Progress on a Mutator to change artillery sounds!

[dibbler67]

Hey guys,

It's been a long time since I've posted, but I've had some free time the last few days and I decided to take a crack at this whole mutator thing.

The fruits of my efforts, so far:

http://youtu.be/Ig-nI3db3_g

Questions comments and feedback appreciated!

 

[Nightingale]

I think we're going to need a longer video if we can give you any constructive advice. That said, it looks pretty cool. I want to see what the rockets will sounds like.

 

[>F|R< Sarcinelli]

Nice, would love to see more!

 

[dibbler67]

I've been working on the rockets for the past few hours:

Red Orchestra 2 Mutator WIP - Rockets! - YouTube

 

[Fishsticks]

Amazing ! good work! Sounds 100 times better than the originals

 

[thens]

Wow, great job so far dude! I *definitely* prefer these sounds already!
Keep going!

 

[ikkiewikkie]

Dude, those sounds scare the crap out of me. Just as it should be with arty :IS2:

 

[Cwivey]

I would love to take a peek at the code behind this mutator. I had plans for my own mod but I can't write mutators :X.

 

[LugNut]

Very nice! The whistling rockets are awesome.

 

[Fisher]

Hallelujah! Please, continue working on these, they are awesome! Will you be changing the weapon sounds as well? (please! please do!)

 

[dibbler67]

Cwivey, I'll PM you the source when I get a chance later today.

Essentially what the mutator does is override ModifyPlayer and give every player a new Inventory object I call "SoundSwapper."

function ModifyPlayer(Pawn Other)
{
	local ROPawn P;
	
	Other.ClientMessage("SoundMutator Loaded");
	
    P = ROPawn(Other);
	if (P != None)
	{
		P.ClientMessage("Added SoundSwapper to this client."); 
		P.CreateInventory(class'SoundMutator.SoundSwapper');
	}
	Super.ModifyPlayer(Other);
}

SoundSwapper's PostBeginPlay calls SetTimer(2,true), causing SoundSwapper's timer function to be called every 2 seconds. The timer function looks through every ROArtillerySpawner and modifies it appropriately.

I haven't yet tested this on a dedicated server to see if the code executes on any client connecting (I think it should, because SoundSwapper's Role is ROLE_SimulatedProxy) to a server. Does anyone know how to test that sort of thing?

Edit: Fisher, I haven't look into that but it should be possible. It MAY be an issue with the method I use because it must iterate through EVERY object of a particular class, which is inefficient anyway. I have to use another iterator each time I want to change something different, and I run each iterator every two seconds! They can pile up and kill performance. However, I'll see what I can do.

 

[Cwivey]

Cheers.

 

[dibbler67]

New video:


RO2 Artillery Sounds Mutator - Artillery (Guns) Test - YouTube


If anyone can create a similar, cleaner version of the incoming sound in the video I'd really appreciate it, because it's from a youtube video and the quality isn't that great. I also need an incoming rocket sound, not like in the other video but the sound of one about to hit you: a high pitched shriek, like this:

guy nearly gets hit by rocket when it fails to explode - YouTube

around 35 seconds.

Everyone, thanks for the praise! It makes the hours worth it.

 

[SQBsam]

Fantastic work! Could this, perchance, be applied to other sounds? Like footsteps, ambient noise and gunshots?

 

[Extension7]

This stuff is awesome! I need this asap

One hopes for a server side sound mut one day.

 

[Fisher]

It would also be awesome if you could change the bullet impacts to make them sound more powerful and realistic

 

[dibbler67]

I've been looking into including supersonic cracks and louder impacts. It MIGHT be possible, lol.

I will say that I've greatly increased the efficiency of the code with respect to timers and iterators... so if I do find a way it'll be much more feasible to implement it in this mutator.

EDIT: Also, I HAVE switched the grenade sounds!

 

[Fisher]

I've been looking into including supersonic cracks and louder impacts. It MIGHT be possible, lol.

I will say that I've greatly increased the efficiency of the code with respect to timers and iterators... so if I do find a way it'll be much more feasible to implement it in this mutator.

EDIT: Also, I HAVE switched the grenade sounds!

Oh god, this just gets better and better...will you put up a demo of the new nade sounds?

 

[Waltz]

I may not post often on these forums due to such negativity sometimes but I hope you keep up the good work! It's about time something was done about the sounds and you are doing an excellent job at it. I wish you the best of luck on your endeavor on this wonderful mutator.

 

[migmadmarine]

Great progress, but do you thing that whistle heard just before the impacts with the newest artilery vid could be made more drawn out? maybe a little variation in pitch between them?