Development:SFX

This article contains information for musicians, composers and sound effect creators working or interested in working for The Mana World

Monster sounds

Number of existing sound effects wired in for the monsters.

Category		Monster	ID	Sound effects
				hit	miss	hurt	die	misc
Arachnids	Scorpions	Black Scorpion	7	4	1
		Red Scorpion	2	4	1
		Scorpion	1	4	1
	Spiders	Spider	10
Fungi	Mushrooms	Evil Mushroom	11	1
		Spiky Mushroom	17	1
Gastropods	Snails	Snail	39
Insects	Maggots	Maggot	0	2	1		1
		Giant Maggot	4	2	1		1
		Silkworm	33
Mammals	Bats	Bat	15	1			1
	Fluffies	Easter Fluffy	25	3	1	1
		Fluffy	18	3	1	1
	Mouboos	Mouboo	26
	Squirrels	Squirrel	36
Plants	Flowers	Flower	12	2	1
	Herbs	Alizarin Plant	30
		Clover Patch	35
		Cobalt Plant	28
		Gamboge Plant	29
		Mauve Plant	27
	Trees	Log Head	23			5
Reptiles	Lizards	Fire Lizard	37	2	1
	Snakes	Cave Snake	19
		Grass Snake	32
		Mountain Snake	24
		Snake	8
		Snake Lord	N/A
Undead	Ghosts	Jack O	20
	Skeletons	Skeleton	N/A
	Skulls	Fire Skull	21
		Poison Skull	22
	Zombies	Zombie	34	2	1		1	2
?	Goblins	Fire Goblin	9	2	1
	Pinkies	Pinkie	16	1	1
	Slimes	Green Slime	3	1
		Red Slime	6	1
		Santa Slime	13
		Sea Slime	31	1
		Rudolph Slime	14
		Yellow Slime	5	1
	Wisps	Wisp	38

Weapon sounds

Number of existing sound effects wired in for the weapons.

Category	Weapon	ID	Sound effects
			hit	strike	swing
(Punch)			1
Axes	Axe	549
	Blacksmith's Axe	550
	Meat Cleaver	605
	Hatchet	606
Bows	Bow	1200			1
	Desert Bow	575
	Forest Bow	545
	Short Bow	530
Knives	Bone Knife	570
	Dagger	521	1	1
	Knife	1201
	Rock Knife	579
	Setzer	571
	Sharp Knife	522
	Stiletto	592
Maces	Club	609
Polearms	Bardiche	547
	Dual Spear	598
	Halberd	548
	Heavy Pike	597
	Heavy Spear	595
	Pike	596
	Scorpion	574
	Scythe	623
	Spear	594
	Trident	607
	Wooden Staff	758
Staves	Crescent Rod	581
	Staff of Fire	582
	Staff of Ice	583
	Staff of Life	580
Swords	Baselard	590
	Bastard Sword	588
	Beheader	576
	Broad Sword	589
	Falchion	573
	Fire Sword	599
	Jackal	584
	Long Sword	591
	Rapier	593
	Sabre	561
	Sand Cutter	578
	Scimitar	572
	Short Sword	536
	Sword	587
	Toy Sabre	1215	1	1
Thrown	Bone Darts	577

Other sounds

Done

Weapons:

• Bow shooting arrow (miss/hit)

Location based:

• Boiling water (not in Git)
• Burning fire
• River
• Waterfall

Miscellaneous:

• Level-up (probably better for a composer to create)

Needed

Miscellaneous:

• Player taking damage (several ones to avoid repetition)
• Button click
• Death
• Picking up item
• Dropping item

Walking:

• Plants
• Sand
• Stone outdoors
• Stone indoors
• Wood
• Dirt
• Carpet
• Metal
• Ankle deep water

Specification of file format

Naming convention:

• name-action#.ogg (for example short-sword-miss2.ogg)

In-game format:

• Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)
• 128 kbps stereo

Format for archival:

• PCM (.wav)
• 44.1 K 16 bit stereo

References

Client data:

• sfx/ — the directory containing the sound effects
• monsters.xml — where sound effects are wired in for monsters
• items.xml — where sound effects are wired in for items

Client source:

• src/localplayer.cpp — where the punching sound effect is hardcoded in
• src/resources/monsterdb.cpp — the types of sound effects used for monsters
• src/resources/itemdb.cpp — the types of sound effects used for items