Can't get strat voices to work

**Mataputas** · November 17, 2011, 09:36 PM

I'm trying to introduce new voices to my mod. However, the game is not reproducing the files. I checked the format, and it seems correct: .wav file 22khz 16 bits mono. The files are correctly located as well. Could you please help me spot the problem? Thanks.

**ares7667** · December 01, 2011, 10:13 AM

The way I got it to work was record the voices I wanted to use. Then in my audio editor, pasted that over one of the original sound files. then did a "saved as" using the name I wanted to use. For some reason that was the only way I could get it to work.

**Mataputas** · December 01, 2011, 12:57 PM

Thanks for your answer. You mean, you opened the original file, you just recorded your voice over it and then saved it with another name?
BTW, are you using a mod folder?
Thanks

**ares7667** · December 05, 2011, 01:40 AM

I record the voice I want to use. Save that file in mp3 format. Then using an audio editor I open a file from the game. Paste the new file over the old one. Then did a save as function with a new name. For some reason, I've never been able to just record a sound and save it to mp3 and have it work. But it works fine if you do it this way.

**Mataputas** · December 05, 2011, 06:47 AM

Ok, but the output file is a .wav, right? I mean, the original game uses .wav, and not .mp3... I couldn't make mp3 to work on strat map and I don't know if that's the problem.

**ares7667** · December 08, 2011, 10:51 AM

That's the beauty of pasting it over an original file. The editor will save the new file in whatever format it was originally

**Mataputas** · December 08, 2011, 11:38 AM

Right... I will try to find out the format of the original files, as I have like hundreds of voice files... Thanks!

**ares7667** · December 09, 2011, 02:29 PM

All you should have to do is just open one of the files that just like the one you want to make. Then when you do a save as the editor should just save it back in the same format. That's all I've ever had to do.

**Mataputas** · December 10, 2011, 05:30 PM

Stupidity report:

OK, it seems that strat map voices did actually play... the thing was that when changing format from mp3 to wav, the files were slowed down, so I didn't realized they were played... What I did now was to speed them up 100% using Audacity (so I can make a command chain and I don't have to speed them up 1 by 1).

So, the issue seems to be solved now. I will test the result in a few minutes.