SoundFX : Missing Sounds

Lion.Kanzen · September 20, 2017

This thread is to keep track of the Art Sound tasks that needs to be done and who is working on which one. Keep it clean, post only when you are going to start a task and when it has been finished and approved or committed by someone of the team.
- Do not post suggestions. Create a new topic or use any suggestion thread.
- Do not post Wips. Create a ===[TASK]===[SOUND]=== thread on the Art forum for this matter.
- Do not post references. Use the relevant task thread.
- LEGAL WAIVER: Please read this before contributing and abide by it.

*We can't assure that your models will be used for the final game, and we're also looking for a certain quality level, don't get upset if your model doesn't make it into the game, practice is the best way to improve.

Here is an incomplete and maybe outdated sound list we need.

Lobby join sound Thread Ticket Phab
many variations of sword hit/ shields sounds/ Ballista impacts
improved bell alert sound
~~improve~~ ~~attacknalert~~
alert player defeated
alert message
alert all relics capturated
alert wonder started/finished
victory fanfare
Alert animal Gaia attack
improved horse sounds
slinger sounds
archers sounds
armored cavalry sounds
ram sound effects
elephant hitting walls
fire effect
diplomacy alert messages
lost / defeat sorrow.
armored units marching
ambiental sounds
volcano sounds
jungle forest
polar sounds
fishing sounds
foraging sounds
city sounds
wonder started
wonder finished
technology researched
"Not enough resources" sound when trying to train/build something.
Sound for minimap flares (flares not implemented yet
Mine depleted" sound.
Healing unit" sound.
Animal captured"/"unit converted" sound
Hero unit trained" / "Hero unit death" sounds
Battle noise sounds" <--- This could make a great addition to mid/big fights (people shouts, swords/armor hit sounds)
More (and better) unit death sounds
Diplomacy : Sound for diplomatic changes and tributes received
Trading rout complete.(more soft or may bediscrete)
Notification sound for resigned/defeated player
Sound for chat messages (I miss chat messages while in-game often)
Error sound for trying to build where is not allowed -- "Ang!" type of sound or something.
Gate lock/unlock (I think they're already in-game?)
Animal deaths / sounds (a lot of them are currently missing)
"Hero unit trained" / "Hero unit death" sounds
Animal captured
Building captured
Building lost by capture
Ally message sound
Siege Workshop select and finish

Original Sound Thread

Edited June 11, 2020 by Lion.Kanzen

Lion.Kanzen · January 11, 2018

I can take many of this. many I can start to mod in Adobe Audition and others can be "sampled" in FL Studio.

**Stan`** · January 11, 2018

Can you sort them by priority ?

Lion.Kanzen · January 11, 2018

7 minutes ago, stanislas69 said:

Can you sort them by priority ?

Hmmmmm some I need see if are footage available. and can be nice pin LAVS theme there I share many CC0 and CC by attribution(only the best) links with sounds can be essential.

**Stan`** · January 11, 2018

I can help you organize this but you need a coherent roadmap first.

Lion.Kanzen · January 11, 2018

15 minutes ago, stanislas69 said:

I can help you organize this but you need a coherent roadmap first.

Improve existent sounds like alarms and give variety to them (little edition).
Take my time to get adequate(better or more fidelity to my ideas) sounds and experiment with the creativity or some method by movie/film industry.(or gaming but... this is relative)
Make new alarms for me is priority. it better have diversity like other RTS.
Make melee sound improvements... isn't hard.
Discuss how improve and show proposal comparing between other games like AoE or Total war.
Have music perspective ( Omri ).
Playtesting with mods like Delenda Est or Terra Magna. is easy to me see other necessity thinking in possible alternatives to vanilla. @wowgetoffyourcellphone is one best guys to have feedbacks, but if isn't possible.
Find new techniques or try reverse engineering.
I can have access to make Foley but can be nice have some assistance and help by others volunteers.

------- extra info--------------

I have friends in my own country, but busy mostly.

I have teachers in my media.

----basically this help me to do this-------

**Stan`** · January 12, 2018

@Lion.Kanzen This will become the official thread to look at for sound contributors. I updated your first post.
You have to edit it to add new sounds requests. Also, if you find a sound that's already in the game remove it from the list or strike it if it's good enough.

**Stan`** · January 15, 2018

Updated first post.

nils · February 15, 2018

I'd like to contribute some sounds. Should I upload them directly here as .WAV files?

Lion.Kanzen · February 15, 2018

Ogg and WAV.

Now the really missing sounds are alarms, like under attack their variants, battle sounds but this is only longer(foley) not technically difficult.

You can help and we are two guys the musician and me (audio editor) but I'm more 2D visual artist.

Edited February 15, 2018 by Lion.Kanzen

**Stan`** · February 15, 2018

27 minutes ago, nils said:

I'd like to contribute some sounds. Should I upload them directly here as .WAV files?

Hey Nils and welcome to the forums

If you don't mind could you make an introduction thread in the application subforum using the template there ? Thanks in advance.

nils · February 16, 2018

Thanks! Posted an intro.

I have a few questions:

are mono files preferred?

should i start a new thread somewhere to post soundfx contributions? (i can start with battle sounds as Lion.Kanzen suggested)

Lion.Kanzen · February 17, 2018

3 hours ago, nils said:

Thanks! Posted an intro.

I have a few questions:

are mono files preferred?

should i start a new thread somewhere to post soundfx contributions? (i can start with battle sounds as Lion.Kanzen suggested)

With sounds specially not related to Alerts or GUI.

We haven't variety mostly are treble have higher frequency, specially combat and metal sounds.(compare with AoE DE).

We lack of combat bass kind. this monotony breaks our visual immersion, we need authentic like. listen archer firing and you can realize the difference .

Studying other games like AoE series or strategy, even some series like Rome( HBO - 2005).

GunChleoc · February 17, 2018

From what I've read on other threads, mono is preferred so that the engine can do some stereo positioning according to where on the map things are happening.

nils · February 19, 2018

"slinger sounds"

nils · February 19, 2018

hawk/eagle sounds (a few variations)

**Stan`** · February 19, 2018

I need to ask are these sounds completely made from scratch or are they based on something else like other sounds movies recordings from someone else etc

Sounds good so far.

nils · February 19, 2018

combination of processed and layered CC0 sounds (bird call was processed to remove sound of lawn mower and cicadas from a CC0 file at freesound: https://freesound.org/people/UncleSigmund/sounds/42389/ ) and self-recorded foley/synthesized material.

**Stan`** · February 19, 2018

Great. If you use CC sounds who requires attribution you'll have to put their names here as well

Have you downloaded the development version yet ?

nils · February 19, 2018

7 minutes ago, stanislas69 said:

Great. If you use CC sounds who requires attribution you'll have to put their names here as well

Have you downloaded the development version yet ?

i have not, i wasn't familiar with that. is there a better place i should be dumping sounds? i have very limited time, but was just hoping to contribute in a small way if possible.