Sound Pack

[Fyron]

I think it would be cool to create a Sound Pack, similar in concept to the Image Mod. It would be a collection of sounds instead of images, designed to be installed in the default sounds folder so that mods can make use of custom sounds, just like the Image Mod, without every mod having to be huge.

Rules:
1) All submissions must be unique and original.
2) All submissions must include appropriate credits information. No submission will be accepted without it.
3) All sounds must be prefixed with a group identifier, such as "Fyron_Laser.wav". This is because sounds can have arbitrary names, so it is entirely possible that someone else wants to add a Laser.wav sound.
4) To make a submission, you can send it via email to admin spaceempires net (insert @ and .). If you are unable to email large files, send an email to that same address and an alternative method can be worked out to send the sounds.

[Ed Kolis]

I have suggested this many times and no one paid any attention http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

"Unique and original"? So no MOO2 sounds? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Fyron]

Well I meant as in, not stock sounds and not sounds that are already in the pack. The Image Mod says something very similar.

[Atrocities]

An excellent idea Fyron.

Hicksz idea on how to add tuants to the game would make a sound pack an excellent idea.

I have many tuants. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Ed Kolis]

As in, the Pkunk taunts that replenish energy(Booby! Hick! Dimwad!), and the Vogon Poetry Projector? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Caduceus]

I would love a new "end turn sound" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Wildcard

[Atrocities]

What would be nice is the option in SE V to send tuant voice Messages like in many games. Each player would have to have the tuant file in order to hear it.

But would it not be nice to send a message that reads;

"Your empire is beaten!"
But sounds like this:
"You could no more evade my wrath than you could your own shadow."

You address each comment to a specific wav file.

[Fyron]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif Lets not go the petty, childish routes of FPS games. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Andrés]

A TextToSpeech engine reading out loud the Messages from the ai speech file would be more logical for that kind of Messages.

[Captain Kwok]

If this go ahead, there should be a minimum quality setting as well of at least 16-bit stereo. Files below this level can be saved in higher quality using sound recorder that comes with windows.

[hicksz]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:


3) All sounds must be prefixed with a group identifier, such as "Fyron_Laser.wav". This is because sounds can have arbitrary names, so it is entirely possible that someone else wants to add a Laser.wav sound.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Okay, I submitted two sounds with the stm prefix for Atrocities Star Trek Mod (stm).

An alternate sound for the Depleted Uranium Cannon and the Borg Ripper Beam.

My time is limited on the weekdays so I'll submitted a lot more towards the weekend.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
If this go ahead, there should be a minimum quality setting as well of at least 16-bit stereo. Files below this level can be saved in higher quality using sound recorder that comes with windows. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, but will that actually change the audio quality, or just take up more space? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Captain Kwok]

It does take up a little bit more space, but it does make a noticeable difference. Just compare some of the original SE:IV sounds with the newer ones.

[Fyron]

Yeah, but wasn't a bit more than just resaving them from a low quality format to a high quality format done?

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yeah, but wasn't a bit more than just resaving them from a low quality format to a high quality format done? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sure. But even just saving some of the crappy mono sounds to stereo helps...

[Andrés]

You will only notice the difference if you have a good set of speakers and the volume relatively high.

[Baron Munchausen]

Wow... I haven't seen TG post in years... I thought he was gone.

Was I just not visiting the right threads?

[ March 12, 2004, 15:31: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Tampa_Gamer]

Baron - Oh he's been here he's not dead yet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif - for the most part lurking, except on a few Messages on the beta forum. Just been too busy making little future SE4/5/6 gamers with my wife. Hearts of Iron also sucked a lot of my time for awhile (would have been great to do a sci-fi mod for that-but the map is not moddable to a great degree).

-TG

[ March 12, 2004, 16:32: Message edited by: Tampa_Gamer ]

[Tampa_Gamer]

Your welcome to use any files from my sound mod. Not sure where exactly it is located now in the new organization of d/l files (a couple of searches turned up nil). But as soon as I find it, I will post a link here.

Found it, in a link provided by Tesco Samoa (thanks!).

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newuploads/1015384650.zip

I have made some changes to it since the Last update, and will re-post it sometime in the next couple of weeks.

-TG

[ March 12, 2004, 12:20: Message edited by: Tampa_Gamer ]

[Fyron]

This is all? Tampa Gamer and hicksz? Surely more people must want to make/find snazzy sounds to submit!

[Kevin Arisa]

Once I release my mod you can salvage any sounds you want from it. A lot of them are from various star trek games. I have some from starcraft and freelancer, too.

[Fyron]

It would be far easier if you were to rename the new ones to be compliant with the Sound Pack format now. Add some common prefix, such as "Eclipse_", to the front of the names of all of them. This will insure seemless integration with the Sound Pack. You could then avoid including them in your mod download file, and point people to the Sound Pack, just like the Image Mod. Assuming this ever gets off the ground, of course... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Tampa_Gamer]

Should have my revised Sound Pack ready in a couple of days (along with my revised TDM races). I have no problem renaming all of the files with some "[prefix]_" format but I have a ton of sounds that I already use the "notused_" prefix on and renaming 100+ files is going to take awhile. Does anyone know of a batch program or easy way to do that?

Thanks
-TG

[Fyron]

Irfan View (http://www.irfanview.com) does batch renaming rather well. It is an image program, but it should be able to rename any files. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif It can even just add a nice prefix to the beginning of the names of each file.

[ March 21, 2004, 16:55: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ed Kolis]

Fyron, I believe I emailed you a collection of sounds extracted from MOO2 a while back, so if you still have those, go ahead and put them in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Fyron]

I don't think I have them at this point in time...

