Adding sound to a Holotape : Fallout 3

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:06 pm

Hey all, I know how to do anything with a holotape exept adding sound. Yes, i know how to find the add tessound tab, BUT I want to know how I add a sound file to that list WITHOUT making a quest, because all the tutorials ive seen online just tell you to make a quest first.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:50 pm

You create a new 'sound' object and then you can attach it to the holotap as a sound.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:49 am

Yeah, I figured out the sound part, but when I added the .ogg sound file to the data folder, and added it as a new sound in the geck, it doesnt add, no sould come from it

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:21 am

You need a .wav or an .mp3

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:46 pm

Still nothing

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:03 am

And the WAV or MP3 has to be in the correct format. It you get no sound when testing the sound object, then you have it wrong.
To test a sound object, you must create it and save it, then close the window. Re-open the sound object to test it.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:08 am

Thanks, ill try that

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:43 am

The mp3 is formatted right, it plays in other programs, I re-opened and restarted the geck and nothing. Still no sound! Mabe I have the audio clips in the wrong folder, I have it in- C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout 3\Data\Sound\Voice\Vault74\Holo entry one\Johnson watts

Is there somthing im doing wrong? I just placed the files there, then opened them inthe geck, in the geck I named it HLOJohnsonHolo1

Please help!

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:04 pm

It needs to be in the proper 'format'.

For example, a WAV file needs to be rendered at 32000 Hz, 16bit, mono PCM wave file.
Or 32000 Hz, 16bit, stereo PCM wave file.

I am not sure how MP3's would be set up, or it it will even work.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:13 pm

Ok thanks

I hope I can do that in audacity

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:06 am

EDIT --

Just openened in audacity, all I know its its a stereo 16 bit PCM the the 32000Hz im not sure about

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:23 am

Made it a 16 bit PCM .wav and set the rate to 32000Hz and still nothing.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:22 am

Anything guys??

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:43 pm

Try moving it to the 'fx' folder and taking it out of the voice folder.

/data/sound/fx/

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:43 pm

Actually, I made the folder "Sound" There wasnt one before that.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:02 pm

If you do not extract the sounds from the BSA files, then it will not exist. You always have to create the folder paths otherwise.

So are you saying that putting it in the fx folder did not do any good?
All my sounds are in that folder and they work fine.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:59 pm

It worked, but when I add it to the holotape, then listen to it in game, it crashes.

» Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:33 am

A holo tape may need to be mono, not stereo. Or vice-versa.