In-Game sounds mod

Death3D · Post by **Death3D** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:06 am

Hi guys. I want to make a sound pack in which i replace common alleg sounds (missile lock, missile launch, guns firing, etc) with analogs coming from the game Descent, which I have in wav format. Regarding this I have a few questions:

-To pull this off will I just have to replace the ogg soundfiles currenly in the artwork folder for the ones i want replaced (ie. i locate missile lock file, erase it, convert my descent wav -> ogg and rename it to match prior soundfile name)? Or will this cause Critical failures a la CrashGuard? I don't want to be Alleg's new bane, so pardon the newbie question.
-Are there any developers (eg. Noir) I would have to ask permission to to replace some sounds (ie. Phx laser cannon sounds, since Phx is Noir's property)?
-Any guidelines regarding what can and can't be modded for legal or otherwise reasons? For instance, will I get in trouble for using Descent sounds? Has any of the chatpack developers (eg. Family Guy) gotten some sort of legal response?

That is all for now. I look forward to any answers so I can pull this off. I'm very nostalgic about Descent and Alleg reminds me a lot (despite the wide open vs enclosed ambiances) so I really want to do this; it's pretty much a flick of a switch now.

Andon · Post by **Andon** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:15 am

Erasing the files, converting yours to ogg and giving them the right filename will work.

Adaven · Post by **Adaven** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:32 pm

Alternatively, you can use .wav's (ms alleg did) but you may need to edit sounddef to point to the right filenames.

Curiosity · Post by **Curiosity** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:07 am

I heard the Star Wars core is being developed, but I can't seem to find Star Wars sounds in the \artwork directory?

AaronMoore · Post by **AaronMoore** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:37 am

Solaria wrote:QUOTE (Solaria @ Feb 17 2008, 04:15 AM) Erasing the files, converting yours to ogg and giving them the right filename will work.

Cool, do they need to be the exact same length or anything?

mesial · Post by **mesial** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:45 am

Aaron Moore wrote:QUOTE (Aaron Moore @ Mar 27 2008, 04:37 AM) Cool, do they need to be the exact same length or anything?

Nope, just name them EXACTLY the same. When you are finished, you can send them to
(my forum user name)@mesialonline.com
if you would like me to add them to my site. (as long as the attachment is under 50megs)

Weylin · Post by **Weylin** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:50 am

What are the different sound trigger events to use as a reference?