The primary goal is to make it trivial to control the most important Reverb parameters, provide short explanations about what they do, and provide a playground where the mapper can hear various sounds affected by the current reverb settings in real time, without touching the game or the map editor at all. After finding a useful setting, the parameters can be either copypasted or directly saved as an .efx file readable by TDM.

This is already mostly done as an initial testing version - no loading of external sounds yet, instead the application uses a short white noise burst, which functions quite well for hearing the reverb. Another currently missing feature is that you can load the integrated presets, but cannot load your own .efx preset, it is currently a write-only application :).

The secondary goal would be to provide some sort of a wizard, where the user sets up approximate room dimensions, how absorbent are walls, floors and ceilings and how much furnishing is there, and the wizard generates a plausible reverb setting for the room, which can then be finetuned. Another possible feature would be mixing of presets - the existing EAX presets shipped with TDM are not bad, but it might be useful to for example create a 50:50 mix between a castle room (too reverberant) and a living room (too dead). And I may try to make a simplified control of parameters, where one simplified parameter maps to multiple real parameters, because I'd say the EAX reverb is needlessly complicated as is, though certainly usable. 

This a testing version and it was pretty much entirely vibecoded. This allowed me to just do it and see if there's demand later. A zip file with the executable application is provided for windows, no binaries for linux yet. The application is free software, so source is availble and a build script for linux is included in the repository, but it has not been tested. The application requires the OpenAL soft library which contains the reverb effects to run (this is included in the windows zip file). 

Here's the windows download: https://gitlab.com/vozkaa/tdm-eax-reverb-editor/-/releases/0.1.0/downloads/tdm-efx-reverb-editor-v0.1.0-windows-x86_64.zip

Here's the source: https://gitlab.com/vozkaa/tdm-eax-reverb-editor

And here's a screenshot:

Please tell me if you find this useful or not

(whether in its current version or with all the proposed features)

This thread is meant as a follow-up companion piece to my previous thread listing royalty-free music by Kevin MacLeod that could be usable for new missions for The Dark Mod.

In this thread, I take a slightly different approach. Instead of focusing on one author and his royalty-free music, I'll be writing an ever-expanding list of songs, compositions tracks and ambients by various musical artists that could come in useful for mission makers working on FMs for TDM.

Aside from ambient music for background atmosphere, I'll also be listing some historical music and compositions from the real world's ca 14th-17th century that are in the public domain and could be used as background music in your missions, provided that someone does a royalty-free recording of them (i.e. not released on some payed-for album, but at most a royalty-free album or online collection/archive).

Please note that, though I will try to provide you with links to royalty-free versions of historical compositions in particular, I sometimes might not be sure of the status of some of these recreations/recordings and you'll have to snoop around for their royalty-free status on your own. However, if you do confirm that, e.g. some freelance artist recorded a well-known 16th century piece of music, and is giving it away royalty-free, possibly with the only necessity being attribution, then please let me know and I'll include any download links and the details concerning necessary attribution. Thank you !

And now, it's time to begin...

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Royalty-free ambients

As in "free to distribute and use (though possibly with attribution)", not necessarily "free of the TDM universe royalty".

Free Music Archive (FMA)

From his particular website, I'll only be including tracks that have broad Creative Commons licenses or free licenses, and tracks that are suited to both Non-commercial and Commercial use.

In other words, largelly CC BY 4.0 and CC BY 4.0 Deed. It's better to search for ambients and tracks that are more lenient with their licenses. 


Lee Rosevere

- All the Answers
- Awkward Silences (B)
- Baldachin
- Betrayal
- Compassion (keys version)
- Delayed Reaction
- Edge of the Woods (kind of too modern sounding in parts, but maybe you could find a use for it á la some of the old grungy-sounding ambient tunes in Thief)
- Expectations
- Everywhere (sounds like a calm but moody mansion ambient to me)
- Gone
- Her Unheard Story
- It's A Mystery
- Not Alone
- Old Regrets
- Reflections
- Slow Lights
- Snakes
- Something To Fill The Space 
- Thoughtful (especially the first half to first two thirds, before the more electronic beat kicks in)
- The Long Journey
- The Nightmare
- The Past
- Time to Think
- Under Suspicion (maybe the bit between 2:26 and 2:48 would be the best for a tension sting, the rest sounds a bit too modern spy-fi for the TDM setting)
- What's in the Barrel ?
- You're Enough (A)
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Maarten Schellekens

- A Bit of Discomfort
- Daydream
- Deliverance
- Free Classical Theme (arguably more like for an SF film with classical music portrayed electronically, but not bad)

Salakapakka Sound System

- Aiti, joku tuijottaa meita metsasta
- Holle
- Kadonnut jalkia jattamatta
- Privatomrode i Vasteros
- Syttymissyy tuntematon 1
- Syttymissyy tuntematon 2 

 

Sawako albums

- 098 (ambient for background humming and buzzing, perhaps machinery, electricity, industrial ambience, etc.)
- Billy Gomberg Remix
- If You're Ther (odd city ambience, between moody music and city background ambience, mild background thumping)
- Lisbon ambience (maybe usable as background ambience in some mission set at a more Mediterranean city)
- Mizuame (Sawako Sun) (could work as ambience for a larger baths or spa hall, with the sound of water, and human voices occassionally heard in the background)
- November 25, 2007
- Snowfall
- Spring Thaw
- Tim Prebble Remix
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UNIVERSFIELD

