Script Played sound files not saved in conversions

[MadDog-IC]

When converting from old DCSW v1.2.16 or earlier missions to OB v1.5 that have mist scripts within them that play sounds with the "trigger.action.outSound()" command, the sound files that are associated with those command will not be saved in the new mission format when the Mission Editor saves.

 

Even if you copy over the missing files and inject directly into .miz file, they will be deleted if you edit mission and resave.

 

I don't know how to program mist, but have done mission file comparisons from old to new versions and see multiply files that are missing.

 

ie:

 

Used mission: Asset extraction 1.24.miz as test

 

Part Code example:

if pushingToEgress then

stopPush = generateWaypoints(assetUnit, assetUnit, 'stopPush')

 

trigger.action.outText("This is Delta squad. Um - we're not on board yet. Return to the extraction zone for dust off.", 40)

trigger.action.outSound('StopPushToExtraction.ogg')

mist.goRoute(verifyGroup, stopPush)

mist.goRoute(assetGroup, stopPush)

pushingToEgress = false

end

 

Missing Files used by complete script:

AssetVerificationComplete.ogg

DeltaSupportRequest.ogg

ExtractComplete.ogg

ResumePushToExtraction.ogg

StartPushToAsset.ogg

StartPushToExtraction.ogg

StopPushToExtraction.ogg

 

Regards, Ian.

[Blooze]

Try placing the ogg files in the saved games/DCS openbeta folder.

[Grimes]

Yeah, that isn't really a mist issue, its a "how the mission editor handles embedded files" issue.

 

Basically any sound file referenced via a script has to be added by a trigger or any other method by the mission editor and you can't simply drag and drop files in the miz archive. If you do drop a file in the miz archive and then save the mission afterward then the mission editor will "purge" any non-referenced file.

 

 

To fix it just make a simple trigger, Mission Start> Random 0%> Sound To Whatever(StopPushToExtraction.ogg). For each missing file, clone the action to play the sound file and add the other missing files.

 

Also update mist to the latest release version as it is required due to mission file format changes.

 

Sounds should then play correctly.

[MadDog-IC]

Thanks for the reply, good solution, will give that a go.

 

Already did the mist update to 4.0.55

[Blooze]

I got a fresh install of Asset Extraction and loaded it into the 1.2.16 ME but did not see any triggers that called for the playing of these sound files,

AssetVerificationComplete.ogg

DeltaSupportRequest.ogg

ExtractComplete.ogg

ResumePushToExtraction.ogg

StartPushToAsset.ogg

StartPushToExtraction.ogg

StopPushToExtraction.ogg

 

Could that mean that they never would have been activated in the original mission when flown in the 1.2.16 build? If so then could it also be that 1.5 eliminated any sound files that were not of value?

[MadDog-IC]

I got a fresh install of Asset Extraction and loaded it into the 1.2.16 ME but did not see any triggers that called for the playing of these sound files,

AssetVerificationComplete.ogg

DeltaSupportRequest.ogg

ExtractComplete.ogg

ResumePushToExtraction.ogg

StartPushToAsset.ogg

StartPushToExtraction.ogg

StopPushToExtraction.ogg

 

Could that mean that they never would have been activated in the original mission when flown in the 1.2.16 build? If so then could it also be that 1.5 eliminated any sound files that were not of value?

 

This is what I thought originally, but those sounds are not called by standard triggers, they are called by the custom "SpawnVerifyTeam.lua" script used for the helo rescue, that is were the part script code in my original message is from.

[Grimes]

I recall the 1.2 mission editor wouldn't always "clean out" non-referenced files when you saved the mission. So you could manually edit the miz file and add sounds in as desired for script use. Sometimes if you added a newer version of a file under a different name (via triggers) the old file would still remain. The newer mission editor code apparently only allows files that are referenced, otherwise it deletes them. Also it keeps the root of the .miz clean and puts everything into a subfolder now.