Silencing/Modifying specific game sounds

[Captain Fabulous]

Anyone know which file is the SFX for the hum you hear when you first activate Hurl? It's heard on both the player and critter versions. Dunno why but it drives me absolutely batty.

I seem to recall there was a spreadsheet with all the SFX names but I can't seem to find it. Thanks.

[AboveTheChemist]

1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said:

I seem to recall there was a spreadsheet with all the SFX names but I can't seem to find it.

 

I don't know which sound it is but the spreadsheet can be downloaded from this post.

 

Michiyo also uploaded some/all of the spreadsheet contents to the wiki at this page (it takes a while to load): https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Modding/Sounds/Powers

 

Good luck!

[Captain Fabulous]

52 minutes ago, AboveTheChemist said:

 

I don't know which sound it is but the spreadsheet can be downloaded from this post.

 

Michiyo also uploaded some/all of the spreadsheet contents to the wiki at this page (it takes a while to load): https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Modding/Sounds/Powers

 

Good luck!

Oh that link is a work of art! And I found it, forcefield5_loop. Thanks!

Edited February 20, 2023 by Captain Fabulous

[Captain Fabulous]

Hmmm...

[Oubliette_Red]

2 hours ago, Captain Fabulous said:

Hmmm...

 

I've also attached PK's spreadsheet as a zip to the bottom of the 1st post here. It's been living on my harddrive for a while.

 

[Captain Fabulous]

1 hour ago, Oubliette_Red said:

 

I've also attached PK's spreadsheet as a zip to the bottom of the 1st post here. It's been living on my harddrive for a while.

 

I get the same error, both if I open it locally or using the online version of Excel. 🤷

Edited February 20, 2023 by Captain Fabulous

[Oubliette_Red]

1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said:

I get the same error, both if I open it locally or using the online version of Excel. 🤷

 

 

Can't say that I've had any errors or noticed any issue with Rosetta.

 

[AboveTheChemist]

I see that error whenever I try to open the spreadsheet as well. I just click Yes and it seems to work fine.

[Captain Fabulous]

29 minutes ago, AboveTheChemist said:

I see that error whenever I try to open the spreadsheet as well. I just click Yes and it seems to work fine.

Yeah, if I click yes to "fix" it everything seems fine, but I don't know if anything is missing or lost.

[Oubliette_Red]

Just now, Captain Fabulous said:

Yeah, if I click yes to "fix" it everything seems fine, but I don't know if anything is missing or lost.

 

Push come to shove, you can always ping @Nope about it, I believe they are still checking DM's.

 

[blackjacket]

I wanted to provide a bit of guidance for anyone who may have run into issues getting the Villain character select menu music to change.

 

I found that the only way I was able to get it changed was to name the file v_menumusic_loop.ogg and place it into the Homecoming\data\sound\Ogg\Frontend folder. None of the other documented methods would work. It would continue to play the original music.

 

 

[Oubliette_Red]

1 hour ago, blackjacket said:

I wanted to provide a bit of guidance for anyone who may have run into issues getting the Villain character select menu music to change.

 

I found that the only way I was able to get it changed was to name the file v_menumusic_loop.ogg and place it into the Homecoming\data\sound\Ogg\Frontend folder. None of the other documented methods would work. It would continue to play the original music.

 

 

 

Thanks for this.

 

On searching for 'uiskin' I came across an old thread regarding setting the default login screen, sadly, this on effects initial launch but does not effect returns to character select/server select screens.

Just for clarification, did you place a copy of 'v_menumusic_loop.ogg' into the frontend folder or did you rename another file that and place it in the folder?

 

[Herotu]

On 6/2/2019 at 11:10 PM, Oubliette_Red said:

Sounds Location and file names | Pt. II

 

