Sounds not Playing through ambient_generic | Source Engine | Page 1

halcyon hearth May 27, 2025, 10:45 PM

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I am trying to give my recreation of the FNAF 2 map in Gmod some sounds through ambient_generic, but No matter what I did even though I think I hooked up the .WAV to the file, hooked up the entity to play the Ambient_generic thing, it still remains silent

I theorize that this might have something to do with the fact that even WITH a sounds folder the file refused to load up in there, but I am not sure can somone please help?

copper ore May 27, 2025, 10:47 PM

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look in the console
if the sound is in the wrong format it'll say so

halcyon hearth May 27, 2025, 10:47 PM

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format as in like .wav?

copper ore May 27, 2025, 10:48 PM

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more like sample rate

halcyon hearth May 27, 2025, 10:51 PM

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copper ore look in the console if the sound is in the wrong format it'll say so

which console?
the Gmod Ingame console or in Hammer++'s Compilation Console?

copper ore May 27, 2025, 10:51 PM

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in-game

halcyon hearth May 27, 2025, 11:00 PM

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Neither Console said

copper ore May 27, 2025, 11:24 PM

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are you using a raw file
it could just be too quiet to hear due to attenuation
it uses the radius of the ambient_generic to determine that

halcyon hearth May 27, 2025, 11:45 PM

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copper ore are you using a raw file it could just be too quiet to hear due to attenuation i...

Yes I'm using a raw file

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so how do I fix the attenuation?

copper ore May 27, 2025, 11:48 PM

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increase the radius and see if that helps

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:32 AM

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copper ore increase the radius and see if that helps

well I feel like I should also note that I tried using an audio file that was already avaliable but It STILL played nothing

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so I think its an issue with how I structred the location of the file or how to access it

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:34 AM

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does it play with the play command

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:50 AM

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copper ore does it play with the `play` command

how do I find out?

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Yeah it DOES play

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:51 AM

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and you're using the exact same path as in the ambient_generic?

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:51 AM

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copper ore and you're using the exact same path as in the ambient_generic?

wdym exact same path?

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:51 AM

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the folder names and such

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:52 AM

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I think the ambient and stuff is in the .vpks

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:52 AM

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so these are files already in the game
not custom sounds

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:53 AM

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copper ore so these are files already in the game not custom sounds

No this is the FNaF 2 Fan Sound
I imported it from a sounds folder that I created because there wasnt one in either the Gmod folder nor in the customconfig folder

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and like I said I TRIED testing both this and the files in the game already and NEITHER worked

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:54 AM

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surely you're doing something wrong with the ambient_generic itself then
if files that come with the game don't work either

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:55 AM

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would ambient/tones/fan2_loop.wav be considered "files that come with the game?"

copper ore May 28, 2025, 12:57 AM

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if you added that yourself then no

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:57 AM

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copper ore if you added that yourself then no

oop
I hear fan2_loop.wav

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so I can hear a looping sound that came with the Game fine I think its just the FNaF 2 fan sound thats giving me issues

copper ore May 28, 2025, 1:00 AM

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are you sure it's not playing at all or just not looping

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because you have to add cue points to a WAV to allow it to loop

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:01 AM

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copper ore are you sure it's not playing at all or just not looping

the fan2_loop.wav is now playing, the FNaF 2 fan noise is not playing at all

copper ore May 28, 2025, 1:01 AM

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make sure the FNAF 2 one is 44100 hz, 16-bit PCM

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that's what Source requires

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:02 AM

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copper ore make sure the FNAF 2 one is 44100 hz, 16-bit PCM

it is

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I dont know why its not playing

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I give up

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Do you think you could try to take a loot at it?

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because at this point I am completely stumped

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 2:59 AM

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Like I even put the file in the SAME FOLDER AS A FILE that I KNOW Works, and yet it STILL COMES UP MUTE

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 11:43 AM

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delete the sound cache

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:49 PM

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willow meteor delete the sound cache

how do I do that?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 12:50 PM

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halcyon hearth how do I do that?

sound.cache

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in the sound folder

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:51 PM

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... where would the sound.cache be?
Because iirc I didnt HAVE a sound Folder

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:54 PM

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willow meteor in the sound folder

Which sound Folder are you even talking about?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 12:55 PM

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gmods one

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:57 PM

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willow meteor gmods one

My Gmod didn't have a Sounds Folder

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I literally MADE ONE

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 12:58 PM

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ok then, so what if anything appears in the console when the sound is meant to be played

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 12:59 PM

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willow meteor ok then, so what if anything appears in the console when the sound is meant to b...

it didnt show anything in the console...

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I Also forgot to mention that I am using the x64-x86 version of Gmod

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:00 PM

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halcyon hearth it didnt show anything in the console...

show the setup of the ambeint generic playing the sound

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specificaly the first page and the inputs tab

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:00 PM

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willow meteor specificaly the first page and the inputs tab

one sec

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:00 PM

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and the flags

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:00 PM

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yeah I know i'm just setting things up

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and like I said previously, a fansound that came with I think Half Life 2 played just fine so I think it has something to do with the way the folders are set up

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:10 PM

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sounds should be in the sound folder

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:10 PM

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willow meteor sounds should be in the sound folder

does the folder name have to be Sound or Sounds?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:11 PM

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sound

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also i cant help but notice from ur discord status that the map ur editing has spaces in the file name? the map wont compile like this, instead of spaces use _

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:13 PM

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willow meteor also i cant help but notice from ur discord status that the map ur editing has s...

it compiled just fine for some reason
maybe you mean it wont compile normally?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:13 PM

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bsp will compile fine somtimes but vis rad and the engine its self will always fail to open the file

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:16 PM

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so might the missing of _ by why the sounds arent playing?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:18 PM

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it would cause all sorts of issues so while we're here just fix it up

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:29 PM

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willow meteor it would cause all sorts of issues so while we're here just fix it up

nope
compiled the whole map with underscores in the name, exported it as the right sample rate and encoding, exported it into the sounds folder I made still silent as a voice acting booth

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:30 PM

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u sure theres nothing in the console

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launch the game with -dev to enable verbose console

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when a sound cant be played it will either complain about the file being missing or the sound not being the right sample rate

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:32 PM

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willow meteor launch the game with -dev to enable verbose console

like -dev in the auto config or in the console?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:33 PM

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a launch option

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when you launch gmod in steam

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:33 PM

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add -dev to the launch options?

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:34 PM

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or if you're using hammers expert compile set put it somewhere in the game_exe area (but not after +map %file)

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:34 PM

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halcyon hearth add -dev to the launch options?

yes

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:35 PM

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ok but if this doesnt work then would the only other solution be to uninstall and reinstall the entire game?

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becuase I have tried literally EVERYTHING and nothing worked thus far

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welp...

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Tried everything
Nothing worked
I've already started uninstalling

willow meteor May 28, 2025, 1:42 PM

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no idea at this point sorry

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 1:42 PM

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willow meteor no idea at this point sorry

yeah like I said
I'm uninstalling the ENTIRE game and reinstalling PRAYING that this reinstalation has the sounds folder

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if the sound folder still isnt there should creating one work the same way as it being pre-installed?

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 2:29 PM

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is that right?

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 2:58 PM

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well then...

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I guess I will NEVER be able to import custom sounds ever

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I tried LITERALLY EVERYTHING
even uninstalling and Reinstalling the ENTIRE DAMN GAME, and ITS STILL MUTE

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 3:14 PM

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Update:
I think something is corrupting the .wav files

halcyon hearth May 28, 2025, 5:11 PM

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I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK!!!!!!11!!!!1!1

#Sounds not Playing through ambient_generic