- A Beatiful Sky (this track would actually be good for a church or cathedral interior)
- A Calm Soulful Atmosphere For A Documentary Film (calm but somewhat mysterious ambient, reminds me of some of the Dishonored ambients)
- A Grim Horror Atmosphere
- A Music Box With A Tense Atmosphere
- Atmosphere for Documentaries (rather suspensful ambient with an undertone of woodwind instruments)
- Background Horror Tension
- Beautiful Relaxing Ambient (a calmer ambient that's good for a location with some degree of grandeur or one that provides relief to the player)
- Blood-chillingly Creepy Atmospheres
- Bloody
- Cloaked in Mystery
- Corpse Rot
- Crime City
- Dark Background
- Deep Space Exploration (has a nice atmosphere of mystery and exploration)
- Drifting in Harmony (calm but suspensful ambient)
- Embrace of the Mist
- Exoplanet (mysterious ambient, could work for various environments)
- Exploring the Cursed Cemetery (short, fifteen second tension sting with piano)
- Evening Meditation In The Open Air (could work for a number environments during evening hours)
- Fading Memories
- Gloomy Atmosphere for Documentaries
- Gloomy Reverie
- Grim Atmosphere
- Horror Atmosphere (Version 2)
- Horror Background Atmosphere 6
- Horror Background Atmosphere for Horror and Mystical
- Horror Background Atmosphere for Scary Scenes
- Horror Background Atmosphere for Suspensful Moments (1)
- Horror Background Atmosphere for Suspensful Moments (2)
- Horror Dark Atmosphere (Version 1)
- Horror Music Box
- Intergalactic Ambience (good calm theme of mystery and wonder)
- In the Embrace of Darkness
- Mars (suspensful ambient for a suspensful location, with a metallic undertone in its melody)
- Meditation in Nature (aside from outdoor environments, could work in a number of other environments as well)
- Melodies of Fear
- Midnight Secrets
- Mild Heaven (a calm ambient, maybe could work for night time city streets and city rooftops)
- Moment of a Dream (suspensful theme, hopefully not too electronic in undertone)
- Mysterious Passerby
- Mystery Atmosphere
- Mystery Horror
- Mystery House
- Mystical Dark Atmosphere
- Nebula Soundscape (sounds like a good ambient for outdoor or cave environments or maybe even churches and city rooftops)
- Ominous Criminal Atmosphere
- Sad Emotional Piano for Documentary Films
- Scary Dark Cinematic For Suspensful Moments
- Scary Horror Atmosphere
- Sinister Mystery
- Sinister Piano Melodies (short, fifteen second tension sting with piano)
- Siren's Call (I feel this one has more limited uses, though maybe it could work for suspense in an industrial environment)
- Soothing Serenade (calm, soothing ambient, with a slight hint of mystery, could work for several types of environments)
- Soothing Soundscapes (calm, soothing ambient, with a slight hint of mystery, could work for several types of environments)
- Spooky Hallway
- Suspense Atmosphere Background
- Tense Dark Background
- Tense Horror Atmosphere
- Tense Horror Background Atmosphere
- The Box of Nightmares
- This Sunset (good for an evening or night time ambient, even includes subtle cricket chirping sounds)
- Tropical Escapes (good for an outdoor environment with a waterfall, flowing stream or falling rain)

Many of these tracks by UNIVERSFIELD are quite short, about a minute or slightly under a minute, but good as tension-building themes or as suspensful ambients.

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Historical background music - lute and similar string instruments

La Rossignol ("The Nightingale"} - a Renaissance era piece, anonymous composer. This one was written as an instrumental duet for two musicians. So, if you'd use this for a scene of AI characters playing their instruments, you should use two such characters for added believability.

Here's what the composition sounds like when played as a duet on:

- lute (obviously the most medieval/Renaissance instrumentation)

- acoustic guitar (example 1) and acoustic guitar (example 2)

- 11-string guitar what it sounds when played as a duet on an 11-string guitar

- licensed album version (presumably lute)

If you find any royalty-free version in good quality, let me know.

Lachrimae ("Tears", sometimes known as "Seven Teares") by John Dowland - another Elizabethan era piece, by a 16th-17th century composer. Various reconstructions:

- on lute (example solo performance at the Metropolitan Museum)

- on lute, with vocal accompaniment (lutist and female soprano)

-  on lute, violas, and other (six musician ensemble performance)

- on viola da gamba (five musician ensemble performance)

Lachrimae Pavan ("Teary Pavane / Pavane of the Tears") by John Dowland - a variation on the previous composition, for the Renaissance pavane style dance. Various reconstructions:

- on lute

- on acoustic guitar (example 1), (example 2), (example 3)

Again, I'd like to find a royalty-free version of these two compositions.

Frog Galliard - one more by Dowland, for now. Another composition for a Renaissance dance style, the galliard. Reconstructions:

- on lute (solo performance)

- on lute, deeper sound (solo performance)

- on acoustic guitar (example 1), (example 2), (example 3)

Royalty-free version would be appreciated.

Greensleeves - by an anonymous 16th century author, quite possibly a folk song of the era. Trust me, you know this one, even if you don't know the name. It's one of the most well-known bits of Renaissance secular and courtly music in the popular imagination. (Trust me, it's been referenced in everything. Even the first Stronghold game from the early 2000s had an in-game character sing a made-up ditty to the tune/melody of this song.)

Reconstructions:

- on lute (solo performance)

- classical guitar (solo performance)

- acoustic guitar (solo performance)

I bet there's a royalty-free version of this one somewhere. I'll snoop around, and if you find one before I do, let me know.

In taberna quando sumus ("When we are at the tavern") - anonymous period song from the 14th century, of Goliard origin. Written and sung entirely in Latin (so if you can explain Latin within the TDM setting or use only an instrumental version, go for it). An unabashed drinking song, you could use this for more rascally Builder priests/monks or for various commoners and lower-ranking noblemen while they're having a good time at the inn. A pretty well-known song even nowadays (though the most famous melody for it might be the more recent arrangement). Reconstructions:

- example performance 1

- example performance 2

Again, an entirely royalty-free version of this one could come in handy.

Historical background music - by Jon Sayles

Jon Sayles is a musician who runs the Free Early and Renaissance Music website. His recordings are in .mp3 format (so you will need a conversion to .ogg) and Sayles has made them all freely available. The instrument he used for his musical reconstructions is the classical guitar. Some examples of Sayles' reconstructions of period music by anonymous or known authors:

Saltarello, based on the late-medieval and Renaissance dance tune from Italy

Madrigal by Anthony Holborne

Al fonsina by Johannes Ghiselin

Ich weiss nit by Ludwig Senfl

So ys emprentid by John Bedyngham, mid-1400s

Riu, riu, chiu, famous 15th century Spanish Christmas carol

Fantasia, by Orlando Gibbons, late 16th and early 17th century

Die Katzenpfote, German-speaking lands, anonymous author, 15th century

A gre d'amors, 14th century, anonymous French author

Nightengale (unrelated to La Rossignol), by Thomas Weelkes

El Grillo, 15th to early 16th century composition by Josquin des Prez

The Witches' Dance, by anonymous, Renaissance English composition

Ma fin est mon comencement, by 14th century composer Guillame de Machaut

In Nomine, late 15th and early 16th century composition by John Taverner

Ricercare ("ricker-caré", nothing to do with rice or care), by Adrian Willaert

Fantasia by Thomas Lupo, 16th-17th century English composer

The Nite Watch, composed by Anthony Holborne - appropriate for TDM

Plenty more where these came from...

Historical background music - from the A-M Classical website

This website offers plenty of freely available, royalty-free .mp3s of early and classical musical compositions and instrumental songs.

The only thing you need to do is provide attribution, as everything on the site is via a Creative Commons license (this is noted on every page).

Counting Christmas songs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance alone, I was able to download loads of them already years and years ago.

Though they're far from epic recordings, if you're just looking for a competently done free version of these compositions, this is an excellent site.

A few examples of medieval music from the A-M Classical site: Angelus ad Virginem (played quietly on organ), Diex soit en cheste maison by Adam de la Halle (organ and other instruments), Greensleeves (this is for a carol version of the lyrics, but the melody is the same as standard Greensleeves)

Historical background music - by Vox Vulgaris

The Swedish band/ensemble Vox Vulgaris aren't very active nowadays, but they did plenty of early music recording in the early-to-mid 2000s. From what I've read about their song releases, they're okay with others using the songs from their 2003 album and other material they've done. I don't know if their website is still around (there's an archived version) and whether you can still contact the band members, but if you'd like to be extra sure and ask, go ahead. I don't think they've changed their copyleft stance to their own works, but it pays off to be sure.

So, here are some of VV's own takes on period music:

Cantiga 166 - based on the eponymous song (full title "Cantiga 166 - Como póden per sas culpas (os homés seer contreitos)"), by Spanish composer Alphonso X from the 13th century (yes, king Alphonso X ! They didn't call him Alphonso the Learned for nothing). To provide you with a point of comparison, here, here and here are versions by other artists. (If I remember correctly, this particular VV song was also used by moonbo in his Requiem FM, as part of an inn's muffled background music. I did a real double-take when I played the mission for the first time and recognised it.)

Cantiga 213 - based on the eponymous song (full title "Cantiga 213 - Quen sérve Santa María, a Sennor mui verdadeira"), again by Spanish composer, king Alphonso X from the 13th century. To provide you with a point of comparison, here and here are versions by other artists. 

Saltarello - based on the well-known melody for the Italian late-medieval Renaissance dance, the saltarello (also the saltarello trotto specifically in this case). To provide you a point of comparison, here and here are versions by other artists.

La Suite Meurtrière - I can't quite source this one, it might be their own original composition, though "in the style of" some particular period music.

Rókatánc (Fox Dance) - this is a really wild bit of period dance and festive music, possibly Hungarian-inspired, given the name. I think this would fit both a tavern environment or some public event for the nobility and patricians, including an armed sparring tournament or similar.
 

Historical background music - various artists, Wikimedia Commons sound files

Wikimedia commons has a rather rich and generous supply of recordings of various early music by various authors and ensembles, including medieval, Renaissance and Baroque era compositions and music. 

Audio files of early music

Audio files of medieval period classical music

Audio files of Renaissance period classical music

Audio files of Baroque period classical music

Always check the licenses of every individual track, since their royalty-free licenses might differ in the particular details. Virtually all of the tracks should be good to go for any FM creators. 
 

Final note from me

New suggestions are always welcome as I expand this thread. For any suggestions concerning Kevin MacLeod's royalty-free music, please use the other thread I've already made, purely for listing MacLeod's stuff.

I've decided to post some lists of royalty-free music from Kevin MacLeod's well-known site Incompetech.com, lists that include tracks and themes chosen as potentially useful for The Dark Mod mission creators. Mr. MacLeod's made plenty of really good royalty-free music over the years, including various ambient themes and other music that could work pretty well in The Dark Mod. From what I know and remember, there's already been a fair few released FMs that used a few tracks from MacLeod's archive, so he is not unknown to the TDM community.

Here's the tracks on the site arranged alphabetically. Another archive of MacLeod's royalty-free music can be found here (on Wikimedia Commons). I've added the links as well.

As of April 2024, I have also added links to the official YouTube uploads of the individual tracks, all part of MacLeod's official YouTube channel.

For the sake of easier reading and finding a song in the lists below, I've arranged them all in alphabetical order.

Religious / churchly ambients

Types of settings: Builder churches, chapels, cathedrals, monasteries, abbeys, etc. Various solemn and calm religious ambients.

- Agnus Dei X (YT link. Somber but livelier in places, male and female choir vocals in muffled Latin.)

- Bathed in the Light (YT link. A rather soothing ambient, I suppose it could work inside a pleasant-seeming Builder church, including as a place of relief in a scary mission.)

- Gregorian Chant (YT link)

- Lasting Hope (YT link)

- Midnight Meeting (YT link)

- Night Vigil (YT link. I think this one would work best if it was sampled into smaller parts.)

- Organic Meditations 1 (YT link) and Organic Meditations 2 (YT link)

- Rites (YT link)

- Private Reflection (YT link)

- Supernatural (YT link. Good for an abandoned church, spooky candle-lit catacombs, etc.)

- Virtutes Vocis (YT link)

Potentially:

- Tiny Fugue (YT link)

- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (YT link. Famous organ composition by Bach, IMHO might sound too Baroque for a late-medieval style setting, but good for a hint of eerieness.)

Spooky / horror / ominous ambients

Types of settings: Crypts, catacombs, haunted caves, eerie ruins, lairs and places where undead and other monsters roam, etc. Some of the more industrial-sounding ones could also be useful for missions set at factories or warehouses occupied by criminal gangs, and so on (i.e. also for non-supernatural threats and non-supernatural creepiness).

- Aftermath (YT link), WiCo link)

- Ancient Rite (YT link, WiCo link)

- Anxiety (YT link, WiCo link)

- Apprehension (YT link, WiCo link)

- Blue Sizzle (YT link, WiCo link)

- Bump in the Night (YT link, WiCo link)

- Chase Pulse (YT link, WiCo link) and Chase Pulse Faster (YT link, WiCo link. Both could work in some ghost-haunted location, with ghosts pursuing the player.)

- Classic Horror 3 (YT link, WiCo link. Good for a haunted house, manor house or other private household interior.)

- Crypto (YT link)

- Dark Pad (YT link)

- Dark Standoff (YT link)

- Darkness Speaks (YT link. Shorter sting, good for a scripted creepy event.)

- Decay (YT link, WiCo link)

- Deep Noise (YT link, WiCo link)

- Digital Bark (YT link, WiCo link)

- Distant Tension (YT link, WiCo link)

- Dopplerette (YT link, WiCo link)

- Echoes of Time 1 (YT link, WiCo link)

- Echoes of Time 2 (YT link, WiCo link)

- Fire Prelude (YT link)

- Gathering Darkness (YT link, WiCo link)

- Ghostpocalypse 1 - The Departure (YT link)

- Ghost Processional (YT link)

- Ghost Story (YT link, WiCo link)

- Grave Matters (YT link)

- Heart of the Beast (YT link, WiCo link)

- Himalayan Atmosphere (YT link. Eerie theme, could work in some ancient ruins.)

- Ice Demon (YT link, WiCo link)

- Irregular (YT link)

- Land of Phantoms (YT link)

- Lithium (YT link)

- Long Note 1, Long Note 2 and Long Note 3

- Medusa (YT link)

- Mind Scrape (YT link)

- Mirage (YT link)

- Nervous (YT link, WiCo link)

- Night Break (YT link, WiCo link)

- Ominous (YT link. Shorter ambient, but pretty spooky.)

- One of Them (YT link, WiCo link)

- Ossuary 1 (YT link)

- Ossuary 5 (YT link)

- Ossuary 6 (YT link)

- Penumbra (YT link, WiCo link)

- Political Action Ad (YT link. Yes, a song for this concept has such an ominous atmosphere. )

- Redletter (YT link, WiCo link)

- Right Behind You (YT link, WiCo link)

- Satiate - strings version (YT link)

- Spacial Harvest (YT link)

- Spacial Winds (YT link, WiCo link. Might be good for Middle Eastern themed scares.)

- Spider Eyes (YT link. This could work well inside a household, or inside some public building.)

- Steel and Seething (YT link)

- Sunset at Glengorm (YT link and YT remastered link)

- Supernatural (YT link. Calmer melody, good for a haunted religious buldings and its grounds.)

- Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid (YT link. Sounds serene, but is rather creepy and tense, maybe underground/underwater ruins.)

- The Dread (YT link, WiCo link)

- The Hive (YT link, WiCo link)

- The Voices (YT link, WiCo link 1, WiCo link 2. Very otherworldly, good for some haunted area or other dimension.)

- Unnatural Situation (YT link)

- Unease (YT link, WiCo link. Would sound best in a manor house, museum, or other fancy interiors.)

- Unseen Horrors (YT link, WiCo link)

- Very Low Note (YT link, WiCo link)

Tension-building / mysterious / general ambients

Type of setting/situation: General ambients, especially in parts of FMs where the plot thickens and some coded development is triggered that makes for a new "act" in the overall story of the mission. (Imagine the likes of moonbo's missions and how they're structured and you get a bit of an idea.)

- Air Prelude (YT link)

- Awkward Meeting (YT link, WiCo link. Our thief hero or heroine meets an ally or informant for a bit of chit-chat.)

- Blue Sizzle (YT link, WiCo link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Calmant (YT link. A calm, quiet piano theme, but it has an air of mystery and isolation. An emotionally neutral, uncertain theme.)

- Crypto (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Dama-May (YT link. A bit of a peculiar tense theme, but some might find some uses for it.)

- Dark Times (YT link)

- Disappointment (YT link)

- Disconcerned (YT link)

- Dopplerette (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Dragon and Toast (YT link)

- Enter the Maze (YT link)

- Fantastic Dim Bar (YT link)

- Fire Prelude (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Frozen Star (YT link. Exploring some long-lost ruins, mysterious compound or complex, it's soothing but creepy.)

- Ghost Processional (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Gloom Horizon (YT link)

- Grave Matters (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Greta Sting (YT link. A short sting, under twenty seconds, useful for revelatory scripted scenes and building suspense.)

- Grim League (YT link)

- Heavy Heart (YT link)

- Industrial Music Box (YT link. Somber and personal, reminds me of the music box theme we already have in the game.)

- Interloper (YT link)

- Invariance (YT link)

- Irregular (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness/mysteriousness.)

- Isolated (YT link. A calm, somber ambient, for thoughtful situations. A bit more modern and guitarry-sounding, but could work in TDM.)

- It Is Lost (YT link, WiCo link. Maybe a theme for exploring some mysterious underground ruins ?)

- Lamentation (YT link. Maybe a castle or manor house household where bad events transpired.)

- Lasting Hope (YT link)

- Lithium (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Long Note 1, Long Note 2 and Long Note 3 (YT link 1, YT link 2, YT link 3. These are IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Lord of the Land (YT link. Maybe usable as a quiet background theme while sneaking through a busier castle or manor house.)

- Lost Frontier (YT link. Exploring some city or castle ruins in The Empire that seem majestic at first glance but could hide a darker secret.)

- Mourning Song (YT link)

- New Direction (YT link. Very interesting ambient, could work well for a slow-burning urban noir atmosphere and doesn't sound modern.)

- Night of Chaos (YT link)

- Night on the Docks - piano version (YT link. Part of a trio of slow noir themes, the others use a sax and trumpet. This is the only one of the three that sounds pre-1900 compatible.)

- On The Passing of Time (YT link, WiCo link)

- Oppressive Gloom (YT link)

- Overheat (YT link)

- Quiet Panic (YT link. Short and quiet, good for tension-building, including for scripted events.)

- Relent (YT link. The clarinet in this one might be slightly anachronistic, but it's an interesting contemplative melody.)

- Road to Hell (YT link)

- Satiate - strings version (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild horror.)

- Satiate - percussion version (YT link. This one's IMHO better purely as a tension-building theme.)

- Scissors (YT link. This would be an excellent theme for a mission set at a factory, inventor's workshop or a warehouse.)

- Shores of Avalon (YT link. Quieter tension-builder.)

- Simplex (YT link. A pretty good one, though some of the quieter beats are a bit more electronic.)

- Spacial Harvest (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild horror.)

- Spring Thaw (YT link)

- Stay the Course (YT link)

- Sunset at Glengorm (YT link and YT remastered link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Temple of the Manes (YT link. I'd imagine this could work in an atmospheric mission set inside a castle or fortified manor house.)

- Tempting Secrets (YT link)

- Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission (YT link. Tense but melodic theme, with some heavy background percussions.)

- The North (YT link)

- Thunder Dreams (YT link)

- Tranquility (YT link. A longer and very calm ambient theme, but has an air of mystery and strangeness.)

- Unanswered Questions (YT link)

- Unnatural Situation (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness.)

- Unpromised (YT link. Can work both in an urban and a rural/wilderness environment.)

- Very Low Note (YT link. This one's IMHO versatile enough both for tension-building and mild creepiness, would be ideal for a cave or basement.)

- Winter Reflections (YT link. Good for a mission set during a snowed-in winter night.)

Period instrument background music (stylistically European)

Types of settings: Taverns, village scenes, town life, feasts, scenes among commoners or nobles. Mostly stuff with a calm and cosy atmosphere.

- Achaidh Cheide (YT link)

- Angevin B (YT link. This one sounds a bit more aristocratic or courtly, good for a feast or public event.)

- Danse Macabre - harp version

- Errigal (YT link. This one sounds a bit more aristocratic or courtly, but it's a good secular piece of music.)

- Evening Fall - harp (YT link)

- Folk Round (YT link)

- Heavy Interlude (YT link. Short but really cool, IMHO could also work for a background scene of two AI characters sparring for fun.)

- Master of the Feast (YT link. Good for a scene with at least two or three musicians and multiple noble/patrician characters attending a feast.)

- Minstrel Guild (YT link)

- Midnight Tale (YT link)

- Old Road (YT link)

- Pale Rider (YT link)

- Pippin the Hunchback (YT link)

- Suonatore di Liuto (YT link)

- Teller of the Tales (YT link)

North African, Middle Eastern and other "exotic" background music

Types of settings: The TDM universe's analogues of the Mediterranean, North African, Middle Eastern regions, and other "exotic" locations.

- Asian Drums (YT link. Could work for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, good slow, tension-building ambient theme.)

- Cambodian Odyssey (YT link. This is better suited to a south Asian or southeast Asian setting, but could work in a Middle Eastern locale as well. Tense theme, quiet percussions.)

- Desert City (YT link. Could work for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, good all-around urban ambient theme.)

- Drums of the Deep (YT link (shorter) and YT link (longer). Could work for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, good tension-building ambient theme.)

- East of Tunesia (YT link. Could work in a mission with either a Mediterranean or North African style environment, e.g. a port city.)

- Ibn Al-Noor (YT link. Good for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, especially for a palace or public event environment.)

- Lotus (YT link. Good as a general ambient theme for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, or some other exotic locale.)

- Mystery Bazaar (YT link. Another good one for a Middle Eastern or North African style mission, ideally some marketplace or square.)

- Perigrine Grandeur (YT link. Middle Eastern style percussions interspersed with a grunge-like tune reminescent of those from Thief.)

- Tabuk (YT link. Slow, but slightly more dramatic theme for a Middle Eastern or North African style environment.)

- Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Snake Lady (YT link. Has a Middle Eastern feel to it, very good for building suspense and tension.)

Wilderness / nature ambients

Types of settings: Outdoor areas with groves, forests, rivers, small lakes, mountain valleys, caves. Potentially also some Pagan villages and camps.

- Black Bird (YT link. Tribal type stuff.)

- Dewdrop Fantasy (YT link and YT link)

- Evening Fall - harp (YT link)

- Firesong (YT link. Tribal type stuff.)

- Healing (YT link. I think this one could also work in an urban environment.)

- Heavy Heart (YT link. Also works as a general ambient theme.)

- Intuit (YT link. Tribal type stuff.)

- Kalimba Relaxation Music (YT link. Maybe could work in a cave or similar environment ?)

- Magic Forest (YT link)

- Moorland (YT link. Could work for an isolated Pagan tribe village.)

- River Flute (YT link)

- Shamanistic (YT link)

- Spirit of the Girl (YT link)

- Thunderbird (YT link)

- The North (YT link. A very short but looping theme, IMHO also works as a general ambient theme.)

- The Pyre (YT link)

- The Sky of Our Ancestors (YT link)

- Unpromised (YT link)

- Very Low Note (YT link. IMHO very good for a cave or cave system.)

- Virtutes Instrumenti (YT link, FMA link)

- Willow and the Light (YT link)

- Wind of the Rainforest (YT link. Good for a general outdoor environment in nature, especially a section of it that might seem deceptivelly calm, if mysterious, before some plot twist.)

- Winter Reflections (YT link. Good for a mission set in winter or in some cavern strewn with magic crystals.)

Non-serious bonus suggestion

- Crunk Knight (YT link, FMA link. When the Bridgeport City Watch throw an annual office party :-))) )

Giving MacLeod proper attribution if you chose to use this music in your mission

Each song comes with an attribution quote that you need to include if you're going to use any of this music in your fan mission. If there is a final credits sequence in your mission, or you can include this quote at least as part of the mission's release notes, please do so. Though you can buy a license from Kevin and don't need to use attribution, all of this music is for free, as long as you give him credit. The credit-giving (attribution) is as follows:

Name of Song Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Replace "Name of Song" with the actual name of the song, keep the rest of the quote in this format and include it in your "free music used" credits for your mission, and you're golden.

How to download one of the MacLeod tracks if you can't find them on any website outside of YouTube

On the off-chance that you can't find one of MacLeod's tracks on any royalty-free music website outside of YouTube, there is one way to download the track/song you're after straight off of its YouTube upload. (Ideally, off of the official MacLeod track uploads on YouTube. Those tend to have the highest audio quality, and so on.)

First, visit this GitHub link for YT-dlp, scroll down to the "RELEASE FILES" section and download the yt-dlp.exe, the one for Windows. That'll be enough for the needs of downloading the track. (You can, of course, also try the other two downloads, but be warned the one that is also good for Linux is just a zip of the build and requires Python. The other one is tailored for Mac OS. Use these if you're not on Windows.)

Create a new folder on one of your main disks, e.g. on C:, to keep things simple, and name the folder "ytdlp", lowercase (again, to keep things simple). Download YT-dlp.exe into this new folder. Once that's done, you've already "installed" this simple utility. What remains is installing a custom ffmpeg codec build for YT-dlp, to aid conversion into certain audio formats. Go to this GitHub link, download the "win64-gpl" variant of the ffmpeg, into the same folder as the yt-dlp.exe. The win64-gpl is a .zip, so use 7zip, or any similar .zip software you use, and unzip the ffmpeg.exe file into the same folder as the YT-dlp.exe. (For example, the folder is C:/ytdlp. You should have both the yt-dlp.exe and the ffmpeg.exe in that folder.) You only need that one ffmpeg.exe file, in addition to the yt-dlp.exe file. 

