Need to add replacement sounds

[andoodle]

Hmm. I have a possible alternative, if this works: If you are modding using your own mod instead of saving over the game's base files, you can just use files that you have in your mod using the same RFA file names. Because if you have your own mod, the game will load the vanilla files first then load your mod's files on top of it. But I'll be honest, I don't know a lot about using patch RFAs, I only learned (or thought I learned) some of it from the other people here on the forum.

Well, I'm back, and let me say that I successfully added, into my personal mod, some weapon sounds from Call of Duty and its expansion pack, along with Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and its expansion packs (I did that for my personal use only). Unfortunately, when I added the firing sound for the Thompson from Call of Duty and tested it in Operation Battleaxe, there is no "ba-da-ba-da" effect for that weapon. Instead, as you are firing multiple rounds, the sound file (I mean the one that you would hear for whenever you fire off one round) is heard, and it continues until the sound ends, after which it starts again, and that happens as long as you hold down the fire button. What am I doing wrong? I would like to know. Thanks.

[Vilespring]

I'm gonna give it a long shot, but when I've floated around sound files for my scratch tank game (don't tell EA) I found each weapon has a sound file for one shot, and multi shots. No idea how it works, because I'm a vehicle coder.

[BotHunter]

Scratch Tank game? What program language?

[Swaffy]

Hmm. I have a possible alternative, if this works: If you are modding using your own mod instead of saving over the game's base files, you can just use files that you have in your mod using the same RFA file names. Because if you have your own mod, the game will load the vanilla files first then load your mod's files on top of it. But I'll be honest, I don't know a lot about using patch RFAs, I only learned (or thought I learned) some of it from the other people here on the forum.

Well, I'm back, and let me say that I successfully added, into my personal mod, some weapon sounds from Call of Duty and its expansion pack, along with Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and its expansion packs (I did that for my personal use only). Unfortunately, when I added the firing sound for the Thompson from Call of Duty and tested it in Operation Battleaxe, there is no "ba-da-ba-da" effect for that weapon. Instead, as you are firing multiple rounds, the sound file (I mean the one that you would hear for whenever you fire off one round) is heard, and it continues until the sound ends, after which it starts again, and that happens as long as you hold down the fire button. What am I doing wrong? I would like to know. Thanks.

I think I can grasp what you are explaining here. Do you mean it's a rather long sound, where there's a gun shot and it resonates for a while before stopping? Usually, in BF1942, sound files like that are used on semi-automatic firearms where you can only fire the weapon one shot at a time (no full-auto). For full-auto firearms in BF1942, there is a very short sound that loops for the full-auto fire and a separate sound file for the release of the full-auto fire, which in most cases is the shot resonance (the "whoooshhhhhhhhhhhhh" sound after firing).

For example, here are three made-up file names:
Weapon_LR.wav
Weapon_M.wav
Weapon_Release.wav

For "Weapon_LR.wav" you will want it to be played only for the 1st person camera. This is your stereo (two-channel) sound, which sounds more detailed. To make this sound only play in 1st person view, you need to make sure its sound script has "stereo" added to it. (By the way, "LR" means "Left/Right")

For "Weapon_M.wav" you will want it played only in 3rd person view. This is a mono (single-channel) sound, which is smaller in file size and isn't as detailed sounding. To make this sound play in 3rd person view, simply make sure the line "stereo" is not added to its sound script.

And finally,for "Weapon_Release.wav" you will want it played after the firing loop has stopped. This is probably in a different section of your weapon's sound script file (usually next to the firing sounds).

Compare your sound script to some of the vanilla guns that are fully automatic and see the differences between the Mono and Stereo (LR) sounds.

[Vilespring]

Scratch Tank game? What program language?

A tank game made in scratch!

and, Swaffy one again thoroughly answered you're question. Where would we be without you?

[BotHunter]

Hmm. Have you looked into small basic?

[Vilespring]

Not yet. Let's move this somewhere else, how it is in now way related to this topic!

[BotHunter]

Its a real language

[Swaffy]

Where would we be without you?

And I wouldn't be anywhere without the other guys here. :]

[BotHunter]

Let's take this outside!