CATEGORY	DESC	FOLDER	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME
Enviro	Ambient noise: 5th Column	5th Column	AirAmb1_loop	RumbleAmb2_loop	SpookyDarkAmb2_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Atlas ambient noise	City	AtlasAmb2_Loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Boomtown	Boomtown	BoomAmb_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Brickstown	Brickstown	BrickAmb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Cave	Cave	CaveAmb1_loop CaveAmb2_loop	CaveAmb4_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Eden	Eden	EdenAmb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Faultline	Faultline	FaultAmb_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Grandville	V_Grandville	Grandville_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Hollows	Cave	hollowsamb_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Kings Row	KingsRow	KingsAmb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Lab	Enemies	Labamb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Mercy	Mercy	MercyAmb2_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Skyway	City	skywayamb_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Steel Canyon	SteelCanyon	SteelAmb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Talos	Talos	TalosAmb1_loop
Enviro	Ambient noise: Terra Volta	Talos	TerraAmb_loop
Enviro	Alarm Sound in city zone police stations	V_PPD	Cellblock_loop	Cellblock2_loop
Enviro	Arachnos base map music (possibly one of several)	V_MissionMusic	JMission8_loop
Enviro	Architect Entertainment Data Stream	Mission_Architect	MA_DataColumn_loop
Enviro	Bank map music	V_Bank	BankHeist3_loop
Enviro	Crystal in Azuria’s City Hall room	Phalanx	PhalanxAmb1_loop	PhalanxAmb4_loop
Enviro	Grandville's looping speech by Lord Recluse	V_Grandville	RecluseVO3_loop
Enviro	Grandville loudspeaker voice	5th Column	PropPA_loop
Enviro	Helicopter rotors	Helicopter	HelicopterMainRotor_Loop	HelicopterTailRotor_Loop	HelicopterTurbine_Loop
Enviro	Helicopter rotors	Tutorial	Tutorial_Helicopter_Loop
Enviro	Horn honks from autos in the city	Auto	HornCompact1 HornCompact2 HornCompact1Dist HornCompact2Dist HornLux1 HornLux1Dist HornLux2	HornSport1 HornSport1Dist HornSport2 HornSport2Dist HornTruck1 HornTruck1Dist HornTruck2 HornTruck2Dis
Enviro	Mayhem side mission 'Smash & Grab' alarm	TerraVolta	sirenbeep_loop
Enviro	Mission Complete Music - Blueside	FrontEnd	MissionComplete1
Enviro	Mission Complete Music - Goldside	Praetoria_Music	P_MissionComplete1
Enviro	Mission Complete Music - Redside	V_FrontEnd	V_MissionComplete1
Enviro	Mission map music	V_MissionMusic	Cave2_loop Cave3_loop Cave4_loop CveMusic1 CaveMusic1_loop CrazyMission_loop	JMission1_loop Jmission2b_loop JMission3_loop JMission4_loop JMission5_loop JMission6_loop	Mission1_loop Mission3b_loop Mission3c_loop Mission6_loop Mission8b_loop Mission10_loop Mission11_loop Mission15_loop Mission16_loop	Missionspookiness1 MMission1_loop MMission2_loop smoothcave1_loop SpookyOffice1_loop
Enviro	Mission objective object (blinky/glowie)	FrontEnd	objective_loop
Enviro	NPC sounds	NPCs	Female_ClearThroat_01.ogg Female_Cough_01.ogg Female_Cough_02.ogg Male_ClearThroat_01.ogg Male_ClearThroat_02.ogg Male_Cough_01.ogg Male_Cough_02.ogg Mcough1.ogg	Cup_Down_01.ogg Cup_Down_02.ogg Cup_Down_03.ogg Cup_Down_04.ogg Cup_Down_05.ogg Cup_Down_06.ogg	Cup_Move_01.ogg Cup_Move_02.ogg Cup_Move_03.ogg Cup_Move_04.ogg Cup_Move_05.ogg Cup_Move_06.ogg	Cup_Up_01.ogg Cup_Up_02.ogg Cup_Up_03.ogg Drink_01.ogg Eat_01.ogg	WritingShort_01.ogg WritingShort_02.ogg WritingShort_03.ogg WritingShort_04.ogg Writing_01.ogg Writing_02.ogg Writing_03.ogg Writing_04.ogg Writing_Loop.ogg
Enviro	Portal Corp portal sounds	Powers	Rumble1_loop
Enviro	Portal Corp portal sounds	Peregrine	reactor1_loop	reactor2_loop
Enviro	Portal Corp portal sounds (humming)	Tech	lowpulse2_loop	spacemachine1m_loop	Teslaroom3_loop	Teslaroom4_loop
Enviro	Portal Corp portal sounds (train sound)	Auto	Train_Loop
Enviro	PVP warning siren countdown	Arena	BeepWarning
Enviro	Robotic footsteps	Feet	VFoot1	VFoot2
Enviro	Sewer map music - entrance	V_MissionMusic	JMission7_loop
Enviro	Sewer map music - sloping tunnel	V_MissionMusic	Mission2_loop
Enviro	Splash into water	Feet	Splash
Enviro	Telephones - Icon	Praetoria\Storefront	Office_Phone_01	Office_Phone_02	Office_Phone_03
Enviro	War Walkers Orbital Lance	Enemies	WW_OrbitalLance_Attack WW_OrbitalLance_Hit_01 WW_OrbitalLance_Hit_02 WW_OrbitalLance_Hit_03 WW_OrbitalLance_Hit_04 WW_OrbitalLance_Hit_05 WW_OrbitalLance_Tell_01
CATEGORY	DESC	FOLDER	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME	FILE NAME
UI	Menu music	Music	N_MenuMusic_loop
UI	Click 'Next' on char select	N_UI	N_Launch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correction - The menu music is here:

