Haha. Sorry about that @luchian. Don't worry though, you're not the only one I'll be picking on. There are a few other cameos to feature in the finished track. Here's one I've got permission for already...
so creative, I love it !
W.I.P. Riggswater
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so creative, I love it !
ChunkiEgg
New Member
Looking awesome Dave, could actually feel my sphincter tightening as you were heading to the brow of the hills in this . Nice touch with the birds swooping down too and the ambient sound effect, lots of nice details in there!
Can really imagine this being a rally stage with spectators lining the sides of the road with cars parked up on the verges, it reminds me somewhat of the moor roads around West Yorks/Halifax when I lived up between Leeds and Bradford Really wish I had driven my RS2000 (The mk6 model, not the classic mk2 ) around those roads more!
Can see a lot of love is going in to this Looking forward to seeing updates of this track!
. Nice touch with the birds swooping down too and the ambient sound effect, lots of nice details in there!Can really imagine this being a rally stage with spectators lining the sides of the road with cars parked up on the verges, it reminds me somewhat of the moor roads around West Yorks/Halifax when I lived up between Leeds and Bradford
Really wish I had driven my RS2000 (The mk6 model, not the classic mk2 ) around those roads more! Can see a lot of love is going in to this
Looking forward to seeing updates of this track!
MGMetroDave
Active Member
Thanks for your comments @ChunkiEgg ! I guess that's a positive reaction
Oh good, I'm glad it feels like it's somewhere up north. That's the feel I was aiming for. I love that part of the country. Nothing wrong with a mk 6 RS2000 either! I really liked that era of escort. I think each mk/iteration had its own charm. They were rallied quite a lot if I recall? I'm sure I've got a mk 5 or 6 AC car mod installed. I'll have to use it for the next screenshots.
Hopefully I'll be able to include a rally stage for this track at some point too. It's got several off-road dirt tracks that could work.
I guess that's a positive reaction Oh good, I'm glad it feels like it's somewhere up north. That's the feel I was aiming for. I love that part of the country. Nothing wrong with a mk 6 RS2000 either! I really liked that era of escort. I think each mk/iteration had its own charm. They were rallied quite a lot if I recall? I'm sure I've got a mk 5 or 6 AC car mod installed. I'll have to use it for the next screenshots.
Hopefully I'll be able to include a rally stage for this track at some point too. It's got several off-road dirt tracks that could work.
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ChunkiEgg
New Member
Haha Yep definitely a compliment mate
I live back on the South Coast, and the scenery isn't as dramatic, that's for sure but has it's own charms- A272 between Petersfield was always fun in the 2k and the ST170 and the A285 between Chichester and Guildford is a good laugh too, may have to look in to doing a point to point race based on these roads in future
I prefer the mk5 Escort shape if it's unmolested although the cossie front grille does smarten it up more, but the Rally spec Maxi F2 kit on a mk6 (google
Gwyndaf Evans, Max Power Project 2000, mattman RS2000, or Minirotty Lucifer 2 for some automotive porn)... I make a mess every time I see one!
I live back on the South Coast, and the scenery isn't as dramatic, that's for sure but has it's own charms- A272 between Petersfield was always fun in the 2k and the ST170 and the A285 between Chichester and Guildford is a good laugh too, may have to look in to doing a point to point race based on these roads in future
I prefer the mk5 Escort shape if it's unmolested although the cossie front grille does smarten it up more, but the Rally spec Maxi F2 kit on a mk6 (google
Gwyndaf Evans, Max Power Project 2000, mattman RS2000, or Minirotty Lucifer 2 for some automotive porn)... I make a mess every time I see one!
MGMetroDave
Active Member
The windmill needs more work, but it's working. stFlow on the windmill and cyclist
MGMetroDave
Active Member
Couldn't resist sorry!looking good Dave
MGMetroDave
Active Member
Sorry, weird thing, but has anyone else noticed specularity disappear from AC since Shaders Patch 0.1.25-preview245? Bridgehampton as an example here, but same's happening on my track.
