Sounds loop endlessly (do NOT loop flag

Sounds loop endlessly (do NOT loop flag is checked)

dvlstx

183 Posts

Posted Dec 29, 2007

So some of my sounds are looping endlessly, enven after the stopsound input. The playeverywhere, the do NOt loop, and the start silent flags are set. This only happens when I merge sound files in GoldWave, and they are saved as a 16 bit mono sound. Same as the ones that I don't have a problem with. I would use Faceposer, but i've been getting the shaderapidx9.dll error lately. (since the orane box update, CURSE YOU VALVE!!!!!!)

please help me. My map is coming along great, minus this.

thanks in advance,
dvlstx.

Oh, and I've already tried valves support help. ( i have vista home premium.) they tell my to goto local security policy, which isn't there for me.)

Email is joshh123[at]gmail[dot]com

msleeper

4,136 Posts

Admin

#8122

Posted Dec 30, 2007

Replied 1 day later

Are you using the soundscript or the raw .wav file as the sound name?

dvlstx

183 Posts

#8144

Posted Dec 31, 2007

Replied 20 hours later

I'm using the raw .wav for the sound. I made this myself. As of now, it doesn't have a soundscript file.

dvlstx

183 Posts

#8282

Posted Jan 04, 2008

Replied 4 days later

bump. And idk how to make a soundscript. Valves site didn't help. (their wiki)

SOMEONE HELP ME!!! that is all.

Hober

1,180 Posts

#8324

Posted Jan 05, 2008

Replied 18 hours later

I don't know how to make one either, but I would strong recommend against it. It's a pain. Just use PakRat.

Hurricaaane

189 Posts

#8333

Posted Jan 05, 2008

Replied 3 hours later

Hober wrote:
I don't know how to make one either, but I would strong recommend against it. It's a pain. Just use PakRat.

What the hell does PakRat have to do with what we're talking about???!!!???!!!???

Hober

1,180 Posts

#8359

Posted Jan 06, 2008

Replied 20 hours later

Hurricaaane wrote:
What the hell does PakRat have to do with what we're talking about???!!!???!!!???

Because the original poster asked about a problem with his sound items.

Msleeper, trying to troubleshoot, asked if it was using a sound script.

The original poster replied in a way that indicated to me that he was trying to implement a sound script.

As I understand it, using PakRat to pack in the sounds is a superior alternative to using a sound script, so I expressed this.

msleeper

4,136 Posts

Admin

#8361

Posted Jan 06, 2008

Replied 21 minutes later

Back on topic. I have no idea what might be causing this problem, I know that in order for sounds to loop they have to have some sort of bit or flag in the actual sound file, so check your sound program options? I'm not 100% sure on that, Hurricaaane knows better about that.

Post your settings for your ambient_generic, or whatever entity you are using to play your sound.

dvlstx

183 Posts

#8407

Posted Jan 07, 2008

Replied 1 day later

I have all of the flags checked, "do NOT loop", "Start Silent", and "Play Everywhere."

I used GoldWave to merge my sound files, and saved them as the same type as I save all of my sound files. (PCM signed, 16-bit mono)
They onlyl sounds that loop are the merged ones. (ie, if I add a static effect to the end of a sound clip my 'merging' or joining two+ sound files together. Non-merged/joined files do not have this problem.

I would like to avoid using PakRat, and soundscripts. These are not my problem.

Please don't argue with each other on this thread. It's barely keeping its little head above the water. (to use an irrelevant metaphore.)

Hurricaaane

189 Posts

#8455

Posted Jan 08, 2008

Replied 20 hours later

Please upload the sound file somewhere, I'm gonna take a look at it and give a new file if what I'm thinking about is right.

dvlstx

183 Posts

#8466

Posted Jan 08, 2008

Replied 3 hours later

Thanks, Huricaaane!
There are two file that are giving me trouble. Here they are.
Also, can you post what you did to make them work? It would be a big help for the future!

http://files.filefront.com/Messed+up+So ... einfo.html

Also, can you see if you can fix it in GoldWave? This is the editing software that I use.

-Thanks,
dvlstx

Hurricaaane

189 Posts

#8468

Posted Jan 08, 2008

Replied 25 minutes later

Alright, there were cue lists. Removed!
Grab the fixed sounds>

http://www.hurricaaanes.info/ai/portal/ ... sounds.zip

I think those cue lists appear when merging sounds in your sound editing program. I don't know GoldWave. I used Cool Edit Pro, went on the Edit>Cue Lists menu and removed the entries.

To make a sound loop ingame, you need to make a Cue Entry over all the wavefrom. We can specify some special behaviour when the Cue Entry is not covering a part of the beginning of the sound.