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Sound

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The audio part for this mod will be divided in four sections:

 

1. SFX (Soundeffect)

We have adopted this term for any sound that is played from within the code. That basically means leveldesigner wont have to bother about them. Ex: footsteps, impact sounds, weapon sounds, porcelain-cup-dropped-on-marble sounds etc.

 

2. Ambient

Sounds which are added by the leveldesigner in order to bring life to the map. Mood enhancers, if you wish. Ex: machines, birds, waterfalls and background music/loops.

 

3. Voices

Things spoken or expressed by the inhabitants of the world. That includes:

Humans, zombies, belchers, and any other creatures we might come up with.

 

4. Meta Sounds

Sounds used by the game to convey gameplay information. The pickup-loot sound, menu sounds, mission objective sounds etc.

 

Formats

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Wiki link.

To keep file sizes small, the OGG Vorbis format should be used for all ambients and SFX. You can get a free encoder here. Depending on the sound, an aproppriate nominal bitrate should be choosen. As a rule of thumb, use these encoding options:

 

44100Hz / 96kbps / mono

Use this for SFX and directional ambients.

 

44100Hz / 160kbps / stereo

Use this for omnidirectional ambients and meta-sounds. This usually means anything that goes to the \ambient or \meta folders (see below). Use your common sense: does the sound really benefit from stereo format?

 

Wave Form

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  • All sounds should start and end at zero amplitude. Other values will create pops.
  • Do not add reverb, echo or phaser effects to directional sounds. SFX should be as dry as possible.
  • Mix at maximum volume, but avoid clipping. Volume can be adjusted in the game.
  • Avoid fade in/outs for looping sounds. Seamless loops are favoured.
  • Avoid downmixing a stereo sound to mono.
  • Avoid pauses at the start and end of a sound.

 

File Names

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The naming of soundfiles should follow roughly this format:

[Gamemeta_] Object [_Subcategory] [_Action [_InteractionObject] [_Iteration]] [_Loop] .ogg

Examples:

frob_instrument_harp_01.ogg

mnu_button_hover.ogg

arrow_broadhead_hit_wood_01.ogg

machine_hum_01_loop.ogg

 

Folder Structure

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Wiki link.

soundfolderstable.png

 

The folder structure is mirrored on the ftp in TheDarkMod/sounds

 

Project management and Design documents

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- Soundeffects

- Ambients

 

Teamlist

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SFX/Ambient

  • Pakmannen
  • DarknessFalls
  • Muze
  • mrDischarged
  • Theo (for now)
  • Saxmeister
  • Schatten
  • drewb50
  • comp-music

Voices

  • New Horizon

File storage

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We are using CVS to share all our modfiles and once you have a finished sound it should be uploaded there. Currently all sounds are commited by myself. For works in progress you can either host the files yourself or use our FTP server.

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