Almost done. Click the Start button in your Windows, type in envir, then click "Edit the system environment variables". Click environment variables" (a button at the bottom right). Then double-click Path on the top white section. A window will open up. Add the following line, type it in. C:\ytdlp. Click OK to close the window, then OK again to close the window, and click OK one final time to close a window. You now have the YT-dlp utility installed and it will download audio files (including music) from YT, into the "C:\ytdlp" folder, where you also have the "yt-dlp.exe" file and the win64-glp "ffmpeg.exe" file.

Now you need to download the audio of the track. You'll do that more indirectly, via the Command Prompt of your Windows OS. Here's how you do it:

1.) Open the Launch menu of Windows, type in cmd in the search bit of Launch, click the Command Prompt that shows up. You'll get the classic black-background, white-text Command Prompt window.
2.) Type in cd \ytdlp, press Enter. The "cd" is not a compact disc, but the command shortcut "change directory". This will tell the Command Prompt we're working with the aforementioned "C:\ytdlp" folder.
3.) Now comes the fun part. Type in the following: yt-dlp -x -f bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 320k "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=restofyoutubelink". Then press Enter, and the track should be downloaded in mp3 format, and in 320k quality. You can also set the quality to 0, whatever you like. I have not tried to experiment with downloading into .ogg file format, but other common audio formats should work too. (At worst, you can download a track as an mp3, then convert it into .ogg with any decent offline audio converter software.) You aldo don't have to type in the YouTube link entirely by hand, because you can copy the YouTube link of the video in your browser, and then use the CTRL + "paste" key combination to copy the link into the space between the parentheses.  
4.) Visit the "C:\ytdlp" folder and you should find the MacLeod audio track you couldn't find anywhere else but on YouTube to be present in the folder. 

If you ever need to update yt-dlp, type in yt-dlp -U into the command prompt, press Enter, and it'll update itself in a few seconds. The occassional update might be needed if the utility is having trouble downloading and converting audio.

Of course, even if you download a particular MacLeod track in this manner (mainly because you couldn't find it elsewhere), please credit Mr. MacLeod for his work, just as you would if you've downloaded it from one of the royalty-free music sites. Please see the official template on how to credit MacLeod's royalty-free track, provided by MacLeod himself, which I quote earlier in this post ("Giving MacLeod proper attribution..."). 

 

Final note from me

If you've found some other good tracks in Kevin's musical archives that could fit the tone of The Dark Mod and its setting and would like to include them in this list, please let me know and I'll update this post. Don't send me a personal message, just post your suggestion in this thread. Thank you !

I sincerely hope these lists will be of at least some use to mission builders. Good luck !

If you want to seek out non-MacLeod royalty-free music and public domain music, I've started a thread for that as well. Not too many download links yet, but it's meant to give you inspiration what sort of ambients or period music you could search for.

Having listened to the album, I think the most useful for TDM FM purposes would be the sound ambience of outdoors nature ("Mountain Canyon", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "The Swamps at Night", the "Cursed Lands", "Cursed Lands 2" tracks), underground spaces ("Secret Cave 2"), maybe industrial ("The Great Mine" and "The Great Mine 2", I suppose), dungeon/prison spaces ("Dungeon of Sorrow", "Dungeon of Madness", "Chambers of Hell (No Boiling)", "Chambers of Hell 2") and some of the rural ambience (the "Fishing Village", "Fishing Village At Night" ambience tracks, "Summer Night Near The Village").

The tracks with more urban sound ambience aren't bad, but might not be quite what we need for most TDM mission night time town/city ambience. IMHO, they feel like mostly daytime ambience. 

The two "Port Town" and "Port Town (No Bells)" ambience tracks seem by far the best fit for town ambience of TDM. "Village on a Windy Day" could work for dusk and the early evening, but not night.

"Onboard the Ship (No Voices)" might work for a ship docked in port at night time, but it might feel a bit loud to FM-builder tastes. I'd suggest lowering the volumes and doing similar tweaks.

https://sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc

Apologies if this is in the wrong folder, please feel free to move the thread or remove the thread if it's no use

If you like to try an alternative set of footstep sounds, you can download the zip file and extract this to your darkmod/sound folder. (if there is no sound folder in your darkmod directory, just create one. There you put in the sfx folder from my zip file).

Current Version:

1.16

Download Link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8qyRA15i6FhX2ZHellLQ3I1Q0k

In the following posts you'll find some (not up to date) videos which were created during the process. I recommend just to download the small file, extract and test ingame by yourself since the videos use some old sounds which were replaced during the years.

I have some roles to distribute for:

- builders

- mages

- pagans

- inventors

- regular guys (you know which type of guys, the bad watchmen guys)

Any new voice talents around?

Cheers!

sound.zip

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Dear all,

I always wondered why our protagonist makes as much noise as AI when manipulating doors. Shouldn't our thief be a little more graceful than the careless AI?

