Source SDK Custom sounds

Can't find the tutorial you need? Visit here

http://tinyurl.com/SourceVids

For further help, ask on these forums

http://www.ubermicro.proboards82.com/

How to get custom sound and music into your level.

Of course, for such a complicated tutorial there must be bugs and problems with it- please PM me with any problems you're having or if there is anything I have missed out.



STEP 1 Additional Help

Download Audacity HERE

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=6235&filename=aud...

If you REALLY want mp3's in your map download the LAME encoder HERE

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?lame_enc

Installation instructions HERE

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Lame_Installation

STEP 2 Additional Help

The folder to put the sound sample in for CSS is...

program files\Steam\steamapps\(YOUR USERNAME)\counter-strike source\cstrike
For other games... work it out yourself ;)



STEP 3 Additional Help

When browsing for your sounds, select RAW instead of Game Sounds if you can't find your sound sample. Be sure to load up the Source SDK *AFTER* placing the sound in the folder.

Um... my other Source SDK tutorials will help you with the Source SDK. Or at least, they should do.



STEP 4 Additional Help

Download Pakrat HERE

http://www.bagthorpe.org/bob/cofrdrbob/pakrat.html

Download Winrar HERE... you might not need it but it's useful any way

http://www.rarlab.com/



Thanks to Editlife for hosting Pakrat.
Playtested by... 'the sarge'

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[superhumanoid]

I've got a problem with L4D2... Everything is ok in the menu, the music theme is being played. The problem starts when i start a new game on any map. There's no sound at all. Please help

[3kliksphilip]

@superhumanoid Go to the options, see what the sounds are set to (Sound effects volume)

[superhumanoid]

@3kliksphilip they r set to maximum..... still no progress

[3kliksphilip]

@superhumanoid I'm afraid I don't have any experience of doing this with l4d2, I wonder if it's different to other games in this regard. Try using a normal sound sample already in l4d2 and see if that plays. Then, try making a map with a custom sound for another game (like css) and see if that works. This should help to identify where the problem is.

[YetiSandvichVideos]

Hey philip, Ive got this little problem. Im mapping for portal, and I need to know how to get the sounds into the... Well, game files obviously. But I cant find a sound folder for Portal, and I cant add files to it in GCFscape. So Im wondering, how will I fix this?

[3kliksphilip]

@YetiSandvichVideos I think you just make a sound folder in the portal directory and it should override the original sounds if there are any conflicts.

[strength123123]

it works only in lan server not in multiplayer server

[Braderz941]

Thanks this helped me for CSS but im now trying to add the sounds for EP1 and im not sure where to put the sound files. Help?

[MrSandvichSSP]

Hey, uhm. Great tutorial! Allthough I have a problem. I resampled a song, to around a samplerate of 41000 wav. But when I compile my map, it says that the sound samplerate is invalid. I tried everything, and I really need custom sounds in what Im working on. :c

[rotjesenmatjes]

@3kliksphilip So if someone downloads the map, will he be able to hear the custom sounds?

Anyways, subbed :D!

[MathieuCore2]

so now, if i put the map on fpsbanana, the only file that the person will need to play the map and hear the sound, is the map after puting sound in with pakrat ?

sorry i am french

[colekacola]

plz help. my sound browser only shows like three sounds and they are ambient sounds or whatever and thats in the game sounds. in raw theres one sound and its like a soundscape and in scenes there is nothing. i have tried evrethying like refreshing it, redownloading souce sdk and hl2. also verrifing integrity of game cache and still no sounds in the browser. the weird part is when i play hl2, all the sounds are in the game, but in hammer there are no sounds in the browser. please help...thanks.

[ValveHammerFans]

how to make waterfall on source sdk?

[anomimas01]

Hey philip!

I made a sound puted in right directory but there is a problem i dont have sound in hammer (there is no file in hammer).

I play sound with Windows media player and then whole sound just runs out in few seconds :(

sound long is 3:20 (its sond)

Help me!

[NegitiveX]

audacity doesnt have "save as WAV" anymore on my version, only mp3, what should i do?