Sound modding

[No1sonuk]

How do I alter the beginners guide example from a single turbine engine to twin radials using, for example, the Wright Cyclone sounds?

Edit:
Found the engine type and name parameters for the lua by referring to the YAK and Mosquito luas.

Edited October 4, 2022 by No1sonuk

[TEMPEST.114]

On 4/20/2020 at 3:27 PM, c0ff said:

It is possible that Heatblur guys have the length fixed in their code. Or it is defined by the length of the simulated process. That's a question to them.

 

 

 

 

Speech.sdef does not reference any wave files. Sdef is a 'source definition', it just sets up the default playback params for the virtual audio source. Most of these params may be overridden by the code.

In the case of Speech, the playlist is constructed in the code (in the lua scripts, actually). These speech-related scripts do not support usermods ATM, and never supported them directly. This is a registered feature request, if you are interested.

How can we raise the profile of this? I'd like to add new pilot voices (female) and callsigns. 

[Bob1]

I see someone mentioned eagle dynamics provided us with a text file containing folder structures for use with soundmods. Could someone please help me and point me to the whereabouts of this text file with sound folder structures? Thanks for help.

[No1sonuk]

29 minutes ago, Bob1 said:

I see someone mentioned eagle dynamics provided us with a text file containing folder structures for use with soundmods. Could someone please help me and point me to the whereabouts of this text file with sound folder structures? Thanks for help.

On my system it's here:
D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Doc\Sounds

[Bob1]

14 minutes ago, No1sonuk said:

On my system it's here:
D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Doc\Sounds

Thank you, there it is.

[Lenux]

Is not possible anymore, to change the gun sound for the F16C ??

[Snowbird]

Guys,

I am struggling here.

I am trying to add a air rushing sound to my mod to come on when the airbrakes are deployed.

I am looking for the same type of sound like is heard on the landing gear when deployed.

I am just not sure what lua files to modify to achieve this.

[virulosity]

Anyone know how to increase the volume of the Tu-95?  I tried \Saved Games\DCS\Sounds\Effects\Aircrafts\Engines\Tu95BackEngine with no effect.  Sounds like they are using the same resource as the E-2D now...

[Hawkeye60]

How to add sounds to a static mod?

Or any new ambient sounds?

Dogs barking alerting of intruders?

 a rotating radar?

It may be mounted on a static truck

Or any static object in sim?

Vehicles which move can be done.

Aircraft as well

I have not found a way other than the KAOSS radio mod,

and it only transmit to aircraft radios.

[TBarina]

On 4/20/2020 at 12:15 PM, Veteran66 said:

anyone get the Common Sound files to play in game?

 

i install my WW2 Funk Sound Mod follow:

C:\Users\NAME\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\resource\Sounds\Speech\Sound\GER\Common\Player

all ogg sond files, no work in Game (Country Germany)

 

here my old Sound Mod:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2161798/?sphrase_id=638046

 

HI Veteran, I've tried to install in the proper way in these days but I cannot make it work. I always get ENG responses and messages.

Really there is now way to have German speech when flying Dora? It make no sense to fly those birds chattering in english language.

I'm I doing something wrong or what?

Many thnaks in advance for you hints if you have any....

 

[TBarina]

14 hours ago, TBarina said:

 

HI Veteran, I've tried to install in the proper way in these days but I cannot make it work. I always get ENG responses and messages.

Really there is now way to have German speech when flying Dora? It make no sense to fly those birds chattering in english language.

I'm I doing something wrong or what?

Many thnaks in advance for you hints if you have any....

 

This morning it occurred to me to check the parameters of Vaicom PRO.
It is necessary to disable the Force Speech flag in the configuration panel!

Now, fortunately it works.

I leave this comment in case of others need help on this topic.

