Using customsounds.plist

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Using customsounds.plist

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customsounds.plist looks like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<!-- list all possible custom sounds here -->
	<!-- implemented: just the test sound -->
	<key>[test]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<!-- unimplmented:
	<key>[witch-blocked-by-@]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[witch-no-fuel]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[witch-no-target]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[incoming-missile]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[energy-low]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[autopilot-on]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[autopilot-off]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[autopilot-cannot-dock-with-target]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[autopilot-denied]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[autopilot-out-of-range]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[aegis-planet]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[aegis-station]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[mine-launched]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[missile-armed]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[missile-locked-on]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[missile-launched]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[missile-safe]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[weapon-overheat]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[game-over]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[witchdrive-malfunction]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[ident-on]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[ident-off]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[ident-locked-on]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[no-target-in-memory]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[target-lost]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[hold-full]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[cargo-jettisoned]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[hyperspace-countdown-begun]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[galactic-hyperspace-countdown-begun]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[hyperspace-countdown-aborted]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[cloaking-device-on]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[cloaking-device-off]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[jump-mass-locked]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	<key>[wormhole-created]</key>
	<string>buy.ogg</string>
	-->
</dict>
</plist>
Each entry, including those in the commented out 'unimplemented' section is an event that can have a custom sound attached. In this case 'unimplemented' means simply that this event will play a custom sound but as yet no custom sound has been defined for these events. If you want a custom sound used, you can copy the particular entry into your own customsounds.plist.

So, say you want a custom sound to play when the identification system is turned on. Create your sound (say my-ident-sound.ogg) and then create your own copy of customsounds.plist and place it at AddOns/Config/customsounds.plist

Your customsounds.plist should look like this:-

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>[ident-on]</key>
	<string>my-ident-sound.ogg</string>
</dict>
</plist>
A complete 'sound mod' expansion pack would have sounds for all the events.
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Post by Rxke »

:D Wow! now *that* is quite an exhaustive list, almost feels like work to make a cutomsound.oxp :lol:
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Post by milinks »

Been working on a Customsounds.oxp today, my wife got fed up with hearing "hyperspace sequence...." etc etc :) . Just a thought before i throw it to Oosat, it is late and i am shattered in my defence if the answer is obvious, can i link customsounds to other things such as government rating etc, so that i can have some different sounds ( voice synths basically ) for different systems? I'm re hashing my planetview.oxp and was wondering if i can direct, say the planetinfo.plist to a given customsounds.plist? Sorry if this doesnt make sense but I'm off to bed :oops:
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Post by aegidian »

I understand, no that's not possible at the moment.

I'll bear the idea in mind though.
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Post by milinks »

Thanks for that Giles, it was just a thought, muddled with lack of sleep lol.
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Post by Flying_Circus »

Excellent: truely excellent - and very typical of your approach, Aegidian.


Leading on from this, maybe: Custom docking music, for all the budding carrier builders? (not that I have any docking music in mind, mind you, but it is a step towards completeness of customisability).
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Jonnycuba and I were wishing, and I thought we might as well wish aloud..

any possibility of adding a "close proximity warning" event? for those moments there is imminent danger due to your 'personal space' being breached by another object/surface..? :shock:
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..oh, no... ..not 'Bitching Betty', I hope!!! :roll:
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Star Gazer wrote:
..oh, no... ..not 'Bitching Betty', I hope!!! :roll:
No, don't worry. Since we are in Europe, and you in the UK, she's called 'Nagging Nora'. 'Bitching Betty' is for the Americans... :wink:

And since studies apparently say that pilots are more likely to listen to a resonant woman's voice than a man's (in western culture anyway), who are we to say differently?
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I always heard that the reason a woman's voice is used is because it is easier to hear above noise due to the higher pitch and tone.
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Selezen wrote:
I always heard that the reason a woman's voice is used is because it is easier to hear above noise due to the higher pitch and tone.
I read an article on this (cannot remember where) and I seem to remember that this only holds true for European and African women. Somehow, our women in this part of the globe have voices that are more easily heard than in some other cultures (e.g. Asian). On the other hand, our men tend to have lower, deeper voices than men in some other cultures (e.g. Asian) and thus they are more difficult to hear...

Strange stuff, all of that... :?
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Don’t think so.
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I think the most recent one was Amiga replacement sounds
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Post by JensAyton »

Since a thread linking to this one was just bumped, I’ll point out that list of possible sound effects now has increased since last year, as can be seen by looking in the customsounds.plist in 1.71.x.
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Post by Ace Garp »

Cool!
I'll have a look as I'm still working on a custom sounds OXP.
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