"Whoosh" Sound When Sprinting?

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

I know this isn't a bug or anything, but the "whoosh" sound (or whatever it is) that occurs whenever you press Shift to sprint gets kind of annoying and I was wondering if there's any way to get rid of it by going into the game files. I know Ross Scott managed to get rid of the sound for Freeman's Mind 2 (as well as other sounds in both games), so I'm thinking that there has to be a way to go about this. Any suggestions?

[RλB]

Well, in Black mesa you have the same sound, there was a mod in the workshop for that game that made that sound's file empty so it would get muted, you could try that

[Xantain]

The sound is basically Gordon Freeman breathing heavily due to sprinting.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Originally posted by Xantain:

The sound is basically Gordon Freeman breathing heavily due to sprinting.

... It doesn't sound like breathing, but I'll take your word for it.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Originally posted by Niko Bellic:

Yeah, that sound is annoying. I replaced it with an empty sound file. You could try that.

Where might I find the sound file? Basically, whenever I go into Half-Life 2's files, I can never figure out where anything is, and then I end up having an existential crisis, and then I end up having to rethink my life choices, and I always wind up taking a cold shower while drinking heavy amounts of Whiskey. So knowing where I can find the sound file would save me a lot of time.

[RλB]

so, you found a solution? i want to mute the sound too

[Ghidrah1]

Let it go, the whoosh sound is a small price to pay for a great game

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Originally posted by Ghidrah1:

Let it go, the whoosh sound is a small price to pay for a great game

The whoosh sound is the least of my gripes with the game (though I still like the game overall), but I figured it's the one thing that's absolutely harmless to tamper with.

[Calmly Frenetic]

EITHER create a silent wave file (or a blank text file) in this location:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\custom\sounds\sound\player\suit_sprint.wav

OR edit the "volume" to "0" for "HL2Player.SprintStart" in this file:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\scripts\game_sounds_player.txt


To reduce the chance of an existential crisis, download and install GCFScape
Use it to open the *_dir.vpk files in this folder:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\
to see where Valve hides most of the game files.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Originally posted by Calmly Frenetic:

EITHER create a silent wave file (or a blank text file) in this location:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\custom\sounds\sound\player\suit_sprint.wav

OR edit the "volume" to "0" for "HL2Player.SprintStart" in this file:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\scripts\game_sounds_player.txt


To reduce the chance of an existential crisis, download and install GCFScape
Use it to open the *_dir.vpk files in this folder:
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\
to see where Valve hides most of the game files.

oh my god, a useful human being! thank you, kind sir!