[Veteran66]

sorry I didn't have time to check it

[Laci836]

notepad++  totalcommander  and lots of google

made a sdef folder structure from sdef_and_wave_list.txt

 

sdef folder structure DCS 2.9.6.58056.zip

[SkateZilla]

ok so I'm working w/ a few mod teams, and we are now snagged at sounds,

Right now the modules use the default engine sounds, instead of for example the Hornet sounds,

I've looked through some LUAs and seen the sound_name = "Aircraft/Engines/xxxxxx" declarations in a few aircraft, as well as SounderName = "/Aircraft/Planes/xxxx"
However there isn't one for the hornet, and the AI hornets use the Correct Engine sounds, so there must be a sounder or declaration for the engine sounds elsewhere.

Edited August 19, 2024 by SkateZilla

[Copprhead]

19 hours ago, SkateZilla said:

ok so I'm working w/ a few mod teams, and we are now snagged at sounds,

Right now the modules use the default engine sounds, instead of for example the Hornet sounds,

I've looked through some LUAs and seen the sound_name = "Aircraft/Engines/xxxxxx" declarations in a few aircraft, as well as SounderName = "/Aircraft/Planes/xxxx"
However there isn't one for the hornet, and the AI hornets use the Correct Engine sounds, so there must be a sounder or declaration for the engine sounds elsewhere.

 

 

Recently I've spend quite a few evenings on modding sound for stand-alone mods and it's a total nightmare. Totally inconsistent. There's some strange hard-coded voodoo happening in the background. 

[SkateZilla]

1 hour ago, Copprhead said:

 

Recently I've spend quite a few evenings on modding sound for stand-alone mods and it's a total nightmare. Totally inconsistent. There's some strange hard-coded voodoo happening in the background. 

I've discovered last night, sounders are linked via "UserName = " in the Data Lua.
ie, F/A-18C Sounders require "Username = "FA-18C_Hornet".

Edited August 20, 2024 by SkateZilla

[Laci836]

The sound editor works in version 2.8
\Saved Games\DCS\Config\autoexec.cfg
sound.editor = true

 

sdef folder strukture for 2.8.7.42718:

sdef DCS 2.8.7.42718 mute.zip

 

[disiqueira]

Friends, could anyone help me? I want to put two types of sounds in the cabin of the A29-B aircraft when I activate the smoke when turning it on and off, but I don't know how I can create them in the lua file, could anyone help? I already have the audios ready in wav.
 

[Laci836]

          (update: all macro done,  sdef with all wave link)

          DCS 2.8.7.42718 sdef__.zip

 

DCS 2.8.7.42718 wave files.zip

(empty wav files)

Sound mod example: reducing the engine volume on the Ka-50

copy from zip
Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_L_In.sdef
Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_R_In.sdef
to
C:/Users/<your windows username>/Saved Games/DCS[.variant_suffix]/Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_L_In.sdef
C:/Users/<your windows username>/Saved Games/DCS[.variant_suffix]/Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_R_In.sdef

run DCS, run Ka-50 mission, pause
alt-tab
edit Engine_L_In.sdef, Engine_R_In.sdef
 gain = 0.5
save sdef
alt-tab to DCS
unpause
click to "Reload SDEFs" in Sound windows and the volume is halved on the fly

for example, if you want to make a change to a sound that file has not yet been identified, you can try muting the sdefs (gain = 0 ) one by one in the Sound folder

Edited August 29, 2024 by Laci836
update sdef zip

[disiqueira]

7 hours ago, Laci836 said:

DCS 2.8.7.42718 sdef with wavelink_radius_gain1.zip 1.86 MB · 0 downloads

(in the sdef containing the paths to several wav files, only the first wav is included)

 

DCS 2.8.7.42718 wave files.zip 1.44 MB · 0 downloads

(empty wav files)

