Sound Editing

[Opticalsnare]

I am planning on doing a sound-pack for this game, but i need some answers first. I was unpacking the weapons.pbo and the sound files are .WSS format, i used a program dos command prompt one wssdec.exe which takes ages... is there a batch convertor where i can just convert them all or is this the only way to convert these files cause it was mighty boring typing in each file name to convert etc.

Also about the sounds, there seems to be alot of sounds for the same weapon ie,

2a42_fast.wss
2A42_low_A.wss
2A42_single.wss
2A42_slow_A.wss
etc etc etc its rather confusing finding out which ones are which.

[Mr Sarkey]

I thought there was a DOS program available where you could jsut drag and drop teh .WSS file and it would convert. I'm not sure about a batch converter.

[deanosbeano]

try this

ofpec look down page for ofpsoundlab

[Opticalsnare]

Yeh tried that soundlab i think it can do .wav to .wss but not .wss to .wav

[LeftSkidLow]

The one I've been using is for windows but it cannot do batch conversions, just one at time. You can decode a WSS or encode a WAV by browsing to the file, alot easier that DOS crap. I'm not sure where I got it but its only 36kb if you want it.

[Opticalsnare]

Yeh that be great m8, can you send it to please i can get on with this then

Nvm ive already coverted them all took me about 40mins

Jesus fking christ this is such a mess whoever did the sound designing for arma needs a mighty slap, it looks like they serously didnt know wtf they were doing, theres files all over the place and it looks like most of them arnt even being used but they were still left there and wernt deleted...., talk about cleaning up your workplace after you finished, this guy dont even know the meaning of it, i dont even know where to start tbh.

[LeftSkidLow]

I tried sending to that address twice and it didn't work, got another email?

[deanosbeano]

Yeh tried that soundlab i think it can do .wav to .wss but not .wss to .wav

if you look it says wav <-> wss

meaning it does either , if you add a wss file and hit convert it will
make a wav

if you load a wav file and click wav <-> wss it will make a wss


many a person have said exactly same including me

[SyB]

I just got batch converting working for .wss and .wav files using the dos wsscod.exe and wssdec.exe progs by doing some trickery in the resgistry...

It&#39;s 4:40am though... and I&#39;m tired so I&#39;ll edit this thread tomorrow with the details...

Cheers, Sy

Ok, was playing around with registry when I didn&#39;t have to... ***

Just associate wssdec.exe with the file extension .wss

Then you can select multiple .wss files right-mouse the selected files and click open or open with... this will open up multiple Dos windows so be careful not to select 500 .wss files as your system may crash or something...

Same applies for .wav files...

Cheers.

[chunzhenniandai]

bat code:

cd %cd%
for %%i in (*.wss) do (wssdec %%i)
pause