Again a new updated aspect of the game divided the community...The new sounds, just like the new food textures, came to replace the old ones for good. But with textures, people who disliked the change had an option: Texture Packs. The same doesn't work with sounds, as the game checks the original files every session and re-downloads the original sounds if changes are detected.
It downloads an XML file from http://s3.amazonaws....ecraftResources, checks what files are on disk, and then compares their file size to the entry in the sound index. If they are different, it redownloads the sound, and then adds the entry to a list so that it can then be used by the game.
A simple design, really, hailing from when Minecraft was played exclusively in a web browser.
Now the questions, now that the game is not exclusively a web browser, does it really have to check every time for original sound files?
Does C418's tweet means a menu option, the removal of said XML checking method, or a new SoundPack mechanic that works the same as TexturePacks (using .rar files)?
I'd love SoundPack integration into vannila, after all:
-Don't like the new sounds? Use a old sound pack! -Adventure maps could use custom sounds, (just like custom textures), without having to resort to mods. -People could customize and use their own desirable sounds for the game, -Simple and quick way of enjoying ambience sounds, just like MATMOS mod. -etc.
Ooh. I hope sound packs are coming. I was hoping that I will finish my adventure map after 1.4 so I could use the sound packs mod for special sounds, I might not have to use a mod.
I won't jump to conclusions, but this is a pretty fair indication that sound-packs are coming, I think. This would be especially good for adventure maps.
I won't jump to conclusions, but this is a pretty fair indication that sound-packs are coming, I think. This would be especially good for adventure maps.
Seeing as they have been adding a lot of adventure map related things in recent updates, it would be great.
I won't jump to conclusions, but this is a pretty fair indication that sound-packs are coming, I think. This would be especially good for adventure maps.
Yeah, it's not like C148 said "soundpacks" or something like that... he just said "an option".
I did my best to be impartial and list some possibilities for said option, according to the way the game works right now.
Of course sound packs is for me the coolest of those possibilities, and I guess it is for the majority of people that like to be able to customize the game in any way they want (or bring back old characteristics).
I remember the last time the sounds were changed. I hated the door sound because I thought it was way too squeaky. I hated the bone-breaking damage sound, if only because it might have made sense for falling but not for drowning or burning or other types of damage.
And then time passed and I kind of forgot all about that. The doors even sound "normal" because I've gotten used to them. The bone-breaking sound... well, yeah, I've gotten used to that as well, even though it still makes as little sense now as it did when it was introduced.
The bottom line is that I'm pretty sure I will get used to whatever sounds C418 puts in the game, no matter how much I may hate them at first. He could make creepers sound like a deranged homeless man and I would still get used to it eventually (that might be pretty cool, actually). So, to tell you the truth, I'm not really getting too worked up about the new sounds.
That being said, I think "sound packs" would be a great idea. If that ever becomes a reality, the first thing I'm doing is changing the Enderman death sound to the Wilhelm scream. (Take that, "It doesn't fit the theme of Minecraft" people!)
Well, I thought that by "an option" it meant there's a series of sound options that you click on to change from version to version (like with some of the video settings). While it could work (for the people, I mean), I like the whole "soundpack" idea.
Soundpacks need to be added. All the pros you listed make sense, and I agree. Not to mention that map makers such as Vechs could make super scary sound packs for his maps, to up the intensity of fighting all the mobs.
Considering how the modding API will allow whole sections of the game's code to be loaded from external files, and textures have been doing it for ages, I see no reason why sound packs should not be added.
What I really want to see, however, is the ability to combine textures, sounds, maps, and eventually mods into a single zip. Unified customization packs.
UCP's?
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What I really want to see, however, is the ability to combine textures, sounds, maps, and eventually mods into a single zip. Unified customization packs.
UCP's?
That would be extremely useful!! And easier for everyone.... just have a single button called "customization packs"!
I've been waiting for months to start my custom adventure map... such thing would be wonderful for map creators.
But recently C418 tweeted:
"if you want the old sounds back, don't worry. There's going to be an option for that very soon."
(thanks for user "magicferret" for pointing that out)
This is how the game checks for replaced files:
Now the questions, now that the game is not exclusively a web browser, does it really have to check every time for original sound files?
Does C418's tweet means a menu option, the removal of said XML checking method, or a new SoundPack mechanic that works the same as TexturePacks (using .rar files)?
I'd love SoundPack integration into vannila, after all:
-Don't like the new sounds? Use a old sound pack!
-Adventure maps could use custom sounds, (just like custom textures), without having to resort to mods.
-People could customize and use their own desirable sounds for the game,
-Simple and quick way of enjoying ambience sounds, just like MATMOS mod.
-etc.
UPDATE: New Tweet from C418 (sept. 21) - Thanks rbailey5 for the heads up!
"I am going to murder the next person that asks me to revert Minecraft sounds back. You will be able to do that soon enough. Now scram."
I am ninja'd far too often.
Seeing as they have been adding a lot of adventure map related things in recent updates, it would be great.
I am ninja'd far too often.
WHAT?!
Danger zone.
Kinda like a custom texture pack
Wouldn't it be cool if people read thread titles?
I am ninja'd far too often.
Yeah, it's not like C148 said "soundpacks" or something like that... he just said "an option".
I did my best to be impartial and list some possibilities for said option, according to the way the game works right now.
Of course sound packs is for me the coolest of those possibilities, and I guess it is for the majority of people that like to be able to customize the game in any way they want (or bring back old characteristics).
I don't mind the other ones
Though a retro soundpack on the REALLY old sounds would be nice
And then time passed and I kind of forgot all about that. The doors even sound "normal" because I've gotten used to them. The bone-breaking sound... well, yeah, I've gotten used to that as well, even though it still makes as little sense now as it did when it was introduced.
The bottom line is that I'm pretty sure I will get used to whatever sounds C418 puts in the game, no matter how much I may hate them at first. He could make creepers sound like a deranged homeless man and I would still get used to it eventually (that might be pretty cool, actually). So, to tell you the truth, I'm not really getting too worked up about the new sounds.
That being said, I think "sound packs" would be a great idea. If that ever becomes a reality, the first thing I'm doing is changing the Enderman death sound to the Wilhelm scream. (Take that, "It doesn't fit the theme of Minecraft" people!)
**** yes
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I am ninja'd far too often.
Yeah, it would probably be under/above the texture pack button.
Considering how the modding API will allow whole sections of the game's code to be loaded from external files, and textures have been doing it for ages, I see no reason why sound packs should not be added.
What I really want to see, however, is the ability to combine textures, sounds, maps, and eventually mods into a single zip. Unified customization packs.
UCP's?
That would be extremely useful!! And easier for everyone.... just have a single button called "customization packs"!
I've been waiting for months to start my custom adventure map... such thing would be wonderful for map creators.