How to save audio in Audacity for use in Hammer, a Half Life 2 map editor
edited by Earl on Jul-02-2008
Half Life 2 maps only work with low bitrate audio files. (This also applies to Garry's Mod, Counter-Strike, and other mods using the Steam Hammer editor.) To get your audio files to work on speakers (ambient_generic objects) in your map, make sure you save it in a low bitrate. I finally found the setting in Audacity that works for me, so thought I should document it before I forget. It's more simple than I was expecting.
- Open your audio into Audacity, a free audio editing tool.
- When you are done editing the audio and are ready to save
it, look at the bottom, left corner of Audacity.
It should be set to a low bitrate. I use a Project rate of 11025 Hz.
The resulting audio file should play in your map edited with Hammer.
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