

Also you could replace sound 4 with a registersound command for custom sounds and add a check if hudgunsdir is "" or "hudguns_modified".

Just an idea.

Nyne | 2014-06-06 16:13

Another, maybe better idea:

First a side note about the sounds.cfg: The order matters, because the default sounds are hardcoded at the source line-by-line and sauer checks therefore in order for "registersound" commands. So, when you delete the whole sounds.cfg and add a registersound command to the first line, this sound will always play when the player is jumping. So a custom sounds.cfg would look like this:
registersound "pyccna/jump" 60 registersound "pyccna/land" 80 registersound "pyccna/rifle" 80 altsound "pyccna/rifle2" 80 altsound "pyccna/rifle3" 80 registersound "pyccna/punch" [...]
You don't need to use altsounds; if an altsound is there, its played randomly, if not, only the default registersound sound is played. Also: Yes, the numbers are for the sound volume (max 255).

Now my idea: There is a /addzip command that loads a file structure into sauerbraten temporarly. It's pretty usefull for loading a map to just preview it without installing. With this command, you could load a different sounds.cfg with your custom sounds and change it back if the playermodel changes. Do it with a loop like:

_checkplayermodel = [
    sleep 1 [
        if (= $playermodel = 0) [
            addzip sounds_custom.zip
        ] [
            addzip sounds_default.zip
        ]
        _checkplayermodel
    ]
]
_checkplayermodel

The paths of the zip also matter: /data/sounds.cfg

>> Edit: Damn, maybe this woun't work, because when you start sauerbraten, it has already loaded its 70 sounds and by adding a new sound.cfg, the new registersound commands woun't replace the old ones; they are just added. Well, nice try anyways Nyne.

skiingpenguins | 2014-06-06 17:33

does the /resetsound command reset the list?

Nyne | 2014-06-06 23:13

After looking through the source (engine/sound.cpp: void resetsound()), playing with the command and getting disappointed, I can securly answer your question with: I've no clue. It seems that this function only resets the sounds/music, but doesn't load anything (new) - maybe as lil' debugging helper, I'd say, but better ask I rule.

SomeDude | 2014-04-10 19:52

1. Change the sounds registered in "sounds.cfg" so they are silent.*
2. Use "registersound" to register all your new sounds up-front.
3. Create some function that gets swapped out depending on the player model being used(E.g. "play_weapon_sound") and define it thusly:
"play_weapon_sound = case (getweapon) 0 [sound chainsaw_inky] 1 [sound shotgun_inky] 2[sound chaingun_inky]... etc"**
4. Change the mouse bind to something like "bind MOUSE1 [attack; play_weapon_sound]"***

Special Notes:
*Idk the best way to do this off-hand. Maybe registering sound files that don't exist or changing their volume to zero?
**There are at least a hundred different ways of coding this. Faster still, would be directly rebinding "MOUSE1" according to the playermodel instead of out-sourcing to "play_weapon_name"... but abusing binds like that is typically frowned upon by convention.
***I put "attack" first because I'm sure someone might rage-out otherwise. There isn't much notable difference in timing.

Nyne | 2014-06-06 16:05

Registersound commands woun't replace the old ones; they're just added.

SomeDude | 2014-06-07 01:55

Ik... That's why I suggested modifying "sounds.cfg".

FYI: By "up-front", I mean before calling/playing them in-game via "/sound "

Nyne | 2014-06-07 05:17

You're right; after reading your post twice, I got the point.

>> Edit:

After firing up gedit to see if this thingy will ever be possible using CubeScript only, I got 2 results:

a) A dirty script // This is just a version without silencing the sounds at the sounds.cfg for quick testing; it's of course more buggy.

