New to amnesia modding, various questions

[Osbor]

ah, excellent, thanks
from your description, it seems like amnesia modding is a little roundabout.

Do new models need to be "passed through" the hpl editor before being put in the game? since the game probably cannot recognize plain old 3d model files or animations? that's what it seems like, and that's what i was sort of afraid of. stuff getting lost in translation is a pain.

i expected most of the image and sound edits would just be digging through the game files and replacing things, just wanted to make sure..
but, a .snt file? i assume sounds also need to be passed through the hpl and converted into a proper format before amnesia can recognize them.

and it seems strange that full voice would be that troublesome to work with. the game itself seems to use a very straightforward triggering system that just plays a sound file, at least that's what i get from playing the single player.

i kind of miss the days where all the textures and images were stored as simple .jpgs, and you could make the whole game pink with MSpaint and copious use of the bucket