Firstly, thank you so much Impkin for this guide!
I had always wanted a sonics blaster but I couldn't even deal with the sonic sounds from a teammate and would always have to mute sounds with any sort of sonics toon on team.
Now, I'm enjoying my sonics blaster immensely.
On villain side, I'd love to have a thermal healer so
I am desparately looking to silence the Thermal Rad sounds in COV, particularly "Warmth".
Does anyone know which files are responsible??
Thanks so much for any help.
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hi all,
wanted to come and give a bit back to this wonderful guide. after a bunch of trial and error, found the .ogg to silence crytal armor.
it uses: glow5_loop.ogg under the Powers folder.
thanks again to everyone that has contributed to this thread. it has made the experience much more enjoyable
I hope this thread lives a long time. Great guide I love it.
This is what I found by trial and error.
Description: Energy Cloak
Folder: Powers
File Name: glow8_loop.ogg
That sound was driving me crazy. Now I can play brute and enjoy it a bit more. Thank You Impkin
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I've made up a little zip file with a silence.ogg and a batch file to copy it to all (I think) of the power sound files to give a starting point for working out what your particular sound file is.
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Changed ISPs, so here's an updated link for when the old one gets around to disabling the web space.
silent_powers.zip
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Anyone know what the sound file is for Icicles? I just got that power, and already it's driving me batty.
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in powers, it's
icicle2_loop.ogg
There's also an
icicle_loop.ogg
that I silenced, just for good measure.
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Anyone know what the sound file is for Icicles? I just got that power, and already it's driving me batty.
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in powers, it's
icicle2_loop.ogg
There's also an
icicle_loop.ogg
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Please tell me you know which one is the file for Chilling Embrace.
Please?
Anyone know what the sounds for Pocket D's "music" are?
Im looking for the sound Domination makes when you use it.
After spending a couple hours, on two computers, trying to get this to work I must now fall on the sword and profess my stupidity.
CAN SOMEBODY HELP?
I created a "sound" directory under "data", then an "ogg" directory under "sound". I put my silent ogg file in the "ogg" directory. Here's where I get messed up. From the original post:
"You now have your base file location set. The sounds will be grouped in sub-folders inside the "ogg" folder. Each sound you wish to silence will go in a sub-folder. The name of the sub-folder depends on the sound."
What I don't get is this; will CoH automatically generate the sub-folders so that I can find the file that's making the annoying sound then replace it with my silent ogg file? If not, how on earth do I figure out what the file name and folder should be? What am I missing?
There are two things that I have which aren't standard: I'm installed to D drive and I already have a "data" folder because I have a mappack that used it and created a texture subfolder.
Can anybody help me here?
Thanks in advance.
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Please tell me you know which one is the file for Chilling Embrace.
Please?
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Are you talking about the activation? Because I don't hear anything after it activates, so I must already have that sound turned off if there's a hum.
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Please tell me you know which one is the file for Chilling Embrace.
Please?
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Are you talking about the activation? Because I don't hear anything after it activates, so I must already have that sound turned off if there's a hum.
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I hear nothing but a continuous droning loop sound after its on. The activation I don't mind, but it is nonstop afterwards.
I can't play my Ice tank with the speakers on. The sound drives me batty.
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I hear nothing but a continuous droning loop sound after its on. The activation I don't mind, but it is nonstop afterwards.
I can't play my Ice tank with the speakers on. The sound drives me batty.
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Well be batty no more, the "hum" is in powers:
IceArmor_loop.ogg
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What I don't get is this; will CoH automatically generate the sub-folders so that I can find the file that's making the annoying sound then replace it with my silent ogg file?
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No, it will not. CoH doesn't even want you overriding the files to begin with, it certainly won't help you.
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If not, how on earth do I figure out what the file name and folder should be? What am I missing?
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Most posters will tell you what folder it's in. If it's power related, you'll most often use D:\City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers as your folder. (You may have it in a different drive path but I posted what I thought would be as close as possible.)
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There are two things that I have which aren't standard: I'm installed to D drive and I already have a "data" folder because I have a map pack that used it and created a texture subfolder.
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The map pack has got you started, now just create the appropriate subfolders in sound and you're all set.
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I hear nothing but a continuous droning loop sound after its on. The activation I don't mind, but it is nonstop afterwards.
I can't play my Ice tank with the speakers on. The sound drives me batty.
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Well be batty no more, the "hum" is in powers:
IceArmor_loop.ogg
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Thank you very much.
My next time on, I'll check it out. Perfect timing too what with the double XP thing coming up. 
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Im looking for the sound Domination makes when you use it.
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The activation or the sound afterwards until it turns off?