Just checking with you here to make sure I'm not going crazy before I submit it as a bug.
Just checking with you here to make sure I'm not going crazy before I submit it as a bug.
MGMetroDave
Active Member
Seems like it's just certain shaders that are broken. Anyone else having this problem?
MLT
Active Member
I've been getting this as well, at first I thought I had something wrong with settings, but it seems the shader has issues.
MGMetroDave
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MGMetroDave
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Oops...
Prototype
Well-Known Member
Ha ha. You can feel the love with this project !
Ill admit I dont spend much time around cows, so not sure if they're as loud over an engine as this one is, but maybe the ambient sounds are a bit too loud? Also the river sound, because it comes in and goes out a little abruptly? All subjective.
If they were softer it may feel more immersive instead of a novelty? My 5c.
MGMetroDave
Active Member
Haha yes you're right everything is a bit too loud and lots of things definitely need tweaking, including what you described with the abrupt fade in and out. Thanks for the feedback. I take it all onboard!
Hi @MGMetroDave,
very nice work you´re doing. All this lovely little details. I enjoyed your movie clip a lot, too.
First of all: Happy new Year 2020 all the forum members!
I didn´t wrote here much, but I was glad to learn a lot about modding. Thank you all for that.
I´ve now a little prob implementing an helicopter sound and thought you could maybe explain, how you implemented, for example, the cow sounds?
I´ve tested with an normal 44.1khz, 16 bit, stereo wav file, but it sounds like a very, very distant plane sound, not an helicopter sound.
Did you did it yours with fmod? Could you post your settings for the wav file and how to call it in audio_sources.ini?
Sorry, I don´t want to hijack your thread, but I thought asking you here would be the best, if others struggles with same prob, they can benefit from your explanations, too.
very nice work you´re doing. All this lovely little details. I enjoyed your movie clip a lot, too.
First of all: Happy new Year 2020 all the forum members!
I didn´t wrote here much, but I was glad to learn a lot about modding. Thank you all for that.
I´ve now a little prob implementing an helicopter sound and thought you could maybe explain, how you implemented, for example, the cow sounds?
I´ve tested with an normal 44.1khz, 16 bit, stereo wav file, but it sounds like a very, very distant plane sound, not an helicopter sound.
Did you did it yours with fmod? Could you post your settings for the wav file and how to call it in audio_sources.ini?
Sorry, I don´t want to hijack your thread, but I thought asking you here would be the best, if others struggles with same prob, they can benefit from your explanations, too.
Stephen Brown
New Member
Wow, this looks amazing. Totally slipped under my radar too. Love all the little details.Just a preview video of the track in its unfinished state. At the end is a clip of the campfire using stFlow shader. Early WIP version of the track. Still lots of work to do.
Apologies for the mouse cursor, the poor quality video, and the even poorer (ahem, keyboard) driving!
Looking very much forward to driving it.
Keep up the great work!
xXxKOKExXx
Member
OMG, i feel im a f** nerd seeing that quality of skills
awesome! this job is f*** awesome!
awesome! this job is f*** awesome!
MGMetroDave
Active Member
@Sliderman ! So sorry for long time to respond. I've not been able to be involved with modding for a few months as Real Life (TM) sadly got in the way ;-) I've just got back to AC for the first time in months and after a little testing, I've noticed that currently audio in tracks seems to be broken. It last worked in CSP 0.1.36 and since then (current version at time of writing is 0.1.40) it's still broken. It seems to have coincided with the adding of the volume slider in the 'Track Adjustments' section of CSP extension settings in CM.Hi @MGMetroDave,
very nice work you´re doing. All this lovely little details. I enjoyed your movie clip a lot, too.
First of all: Happy new Year 2020 all the forum members!
I didn´t wrote here much, but I was glad to learn a lot about modding. Thank you all for that.
I´ve now a little prob implementing an helicopter sound and thought you could maybe explain, how you implemented, for example, the cow sounds?
I´ve tested with an normal 44.1khz, 16 bit, stereo wav file, but it sounds like a very, very distant plane sound, not an helicopter sound.
