Adding sound loops to NPCs

[Lfan]

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for a way to add loop sounds to NPCs (like the rancor sound which is looping all the time when you spawn the creature).

I want to use it for a Darth Vader NPC and for Xenomorphs.

The rancor idle loop sound is handled by a file called "loudbreath.wav".
I tried to copy that file to my custom characters to see if the game automatically plays the sound if it's there, but it doesn't.
Hopefully it's not hard coded!

So how do I apply sound loops to custom NPCs?

[Circa]

Most other Darth Vader NPCs that people have made do this with the lightsaber hum looping sound. Maybe someone else knows of a better way but I think this may be the way to go.

 

[Linken]

You have some options with this, the most basic solution is create a script in BehavED to call the NPC, have them play a sound, and loop it. 

Sadly as you said earlier, the rancor and sand creature breathing is hard-coded. I don't have the code in front of me right now to say where, but I do remember when implementing breathing sounds for Darth Vader and Lord Starkiller in Galactic Legacy it was only a couple of lines of code.

But if neither option is available for you, then the lightsaber sound would probably work best for you. 

[Lfan]

Thank you very much for your replies!

I never had any experience with any kind of coding and at this point I'm too afraid to even try to get into it.

I will stick with the lightsaber hum sound for now.

[RebornKyle]

I came across this and was wondering if someone could specify the location of the hard-code for this. I have a background in coding so no tutorial necessary, I just cannot for the life of me find the file that specifies this behavior! I have an NPC that has idle sounds as well as walking sounds, obviously I cannot do that with .pk3 alone. If anyone could help me find the file, much appreciated!

[Linken]

On 3/21/2024 at 1:32 PM, RebornKyle said:

I came across this and was wondering if someone could specify the location of the hard-code for this. I have a background in coding so no tutorial necessary, I just cannot for the life of me find the file that specifies this behavior! I have an NPC that has idle sounds as well as walking sounds, obviously I cannot do that with .pk3 alone. If anyone could help me find the file, much appreciated!

I believe the breathing sounds are called in the AI files for the rancor and sand creature. 

[RebornKyle]

On 3/24/2024 at 9:53 PM, Linken said:

I believe the breathing sounds are called in the AI files for the rancor and sand creature. 

Thank you that is indeed where it was. Also, the walking sounds I found are specified via animation in a animevents.cfg that you have to include for walk sounds to work. In case anyone else has the same issues