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===Explanations=== | |||
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<li> | <li> | ||
'''Ambient''' | '''Ambient'''<br> | ||
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. | 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. | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>''Ambience'' | <li>''Ambience'': Sounds not tied to an object. Music/background hums. Added purely to enhance the atmosphere.</li> | ||
<li>''Environmental'' | <li>''Environmental'': Sounds that imitate an object from the world. Such as machines, birds, crickets and other animals, a stream of water, churchbells, rattling chains etc.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
</li> | </li> | ||
<li>'''SFX (or Soundeffects)''' | <li>'''SFX (or Soundeffects)'''<br> | ||
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, the pickup-loot sound, porcelain-cup-dropped-on-marble sounds etc. | 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, the pickup-loot sound, porcelain-cup-dropped-on-marble sounds etc. | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>''Game'' | <li>''Game'': Certain "special" sounds as levelstart, objective_complete/failed, main menu sounds etc</li> | ||
<li>''Movement'' | <li>''Movement'': Footsteps etc</li> | ||
<li>''Tools'' | <li>''Tools'': Weapons and gadgets</li> | ||
<li>''World'' | <li>''World'': Collisions, objects (open doors etc)</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
</li> | </li> | ||
<li>'''Voices''' | <li>'''Voices'''<br> | ||
Things spoken or expressed by the inhabitants of the world. That includes: | Things spoken or expressed by the inhabitants of the world. That includes: | ||
Humans, zombies, belchers, and any other creatures we might come up with. | Humans, zombies, belchers, and any other creatures we might come up with. | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 6 December 2005
Introduction
The audio part of the Dark Mod has been divided into the following three sections:
The folderstructure
This structure and all the soundfiles can be found in doom3/darkmod/sound.
- ambient
- ambience
- environmental
- sfx
- game
- movement
- tools
- world
- voices
- n/a
Explanations
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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.- Ambience: Sounds not tied to an object. Music/background hums. Added purely to enhance the atmosphere.
- Environmental: Sounds that imitate an object from the world. Such as machines, birds, crickets and other animals, a stream of water, churchbells, rattling chains etc.
- SFX (or Soundeffects)
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, the pickup-loot sound, porcelain-cup-dropped-on-marble sounds etc.- Game: Certain "special" sounds as levelstart, objective_complete/failed, main menu sounds etc
- Movement: Footsteps etc
- Tools: Weapons and gadgets
- World: Collisions, objects (open doors etc)
- 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.
File formats
The format we are using for SFX: Ogg, 44100Hz, 96kbps, mono
The format we are using for Ambient: Ogg, 44100Hz, 160kbps, stereo OR Ogg, 44100Hz, 96kbps, mono depending on what kind of sound it is. (That means, use your common sense. Does the sound really benefit from stereo format?)