Did you did it yours with fmod? Could you post your settings for the wav file and how to call it in audio_sources.ini?
Sorry, I don´t want to hijack your thread, but I thought asking you here would be the best, if others struggles with same prob, they can benefit from your explanations, too.
As I don't know which other tracks currently include any custom sounds, I can't test if it's just my track, but assuming it isn't, if you want to test custom sounds on your track you'll probably need to downgrade temporarily to CSP 0.1.36.
This next bit might not be completely accurate as it was months ago that I did the sounds and I'm a bit rusty...Regarding sound formats, I don't *think* it's crucial. I'm pretty sure mine were 44.1/16 bit if I recall, and some were stereo and some mono, so both should work. If you're intending on looping the sound seamlessly I *think* it needs to be WAV rather than MP3, but I don't honestly know the optimum settings for memory usage. I'd imagine MP3s get decompressed while the game's running anyway? Not sure sorry.
I've noticed that sounds trigger as you (the camera, be it inside the car or out or free) get within the range of the sound as specified in fmod, and stop when you're out of range again. If it's a looping sound it loops until you get out of range. That sounds obvious but I've noticed it whenever it triggers it starts again from the start of the sound wave. Might be useful to bear in mind.
With all that in mind, here are a details about how I used it in my track so far....hope it helps!
------
Firstly, I have the actual sound bank (.bank file) in the following location:
content\tracks\riggswater\extension\sfx\riggswater.bank
and alongside it is the GUIDs.txt file. So those 2 files are all that I have in that folder.
So the following is in GUIDs.txt (content\tracks\riggswater\extension\sfx\GUIDs.txt) (this file is output from FMOD) I can't remember if I tweaked it or not. I don't think so...:
{dc612bac-455b-473b-b39e-4cea44351f78} event:/common/riggspubmusic2
{a5c4847f-4b46-4ad6-986d-9391c634b1dc} event:/common/riggspubmusic1
{9c40411a-491f-4bd0-998c-43699f8e1f03} event:/common/riggscow1
{29175f54-0ae7-41f2-a3b1-06bb12207e11} event:/common/riggssheep2
{999089ba-4a6d-4f2a-b0ab-220d0c3d4e96} event:/common/riggssheep1
{1d42c540-aaf7-4c70-a6d8-bdc11ace4f36} event:/common/riggswaterfall1
{b47658eb-dc71-4747-a822-e4aeb143f1fd} event:/common/riggswaterfall2
{3ea3f6d0-aa71-4599-a359-b480d3cccca3} event:/common/riggsbirdsong1
{43ec6895-9033-48e0-8a9c-17f3b981ffbb} event:/common/riggsbirdsong2
{4636e4e2-01ed-4bee-b9ff-0efe76794354} event:/common/riggsbirdsong3
{08dd864f-5be6-44f0-8686-cf4d2ff1c59a} event:/common/riggsbirdsong4
{60a60edd-dc16-4e0d-a9f4-ff4689ff887e} event:/common/riggsbirdsong5
{98317912-a380-4e75-a22b-c6a7a9cd4a72} event:/common/riggsducks1
{914a3a6e-ec99-490a-b7c5-b11d0ba83185} event:/common/riggslake1
{9e540e7e-0d00-4f61-b953-ee6083f2bfee} event:/common/riggslake2
{08f6ba78-f576-4f9f-a232-47657d5fec19} bus:/
{47dcf37a-6a8d-4ef6-9f82-2e0398fa69f9} bank:/common
{6f849ccf-dfec-43c7-9327-976a1fe7a76a} bank:/riggswater
Then in my track's ini file, which in my case is content\tracks\riggswater\extension\ext_config.ini, I have, among other settings, got the following....
