"weight" in sound_library ???

[Trajan von Olb]

Hi,

can someone kindly tell me what the entry "weight" does in random compilations within the sound_library? I guess it can be used to influence the probability - or is it the volume after all?

Here is an example where it occurs (the lib from the Terran plot):

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    <sound id="music_dlc_terran_soundtrack_terran_core" description="Music for the terran core sectors." repeat="-1" is3d="0" preload="0">
      <sample selection="random">
        <select weight="10" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\3. Alexei Zakharov - The Traverse"/>
        <select weight="5" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\6. Alexei Zakharov - Savage Soul"/>
        <select weight="10" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\7. Alexei Zakharov - Citadel Rim"/>
        <select weight="10" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\8. Alexei Zakharov - Rise of the Protectorate"/>
        <select weight="1" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\13. Alexei Zakharov - Distant Dawn"/>
        <select weight="1" start="extensions\ego_dlc_terran\music\14. Alexei Zakharov - Insomnia"/>
      </sample>
      <volume start="0.3"/>
      <effects>
        <fade in="1.66667" out="0.666667"/>
      </effects>
    </sound>

So what is it?

Thanks for all the answers

Greetings Schmollo

[euclid]

It's the "probability" for that particular track to be played.

Cheers Euclid

[Trajan von Olb]

Thank you very much. And what exactly is the impact of these figures? So simply in relation to each other or somehow absolutely? So are they percentages of probability or can you do whatever you want...?

Greetings Schmollo

[Max Bain]

If u have one sound with weight 1 and another one with 2 and a third one with 3 the first one will be played in 1 of 6 cases where the last one will be played in 3 of 6. So it's the relation to each other.

[Trajan von Olb]

thx