Need Help With Firing Effect Sounds

I'm trying to get a new weapon firing sound in-game, but every time I try to compile my .wavs in Tool, I get this error:

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11.19.09 08:25:12  tool pc 01.00.08.0616 ----------------------------------------------
11.19.09 08:25:12  reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.19.09 08:25:12  reference address: 42ca20
11.19.09 08:25:12  Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
11.19.09 08:25:12  MM:  'couldn't open stream.' (ACMERR_NOTPOSSIBLE#512)
11.19.09 08:25:13  MM:  'couldn't open stream.' (ACMERR_NOTPOSSIBLE#512)

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I've searched around and I can't seem to find an answer to this problem. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Also, note: I can make sounds with ogg compression; only xbox sounds don't work. I'm almost positive I have the latest codec.

wether or not a sound compiles or not is COMPLETELY random.

just keep doing it, and eventually it should compile.

What is the directory your .wavs are in, and what are you typing into tool?

Directory:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds

Command:
tool sounds seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds xbox 1

EDIT: Fixed the path

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\tags\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds

As bolded above, the wav 16 bit pcm sound needs to be in the same path in the data section:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\sounds\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds

any and all wav files in this directory will be processed if you dont specify the name of the wav file, multiple files results in one tag, with multiple permutations - look for sound tut on halomaps from E3PO

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tool sounds seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds xbox 1

this would be the wrong path, and the wrong codec, you said you did it in ogg, and the path tool uses relates to where the original sound file your are converting from - at work now, will update when I get home

^Pretty much this

The Data directory is where all raw data should go before converted into Halo-compatible data. Tool will compile it and switch the directory from Data\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds to Tags\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds

Though I don't think the sounds have to go in data\sounds\seanthelawn\project. They can go in any directory structure you want.

So, to sum up:

Sounds go in:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\data\seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\so unds

Type into tool: tool sounds seanthelawn\project\characters\guy\sounds ogg 1 (or xbox1 depending on what you want to do, I always use ogg personally)

To do premutes, I believe you just have to put a bunch of wavs in the same folder. Single sounds go in their own folder.

Ah sorry, I was in a hurry. I meant the data folder, that was a typo. Also, I put them in the sounds folder for organization purposes.

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Originally Posted by NerveBooger

this would be the wrong path, and the wrong codec, you said you did it in ogg, and the path tool uses relates to where the original sound file your are converting from - at work now, will update when I get home

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Not 100% sure what you mean by this, but when I mentioned ogg, I just meant I've made ogg sound files in the past (unit_dialogue to be exact) which worked fine. I know the basics of sound creation, I've just never been able to make a sound with the xbox codec.

The Xbox codec is very tempermental. If you're on Vista you're pretty much screwed - to my knowledge, for the Xbox codec to work on a Vista comp it needs to be the highest-priority codec, and since I have yet to discover how to change priority in Vista, once it stops working/gets bumped off by something else it's gone for good.

WHAAAAT

So you're basically saying I can't make xbox sounds on my computer?

Laggy poo is highly incorrect. He should learn to :google: more :allears:

Xbox ADPCM Codec

Even though it says it's for 64 Bit, it worked on my 32 bit laptop, which had Vista on it. I am on a 64 bit OS btw.

I can compile xbox files just fine now.

Awaits -rep from laggy poo :<

Aaaah thank you. I guess I should Lrn2:google: as well.

Hopefully this shit works out for you brosef. Let us know if you run into any problems.

YESSSSS

It worked fine. Thanks for the help guys. +rep to everyone who helped (except Neuro, have to spread rep before giving it to you again)

next time you do this, use vegas. you can render the sound out as a wav with default settings, place it in your folder and run "ogg 128000" at the end of the command. it's worked every single time for me.

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Originally Posted by CodeBrain

Laggy poo is highly incorrect. He should learn to :google: more :allears:

Xbox ADPCM Codec

Even though it says it's for 64 Bit, it worked on my 32 bit laptop, which had Vista on it. I am on a 64 bit OS btw.

I can compile xbox files just fine now.

Awaits -rep from laggy poo :<

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For the record, this computer hasn't been able to compile sounds since late 2008 (it could perfectly before). I've tried reinstalling the codec countless times to no avail... and yes, I've spent more than my share of time on Google trying to resolve the problem. I don't know why just reinstalling it worked for Sean, but it sure hasn't worked for me. I was only speaking from my experience.

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Originally Posted by CodeBrain

Even though it says it's for 64 Bit, it worked on my 32 bit laptop, which had Vista on it. I am on a 64 bit OS btw.

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fyi x86 means basically 32-bit