Kimmi201

Passing a message on from a mate on another forum:
Seems he is having a spot of bother joining your site mate. I tried to fix his message up as it was all txt speak.

retired_kagilfilen

Hmmm,

I was not aware of such a problem. I know freeforums are pretty unstable & reliable but i only have limited access.

The good news tho is we will soon be moving to a 'secret' location for our hosting ect.

All will be reveiled in due course!

retired_arzu

Great packs n0va, enjoying them a lot.

One little thing I noticed is that since installing your packs the game no longer skips the 'boring' parts when watching a match. ie waiting for the ball to come back to the corner taker it would normaly jump ahead to just before the kick, now I have to watch the ball slowly roll back to him.

Minor thing but kinda annoying, any idea what causes it?

Cheers,
Myros

retired_arzu

Took a quick look over the config files to see if I could track down the problem listed above and came across this:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"># EVENT_WAIT= 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0,SOUND_CROWD_CHANT&gt; 10, 900</pre>

Normaly when values are fed into program tables the number and type are hard coded, where did you get the idea to add "SOUND_CROWD_CHANT" as an extra column and add it to what appears to be a numeric value field?

Could be causing some issues there, maybe the repeating unwanted sounds etc.

Just curious where that came from.

Myros

retired_myu94070

Good on you for leaving FMG :thup:. I signed up there weeks ago just for this pack and still haven't received the confirmation email that was going to come in 10 minutes :thdn:. After waiting for 3 or 4 days I went and signed in anyway and it worked but it would have been easier and quicker if the confirmation had been sent.

retired_arzu

Tracked down the problems to your file match_sounds.cfg

Here's the errors in it:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">#penalty appeal turned down then givenSOUND_APPEAL_TURNED_DOWN_THEN_GIVEN,"",0, 1, 2, 0</pre>
Looks like there should be no "", if there is no sound to play then you leave that part blank.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">#penalty appeal turned down then givenSOUND_APPEAL_TURNED_DOWN_THEN_GIVEN, , 0, 1, 2, 0 </pre>

Here's the erros likely to be casuing the unwanted looping:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">SOUND_CORNER,"FM_corner_anticipation"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_TAKES_BALL_TO_RIGHTLEFT,"FM_fan chant"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_PLAYER_LOOKS_FIRED_UP,"FM_anticipation"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_PLAYER_HOLDS_BALL_IN_CORNER, "FM_general chant"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SHORT_CORNER_TIME_WASTE, "fm_corner"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_CHEAT,"FM_cheat"0, 1, 2, 0</pre>

Those are the ones I noticed there is a comma missing after the file name. That would lead to bad data being put into the program with it most likely reading the "1" in the "loop flag" value instead of the "sound type" value as is intended.

Myros

retired_arzu

Other's missing the comma:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southame rican"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n1"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n2"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n3"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n4"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n5"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_SOUTH_AMERICAN_CHANT,"FM_crowd_southamerica n6"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_EUROPEAN_CHANT,"FM_European1"0, 1, 2, 0SOUND_EUROPEAN_CHANT,"FM_European2"0, 1, 2, 0</pre>

retired_arzu

Some more errors for you ;p

You have pointed to a sound file that doesnt exist. "crowd push forward 1".

You have misnamed a few files eg
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">SOUND_LIGHT_DISAPPOINTMENT,"FM small_dissapointment",0, 1, 2, 0</pre>

Also "FM_shit refs" doesnt exist.

You have 2 spaces between 'FM' and 'small' the file only has one.

And while on that quite a few programs have problems with spaces in file names, which is why they get named "this_is_a_file" instead of "this is a file". Also noticed you used a comma(,) in a file name which can also be a problem.

Myros

retired_arzu

Oh and one last thing (I promise)

Most of the sounds you use are not the same format as what the game uses.

Your bitrate is half and use mono instead of stereo. This can also cause problems with games that are hard coded to a specific audio format (it looks like FM is as all the original sounds are 1 specific type).

Ok all done.

Myros

retired_kagilfilen

Myros thank you very much for pointing out these errors. I will look into these asap.

At the moment i am working on the FM Planet community website. I am creating a whole new site for them. Its nearly done lol. Just got a couple more issues on the main site and the forums to layout.

Once all that is done i will then look into this.

Its some 'small' errors i missed and i thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. Due to the FM Planet community being my website i will be hosting the files there. Before that tho i will go through EVERY soundfile again and edit the configs with the errors you have called out here.

I promised the community i would take on this huge modification project as longterm and remain devoted to it. Which i will.

So please be patient and expect an updated soundpack to be released soon!

Maybe once i have completed the website/forums you could be the first addition to my staff team. I would be more than happy to give you a position as a 'soundpack developer'. If you are interested i wil be releasing more information on staff positions when the site opens.

Thanks again. :thup: