Editing sound files

[Aescher]

Thanks for the tweaks listed in the stickys above, My game is looking and sounding great.

Like many I find the thunder and open chest (fletching kit in my case) sounds to be a harsh on my eardrums. So I wanted to edit them. I first edited the SoundAssets.txt file. Like I do with ini files I just changed .wav to .waf and indended the line so find easy if I need to change it back.

Then I came across the thread regarding SD3spy. That seemed to be a better option to me. I thought it would just be a case of extracting the .wav files adjust the attenuation then add them back which is what I did. I then changed the .txt file to correctly have .wav from .waf.

I didn't work. There's is no sound for those actions still. So I just copied and pasted from my backup the SoundAssets.txt and the snd2.pfs files overwriting the edited ones. Still no sounds it's as if I deleted the files. I can live without the sounds, it's just the thunder and container sounds.

Ultimately I'd like to have them back but at a lower volume. ie use SD3spy and Audacy to edit the files. But first I need too get them back into the game.

Has anyone recenly used SD3Spy to edit sounds? Is it even allowed to edit sound files on this server? I noticed that saving spellsets has been disabled for P1999 so maybe sounds have to stay original too?