[SOUNDBANK_0]
BANK=sfx/riggswater.bank
GUIDS=sfx/GUIDs.txt
[EVENT_0]
ID=common/riggssheep1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1066.84, 78.5656, 716.797
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 3.5
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_1]
ID=common/riggssheep2
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1068.93, 77.40, 729.6
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 3.5
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_2]
ID=common/riggsbirdsong1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1042,67,798
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 1
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_3]
ID=common/riggsbirdsong2
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1165,86,805
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 1
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_4]
ID=common/riggswaterfall1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = -271.3,5.2,35
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 8
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
etc....
I should add that these settings, especially the volume related settings are probably not optimal. They were for testing purposes. I expect that the recommended range is 0 to 1. Perhaps someone can confirm?
Again I'm a bit rusty on this, so please someone correct me If I'm mistaken but.........
[EVENT_x] unique event number. I expect you could simply use [EVENT_...] for all of them, but haven't tested it.
ID= path and audio file in fmod bank, as referenced in the GUIDs.txt
REVERB_RESPONSE = Is the sound affected by reverb
POSITION = X,Y,Z is the 3D location in space of the sound. This works the same as if you're adding lights using the x,y,z method, where you can get the position using the shaders patch debug app (https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/custom-shaders-patch-debug-app-advanced.29060/).
DIRECTION = X,Y,Z direction as a 3d vector I think??? (cone angle and things I think are specified in fmod when you make the bank)
VOLUME = general volume of sound
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = amount to multiply volume level by if using interior car cameras
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = amount to multiply volume level by if using exterior (chase) car cameras
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT= amount to multiply volume level by if when in free camera mode and trackside cameras
I think that's it! I'm sure I've made some mistakes, but it'll hopefully help a little.
Edit: Also, I'm sure you've read it, but more info here: https://github.com/ac-custom-shaders-patch/acc-extension-config/wiki/Tracks-–-Audio
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Johnr777
Moderator
Told Ilja about the track audio not working and he fixed it in 0.1.42! Turns no one had told him since no one is using this..@Sliderman ! So sorry for long time to respond. I've not been able to be involved with modding for a few months as Real Life (TM) sadly got in the way ;-) I've just got back to AC for the first time in months and after a little testing, I've noticed that currently audio in tracks seems to be broken. It last worked in CSP 0.1.36 and since then (current version at time of writing is 0.1.40) it's still broken. It seems to have coincided with the adding of the volume slider in the 'Track Adjustments' section of CSP extension settings in CM.
As I don't know which other tracks currently include any custom sounds, I can't test if it's just my track, but assuming it isn't, if you want to test custom sounds on your track you'll probably need to downgrade temporarily to CSP 0.1.36.
This next bit might not be completely accurate as it was months ago that I did the sounds and I'm a bit rusty...Regarding sound formats, I don't *think* it's crucial. I'm pretty sure mine were 44.1/16 bit if I recall, and some were stereo and some mono, so both should work. If you're intending on looping the sound seamlessly I *think* it needs to be WAV rather than MP3, but I don't honestly know the optimum settings for memory usage. I'd imagine MP3s get decompressed while the game's running anyway? Not sure sorry.
I've noticed that sounds trigger as you (the camera, be it inside the car or out or free) get within the range of the sound as specified in fmod, and stop when you're out of range again. If it's a looping sound it loops until you get out of range. That sounds obvious but I've noticed it whenever it triggers it starts again from the start of the sound wave. Might be useful to bear in mind.
With all that in mind, here are a details about how I used it in my track so far....hope it helps!
------
Firstly, I have the actual sound bank (.bank file) in the following location:
content\tracks\riggswater\extension\sfx\riggswater.bank
and alongside it is the GUIDs.txt file. So those 2 files are all that I have in that folder.
