Sounds manager interface


The sounds manager is composed of 8 main parts.

  1. Sound Bank Selection
  2. Sounds directory
  3. Controls for playing sounds
  4. Editon Tools
  5. Property
  6. Sound Selector
  7. Save or Cancel
  8. Useful Hint

Sound Bank Selection

You can select the sound bank you want to edit from there. They are several sound bank used in Driver. The 'Master' Sound bank contains all the usual sounds, like the InCar sound, etc.. To load a Sound bank into a mission, use the LoadSoundBank commands. If you want to know what is a sound used for.. simply press on the Play button. You can Restore to default a modified Sound Bank by pressing the 'Restore to default' button. This will actually restore the sound Bank but not the wave files. To edit your sound bank without losing the actual wav files see the Adding Sounds topic.

Sounds Directory

The contents of the selected Sound banks is displayed there. You can select a sound by clicking on it. The Sound id is displayed in the property window. You will need this number to play a sound in a mission. See Sounds.

Controls for playing sounds

Once a sound is selected, you can ear what is sounds like by pressing the play button. Here's the control available :

Play Play the selected sound
Pause Pause the playing sound
Stop Stop playing the sound
Next Sound Select the next sound in the sounds directory
Previous Sound Select the previous sound in the sounds directory

Edition Tools

The Tools button allow you to Delete or insert new Sounds in the Sound Bank

Add Add a new sound in the Sound Bank. A File selection window will appear , you can select any Wave file (*.wav).
Delete Delete the selected sound.You can only delete your added sounds, other sounds are considered used by Driver.

Property

You can change the property of the sound from there.

Loop Make the sound loop. The InCar Sound is a Loop sound
2D Sound Indicate if this sound does not require a 3d Buffer
Frequency Frequency of the file. If you don't know it, it is best to set it at 'From File'.
Volume Volume of the sound
Priority Adjust the priority of the sound, look at other sounds to know what is the best priority for your sound.A sound like a horn can be set at 0.

Sound Selector

If you don't like one of this sound and want to replace it, select the sound id you wish to replace, then press this button. A File selection window will appear , you can select any Wave file (*.wav).

Save or Cancel

Save or Cancel your changes. The Sound Bank is saved immediately.

UseFul Hint

Where ever you put your mouse, look down in the status bar, you'll see the command you are pointing at as well as other hint.