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Triangulum's Sound Overhaul Mod 2013
Beta 0.1 Release demonstration:
(My audio driver isn't great for recording Windows sound, so everything will have higher quality audio during normal gameplay)
This mod replaces most of the commonly heard sounds in GTA: San Andreas contained within the GENRL and FEET archives. The aim of this mod is to work within the constraints of the game engine to ensure that no major bugs will occur.
Many other sound modifications will commonly use sounds that are higher quality or longer in duration than their original counterparts, leading to issues which include interference from random game sounds, high-pitched clicks, and improper looping. One of the most common of these bugs is the rain bug, which is an interference bug caused by improperly modified weapon sounds. In this bug, the rain will sample random bits of game audio (usually banging/clanging sounds) in place of the sound normally used for rain.
To avoid bugs, every sound bank folder must be the same size as the original. The easiest way to accomplish this is to have every sound use the same duration and frequency as its original counterpart.
However, for the gun sounds (bank 137), I was able to use higher quality and longer duration audio by decreasing the size of other sounds within the same bank. This only works for sound banks with many sounds that have the potential to be shortened with no noticeable reduction in quality during gameplay.
List of sounds this mod replaces
(In GENRL)
Gun sounds
Reload sounds
Car sounds
Bike sounds
Plane sounds
Helicopter sounds
Train sounds
Explosion sound
Fire sound
Supersonic bullet crack/impact sounds
Siren sounds
Crash sounds
Garage door sound
Braking/tire skid sound
Rain sound
Interface sounds
Car door sounds
Car start sound
(In FEET)
Pavement footstep sounds
Gravel footstep sounds
Grass footstep sounds
Metal footstep sounds
Dirt footstep sounds
Known Issues
Some of the vehicle sounds become glitched in SA-MP, mostly on popular severs with 50+ players. I'm going to look into fixing this before the next release.
Planned additions / improvements for future versions
Pedestrian pain/scream sounds
Sounds for the five remaining car/bike sounds not covered in the beta release
Alternate suppressed gun sounds
Alternate reload for revolvers
Alternate sounds for different types of jet aircraft
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Sweet, just as I asked in one of your videos if you can make a little sneak-peak into your sound mod. So yeah, can you make a small preview video of some vehicle sounds not yet presented? Would appreciate a lot!
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QUOTE (oksa8 @ Saturday, Apr 13 2013, 19:29)
So yeah, can you make a small preview video of some vehicle sounds not yet presented? Would appreciate a lot!
Well, I have almost all the car sounds modified so far except for the final gear sound, so none of them are exactly complete yet.
It's almost impossible to get it to loop properly even using the same duration (I think it renders it to only loop the last 40% of the sound), but I'll have a demonstration video up once I can figure it out!
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QUOTE (HPro @ Saturday, Apr 13 2013, 20:03)
Could you give me link for every of your sounds mod ONLY and the last update please. Thank
The download links for some of the sounds being considered for use in this mod are in the video descriptions.
The last "update" I made available for download is Realistic Gun Sounds version 8.1, but the final release will have a slightly different version that I won't be releasing until everything else is complete.
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QUOTE (JF-Mir2 @ Saturday, Apr 13 2013, 23:06)
Awesome! Good work! Are you also gonna replace the sounds for the ones in 'stream' and PAIN_A?
I might see if I can get better sounds for some of the .ogg files in streams/AMBIENCE, maybe for wind/ocean waves. But for the most part, the streams archives are comprised of game music on radio stations and in some interiors, which I don't plan to change.
The original PAIN_A sounds are a part of what make this game hilarious so I'd want to still make them available, but I'll be including new pedestrian screams in a future version as optional sounds. My primary focus now is just completing GENRL and FEET.
I'm really amazed how sophisticated approach you have to your work. In times when we have fancy ENB series and high poly vehicles we really need more realistic and vivid sounds . Result must be great!
For their own good, seriously, we've been working on this for well over a year and have finally made progress in being able to replace any sound file WITHOUT any bugs, including the ability to re-assign and add or remove to the archive without it glitching, here's a rushed video to show that:
Once the mod is released and everything is polished up, including a run down and brief of archives/bankslots, etc, we're making it public, it's complicated, but once you get the hang of it, finally, you'll have the ability to replace sounds in this game without things screwing up.
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QUOTE (Ash_735 @ Wednesday, Apr 17 2013, 11:04)
For their own good, seriously, we've been working on this for well over a year and have finally made progress in being able to replace any sound file WITHOUT any bugs, including the ability to re-assign and add or remove to the archive without it glitching, here's a rushed video to show that:
Once the mod is released and everything is polished up, including a run down and brief of archives/bankslots, etc, we're making it public, it's complicated, but once you get the hang of it, finally, you'll have the ability to replace sounds in this game without things screwing up.
