Custom Sounds Not Working

[Phraggah]

I currently have a copy of the Argon Discoverer which I want to change the engine sound of. I also have a copy of impulse ray emitter laser and want to change the firing sound of.

I have two WAV files in the /s/ folder: 54000 (the engine sound loop) and 54001 to 54003 (the laser's firing sound). The WAV files are 22k and 44khz sample rate respectively and 16bit PCM mono. The sample rates are different because the original discoverer sound and IRE sound are different rates. I assume the engine doesn't care what the sample rate is between those two.

I have edited my sounds.txt with the following:

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54000;10
180;0;SFX_3DCONTROL|SFX_LOOP;0;0;0;0; // 54000 custom engine Loop
180;190;NULL;-20;20;5;90000; // 54001 Custom laser 1 modded
180;230;NULL;-20;20;5;90000; // 54002 Custom laser 2 modded
180;255;NULL;-20;20;5;90000; // 54003 Custom laser 3 modded

54001-54003 are just copies of the same sound which I will replace with alternates later. The only reason I had them is because I am under the impression the IRE works this way and I am just copying it.

I loosely understand what these sound files do. 54000;10 is what number in the /s/ folder these scripts refer to, and how many files after 54000 respectively (in this case 54000-54010 right?)

BUT when I change the engine sound in my discoverer copy to 54000, nothing plays in game. Same thing with my lasers.

So am I missing anything? Why won't the sounds work in game?

Also, where does the game list using the other two variations for the IRE's sound? In TLasers the IRE is set only to use 913. Is it just programmed to use +/- one numbered sound? Where is that setting located?

Thanks for any help!

[Phraggah]

No one?

[X2-Illuminatus]

Some info on adding weapon and engine sounds is scattered around the forum. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a proper guide. Maybe the following topics contain at least some useful pieces of information for you:

Little tutorial about adding sounds by Syklon for X3R
[RESEARCH] Sounds by AdmiralTigerclaw (X3R)
Modding weapon sounds
Engine Volume + Range

[Phraggah]

Some info on adding weapon and engine sounds is scattered around the forum. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a proper guide. Maybe the following topics contain at least some useful pieces of information for you:

Little tutorial about adding sounds by Syklon for X3R
[RESEARCH] Sounds by AdmiralTigerclaw (X3R)
Modding weapon sounds
Engine Volume + Range

Thanks for finding those! I'll take a look and report back. Maybe I'll even find time to write up what I find.