Sounds
- 4A Games
- 4A Games (Unlicensed)
Overview
This tab is where you can see all imported sounds and where their collections/parameters are set up.
Toolbar
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Back Button | Undo selection. |
| Forward Button | Redo selection. |
| Find filter | This is where you type in what you are looking for. |
| Х button | Cancel typing. It is VERY easy to forget about clearing the Find field and then spend minutes wondering where all the properties are! |
RMB Utils
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Mark as Localizable | Marks selected sounds as localizable. |
| Remove Localizable | Removes selected sounds from localizable. |
| Ban | |
| Removes ban label. |
| Sets the label Warning. |
| Sets the label Error. |
| Sets the label Critical Error. |
| Sets the label Approve. |
| Sets the label Deprecated. |
| Adds a comment to an object. |
| Searches all layer files in the working folder for text that matches your search criteria in the .lua-files. |
| Use Contents Panel | Components of complex sounds are shown in the contents panel (at the bottom right of the Sound Editor window), otherwise they are expanded in the Sounds tree. |
| Convert Sounds... | Converts selected sounds (e.g. after their sources are modified). |
| Add Sounds... | Converts new sounds from sources and adds them to the database. |
| Add Localizable Sounds... | Converts new localizable sounds (usually VO) from sources and adds them to the database. |
| Create Bank from Selected | Creates a new bank from selected sounds. |
| Add Bank... | Creates a new sound bank. |
| Add Composite... | Creates a new composite (multi-layered) sound. |
| Add Mask... | Creates a new sound mask. |
| Add Mix... | Creates a new mix of two sounds. |
| Add Voice Set... | Adds a voice set. |
| Rename... | Renames the selected sound. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected sound. |
| Create Folder... | Creates a new folder. |
| Reveal In Explorer | Opens an explorer window so you can quickly access the selected sound file. |
| Expand All | Expand all the lists. |
| Collapse All | Collapse all the lists. |
| Filter | Show/hide the filter toolbar. |
| Plain Mode | Show all blocks in alphabetical order without hierarchy. |
| Advanced Filter | Enables the display of the advanced filter. You can use this to filter properties by categories. |
Properties
Toolbar
| Find filter | This is where you type in what you are looking for. |
| Х button | Cancel typing. It is VERY easy to forget about clearing the Find field and then spend minutes wondering where all the properties are! |
 | Shows only the properties that were changed. |
Editor Play Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Accrue Time | Time the sound takes to fade in to full volume. |
| RPM | If you click on "F7", you can imitate the shooting in Sound Editor with the opportunity to set RPM and hearing distance. |
| Delay Time (ms) | The delay before playback begins. |
| Offset Time (ms) | The time from the beginning of the audio file before playback starts. |
| End Time (ms) | The time from the beginning of the audio file before playback stops. |
| Ignore Latency | Ignores delays that arise due to loading or switching the sound states. In the real game, use this only for weapons, because everything must coincide in time. |
| Positional Mono | Plays mono sounds as positional. |
| Positional Stereo | Plays stereo sounds as positional. |
| Distance | Sets the distance for positional playback. |
| Auto Play | Plays sounds automatically when selected. |
| Looped | Loops sound playback. |
| Preview Voice | If the sound with type "voice" is played, it will be played with the chosen voice in this field. |
| Env Zone Class (Preview) | Selects the environment zone class used for composites preview. |
| Third Person (Preview) | Sets third-person composite preview mode (otherwise first-person layers are used). |
| Subsequent (Preview) | Selects which subsequent sound is used for composite preview:
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| Weapon Tags (Preview) | Sets the tag used to select a weapon composite for preview. |
Sound
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | Shows the sound type (source, mask, bank, etc.). |
Source | |
| Localizable | Shows, if the selected sound is localizable. |
| Subtitles | Turns the subtitles on/off. |
| Subtitles Radius | Sets the maximum distance from a sound source location to display subtitles. |
| Subtitles Persona | Sets the name of a person speaking to show it in the subtitles. |
| Subtitles Priority | Sets the priority of subtitles. |
| Own HDR SPL | Sets the SPL of the selected sound to override preset value. |
| 2D | |
| Volume | Sets the volume for when the selected sound is played as non-positional. |
| HDR Enabled | If set, HDR Audio algorithm will affect the non-positional sound. |
| Surround Volume | Sets the volume of rear channels for the selected non-positional sound. |
| Listener Reverb Volume | Sets the reverb for the selected non-positional sound. |
| Attenuation | Chooses one of the custom attenuation curves for the selected sound. |
| Angle Attenuation | Chooses the angle attenuation for the selected sound. |
| Preset | Chooses one of the type presets for the selected sound |
| Bus | Displays a virtual bus used for the selected sound. |
| HDR SPL | Displays the SPL value of the selected sound. |
| Base Distance | Displays the Base Distance value of the selected sound. |
| Distance Filter | |
| LSF Max Distance | Displays the low-shelf filter maximum distance value. |
| LSF Frequency | Displays the low-shelf filter mid-point frequency value. |
| LSF Gain Limit | Displays the maximum value of the low-shelf filter gain. |
| LSF Slope | Displays the slope value of the low-shelf filter. |
| LSF Max Distance | Displays the high-shelf filter maximum distance value. |
| HSF Frequency | Displays the high-shelf filter mid-point frequency value. |
| HSF Gain Limit | Displays the maximum value of the high-shelf filter gain. |
| HSF Slope | Displays the slope value of the high-shelf filter. |
| Max Make-up Gain | Displays the maximum value of the distance filter make-up gain. |
| Reverb Level | Displays the listener reverb value. |
| Source Reverb Level | Displays the source reverb value. |
| Rolloff Factor | Displays the rolloff factor value. |
| Fadeout Factor | Displays the fade-out factor value. |
| Items | |
| File | |
| Time Total | Displays the duration of the selected sound. |
| FLAC Size | Displays the size of the source audio file. |
| VBA Size | Displays the size of the converted audio file. |
| RMS Peak | Displays the peak RMS value of the selected sound (used by HDR Audio). |
| RMS Begin | Displays the first RMS value of the selected sound (used by HDR Audio). |
| Channels | Displays a number of channels of the selected sound. |
RMB Utils
Selected Objects by Property | Select all objects that have the same value of a selected property as the value of the selected object. |
| Entities Filter |
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| Reset to Default | Reset the property to default values. |
| Copy | Copy the value of the selected property. |
| Paste | Paste the value of the selected property. |
| Export Properties | This function is unavailable. |
| Import Properties | This function is unavailable. |
| Edit Hint | Edit a hint for the selected property. The hint is stored here: tools/editor/meta/props_metadata.lua |
| Show Description | Show the panel description of the selected property, if it exists. |
| Add to Highlight List | Add the selected property to the highlighted list. |
| Show Highlighted Only | If enabled, this will show only the highlighted properties. |
| Edit Custom Caption | You can rename properties with custom captions. |
| Clear Custom Caption | Reset custom captions of properties. |
| Disable Custom Captions | Disable the display of custom captions. |
| Show Advanced Filter | Enables the display of the advanced filter. This is where you can filter properties by categories. |
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