Mikko! on 13/4/2023 at 09:26
G'day!
I'm currently in process of finishing my 1st FM. As a newbie, I've decided that climbing top heights would be irrational, so I keep things simple. However, it is important for me to add one particular ambience to my mission, which is not originally in Thief.
What I've done to add it, step by step:
1) Placed .wav file with total size of 8 MB in |thief_2 ---> snd| directory (file name - bigby.wav)
2) Wrote following code in Notepad++ and saved it as .sch file in |thief_2 ---> EDITOR ---> schema| folder:
schema MARCH
archetype AMB_MISC
mono_loop 0 0
volume -800
bigby
3) Opened DromEd, my FM and chose "Reload Schemas" command
4) Got "tag count 0" comment popped up in my mono, schema is not under the archetype, ofc :tsktsk:
These are the very instructions that Balboa kindly gave me (thanks, Doug). Found the same ones by Nameless Voice after I've started to dig further.
What might be the problem folks? Credits in readme are guaranteed :erg:
Balboa on 13/4/2023 at 11:57
Quote Posted by Mikko!
4) Got "tag count 0" comment popped up in my mono
Sounds like something else is wrong with your schema folder. What does
Reload Schemas do before you add your new schema file? What else is in your schema folder?
Mikko! on 13/4/2023 at 17:19
Quote Posted by Balboa
Sounds like something else is wrong with your schema folder. What does
Reload Schemas do before you add your new schema file? What else is in your schema folder?
There are 67 .sch and .spc files. I tried to make a reload without changing the content of
schema folder, and it still says the same "tag count 0, concept count 0, out for a pint, taff off", nothing less unusual
R Soul on 13/4/2023 at 18:14
Quote Posted by Mikko!
2) thief_2 ---> EDITOR ---> schema| folder:
This is not the correct folder. If your sound file is in thief_2\snd then that .sch file, along with all the other schema files, should be in
thief_2\schemaI'm not sure where your 'editor' folder came from. There are all sorts of ways people can install the game and additional files, but any existing schema files in there may be outdated. A red flag for me is that the folder name is entirely uppercase. There's a chance that they came from the CD, which will be outdated, since LGS released a patch after the game was released.
The best way to get a good set of original schema files is by downloading this:
(
https://www.thiefmissions.com/telliamed/schema118r1.zip)
(original page: (
https://www.thiefmissions.com/telliamed/))
These are the original schemas with LGS's updates for version 1.18 of the game, and with some bug fixes by Telliamed.
The contents of that file also belong in thief_2\schema.
Mikko! on 13/4/2023 at 19:24
After 3 days of 0%-progress I can finally begin final tuning. That was it. I'll certainly reinstall Thief after release, cuz it's only one of dozen of similar problems. It's always uncomfortable for me to ask for help, so I am x2 happy that you both offered me a hand. Thanks a lot, R Soul, Balboa :thumb:
