Custom audio files not playing in-game

#1 · November 25, 2012, 8:04 pm

I created some custom .wav files with a text-to-speech program, and I put them into a custom map I'm working on. I updated the audio cache, but for some reason, the files still won't play when they are triggered. :angrysquare:
So, how do I get the .wav files to play in game?

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#2 · November 25, 2012, 8:10 pm

Where do you put the .wav files at?

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#3 · November 25, 2012, 8:14 pm

I had put them in the steam/steamapps/common/portal2/portal2/sound/{folder name here}.
Don't know if that's where the files should be.

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#4 · November 25, 2012, 8:36 pm

And what did? Did you place an ambient_generic? When you select your Sound Name in the ambient_generic, the Sound Type should be Raw. Then filter your sound. All the flags in the ambient_generic should be checked.

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#5 · November 25, 2012, 8:40 pm

Sound type raw, all flags checked, not playing the sounds.

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#6 · November 25, 2012, 8:54 pm

Open the console and run snd_updateaudiocache.

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#7 · November 25, 2012, 8:57 pm

AD_79p2 wrote:

I updated the audio cache, but for some reason, the files still won't play when they are triggered. :angrysquare:

Um, did you read that? It was at the top of the thread. I already updated the audio cache.

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#8 · November 25, 2012, 9:29 pm

what method do you have to trigger the play of the audio?

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#9 · November 25, 2012, 9:37 pm

Different things. I have multiple custom audio files. Two are triggered by a logic_auto, some are activated by triggers, and one is triggered by picking up the portalgun.

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#10 · November 25, 2012, 9:46 pm

well if everything is set up correctly for the directory, the trigger path and the file type, I don't know. Maybe try this as an experiment in a separate map file. Place in a prop_button and for an output:

onpressed - ambiant_generic - playsound - delay 0

If that works, there may be an issue in you main map file. if it still wont play, it may be a problem with the file

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