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. (Note that the categories have no in-game correspondency.)

Category		Monster	ID	Sound effects
				hit	miss	hurt	die	misc
Arachnids	Scorpions	Black Scorpion	7	4	1	0	0	0
		Red Scorpion	2	4	1	0	0	0
		Scorpion	1	4	1	0	0	0
	Spiders	Spider	10	0	0	0	0	0
Birds	Waterfowls	Duck	46	0	0	0	0	0
Fungi	Mushrooms	Evil Mushroom	11	1	0	0	0	0
		Spiky Mushroom	17	1	0	0	0	0
Gastropods	Snails	Snail	39	0	0	0	0	0
Insects	Maggots	Maggot	0	2	1	0	1	0
		Giant Maggot	4	2	1	0	1	0
		Silkworm	33	0	0	0	0	0
Mammals	Bats	Bat	15	1	0	0	1	0
	Fluffies	Easter Fluffy	25	3	1	1	0	0
		Fluffy	18	3	1	1	0	0
	Mouboos	Mouboo	26	0	0	0	0	0
	Squirrels	Squirrel	36	0	0	2	2	0
Plants	Flowers	Flower	12	2	1	0	0	0
	Herbs	Alizarin Plant	30	0	0	0	0	0
		Clover Patch	35	0	0	0	0	0
		Cobalt Plant	28	0	0	0	0	0
		Gamboge Plant	29	0	0	0	0	0
		Mauve Plant	27	0	0	0	0	0
	Trees	Log Head	23	0	0	5	0	0
Reptiles	Lizards	Fire Lizard	37	2	1	0	0	0
	Snakes	Cave Snake	19	1	0	0	0	0
		Grass Snake	32	0	0	0	0	0
		Mountain Snake	24	0	0	0	0	0
		Snake	8	0	0	0	0	0
		Snake Lord	44	0	0	0	0	0
Undead	Ghosts	Jack O	20	0	0	0	0	0
	Skeletons	Fallen	43	0	0	0	0	0
		Lady Skeleton	42	0	0	0	0	0
		Skeleton	41	0	0	0	0	0
	Skulls	Fire Skull	21	0	0	0	0	0
		Poison Skull	22	0	0	0	0	0
	Zombies	Zombie	34	2	1	0	1	2
?	Goblins	Fire Goblin	9	2	1	0	0	0
	Pinkies	Pinkie	16	1	1	0	0	0
	Slimes	Green Slime	3	1	0	0	0	0
		Red Slime	6	1	0	0	0	0
		Rudolph Slime	14	0	0	0	0	0
		Santa Slime	13	0	0	0	0	0
		Sea Slime	31	1	0	0	0	0
		Yellow Slime	5	1	0	0	0	0
	Wisps	Poltergeist	45	0	0	0	0	0
		Spectre	40	0	0	0	0	0
		Wisp	38	0	0	0	0	0

Weapon sounds

Number of existing sound effects wired in for the weapons.

Category	Weapon	ID	Sound effects
			hit	strike	swing
(Punch)			1	0	0
Axes	Axe	549	0	0	0
	Blacksmith's Axe	550	0	0	0
	Meat Cleaver	605	0	0	0
	Hatchet	606	0	0	0
Bows	Bow	1200	0	0	1
	Desert Bow	575	0	0	0
	Forest Bow	545	0	0	0
	Short Bow	530	0	0	0
Knives	Bone Knife	570	0	0	0
	Dagger	521	1	1	0
	Knife	1201	0	0	0
	Rock Knife	579	0	0	0
	Setzer	571	0	0	0
	Sharp Knife	522	0	1	0
	Stiletto	592	0	0	0
Maces	Club	609	0	0	0
Polearms	Bardiche	547	0	0	0
	Dual Spear	598	0	0	0
	Halberd	548	0	0	0
	Heavy Pike	597	0	0	0
	Heavy Spear	595	0	0	0
	Pike	596	0	0	0
	Scorpion	574	0	0	0
	Scythe	623	0	0	0
	Spear	594	0	0	0
	Trident	607	0	0	0
	Wooden Staff	758	0	0	0
Staves	Crescent Rod	581	0	0	0
	Staff of Fire	582	0	0	0
	Staff of Ice	583	0	0	0
	Staff of Life	580	0	0	0
Swords	Baselard	590	0	0	0
	Bastard Sword	588	0	0	0
	Beheader	576	0	0	0
	Broad Sword	589	1	0	0
	Falchion	573	0	0	0
	Fire Sword	599	0	1	0
	Jackal	584	0	0	0
	Long Sword	591	2	1	0
	Rapier	593	1	0	0
	Sabre	561	0	0	0
	Sand Cutter	578	0	0	0
	Scimitar	572	0	0	0
	Short Sword	536	0	0	0
	Sword	587	0	0	0
	Toy Sabre	1215	1	1	0
Thrown	Bone Darts	577	0	0	0

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