SS6 NEW WARHORNS (beta) uploaded

[wolfslayer]

I'm trying to get some stuff I've been tinkering with out while I have a few days off, this is beta and needs tweaking, but easy to install and a nice change from the same old limited stock warhorns.

NEW Warhorns for SS6 (beta) for battlemap

Various new sounds plus a few remixed RTW and stock MTW2 sounds

Default time between warhorns is 9 seconds.

This can be adjusted, along with volume and distance, in the two included txt files.

descr_sounds_units.txt

descr_sounds_units_anims.txt


events.idx/dat and sfx.idx/dat in ss6/data/sound must be deleted and repacked for changes to take effect (see below).

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DOWNLOAD --> http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=1987

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To install:

UNRAR to SS6/data including subfolders


Delete events.idx/dat and SFX.idx/dat in SS6/data/sounds

Restart game and sound packs will rebuild.


Created for use in SS6 but is probably compatible with other Kingdoms/MTW2 mods.


To remove- delete the 2 txt files above (descr_sounds_units.txt, descr_sounds_units_anims.txt and data/sounds/events.idx/.dat and sfx.idx/.dat and game will default back to same old vanilla sounds.

Issues - some pitch changes of horns when moving camera from doppler effect- will update if I figure out how to disable or reduce doppler for this sound bank.

Compatible with and independent of all known available SS6 mods.



Enjoy..wolfslayer

[Aldwen]

Very cool!! I like the new sounds a lot!! They blend in seamlessly and add another dimension to the battles. Good work

[Chim]

Are these new sounds for the Commanders horn?
I'll see for myself, It won't hurt to try.

[Aldwen]

Indeed, they are for the commanders horn. They sound different now and there are apparently quite a few of them as well.

Also it seems to affect other infantry units as well (?) I think I heard random horns blown twice in a quick battle I did. I know no one was charging so it must have came from the infantry units, one was routing at the time so that may have been it.

[scivian]

Wow...just listened to a bunch of them...they sounds great. Excellent mod.

[Giovi]

great mod

[Barser]

Pretty cool

[YD23]

wow, this is amazing!!! +rep
Thanks so much

[wolfslayer]

Hope it works okay; I made the horn volume a little louder than default, since most players use music in battles, and wanted to make sure the horns can be heard distinctly.

I use strat and loading music, but not battle music, mainly to optimize CPU usage for battles.

[Vindahl]

I just tried it, and it works Very good...
I like the new horns, and also feel that I can hear the horns more often, even only when my infantry is charging! It's great... +rep...

I guess that the horns are random, so that they switch between the old ones and the new ones? Cause so far I havent heard much variation and only the new ones...

By the way, I dont understand why you said we should delete those 4 files... I did that, and it only resulted in that the mini-battle-movies, like death of a general, dissappered... I then placed the 4 files in the folder again, and your mod still works fine, so I cant see why they should be deleted!?

[scivian]

Really...will someone post the original files? -I usually back up but not this time.

[themoob]

I've yet to try them in game, but have already listened to them.

They sound brilliant and have made me start looking for more sound files to make Medieval 2 seem cooler.

+rep

[wolfslayer]

By the way, I dont understand why you said we should delete those 4 files... I did that, and it only resulted in that the mini-battle-movies, like death of a general, dissappered... I then placed the 4 files in the folder again, and your mod still works fine, so I cant see why they should be deleted!?

Not sure what you mean the stock descr_sounds_units.txt and descr_sounds_units_anims.txt should be in mtw2/data, those were the txt files I modded to use for this.

events.idx/dat and sfx.idx/dat in ss6/data/sound always rebuild if you delete and restart your game.

[Militia Cavalry]

Great stuff- I changed the timing to 15 seconds in order to spare myself too many horns, as I tend to do a lot of charging in the first ten or so seconds of 'contact', so to speak, and it works perfectly. Great stuff

[Vindahl]

Not sure what you mean the stock descr_sounds_units.txt and descr_sounds_units_anims.txt should be in mtw2/data, those were the txt files I modded to use for this.

events.idx/dat and sfx.idx/dat in ss6/data/sound always rebuild if you delete and restart your game.

Well, they doesnt seem to regenerate for me... However, the modification works flawless, so I guess they arent important!

[wolfslayer]

LOL - then they are probably there, wavs and mp3s you add don't play unless they are compiled into the .dat packs; they are mounted and read from just like the data.packs in mtw2/packs when you start up the game.

[Barser]

It is maybe a little to loud but nonetheless AWESOME. Love it WS.

[The Librarian]

Oh god, I did something really stupid: I deleted the original MedII event.idx/dat and SFX.idx/dat files without backing them up (was a bit tired last night :p), and now I'm having problems with my game. Can anyone upload the original Med II files (4)?

Edit: ok, wow, this is weird. The soundpacks seem to rebuild when you restart the game (like you said), but some sounds are missing, like for example the sound when you click on a city, or when you right click on a unit to attack. Any help?

Edit 2: ok, it seems to be related to the SFX files which the game rebuild after deletion: they're only 1 kb in size, so I'm gonna try to copy the original file from the cd.

Edit 3: didn't help. Save me.

[wolfslayer]

I think those sounds are descr_sounds_generic.txt ; make sure you have and repack sfx and events.

[The Librarian]

Ok, this is how I do it: I copy your files to the SS/data folder, then go to SS/data/sounds and delete the 4 files you specified. When I restart the game, the soundpacks get rebuild, but for some reason the sounds from descr_sound_generic are missing (file is in right place). As I said, I think the problem relates to the fact that I accidentally deleted the effect/SFX files of the original game, and when those get rebuilt, the SFX files are only 1 kb in size...

Also, just to make clear: the mod is compatible with 6.1, right?