[DECORATE] Remove default monster sound

[NaturalTvventy]

I'd really like to remove the arachnotron's active sound (it grades on me) using DECORATE. I've tried the following, but unsurprisingly they haven't worked:

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actor arachnotronCustom : Arachnotron Replaces Arachnotron
{
	ActiveSound  ""
}

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actor arachnotronCustom : Arachnotron Replaces Arachnotron
{
	-ActiveSound 
}

Do I need to get fancy? Add an "empty" sound? Update SNDINFO?

Much thanks.

[TDRR]

Just try using ActiveSound "weapons/xbowshoot"

That's a Strife sound, so playing it in Doom should have no sound at all.

[NaturalTvventy]

Unfortunately TDRR That doesn't seem to work. The sound remains.

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actor arachnotronCustom : Arachnotron Replaces Arachnotron
{
	ActiveSound "weapons/xbowshoot"
}

[TDRR]

This should work.

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actor arachnotronCustom : Arachnotron Replaces Arachnotron
{
ActiveSound ""
states
{
See:
		BSPI A 20
		BSPI A 3
		BSPI ABBCC 3 A_Chase
		BSPI D 3
		BSPI DEEFF 3 A_Chase
		Goto See+1
}
}

[NaturalTvventy]

Ah, I see what you did there (removed A_BabyMetal). Strangely, this works UNLESS the arachnotron enters its pain state - if so the sound plays as normal after the pain state. However, I found replacing the pain state code with the same exact code from the arachnotron wiki page removes this affect. My final code:

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actor arachnotronCustom : Arachnotron Replaces Arachnotron
{
states
{
See:
      BSPI A 20
      BSPI A 3
      BSPI ABBCC 3 A_Chase
      BSPI D 3
      BSPI DEEFF 3 A_Chase
      Goto See+1
Pain:
    BSPI I 3
    BSPI I 3 A_Pain
    Goto See+1
}
}

Thanks for the help. Let me also say that this makes wandering arachnotrons far more bearable.

[TDRR]

No problem!

Personally i do like how the Arachnotrons make stepping sounds, really useful when they are coming from behind, you can clearly hear them before they attack you.

[gramps]

There's also a "dsempty" sound in gzoom.pk3 that's just a blank sound, you should be able to use that where you were using an empty string before.

[wildweasel]

There's also a "dsempty" sound in gzoom.pk3 that's just a blank sound, you should be able to use that where you were using an empty string before.

In fact, please do this; if you're using SNDINFO entries that aren't "supposed" to exist, and somebody happens to load a WAD file that contains the lump name it's looking for, suddenly you're dealing with a whole different brand of annoying sounds.