CYBERBARON sound fail

Im sure that this has been already spoken about, but I didnt find any thread or usefull wiki info

I have this cybaron which I downloaded from realm667, I merged it into my wad file, copied the decorate code and tested it, used summon comand ( engine: GZDoom ) and it got there, walking attacking both its attacks but I didnt hear any of the sounds in game that was inside the wad file.

here's the code:

// Cyber Baron created by Ben2k9/Virtue


ACTOR Cyberbaron 15017
{
  obituary "%o was splayed by a cyber baron"
  hitobituary "%o was ripped to shreds by a cyber baron"
  health 1200
  radius 24
  height 64
  mass 1000
  speed 8
  painchance 40
  seesound "CBARON/sight"
  painsound "CBARON/pain"
  deathsound "CBARON/death"
  activesound "CBARON/active"
  MONSTER
  +NORADIUSDMG
  +DONTHURTSPECIES
  states
  {
  Spawn:
    CBOS AB 10 A_Look
    loop
  See:
    CBOS A 3 A_chase
    CBOS A 3 A_chase   
    CBOS B 0 A_playsound("cbaron/metal")
    CBOS BB 3 A_chase
    CBOS CC 3 A_chase    
    CBOS D 3 A_chase
    CBOS D 3 A_hoof
    loop
  Melee:
    CBOS PQ 8 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS R 8 A_BruisAttack
      Goto See
  Missile:
    CBOS E 0 A_jump(80,5)
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS F 10 Bright A_customMissile(cyberattack2,27,16,0)
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
      goto See
    CBOS PQ 8 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS R 8 A_BruisAttack
      Goto See      
 Pain:
    CBOS H 2
    CBOS H 2 A_Pain
    goto See
  Death:
    CBOS I 8
    CBOS J 8 A_Scream
    CBOS K 8 bright A_Playsound("world/barrelx")
    CBOS K 8 bright A_Playsound("CBARON/death")
    CBOS L 8 bright A_NoBlocking
    CBOS M 8 bright
    CBOS N 8 bright
    CBOS O -1
    stop
   }
}          
  
ACTOR Cyberattack2 : rocket
{
}

I also modified the name of the audio files after noticing that audio didnt work very well replacing BARONSIT to DSBASIT

but none of these have worked, what to do :( ?

Are the sounds in a folder named CBARON?
Do you have a SNDINFO lump that defines the sounds?
Are the sounds in a valid format?

[You can check if a sound is working by pulling the console down while in-game, and typing playsound <name of sound as defined in SNDINFO>. Remember that the name of sound file is not necessarily the same as the defined sound.]

I find it better to make a PK3 and dropping the cybaron WAD into the main directory so I don't have to mess with large DECORATE and SNDINFO files.

Mr. Chris said:

I find it better to make a PK3 and dropping the cybaron WAD into the main directory so I don't have to mess with large DECORATE and SNDINFO files.

should have done that .. owell, I have to come home before I can solve this

Its best to just merge the wads and everything works fine, I have cybderbaron in my wad and had no problems getting him to work.

Alphawolf said:

Its best to just merge the wads and everything works fine, I have cybderbaron in my wad and had no problems getting him to work.

which engine?

GZDoom, the best engine and only one that should exist ;)

Alphawolf said:

GZDoom, the best engine and only one that should exist ;)

Because, you know, tastes are universal and all that.

SNDINFO

cbaron/sight	cbarnsit
cbaron/pain	cbarnpai
cbaron/death	cbdrndth
cbaron/active	cbarnact
cbaron/metal	cmetal

DECORATE

// Cyber Baron created by Ben2k9/Virtue


ACTOR Cyberbaron : Baronofhell 15017
{
  obituary "%o was splayed by a cyber baron"
  hitobituary "%o was ripped to shreds by a cyber baron"
  health 1200
  radius 24
  height 64
  mass 1000
  speed 8
  painchance 40
  seesound "cbaron/sight"
  painsound "cbaron/pain"
  deathsound "cbaron/death"
  activesound "cbaron/active"
  MONSTER
  +NORADIUSDMG
  +DONTHURTSPECIES
  states
  {
  Spawn:
    CBOS AB 10 A_Look
    loop
  See:
    CBOS A 3 A_chase
    CBOS A 3 A_chase   
    CBOS B 0 A_playsound("cbaron/metal")
    CBOS BB 3 A_chase
    CBOS CC 3 A_chase    
    CBOS D 3 A_chase
    CBOS D 3 A_hoof
    loop
  Melee:
    CBOS PQ 8 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS R 8 A_BruisAttack
      Goto See
  Missile:
    CBOS E 0 A_jump(80,5)
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS F 10 Bright A_customMissile(cyberattack2,27,16,0)
    CBOS E 10 A_FaceTarget
      goto See
    CBOS PQ 8 A_FaceTarget
    CBOS R 8 A_BruisAttack
      Goto See      
 Pain:
    CBOS H 2
    CBOS H 2 A_Pain
    goto See
  Death:
    CBOS I 8
    CBOS J 8 A_Scream
    CBOS K 8 bright A_Playsound("world/barrelx")
    CBOS L 8 bright A_NoBlocking
    CBOS M 8 bright
    CBOS N 8 bright
    CBOS O -1
    stop
   }
}          
  
ACTOR Cyberattack2 : rocket
{
}

but in XWE, the wav file icon isnt a wav file icon, its just a unspecified (LUMP) icon that doesnt look like a wav icon before I preview it, playing the wav file
SS_START/END marker was originally S_START/END markers

playsound command in GZDoom doesnt play the wav file

cant figure out what to do :(

D_GARG said:

playsound command in GZDoom doesnt play the wav file

This suggests that either your sound is not defined or not present. Your SNDINFO lump shows a proper definition, and I'm guessing your sound files are in your wad (you mentioned playing it in XWE).

And your mention of XWE gives me a clue to what your problem may be. XWE does not properly support pk3 file format, which is necessary if you want to have folders. If you're using XWE it tells me you're not using pk3 format, and therefore haven't organized your lumps in folders. However, your path for the sound definition includes a folder name (in this case "cbaron").

You have two options:
1. Either use a pk3 format, create a folder named "cbaron", and put your relevant cyberbaron sounds in the folder. Everything else remains the same.
2. Stick with wad format, but modify your SNDINFO file to remove reference to the folder name. SNDINFO should then look like:

sight	cbarnsit
pain	cbarnpai
death	cbdrndth
active	cbarnact
metal	cmetal

I feel I should clarify: SNDINFO does not reference folder names. Folders are merely provided for convenience in most cases; ZDoom still treats sounds the way it would in a WAD file, as in the last file with the same name is the one that takes effect in game. SNDINFO's usual logical name/lump name architecture applies in PK3 files. So even if your DSPISTOL.wav is tucked away in /sounds/weapons/weaksauce/pistol/thissucks/DSPISTOL.wav, ZDoom still only sees it as DSPISTOL, and the SNDINFO definition would still look like this:

weapons/pistol DSPISTOL

ok problem solved

unexpectedly, I deleted all cybaron files including the code and "reinstalled" it, inserting everything back in position only modifying actor number to 15017 ( I find it as an effective system of listing supporting 100 monster actors before hitting 15100 which is the next category which could be ammo actors)

so , reinserting was the solution, but I have no idea what went wrong first time :S :F

however thanks for the help guys, you helped my brains accelerate :)

TheDarkArchon said:

Because, you know, tastes are universal and all that.

Oh yeah! Everyone has the same tastes as you Archon.