So, a mod that re-arranges SA's sound archives to allow for the capability to bypass size limits for bug-free sounds? Honestly, it would be great if there was something that allowed that, since the audio system in SA's engine is a complete mess in its present state.
I don't think the video of VC sounds is a good example for demonstrating this though; those sounds are short enough that can already be easily converted to SA as bug-free sounds without any additional mods that re-structure the audio system.
So, a mod that re-arranges SA's sound archives to allow for the capability to bypass size limits for bug-free sounds? Honestly, it would be great if there was something that allowed that, since the audio system in SA's engine is a complete mess in its present state.
I don't think the video of VC sounds is a good example for demonstrating this though; those sounds are short enough that can already be easily converted to SA as bug-free sounds without any additional mods that re-structure the audio system.
In the case for the VCS mod, it makes sense that we're using those sounds.
But yes, it took a bloody long time, but it seems to be cracked, and we have like audio dumps and records for each specific sound banks, etc, there's a LOT of stuff here, but what we have now is a system that preps the game whenever a file is changed so it will play it properly, and of course you can assign slots to specific weapons, etc, for example, in that video above, you'll notice the Colt and the Python have their own SFX, where as in normal San Andreas they share an SFX which is pitch altered.
So for projects like this, where you want to try and get the weapons sounding as close to real life as possible, you can now do that, they don't have to share, you can assign each weapon it's own audio file, you can build it how you like without limits, it seems a shame to put this much effort in this project now when in a few weeks time, you can do it how you REALLY want to, we're just sorting out the method and what to document at the moment.
It is something we're proud of (well mainly Silent works here, he's the genius behind it), we can also control the Radio system to (still stuck in the confines of the 10MB limit though on OGG files) but with clever planning you can work around that easily, etc.
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But, can't you do a little co-operation? Can't you help him out a bit and send him it and trust that he won't release his mod with the tool before you release it? It would save a lot of time for him.,.
But, can't you do a little co-operation? Can't you help him out a bit and send him it and trust that he won't release his mod with the tool before you release it? It would save a lot of time for him.,.
It's not a case of trust, it's a case of, we have a load of stuff here, and need to write proper clear instructions and refine it to be as friendly as possible, I mean, we could just send the bulk files over, but we'd have to take some time to explain what needs to be done, etc.
Like I said, it is going to be released, once everything is cleaned up and documented.
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QUOTE (oksa8 @ Thursday, Apr 18 2013, 10:54)
But, can't you do a little co-operation? Can't you help him out a bit and send him it and trust that he won't release his mod with the tool before you release it? It would save a lot of time for him.,.
It's not an urgent matter to start begin using it right now, and I'll be releasing standard versions in the meantime anyway for anyone who would want to remain using the current system.
But once this thing is released and it ends up removing some of the present size constraints, I'll go about seeing how I can improve upon what I have.
QUOTE (Ash_735 @ Thursday, Apr 18 2013, 02:15)
you can assign slots to specific weapons, etc, for example, in that video above, you'll notice the Colt and the Python have their own SFX, where as in normal San Andreas they share an SFX which is pitch altered.
Well, actually the gun sound modifications I'm working on already utilize Ryosuke's Weapon Limit Adjuster, which has the same functionality you described for re-assigning sounds (and for customizing pitch). I've made the same changes with it in re-assigning the Desert Eagle sound to be independent of the pistol sound (now shared with the Micro-Uzi/Tec-9 sound), and a few more tweaks including more consistent reverberation settings and the suppressed pistol having its own reverberation sound previously used for SMGs. I believe there's also a similar equivalent for vehicle sounds (Vehicle Audio Loader) made by another modder, but I still haven't tried it yet.
Still, re-assigning sounds alone doesn't solve the issue of glitching with even slightly oversized sound banks, so I I'm looking forward to the release of this.
QUOTE (SilentPL @ Thursday, Apr 18 2013, 15:28)
QUOTE (Triangulum @ Thursday, Apr 18 2013, 02:51)
since the audio system in SA's engine is a complete mess in its present state
It's not, it makes perfect sense after I've learnt more about it - actually, I like it now!
I'm interested to see what you've been able to do with it, but what I meant by that is that there are a number of problems associated with the way its used currently, including:
Exceeding original sizes will cause glitches with other sounds.
Audio becoming pitch shifted whenever its source or the camera is moving.
Some sounds not being able to loop in a normal fashion (final gear sounds for cars).
Some sounds having volume limits regardless of how loud the audio files are (the RPG/missile launch sound).
Lots of shared audio (for example, thunderstoms using the same sound as explosions but slowed down or using a lower pitch).
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Attention:
Are you also gonna replace the sounds for the ones in 'stream' and PAIN_A? 
June 6th. 
Honestly, it would be great if there was something that allowed that, since the audio system in SA's engine is a complete mess in its present state.
