Custom footsteps

[Well-met]

Has anyone ever been able to assign footstep sounds to a custom character? 

The first entity that comes to mind with this feature is Deerclops so I've checked his stategraph

local function DeerclopsFootstep(inst)
    inst.SoundEmitter:PlaySound("dontstarve/creatures/deerclops/step")
    ShakeAllCameras(CAMERASHAKE.VERTICAL, .5, .03, 1, inst, SHAKE_DIST)
end

 

CommonStates.AddWalkStates(states,
{
    starttimeline =
    {
        TimeEvent(7 * FRAMES, DeerclopsFootstep),
    },
    walktimeline =
    {
        TimeEvent(23 * FRAMES, DeerclopsFootstep),
        TimeEvent(42 * FRAMES, DeerclopsFootstep),
    },
    endtimeline =
    {
        TimeEvent(5 * FRAMES, DeerclopsFootstep),
    },
})

However I believe the way this is implemented is the steps are manually referenced after a set amount of time or frame after a state.

now the question is, is this workable for a basic player character since the anims / states are different?

[renetta96]

I don't think anyone here knows The only way is you actually try it. I'm looking forward to your experiment result. 

Also maybe Wormwood code may have some hints ? He does spawn flowers as he walks :v 

[ADM]

inst.foleysound = "dontstarve/creatures/deerclops/step"

I guess this should works pretty fine

[Well-met]

13 hours ago, ADM said:

inst.foleysound = "dontstarve/creatures/deerclops/step"

I guess this should works pretty fine

wow, that simple.

Seems to be adding an extra layer ontop of default steps though. Any chance to disable the default sets?

[ADM]

7 hours ago, Hell-met said:

wow, that simple.

Seems to be adding an extra layer ontop of default steps though. Any chance to disable the default sets?

Not sure about that but maybe you can process a loop of a killsound just like this

inst.SoundEmitter:KillSound("character/character/step")

[Well-met]

Update on this

it seems "inst.foleysound" is only clientside. Others can't hear the change

How can I make it so everyone hears the new sound?

[Stormish]

17 hours ago, Hell-met said:

Update on this

it seems "inst.foleysound" is only clientside. Others can't hear the change

How can I make it so everyone hears the new sound?

Just put the foleysound code in your character's common_postinit or common_fn file and everyone should be able to hear it.

[Well-met]

29 minutes ago, Stormish said:

Just put the foleysound code in your character's common_postinit or common_fn file and everyone should be able to hear it.

Sounds like a good plan, however what if I want it to toggle on/off in real time for a perk?

[Stormish]

1 minute ago, Hell-met said:

Sounds like a good plan, however what if I want it to toggle on/off in real time for a perk?

Then you'll have to do some netcoding, which take some time and are kind of complicated to understand.

[Well-met]

3 minutes ago, Stormish said:

Then you'll have to do some netcoding, which take some time and are kind of complicated to understand.

Thanks, I suppose I'll figure something out before getting to that point.

One last thing If I may, would you know if its possible to attach game effects to player footsteps? Such as losing 1 hunger each footstep and the likes.

[Stormish]

2 minutes ago, Hell-met said:

Thanks, I suppose I'll figure something out before getting to that point.

One last thing If I may, would you know if its possible to attach game effects to player footsteps? Such as losing 1 hunger each footstep and the likes.

I don't know how it's done, but I know for sure that it can be possible.

[Well-met]

It would seem "Lag Compensation" is the culprit for predicting stock stepsounds to clients over the desired custom one.