Supercheese
Zeppelin Commander
Building ConstructSounds Pack
by Supercheese
by Supercheese
Note: These sounds are included in RoM 2.8 (and newer) by default!
Greetings, fellow denizens of the Rise of Mankind forum!
I very much enjoy RoM, but there are a few things I would like to see improved. In one case, I saw an opportunity to assist with improving buildings' Construct Sounds -- you know, the sounds that play when the game says "You have constructed <buildingname> in <cityname>. What would you like to build now?" Those.
Anyway, as I played through the game my first few times, I noticed that some buildings had very odd construct-sounds (such as the Sewer System having the Library sound), and that bothered me.
As I progressed further, I noticed that other buildings had no construct-sounds at all (Jail, Naval Academy, etc.), and that also bothered me.
Instead of sitting there being bothered, I decided to do something about it. So, I made a whole bunch of new construct sounds!
You can download the new sounds pack here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lk7uur (25 MB)
This ConstructSounds.rar contains all the new sounds I made. Extract this .rar to your RoM directory to install the base sound files. Please note I have changed the new religions' construct sounds; you will be asked to overwrite the 4 existing sounds (OlympDink.wav, RaDink.wav, ToltecDink.wav and ZoroDink.wav) in RoM's Assets\Sounds\Units directory. These should be the ONLY overwrites you will need to perform when installing the base sound files.
All sounds were edited & mixed using Audacity. I used sounds from a variety of sources, including http://www.freesound.org, the Civ4 sound effects, SimCity 3000, and Caesar IV.
Of course, those are just .wav files. One also must add XML definitions:
Attached to this post is XMLAdditions.rar, which contains additions to the Audio2DScripts.xml and AudioDefines.xml files. Please note that these are NOT replacement files, but rather chunks of XML intended to be copy/pasted within the aforementioned files.
This .rar is intended for those who may have already made modifications to their Audio2DScripts and/or AudioDefines files since RoM 2.71. In order to get the ConstructSounds to actually show up in-game, however, one must either manually change the <ConstructSound> tags in the CIV4BuildingInfos.xml file, or...
...you can download the XMLComplete.rar file, which contains the FULL Audio2DScripts.xml, AudioDefines.xml, and CIV4BuildingInfos.xml files. These files are based off RoM 2.71, and installing this .rar by extracting to your RoM directory and overwriting any existing should only be done if you have not modified any of these files since 2.71. After installation (clearing your cache would also be good), the new ConstructSounds should show up in-game! (The ONLY things that have been changed are the <ConstructSound> tags.)
Below is a (large) list of all changes to building construct sounds included in this pack:
Spoiler :
Any buildings not mentioned above have not had their ConstructSounds changed; they are fine as they are, in my opinion.
Well, that's about it. To review (a.k.a. tl;dr):
- This is an audio-only modmod that adds new construct sounds for buildings, and updates the new religions' build sounds. Nothing else is changed.
- To install, download ConstructSounds.rar (link above) and XMLComplete.rar (attached) -- assuming you haven't edited AudioDefines, Audio2DScripts, or CIV4BuildingInfos since RoM 2.71 -- and extract to your RoM folder, overwriting when prompted.
- If you have edited AudioDefines.xml or Audio2DScripts.xml since 2.71, then download XMLAdditions.rar (attached) and copy/paste the additions into their respective parent files.
- If you have edited CIV4BuildingInfos.xml since 2.71, then your best recourse is to re-make those same changes to the CIV4BuildingInfos.xml within XMLComplete.rar (attached). This will likely be easier than going through and editing all the <ConstructSound> tags in your current file!
And that's it! If you like the new sounds, then thank you, and good night!
Zappara should add these to 2.8.
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