Sound mod example: reducing the engine volume on the Ka-50

copy from zip
Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_L_In.sdef
Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_R_In.sdef
to
C:/Users/<your windows username>/Saved Games/DCS[.variant_suffix]/Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_L_In.sdef
C:/Users/<your windows username>/Saved Games/DCS[.variant_suffix]/Sounds/sdef/Aircrafts/Ka-50/Cockpit/Engine_R_In.sdef

run DCS, run Ka-50 mission, pause
alt-tab
edit Engine_L_In.sdef, Engine_R_In.sdef
 gain = 0.5
save sdef
alt-tab to DCS
unpause
click to "Reload SDEFs" in Sound windows and the volume is halved on the fly

for example, if you want to make a change to a sound that file has not yet been identified, you can try muting the sdefs (gain = 0 ) one by one in the Sound folder

I understand, could you help me identify how to put the sound when activating the smoke? I'm part of an aerial demonstration group and we need this detail, I have the wav files but I don't know how to identify the position to activate the sound in Smoke using a key for example, I work with audio files, but I'm still learning to change the LUA file, it would be for Luiz Renaut's A-29B.
 

[Laci836]

The smoke on/off has no sound, so there is no wav file to replace it with another wav sound.

 Unfortunately, I don't know how to assign a sound to something that doesn't have a sound originally.

[disiqueira]

This is exactly my doubt, is there a way to assign sound to something that doesn't have it? But thank you my friend for help.

[Laci836]

from sdef_and_wave_list.txt

DCS 2.9.8.1214 sdef.zip

DCS 2.9.8.1214 wave.zip

[Mav]

Having a hell of a time editing the M240H sounds. Messed with the SDEF's all night and no change. Still the default "New M60" sounds.

[TeTeT]

Hi, in Vietnam War Vessels we have a rather curious problem: On some Destroyers the 20mm Oerlikon gun sounds (automatic_gun_25mm) stop working on a different subvariant of a destroyer. For example USS Maddox has 3 20mm Oerlikon aa guns and they have gun fire sound. USS Laffey only has 2 20mm Oerlikon aa guns and they don't have gun fire sound. The sounders definition are almost identical, minus one missing automatic_gun_25mm entry and some other guns.

USS Laffey Sounders definition:

dofile("Tools.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/weapons.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/CannonSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/AutoGunSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/MissileSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/_cap_common_sounder.lua")

USS_Laffey_weapons = weapons:new()

USS_Laffey_weapons:addTurret(1)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(1, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(1, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Laffey_weapons:addTurret(2)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(2, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(2, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Laffey_weapons:addTurret(3)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(3, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(3, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Laffey_weapons:addTurret(4)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(4, 1, automatic_gun_25mm)

USS_Laffey_weapons:addTurret(5)
USS_Laffey_weapons:addLauncher(5, 1, automatic_gun_25mm)

 

The Maddox has one 20mm Oerlikon more and a bunch of 76.2mm as well:

dofile("Tools.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/weapons.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/CannonSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/AutoGunSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/MissileSounds.lua")
dofile("GroundUnits/WeaponSystem/Tools/_cap_common_sounder.lua")

USS_Maddox_weapons = weapons:new()

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(1)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(1, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(1, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(2)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(2, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(2, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(3)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(3, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(3, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(4)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(4, 1, automatic_gun_25mm)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(5, 1, automatic_gun_25mm)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(6)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(6, 1, automatic_gun_25mm)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(7)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(7, 1, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(8)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(8, 1, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(9)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(9, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(9, 2, ship_FMC5)

USS_Maddox_weapons:addTurret(10)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(10, 1, ship_FMC5)
USS_Maddox_weapons:addLauncher(10, 2, ship_FMC5)

 

The main turrets have gun fire sounds on both ships. Just the 20mm Oerlikons on Laffey don't work.

Any ideas?

If you want to have the complete picture, Downloads for the two destroyers dev version are:

https://tetet.de/dcs/mods/vwv_Maddox-2024-12-06.zip

https://tetet.de/dcs/mods/vwv_Laffey-2024-12-06.zip