[Petrarch of the VBB]

Do the sound files have to be in any particular format, and indeed in any particular folder?

sexps.html is most unhelpful.

[Cobra]

from what i know, you can only use wavs and ogg's.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

That'd explain 1 reason why it wasn't working then. Damned MP3s. Cheers.

Now, does it have to be any particular kind of wav? I know the default game sounds are in some crazy format like ADPCM or something.

[Cobra]

MP3's are not used due to a copyright law that protects them from 'certain' use. Other than that i heard the codemonkeys were having trouble keeping the mp3 music on track, music skipping and speeding up, that kind of thing.

AFAIK i don't think it matters what coding you use, but i've always used PCM.

[EDIT]Hay! What's with the perpetual noob title now?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Aha, it's working as an ogg. Woo.

Now the problem is that it'll require everyone to have Freespace in the same directory if I release the mission, as the filepath I've entered is "D:\Games\FreeSpace2\forlorn.ogg"

Clearly this is not ideal. So, is there a folder I can put it in (Voice>Special?) where it'll be found automatically if I just enter "forlorn.ogg"?

[CP5670]

I think it looks in all the audio folders. I have used it with files in 8b22k, special and music with no problems.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Marvellous.

[WMCoolmon]

I detest those '8b22k' folders. They make people think that music has to be in that format and in that folder.

It really doesn't. You can have 8-bit, 16-bit, and up to 44khz in just the sound folder and it should work fine.