As a courtesy to everyone, I've decided to go ahead and compile everything from the thread into one list. Credit remains to the one who original found them, which is most decidedly not me. Occassionally, there were file names listed that didn't have an accompanying folder name. I have done my best to put in the appropriate folder name. Such entries will be marked with a ? by the folder name if it wasn't clear which folder it belongs to.
The format is (the OPs original list) for those that weren't in that way to begin with:
Description:
Folder Name:
File Name:
Here we go. And a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the guide. I hope I've gotten everything from the thread and I've put a consolidated list of powers/sounds that are still unknown, but desired, at the bottom of the post.
Description: Hasten activation
Folder name: powers
File name: hasten.ogg, hasten2.ogg
Description: Targeting Drone loop
Folder name: weapons
File name: targetdrone_loop.ogg
Description: Prestige Power Slide loop
Folder name: enemies
File name: Green_loop.ogg
Description: while flying or hovering
Folder name: powers
File names: air_loop.ogg, Flight1.ogg, Flight_loop.ogg, Flight1_loop.ogg, Flight2_loop.ogg, Flight3_loop.ogg, Groupfly_loop.ogg, Hover_loop.ogg
Description: Super Speed activation
Folder name: powers
File name: Run5.ogg
Description: Super Speed loop
Folder name: powers
File name: ForceField5_loop.ogg
Description: Fortitude loop
Folder name: powers
File name: intel_loop.ogg, Intel2_loop.ogg
Description: Dark Armor loop
Folder name: powers
File name: miasma_lopp.ogg, obsidian_loop.ogg
Description: Ice Armor loop
Folder name: powers
File name: IceArmor_loop.ogg, IceArmor2_loop.ogg
Description: made when using (or queuing) a power that hasn't recharged yet
Folder name: frontend
File name: Recharge.ogg
Description: Shadow Cloak loop
Folder name: enemies
File name: Blue_loop.ogg
Description: Peacebringer high-pitched whine
Folder name: powers
File name: peaceeyes1.ogg
[Note: This is the noise on the blasts and flight activation, not the shapeshifting "boom".]
Description: Peacebringer shapeshift "boom"
Folder name: powers
File name: nova4.ogg
Description: Warshade shapeshift "boom"
Folder name: powers
File name: nova2.ogg
Description: Mud pots loop
Folder name: powers
File name: mudpots_loop.ogg
Description: Shadow Fall loop
Folder name: powers
File name: miasma_lopp.ogg
[Note: miasma_loop.ogg is used in a lot of the various "Dark" power sets for both powers and their FXs.]
Description: Murky Cloud loop
Folder name: powers
File name: miasma_loop.ogg, whirlwind_loop.ogg
Description: Death Shroud Loop
Folder Name: powers (?)
File Name: ForceField5_loop.ogg
Description: Splash into water
Folder name: Feet
File name: Splash.ogg
Description: Mission objective object (blinky/glowy)
Folder name: FrontEnd
File name: objective_loop.ogg
Description: Sewer map music - entrance
Folder name: V_MissionMusic
File name: JMission7_loop.ogg
Description: Sewer map music - sloping tunnel
Folder name: V_MissionMusic
File name: Mission2_loop.ogg
Description: Arachnos base map music (possibly one of several)
Folder name: V_MissionMusic
File name: JMission8_loop.ogg
Description: mission map music
Folder name: V_MissionMusic
File names: Cave2_loop.ogg, Cave3_loop.ogg, Cave4_loop.ogg, CaveMusic1.ogg, CaveMusic1_loop.ogg, CrazyMission_loop.ogg, JMission1_loop.ogg, Jmission2b_loop.ogg, JMission3_loop.ogg, JMission4_loop.ogg, JMission5_loop.ogg, JMission6_loop.ogg, Mission1_loop.ogg, Mission3b_loop.ogg, Mission3c_loop.ogg, Mission6_loop.ogg, Mission8b_loop.ogg, Mission10_loop.ogg, Mission11_loop.ogg, Mission15_loop.ogg, Mission16_loop.ogg, Missionspookiness1.ogg, MMission1_loop.ogg, MMission2_loop.ogg, smoothcave1_loop.ogg, SpookyOffice1_loop.ogg
Description: Bank map music
Folder name: V_Bank
File name: BankHeist3_loop.ogg
[Note: There is also a BankHeist_loop.ogg and BankHeist2_loop.ogg. They do not appear to be used.]
Description: Stealth loop
Folder name: Powers
File name: glow3_loop.ogg
Description: Unyielding loop
Folder name: Powers
File name: glow6_loop.ogg, forcefield5_loop.ogg
Description: Temp Invulnerability loop
Folder name: Powers
File name: glow5_loop.ogg
Description: Sounds while travelling with Teleport
Folder name: Powers
File name: teletrans3.ogg, teletrans4.ogg
Description: PVP warning siren with the countdown in Bloody Bay, Warburg etc.
