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[Todd15]

Will ventilating be in the SD v3?

[FInn Rescue 12]

I would love to play the new 3.0 HD verison multiplyer but I olny have, 420 XPS quad 6600 4 gigs ram, 650GB Geforce GTS450. I don't thinkl that will work well.

[met police999]

would a firefighter down alarm script (like for when a ff is injured the alarm goes off) be to hard? you hear them in a few 9/11 Docs and its heard alot in Chicago fire

[rafaelmfernandez]

would a firefighter down alarm script (like for when a ff is injured the alarm goes off) be to hard? you hear them in a few 9/11 Docs and its heard alot in Chicago fire

Weve actually got that working, thats one of the new features as well.

[met police999]

Oh right yay haha lol

[rettungstier]

You have to click on of the black commands on the bottom

finally someone with the exact same problem! klicking those icons doesn't work too of course!

i downloaded all the new drivers and codecs for XP i could get but it still doesn't work!

i also discovered that the new soundfiles for the sirens got other specs than the original ones (they are stereo, other bitrate(?), etc.)

[rafaelmfernandez]

finally someone with the exact same problem! klicking those icons doesn't work too of course!

i downloaded all the new drivers and codecs for XP i could get but it still doesn't work!

i also discovered that the new soundfiles for the sirens got other specs than the original ones (they are stereo, other bitrate(?), etc.)

The issue is universal at some points. Its a really annoying one, if the bit rate is too high many cant run but the export setting for my sounds are 32000hz Mono I think if I remember correctly. I can only think of updating drivers, audio programs and not sure what else. Any suggestions?

[rettungstier]

hey raf!

don't know if it's my problem, but i checked again:

EQ2BWail -> new manhattan files

bitrate 1024 kbit/s
32 bit
1 mono
32 kHz
format PCM

Emsiren01 -> standard file

bitrate 352 kbit/s
16 bit
1 mono
22 kHz
format PCM

[e34p]

Did the standard version ever get released for version 2?

[Hoppah]

Related to the posts about the system requirements, I have an important suggestion to make. You might be able to really increase performance and downside the entire mod by taking a look at your textures and converting them to a format which takes up less space. I noticed you are using .bmp files, and unfortunately they take up a lot of space. Converting them to a different format such as .png, .tga or .jpg might be clever. (.dds works too, but applies too much compression imo).

It might be worth to look into this. I did a small experiment and found out that .png files are generally twice as small as .bmp files with basically no quality difference. If you manage to downsize the mod, it might create a significant performance boost as well as decrease loading times which are -unfortunately- pretty bad right now. On top of all, you will attract a hell of a lot more players if the mod runs better on older computers including mine.

[Todd15]

On top of all, you will attract a hell of a lot more players if the mod runs better on older computers including mine.

True That

[rafaelmfernandez]

Related to the posts about the system requirements, I have an important suggestion to make. You might be able to really increase performance and downside the entire mod by taking a look at your textures and converting them to a format which takes up less space. I noticed you are using .bmp files, and unfortunately they take up a lot of space. Converting them to a different format such as .png, .tga or .jpg might be clever. (.dds works too, but applies too much compression imo).

It might be worth to look into this. I did a small experiment and found out that .png files are generally twice as small as .bmp files with basically no quality difference. If you manage to downsize the mod, it might create a significant performance boost as well as decrease loading times which are -unfortunately- pretty bad right now. On top of all, you will attract a hell of a lot more players if the mod runs better on older computers including mine.

I've come to realize that. But is there anyway to not have to go back and re assign the converted textures because that would mean converting 100+ files and reassigning them to the model .


BUT, if it helps all the issues the mod is having, were going to split the work up and do it. Hopefully this helps everyone crashing!

And Sven, Ill see what I can do with out making the audio sound like sh*t

[e34p]

That does make a lot of sense. I didn't realise that jpeg files where being used. That could very well be the solution to the problem.

That does make a lot of sense. I didn't realise that jpeg files where being used. That could very well be the solution to the problem.
Am I right in thinking you reassign textures in the editor?

[The Loot]

It might be worth to look into this. I did a small experiment and found out that .png files are generally twice as small as .bmp files with basically no quality difference. If you manage to downsize the mod, it might create a significant performance boost as well as decrease loading times which are -unfortunately- pretty bad right now. On top of all, you will attract a hell of a lot more players if the mod runs better on older computers including mine.

Load times are a serious issue, though only once a session, thankfully. If it cuts down on the size of the mod itself, even better.

The bigger issue (for me, at least) is the heavy lighting on some of the vehicles. I'd like to hope for a balance between aesthetics and performance, but I don't want folks to compromise the quality of their work if they feel they shouldn't.

[rettungstier]

thanks raf, i'll count on you
i basically can play the soundfiles with media player etc but they don't work in em4, so i know what i'm missing

on the textures...
i think e34p is right, at least that's what i always did when i decided to change my textures to PNG.
re-save the texture files as PNG (or whatever with small file size), open the (unlocked) model files with the windows editor and just change the file extensions of the model-related textures in there.
could save you a lot of time and you won't have to reassign all the textures in zmod if i remember it right.

greetz

[mariuswww]

Just started working on converting every texture to .jpg and it might take a few hours of work but I got a feeling its gonna be worth it . Did a size check and found out that jpg might in some cases cut the size almost 50%. So right now me and Rafael are working on that. Hoping to finish sometime this weekend and se some good results.

[patvmru]

Just to say the way to sort these audio files for the sirens is to convert the file format of all of them to mp3 128bit

[patvmru]

Also in response to hoppahs suggestion please do convert to .png as may allow those of us unable to enjoy v3 to actually then be able to enjoy it as even the intel cards stand an ok chance at support the .png format!!!!!!

[Hoppah]

Also in response to hoppahs suggestion please do convert to .png as may allow those of us unable to enjoy v3 to actually then be able to enjoy it as even the intel cards stand an ok chance at support the .png format!!!!!!

.png, .tga .jpg/jpeg and .dds are all fine and common file formats. Just be careful with textures that contain alpha layers as not every format supports them. Also, if you convert the texture to .jpg make sure to check the image quality afterwards. I personally prefer .png. I wouldn't use dds at anytime anymore, because it contains way too much compression artifacts (or whatever that distortion is called).

Most photo editing software have tools to convert a batch of files to a different format at once, so thats fairly easy.
Then you need to edit the .v3o manually to change the file extension. You might be able to use NotePad++ which can open files simultaneously. Then use the 'Find & Replace in All Files' function to replace ".bmp" to the new file extension. Don't forget to make a backup first and do a quick test in the editor to make sure you didn't miss anything.

Done

[rafaelmfernandez]

Thanks Hoppah! You might as well join the team since you know so much useful information! (Just kidding (not really kidding( just kidding (well... Not really))) Lol, anyways check this out guys.




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