_weaponsnd = [
    if (= $playermodel 0) [ // Mr. Fixit;
        if (= @getweapon 0) [sound (registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150)]
        if (= @getweapon 1) [sound (registersound "q009/shotgun" 110)]
        if (= @getweapon 2) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/30a6af_AKS-74U_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 3) [sound (registersound "q009/rlauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 4) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/e9f0cb_Dragunov_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 5) [sound (registersound "q009/glauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 6) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/ffe670_FN_FAL_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
    ]
    if (= $playermodel 1) [ // IronSnout;
        if (= @getweapon 0) [sound (registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150)]
        if (= @getweapon 1) [sound (registersound "q009/shotgun" 110)]
        if (= @getweapon 2) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/624685_M4A1_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 3) [sound (registersound "q009/rlauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 4) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/292804_M14_EBR_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 5) [sound (registersound "q009/glauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 6) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/eb0d7c_Five-seveN_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
    ]
    if (= $playermodel 2) [ // SGT. Ross;
        if (= @getweapon 0) [sound (registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150)]
        if (= @getweapon 1) [sound (registersound "q009/shotgun" 110)]
        if (= @getweapon 2) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/30a6af_AKS-74U_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 3) [sound (registersound "q009/rlauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 4) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/e9f0cb_Dragunov_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
        if (= @getweapon 5) [sound (registersound "q009/glauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 6) [sound (registersound "soundfxcenter/ffe670_FN_FAL_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255)]
    ]
    if (= $playermodel 3) [ // Inky;
        if (= @getweapon 0) [sound (registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150)]
        if (= @getweapon 1) [sound (registersound "q009/shotgun" 110)]
        if (= @getweapon 2) [sound (registersound "q009/minigun" 70)]
        if (= @getweapon 3) [sound (registersound "q009/rlauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 4) [sound (registersound "q009/rifle" 80)]
        if (= @getweapon 5) [sound (registersound "q009/glauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 6) [sound (registersound "q009/pistol" 80)]
    ]
    if (= $playermodel 4) [ // Captain Cannon;
        if (= @getweapon 0) [sound (registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150)]
        if (= @getweapon 1) [sound (registersound "q009/shotgun" 110)]
        if (= @getweapon 2) [sound (registersound "q009/minigun" 70)]
        if (= @getweapon 3) [sound (registersound "q009/rlauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 4) [sound (registersound "q009/rifle" 80)]
        if (= @getweapon 5) [sound (registersound "q009/glauncher")]
        if (= @getweapon 6) [sound (registersound "q009/pistol" 80)]
    ]
]
bind "MOUSE1" [_soundvol = $soundvol; soundvol 1; sleep 0 [soundvol $_soundvol; _weaponsnd]; attack]

b) I've no idea how to deal with the situation when the player is holding down the attack button (i.e. while using minigun/chainsaw). Maybe with a dirty sleep?

@ RaZgRiZ: Get in here, dude. It's CubeScript-Ninja time.

// 2¢

SomeDude | 2014-06-08 02:56

//Define all sound variations at the top of your script like so:
// Mr. Fixit;
registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150
registersound "q009/shotgun" 110
registersound "q009/minigun" 70
registersound "q009/rlauncher"
registersound "q009/rifle" 80
registersound "q009/glauncher"
registersound "q009/pistol" 80

// SGT. Ross:
registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150
registersound "q009/shotgun" 110
registersound "soundfxcenter/30a6af_AKS-74U_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255
registersound "q009/rlauncher"
registersound "soundfxcenter/e9f0cb_Dragunov_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255
registersound "q009/glauncher"
soundfxcenter/ffe670_FN_FAL_Firing_Sound_Effect_edit.wav" 255

// Etc...
registersound "soundsnap/chainsaw_attack" 150
registersound "q009/shotgun" 110
registersound "q009/minigun" 70
registersound "q009/rlauncher"
registersound "q009/rifle" 80
registersound "q009/glauncher"
registersound "q009/pistol" 80

Then you replace all those "if" statements in your "_weaponsnd" function with "case" statements-- or even better yet; store a list of all your sounds in an organized hash table.

Nyne | 2014-06-08 14:05

I asked for problem solutions, not solution solutions!

SomeDude | 2014-06-09 01:18

Oh ya, right. I forgot to answer part 'B'.

Yes, a "dirty sleep"(I assume you mean a recursive loop) is the only way.

Nyne | 2014-06-09 01:54

That implies that I'd to check the length for every single sound to get the right milliseconds for that loop, otherwise I'll have 20 sounds at once after a while... also it may need a single loop for every single weapon then, b/c these lengths will always be different. That's beyond the line of dirt; I give up.