Folder name: Arena
File name: BeepWarning.ogg
Description: Mercs/Burst Sound
Folder name: Weapons
File name: Mercenary_machgunburst.ogg
Description: Mercs/Slug Sound
Folder name: Weapons
File name: Mercenary_singleshot.ogg
Description: Shout (the annoying echo at the end of the power)
Folder name: powers
File name: SonicMassiveBlast.ogg
Description: Grandville's looping speech by Lord Recluse
Folder name: v_grandville
File name: RecluseVO3_loop.ogg
Description: Rage Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: forcefield5_loop.ogg
Description: Blazing Aura Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg, Fireball1.ogg
Description: Blazing Aura Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: FireSword_loop.ogg, aura5.ogg, aura6.ogg, aura7.ogg
Description: Fire Shield Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg, firezap2.ogg
Description: Fire Shield Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: FireSword_loop.ogg
Description: Plasma Shield Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg
Description: Plasma Shield Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: plasmafire_loop.ogg
Description: Arctic Fog Start
Folder name: powers
File name: blizzard.ogg, chillhands.ogg
Description: Arctic Fog Loop
Folder name: powers
File name: fog_loop.ogg
Description: Energy Melee attacks loop
Folder name: powers
File name: ForceField5_loop.ogg
Description: an angry yell, toon gender specific
Folder name: player
File names: Female_Rage.ogg, Male_Rage1.ogg
Description: Practiced Brawler loop
Folder name: Powers
File name: fast7.ogg
Description: Erroneous "yell" sound (8/1/06 bug) for Huge characters
Folder name: Player
File name: Male_Rage2.ogg
Description: (Female) 'Rarr' Yell used in Tough, Integration and Tarzan emote
Folder name: Player
File name: taunt4.ogg
Description: In Grandville, the zone's ambient noise
Folder name: V_Grandville
File name: Grandville_loop.ogg
Description: In Grandville, the German loudspeaker voice
Folder name: 5th Column
File name: PropPA_loop.ogg
Description: Portal Corp portal sounds
Folder name: Peregrine
File name: reactor1_loop.ogg, reactor2_loop.ogg
Description: Portal Corp portal sounds
Folder name: Tech
File name: Room3x_loop.ogg, spacemachine1m_loop.ogg, spacemachine1_loop.ogg, Teslaroom1_loop.ogg, Teslaroom2_loop.ogg, Teslaroom3_loop.ogg, Teslaroom4_loop.ogg
Description: Portal Corp portal sounds (train sound)
Folder name: auto
File name: Train_Loop.ogg
Description: Portal Corp portal sounds (humming)
Folder name: tech
File name: lowpulse2_loop.ogg
Description: Charged Brawl's weak pzzt pzzt pzzt sound
Folder name: v_powers
File name: elecpunch3.ogg
Description: Havoc Punch's
Folder name: v_powers
File name: elecattack2.ogg
Description: Jacob's Ladder
Folder name: v_powers
File name: TeslaShotgun.ogg
Description: Thunder Strike
Folder name: v_powers
File name: ElecThunderPunch.ogg
Description: Psionic Dart wubba wubba wubba
Folder name: powers
File name: psionic4.ogg
[Note: Villain only]
Description: Cloaking Device loop
Folder name: powers
File name: glow8_loop.ogg
Description: Crystal Armor
Folder name: powers
File name: glow5_loop.ogg
Description: Energy Cloak
Folder name: Powers
File Name: glow8_loop.ogg
Description: Icicles loop
Folder name: powers
File name: icicle_loop.ogg, icicle2_loop.ogg
Description: Chilling Embrace loop
Folder name: powers
File name: IceArmor_loop.ogg
Consolidated requests still open:
Assault Rifle: Buckshot (activation)
Assault Rifle: Burst (activation)
Assault Rifle: Slug (activation)
Assault Rifle: Sniper Rifle (activation)
Fire Control: Hot Feet (loop)
Ancillary Power Pool: Mind Over Body - possibly Glow5_loop.ogg
Traps: Force Field Generator Expiration
Radiation Emission: Choking Cloud loop
Thermal: Warmth (activation and loop if it has one)
Thugs: Whistle sound used for summoning the pets
Thugs: Enforcers cone machine gun attack
Empath: Healing Aura activation and 'wobble'
Dark Miasma: Twilight Grasp activation and 'wobble'
Sonic: Shockwave (I believe the requester wants total silence on it)
Pocket D's Music
Domination activation, loop, and shut off
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As a courtesy to everyone, I've decided to go ahead and compile everything from the thread into one list.