[Ed Kolis]

Want me to send 'em again?

[Fyron]

Sure, and stick a credits.txt and such in there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Pablo]

Tampa_Gamer, check out CKRename (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8108,00.asp):
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CKRename is a handy utility you can use to perform batch file renaming operations. It provides a three-pane interface: One to select a path, one to display the contents of the current path, and the Last to show the effects of the renaming options you've chosen. You can eliminate file names, insert strings before or after file names, or replace file names completely. You can also choose to sequentially rename your files, change file extensions, change case, and perform string substitutions. CKRename is very easy to use and, better yet, it's free.
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Tested and used quite frequently. I use it for example for renaming the pictures from my digital camera http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Edit: spelling

[ March 22, 2004, 05:43: Message edited by: Pablo ]

[Fyron]

IrfanView does most, if not all, of those things, except the string substitution IIRC. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif It is also free. Whatever suits your needs is what you should use. Try both.

[Tampa_Gamer]

Thanks for the software leads guys. I will try and post the update tomorrow night.

-TG

[Atrocities]

OH MY GOD! Tampa Gamer posted !

This is indeed a glorious day to behold.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif It is extremely a great day indeed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Tampa what have you been up to?

[Fyron]

Email it to admin spaceempires net (insert @ and .) and I will add it when I can.

[Tampa_Gamer]

Atrocities - been busy man http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (see below).

Well, I got ready to upload my revised sound mod (roughly 50% new sounds) and lo and behold - the Shrapnel site no longer accepts uploads http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Can anyone recommend another SE4 site where I can upload to and then provide a link for everyone?

Thanks
-TG

[General Woundwort]

Fyron's Spaceempires.net is probably the best option.

http://www.spaceempires.net/home/

[ March 29, 2004, 12:42: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Tampa_Gamer]

Thanks Fyron - you've got mail http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ March 30, 2004, 12:04: Message edited by: Tampa_Gamer ]

[Fyron]

I should really get this thing going... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

[Combat Wombat]

I've got 38 great sounds now for you Fyron.

A good rule for this should be no sounds over 5 seconds in length.

[Atrocities]

A taunt pack would be nice...... But impracticle.

[Fyron]

Ugh... why did I have to delete a bunch of old emails? No longer have the submissions that had been emailed to me Last year... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I have CW's submission and the old Version of TampaSoundMod that was linked to, but the others are gone.

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Thread necromancy! Thread necromancy!

[Fyron]

This isn't thread necromancy, it is project necromancy.

[Fyron]

Imperator Fyron said:
Ugh... why did I have to delete a bunch of old emails? No longer have the submissions that had been emailed to me Last year... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I have CW's submission and the old Version of TampaSoundMod that was linked to, but the others are gone.

Awesome! I apparently uploaded the new Version Tampa Gamer sent to me to SE.net! Ekolis has resent the MOO2 sounds. Anybody else care to submit any sounds before I get this thing ready to go? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Imperator Fyron said:
This isn't thread necromancy, it is project necromancy.


Evil! EEEviil!

[msnevil]

http://www.nexus1.net/SoundEffects.html

Sfc 2 sounds. (star fleet command.)

http://members.fortunecity.com/sfcspacedock/sounds.htm

Nasa warp site- had to sneak this end.
(http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/warp/warp.html)

I also have Bridge commander and sfc3 sounds if you want them.

[Fyron]

If you package the unique sounds in appropriate format as per the original post of this thread, they can be added to the pack.

[Kevin Arisa]

I have a sound pack I made for the next Eclispe Mod patch I'm working on. I have them set up with the "Eclipse_" prefix so they should be easy to add to the soundpack. It is comprised of an assortment of sounds from Bridge Commander, Armada 1&amp;2, Starfleet Command 2&amp;3, Freelancer, Rise of Nations, Starcraft, and several other miscellanious sources. They are formatted 44.000 - 48.000 kHz, 16bit Stereo. None should be above 3 seconds in length if even that. If you want them just let me know.

[Fyron]

Certainly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

When is Eclipse going to be ready anyways? Especially with AI. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Kevin Arisa]

Imperator Fyron said:
When is Eclipse going to be ready anyways? Especially with AI. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



Good question. Most of my time is taken up with component modeling but I hope to get the AI's up to speed in the next patch. I would say it is a little under halfway done. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

I'll go ahead and send you the rar file for the sounds.

[Fyron]

Announcing the creation of the SE4 Sound Pack.

The Sound Pack is a compilation of sounds ready to be used in mods. Modders can gain access to a wide variety of sounds without having to make each mod very large.

Torrent Tracker (http://kazharii.no-ip.com:6969) - Prefered
Direct Download (http://www.spaceempires.net/home/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=440)

[Combat Wombat]

Invasion! 0.41 which will be released Tuesday the 18th will be the first mod to take advantage of the Sound Mod.

[Captain Kwok]

I downloaded the pack and was impressed by the quality of sounds available. There are some good ones from Tampa Gamer and the Trek rips used by the Kevin Arisa's Eclipse Mod are great. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Caduceus]

Very fun to listen to.

FYI got this note:
tg shlddepl.wav - This file requires MP3 ACM codec to be installed.
[track 326]

I am not sure what this means, but the rest of the soundpack played pertectly on WinAMP! All of it sounds pretty great!

[Tampa_Gamer]

Wow, I had forgotten about this - thanks for the organization effort Imperator. Wildcard - I will check out that error for you when I get home later this week.

Later,
-TG

[Caduceus]

The bracketed number is the track number when I play through an MP3 player, TG. That's not a part of the error message.

Thanks! (But it is probably my machine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif