Adding music to maps?

[Erick0000000001]

I want to know if there's a way to add music to a map, like in Open Fortress, TF2 Classic or MvM. I'm trying to add some custom music to a map I like. I don't have much experience in mapping, but I'm a fast learner.

 

[The Asylum]

There's two ways, ambient_generic or env_soundscape

If you want to go the ambient_generic route, note that you may have to use multiple instances of them, they are pretty quiet. Upside is, they're much more reliable to switch on and off

 

[Erick0000000001]

Do you mind explaining how exactly I should do that? As I said, I barely have any experience in Hammer or anything like that, so I'm sorry for the trouble.

 

[Muddy]

ambient_generic is pretty easy to use. Just specify a sound, and remember to have "Play Everywhere" checked and "Start Silent" and "Not Looped" unchecked.

Put the audio file in tf/custom/(any folder name you like)/sound/* . Make sure it's a 44100hz .wav file (.mp3 files don't loop, even when "Not Looped" is unchecked, because Source).

It is worth noting though that packing music into your map will greatly increase the filesize.

 

[Erick0000000001]

Alright, thanks. I'll try this and let you know how it goes.

 

[Erick0000000001]

Update: I tested it and the music works fine now. The only problem is that it's not looping for some reason. The file I'm using is a .wav and I have 'does not loop' unchecked. The audio file is also 44100hz.

 

[ethosaur]

You will have to use a program such as wavosaur or goldwave to create loop points in your music, otherwise it wont loop by default.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Looping_a_sound

You can also alternatively use logic_timer to have it play the sound after the length of the song in seconds, though I think its a bit finicky to use.

 

[Muddy]

To add to the above, I think Audacity creates loop points automatically.

 

[Erick0000000001]

I used Wavosaur to make loop points on the song I'm using, but the audio still won't loop.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Looping_a_sound

I don't know if I did it right, but I did follow the brief instructions that were on this page.
I also reloaded the map's sounds in hammer and remade the ambient_generic entity if that matters.