custom soundHit parameter in .bisurf file

[das attorney 858]

HI,

I'd like to specify a soundHit value for a .bisurf I'm creating.

I want there to be no impact sound when bullets strike the surface.

As far as I know, these are the only allowed soundHit values:

"metal_plate"
"hitMan"
"Building"
"Plastic"
"Concrete"
"Default"
"Foliage"
"Glass"
"glass_armored"
"hard_ground"
"soft_ground"
"Metal"
"Rubber"
"Water"
"Wood"

If I specify a value like these:

soundHit = "empty"; // or
soundHit = "";

then you get an error:

Unknown hit sound type in ebs\ebs\void.bisurf.soundHit

And the game defers to the "Default" hit... array in the CfgAmmo entry.

hitarmor[] = {blah blah};
hitbuilding[] = {blah blah};
hitconcrete[] = {blah blah};
hitdefault[] = {blah blah};
hitfoliage[] = {blah blah};
hitglass[] = {blah blah};
hitglassarmored[] = {blah blah};
hitgroundhard[] = {blah blah};
hitgroundsoft[] = {blah blah};
hitman[] = {blah blah};
hitmetal[] = {blah blah};
hitmetalplate[] = {blah blah};
hitplastic[] = {blah blah};
hitrubber[] = {blah blah};
hitwater[] = {blah blah};
hitwood[] = {blah blah};

Sure, I can overwrite the hitdefault[] entry in CfgAmmo and propagate to child classes with an empty sound, but I wondered if there is an entry I can put into the .bisurf which tells the engine to make no sound when the surface is shot.

Changing the hitdefault entry is not optimal as sound mods often overwrite this and funny things happen. I can try to overwrite what they've done but it depends on the load order or I have to make my addon dependent on theirs which isn't ideal either (for people who don't use sound mods).

In summary, can we tell the engine not to make impact noises when a certain surface is shot?

Here is the .bisurf;

#define _ARMA_

density = 0;
thickness = 0;
rough = 0;
dust = 0;
bulletPenetrability = 999999;
soundEnviron = "Empty";
isWater = "false";
friction = 0;
restitution = 0;
impact = "MyTag_ClassWhichWorksFine";
soundHit = "Default";

Thanks

[swtx 42]

You can also use "dummysound" in lew of " empty". hope that helps :cool:

[das attorney 858]

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately I still get the error:

Unknown hit sound type in ebs\ebs\void.bisurf.soundHit

And the sounds default to HitDefault[] (Ricochet sounds) :(

I spent the afternoon checking through the entire config of the game & all the .bisurf files in the data folder and I can't see where the list of acceptable sounds are defined.

[.kju 3245]

try define a new hitNone[] class in cfgAmmo/Default

or angle could be checking the VR terrain

	class GdtVRsurface01: Default
{
	access = 2;
	files = "gdt_vr_*";
	character = "Empty";
	soundEnviron = "virtual";
	soundHit = "";
	rough = 0.01;
	maxSpeedCoef = 1;
	dust = 0;
	lucidity = 0.3;
	grassCover = 0;
	impact = "hitVirtual";
};

Anther approach could be to apply no bisurf at all and try to handle it completely via cfgSurfaces (seems what BI does)