separated sounds for startup / idling engine?

[phoenixIlooka]

I use CSR and I try to use some other sounds as the standard things, so I found some nice Ford Capri sounds in the Virtual Racing Classic Mod for rFactor.
CSR-sounds generally are based on rFactor sounds, they have the same names excepting the car-name. For example original: "CAPRI_OFFHIGH" and CSR for LFS: "XRR_off_high".

I renamed them and it works perfectly in LFS.

BUT: There are also some sounds like (original) "CAPRI_STARTUP" but there is no counterpart in CSR for LFS...
I'd like to know if there is a possibility to replace even these files. I mean there actually _is_ a sound for the engine starter (you can hear), but I don't know where it is and how to replace it because it seems that this sound is not taken by CSR but by LFS itself?!

please help me! :-)

[Flame CZE]

I think you can just put the sound file in data/sounds folder and then load it by clicking on the 'L' button in SHIFT+A mode, in Starter section.

[phoenixIlooka]

Ah thank you! :thumb:

New problem: the file is 1,07MB and has to be 64kB...
Do you know a tool which I could use for compressing the wave file? :-)

[Dygear]

Can you compress it to an MP3?

[hazaky]

Nope.

U can only use WAV files. Also, WAV cant be compressed into WAV. Its lossless format.

[E.Reiljans]

U can only use WAV files. Also, WAV cant be compressed into WAV. Its lossless format.Yes it can, by lowering bit depth / sample rate / making it mono.

[Dygear]

Yes it can, by lowering bit depth / sample rate / making it mono.

How are you still a demo racer? Someone needs to get this man an S2 license.

[phoenixIlooka]

Yes it can, by lowering bit depth / sample rate / making it mono.

I will try some points today/tomorrow, thank you

[hazaky]

Yes it can, by lowering bit depth / sample rate / making it mono.
That's encoding :tilt:

[wheel4hummer]

Nope.

U can only use WAV files. Also, WAV cant be compressed into WAV. Its lossless format.

WAV is just a container format. You can store compressed data in a WAV file. You can even store mp3 data in a WAV file. Whether or not LFS can read a compressed WAV file, and if so which kinds of compression, I have no idea.

I just got bored and tested it very quickly. I tried two kinds of compression, 4-bit ADPCM and 2-bit cADPCM. Neither would work with LFS, it turns out it requires a 16-bit, PCM wav file. Bit rate doesn't seem to matter, though.

[phoenixIlooka]

I tested some things...

Seems that LFS needs 44100 or 22050.
I even got my soundfile down to 64-128kB which LFS is able to read, BUT:

LFS only plays motor-starter-sounds or dump valve sounds for example that are UNDER 1 sec. length!!

This is my last problem and it's really sad because with a sound below 1 sec. my cool starter-sound is useless...

Anyways, thank you guys!

[hazaky]

Bit rate doesn't seem to matter, though.
Mono/Stereo shouldnt matter either.
LFS only plays motor-starter-sounds or dump valve sounds for example that are UNDER 1 sec. length!!
Why would u need a longer starter sound if the car starts up fairly quickly? I mean like ... u press the starter, a 0.5sec sound is played for example and that's just perfect becuase by then the engine has reached its idle RPM.

[phoenixIlooka]

sure but the soundfile is about 6s length and it's so beautiful... :D
just listen... (attachment)

[hazaky]

Um ... no.

This will sound very horrible in LFS. U need just the starter sound, not the car sound. Do u even imagine those 2 car sounds colliding? It will sound very bad. So basically with this sound, its not a problem.

[phoenixIlooka]

I use CSR and NO LFS sound!
The XRR sounds completely like a Ford Capri, just the starter sucks. I already uploaded a video to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGRppLYF8E