city of heroes/data/sound/ogg/frontend/h_menumusic_loop.ogg

[Riverdusk]

PSA for anyone that loves Necro MM but finds them obnoxiously noisy like I do, especially with the new changes I found they got even noisier in combat.

 

Can find info on how to quiet the zoning upgrade sound earlier in the thread.  Some new ones that bugged me though:

 

For their constant siphon life sound (although I left the healing sound part of it which I find is plenty): 

/powers

dclifedrain2

 

For the soul extraction ghost screaming attacks and for the constant low bass humming sound from the summoned specters:

/enemies

ghostblast

daemon_loop

 

 

As usual a caution that this can affect other sounds or other characters (like your own siphon life and the one from dark melee/dark blast).  Will also probably make fighting certain ghosts in Croatoa more quiet.  Personally I'd consider that another plus, but didn't actually test yet.

[Marshal_General]

All the sounds.ods

 

I am not sure if this will work. I found it in an old CoH folder from 2012. I open it wth excel.

Edited November 18, 2023 by Marshal_General

[Decair]

This is amazing!  Thanks so much for sharing!

[scrapplicious]

For anyone using a Mac since this was asked a while ago but not answered as far as I can tell...I tried installing City Modder but that didn't work. So I grabbed a pigg file for manual install to silence that insanely annoying Demon. https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/mod/249 Looks like Macs don't use an add on structure like /sound/ogg, so I took a stab at inserting the file elsewhere. I added it to mycohinstallfolder/assets/live and that did the trick. 

[Michiyo]

On 9/28/2024 at 2:43 PM, scrapplicious said:

For anyone using a Mac since this was asked a while ago but not answered as far as I can tell...I tried installing City Modder but that didn't work. So I grabbed a pigg file for manual install to silence that insanely annoying Demon. https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/mod/249 Looks like Macs don't use an add on structure like /sound/ogg, so I took a stab at inserting the file elsewhere. I added it to mycohinstallfolder/assets/live and that did the trick. 

The tool does work for Macs, there is even a Mac specific download on the mod site.  If you're having issues with that then myself or @Manga who set up the wrapper for it can help.
And yes, you don't put .piggs in the data directory, and I can't really suggest putting them in the assets/live folder either, make a new folder in assets called "mods", then add

-assetpath assets\mods

to your custom launch params in your launcher, and move the pigg you installed there, if you're not going to go with using the tool to install mods.

 

And just to prove I'm not totally insane: https://drive.pc-logix.com/index.php/s/9rkegGFS3WFXbQF

City Mod Installer running on my 2012 Mac Mini running OS 10.15.7

[scrapplicious]

On 10/1/2024 at 2:42 PM, Michiyo said:

The tool does work for Macs, there is even a Mac specific download on the mod site.  If you're having issues with that then myself or @Manga who set up the wrapper for it can help.
And yes, you don't put .piggs in the data directory, and I can't really suggest putting them in the assets/live folder either, make a new folder in assets called "mods", then add

-assetpath assets\mods

to your custom launch params in your launcher, and move the pigg you installed there, if you're not going to go with using the tool to install mods.

 

And just to prove I'm not totally insane: https://drive.pc-logix.com/index.php/s/9rkegGFS3WFXbQF

City Mod Installer running on my 2012 Mac Mini running OS 10.15.7

 

Thanks. Changing the asset path works just fine. I just assumed since I'm running M1 that I may not have good luck with the tool. Wouldn't be the first time.

[Michiyo]

2 hours ago, scrapplicious said:

 

Thanks. Changing the asset path works just fine. I just assumed since I'm running M1 that I may not have good luck with the tool. Wouldn't be the first time.

This has been tested on the M# Series of devices and worked as far as I know.  I don't have anything newer than this 2012 Mac Mini to do any testing on though.