Struggling To Add Sounds

[DukeNukem]

Hi,

Despite some time trawling the forum / google / wiki I'm completely failing to import custom sounds and just don't know why.

Taking an example, I have downloaded thunder effects from https://www.realm667.com/en/repository- ... -142-40777. I open it in Slade3 and copy the SNDINFO plus the two sound files into my WAD file (both are OGG format and play in Slade3).

In my map I have script that includes

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PlaySound(0, "brain/pain")

which plays just fine. The SNDINFO is as per downloaded file:

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random thunder/hit { thunder/hit1 thunder/hit2 }
thunder/hit1 THNDS01
thunder/hit2 THNDS02

My expectation is if I change my PlaySound to

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PlaySound(0, "thunder/hit1")

then it plays that sound. It doesn't The rest of the script continues, just no sound. I've tried placing the SNDINFO, THNDS02 and THNDS01 items before MAP01 and then after the map's ENDMAP instead but no joy. I noticed in the wiki that the format might include an "=" sign e.g.

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thunder/hit1 =THNDS01

but that errors saying you cant mix types - presumably because DOOM2.wad or gzdoom.pk3 already has one, but at least it means its definitively reading the SNDINFO.

So, how do I get this working ?

TTFN,
Jon

[Enjay]

Does it work at the console by typing

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playsound thunder/hit1

If not, if you post a cut-down version of what you have done, only including the relevant lumps in the example, it might help people diagnose the problem.

[DukeNukem]

Thanks Enjay,

Didn't realise you could do that ! Very useful for testing.

Since first post I did what I should have done first - new map, one box, a switch then add the lumps ... and that worked first time. I repeated that in original map using a switch to run my effect (previously triggered by an enemy) and that worked, so I returned to the triggered-by-enemy ... and that is working. Obviously I must have changed something just cant think what.

TTFN,
Jon