So the following is in GUIDs.txt (content\tracks\riggswater\extension\sfx\GUIDs.txt) (this file is output from FMOD) I can't remember if I tweaked it or not. I don't think so...:
{dc612bac-455b-473b-b39e-4cea44351f78} event:/common/riggspubmusic2
{a5c4847f-4b46-4ad6-986d-9391c634b1dc} event:/common/riggspubmusic1
{9c40411a-491f-4bd0-998c-43699f8e1f03} event:/common/riggscow1
{29175f54-0ae7-41f2-a3b1-06bb12207e11} event:/common/riggssheep2
{999089ba-4a6d-4f2a-b0ab-220d0c3d4e96} event:/common/riggssheep1
{1d42c540-aaf7-4c70-a6d8-bdc11ace4f36} event:/common/riggswaterfall1
{b47658eb-dc71-4747-a822-e4aeb143f1fd} event:/common/riggswaterfall2
{3ea3f6d0-aa71-4599-a359-b480d3cccca3} event:/common/riggsbirdsong1
{43ec6895-9033-48e0-8a9c-17f3b981ffbb} event:/common/riggsbirdsong2
{4636e4e2-01ed-4bee-b9ff-0efe76794354} event:/common/riggsbirdsong3
{08dd864f-5be6-44f0-8686-cf4d2ff1c59a} event:/common/riggsbirdsong4
{60a60edd-dc16-4e0d-a9f4-ff4689ff887e} event:/common/riggsbirdsong5
{98317912-a380-4e75-a22b-c6a7a9cd4a72} event:/common/riggsducks1
{914a3a6e-ec99-490a-b7c5-b11d0ba83185} event:/common/riggslake1
{9e540e7e-0d00-4f61-b953-ee6083f2bfee} event:/common/riggslake2
{08f6ba78-f576-4f9f-a232-47657d5fec19} bus:/
{47dcf37a-6a8d-4ef6-9f82-2e0398fa69f9} bank:/common
{6f849ccf-dfec-43c7-9327-976a1fe7a76a} bank:/riggswater
Then in my track's ini file, which in my case is content\tracks\riggswater\extension\ext_config.ini, I have, among other settings, got the following....
[SOUNDBANK_0]
BANK=sfx/riggswater.bank
GUIDS=sfx/GUIDs.txt
[EVENT_0]
ID=common/riggssheep1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1066.84, 78.5656, 716.797
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 3.5
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_1]
ID=common/riggssheep2
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1068.93, 77.40, 729.6
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 3.5
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_2]
ID=common/riggsbirdsong1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1042,67,798
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 1
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_3]
ID=common/riggsbirdsong2
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = 1165,86,805
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 1
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
[EVENT_4]
ID=common/riggswaterfall1
REVERB_RESPONSE = 1
POSITION = -271.3,5.2,35
DIRECTION = 0, 0, 1
VOLUME = 8
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = 1
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT = 1
etc....
I should add that these settings, especially the volume related settings are probably not optimal. They were for testing purposes. I expect that the recommended range is 0 to 1. Perhaps someone can confirm?
Again I'm a bit rusty on this, so please someone correct me If I'm mistaken but.........
[EVENT_x] unique event number. I expect you could simply use [EVENT_...] for all of them, but haven't tested it.
ID= path and audio file in fmod bank, as referenced in the GUIDs.txt
REVERB_RESPONSE = Is the sound affected by reverb
POSITION = X,Y,Z is the 3D location in space of the sound. This works the same as if you're adding lights using the x,y,z method, where you can get the position using the shaders patch debug app (https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/custom-shaders-patch-debug-app-advanced.29060/).
DIRECTION = X,Y,Z direction as a 3d vector I think??? (cone angle and things I think are specified in fmod when you make the bank)
VOLUME = general volume of sound
CAMERA_INTERIOR_MULT = amount to multiply volume level by if using interior car cameras
CAMERA_EXTERIOR_MULT = amount to multiply volume level by if using exterior (chase) car cameras
CAMERA_TRACK_MULT= amount to multiply volume level by if when in free camera mode and trackside cameras
I think that's it! I'm sure I've made some mistakes, but it'll hopefully help a little.
Edit: Also, I'm sure you've read it, but more info here: https://github.com/ac-custom-shaders-patch/acc-extension-config/wiki/Tracks-–-Audio
I followed what you wrote and the info from the SDK, was able to get some pit garage sounds, it’s actually pretty easy! Might add more sounds to Mosport
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