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Bravo!
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Description: Death Shroud Loop
Folder Name: powers (?)
File Name: ForceField5_loop.ogg
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That's in powers, yes.
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Description: Rage Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: forcefield5_loop.ogg
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Heh, same file, so yeah, in powers.
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Description: Blazing Aura Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg, Fireball1.ogg
Description: Blazing Aura Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: FireSword_loop.ogg, aura5.ogg, aura6.ogg, aura7.ogg
Description: Fire Shield Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg, firezap2.ogg
Description: Fire Shield Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: FireSword_loop.ogg
Description: Plasma Shield Start
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: Ignite2.ogg
Description: Plasma Shield Loop
Folder name: powers (?)
File name: plasmafire_loop.ogg
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All in powers.
Consolidated requests still open:
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Assault Rifle: Buckshot (activation)
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City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Weapons\Shotgun5.ogg
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Assault Rifle: Burst (activation)
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City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Weapons\Assault3.ogg
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Assault Rifle: Slug (activation)
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City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Weapons\MachGun_single.ogg
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Assault Rifle: Sniper Rifle (activation)
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City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Weapons\Sniper1.ogg
It wasn't on the list but the draw sound for taking out the rifle is:
City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Weapons\Shotgunout.ogg
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Empath: Healing Aura activation and 'wobble'
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activation is:
City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers\darkregen.ogg
and
City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers\heal1.ogg
and
City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers\radcharge.ogg
wobble is:
City of Heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers\radiation5_loop.ogg
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If anyone can specify what sound Ice Sword (Blaster Ice Manipulation) uses, I'd be greatful.
I've tried coldsword, coldsword1, coldsword2... but they don't appear to have any effect in either Powers or Weapons, so I don't know which files they might be.
Thanks.
Currently: 50s (5), 40s (3), 30s (5)
Red and blue side, mostly Infinity, Virtue, and Freedom.
Too cool on the consolidated list! Thanks!
Yeah, I'm still around.
When a sound irritates me enough to hunt it down and kill it I'll still post it here. Like this one:
Description: When a Rikti gun's blast hits a toon
Folder name: V_Powers
File names: ricktigunhit.ogg
Possible sound files for Domination.
I have not tested these by silencing them I only saw the filenames when looking for the Rikti one above. Anyone who wants these silent please confirm these are the correct filenames.
Folder name: V_Powers
File names: domination1_loop.ogg, domination2_loop.ogg, dominationattack1.ogg, dominationdeactivate.ogg
I do have a Dominator and this is what they sound like to me:
domination1_loop.ogg, domination2_loop.ogg - while it is running and/or when it can be activated. There are some wind chimes not in these sound files.
dominationattack1.ogg - the boom-ish sound right when it is activated.
dominationdeactivate.ogg - when it shuts down.
Has something changed recently, that this no longer works?
If I hypothetically extracted the psionic4.ogg file, converted it into a wave file, edited it to a more tolerable wadda wadda wadda, then re-converted it back to an ogg file, dropped it in the folder city of heroes\data\sound\Ogg\Powers; that the game would then replace the sound????
If i could then verify the path with a pigg viewer, that the subsitute was linked?
Would I then hear the new sound in the game??
If I don't, would that simply mean it wasn't the file I was looking for??? While psionic4.ogg sounds pretty similar to the psionic dart, the game may actually be using another file for that sound??
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It hasn't been changed. I'm not touching the rest of that post.
Sorry about that, this whole EULA thing is a bit confusing. How can ANYONE post ANY information regarding ogg files, without first viewing a pigg to see what the file names are??
All this double-speak is making my head spin.
Manipulating an ogg, contained within a game pigg is a EULA violation, but subsitution is not???
That is 'technically' what we are doing, isn't it??
So it really doesn't matter what sound bite I use as my replacement, as long as I do not touch the existing ogg files, and piggs??
The only thing that really matters is the audio format "ogg", the file name, and the folder path created within the COH directory??
Is it possible that COH/COV would cache some of these sound files, for later use??
I ask, because I sampled the sound i wanted to change in game, with a mic; edited the sound in another program, converted it to an ogg, then dropped in the specified directory.
I took at least 3 restarts of the game for my new sound to start being used.
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Has anyone found the loop sound for Chilling Embrace? (I'm interested in the Blaster version - not sure if Tanks get a different sound.) It's a nice sound, but gets awfully obtrusive after a while.
Thanks!
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Ya, I definitely need this one for my Ice Tank. That sound is on perma-loop. Also looking for the one for Icicles.