I am trying to decrease the volume of open/close door sounds - when the sound is triggered by the player - and while I can get the current volume:

float curOpenSound = door.getSoundVolume(door.getKey("snd_open"));
float curShutSound = door.getSoundVolume(door.getKey("snd_close"));

I cannot figure out how to alter the value returned. It would seem I can make use of setSoundVolume() only if I force a sound afterwards...

Any ideas?

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Fellow taffers,

I would like to pause impact sounds of an object while holding it. Impact sounds go back to normal as soon as the player is no longer holding that object.

I guess we have to toy with snd_bounce entity definitions but, where / how would you implement such a thing in the code via script?

I did add original samples to a few sounds, in particular there is a snap on my edited Broadhead breaking sounds that was not there originally, this is a sample I recorded personally.
I am sure I have not used any material that was not my own or under Creative Commons 0 licence.
I made adjustments to some NPC sounds, specifically combat sounds and body drops.
I also made adjustments to player footsteps that I thought sounded too similar, to make them more distinct.

Please bear with me not being able to document these changes individually as there are just about 500 sounds that I have edited, it was more than a year ago, and the vast majority of changes are very subtle.

Link to download:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w2sAj_7992lMzDoUt7GzkFT3DBMygPkD?usp=sharing

The zip contains the same files, but in a compressed format for those with slow internet.

I hope you try it out and enjoy!
 

I've dug out a few interesting sounds I've recorded myself over the last few months and years, and read up on what sounds we still might be missing. Obviously, I'd prefer to focus on sounds we don't have enough of yet, or sounds that might be in need of improvement.

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I haven't worked on the ice-related effects for now, but I've done some recording on potential new sounds for the candlesticks. Contact with surfaces at various intensity, the usual thing. The surfaces were older wooden furniture and thick ceramic kitchen tiles (non-glazed). Surfaces that make sense in TDM, I hope. I'll be uploading these shortly, I still need to edit them a bit.

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For wilderness scenarios, I have the following recording of an owl's calls (made a few months ago). It's been edited down to only include the owl itself, and it's all in .ogg format :

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/p2mhh2rh4bl0uu2/little+owl+call+raw+record.ogg

Unfortunately, this is a bit of a raw record. I accidentally captured some humming in the background, presumably because my portable recorder was sticking out of the window and captured some device humming away in the interior.

I'll try to clean up the recording so we'll only keep the owl calls, and I'd honestly appreciate some help with this, if someone wants to try it.

The owl calls I've managed to record are a bit unusual, since they're more weepy-sounding than the more stereotypical hoot-hoot. This is because it's a little owl (yes, that's the species name in English for some reason), and they have a rather characteristic voice. I think it would be a creepy call to hear in a night forest, though.

I understand why this kind of stuff is usually avoided because of copyright shenanigans and such, and that’s why I’m just posting this as a sound pack people can choose to use if they want to instead of expecting it to be put into the base game or anything like that.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ysfamuwxd5cisws/Thiefier_Sounds.zip?dl=0

To install, use 7zip to open the “tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4” in your TDM install directory as an archive, and replace the folders in it with the ones in the link above.

I’m not sure how often I will come back to edit this. I’ve been working on this on and off to try to keep a neutral ear to it, but I’m also not a sound designer so I probably won’t be able to make it much better than this.

Credits:

Wood and Stone: Everyday Cinematic Sounds https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhZFIZjpB7Vtf_XKOvBzrg

Tile: Music & Sounds Effect Library https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-iLJ2ifYw0mV8AaAa1fFA

I also read in a thread from Peter Spy that you're able to edit the current presets in a text file. However I'm not sure where to do that. If there's no subtle echo presets, I would be happy if someone could point me into the right direction.

Thank you in advance for any help

Well, as long as it is not difficult to implement into the base game, I think we should finally resolve this particular collection of missing assets. In recent years, I've come across several FM makers clamouring for being able to make an FM with a female thief protagonist for a change.

If we find someone willing to do the female player vocal set, I think it should be someone who can affect a voice that sounds neither too youthful or too old. That's, IMHO, key. The player character's male vocal set already sounds like it could belong to any deeper-voiced guy between 20 and 50. I have started this new thread in order to finally organise an effort to create a female vocal set. That's one of the few stumbling blocks left for more original protag creation, IMHO.

Some three, maybe even four years ago, Lavender took a brave stab at this - if memory serves me right, she actually finished her recordings for the entire PC vocal set, they just weren't processed and suitable yet for publication. However, as Lavender has left the forums, we're basically back to square one.

I think we should look into contacting the female voice actors we already have here on the forums and doing an assessment of their voice acting samples. There's got to be at least two ladies with an appropriate voice range for the female vocal set. I think women voice actors in their 30s, with a wide enough voice range, would definitely suffice for what is needed in that vocal set. Bear in mind that the entire vocal set is actually non-verbal, so there is no need to articulate anything. The whole set consists of a voice doing sighs, or noises during physical exertion (e.g. climbing, lifting), and so on and so forth. Though there are dozens of these purely vocal "lines", it's not that long a list, so the vocal set can be completed in a fairly short amount of time. The selected voice actor could do the whole thing in a day or two (or several days), we could then filter through the various takes, select the best ones, have our sound guys help with cleaning up any audio issues, and we could then work on implementing the whole thing as an alternate vocal set. It would be a really nice (if relatively minor) addition for 2.08. Particularly for mission builders.

I'd like to hear everyone else's thoughts on how we should proceed, who can provide oversight for the effort, and so on.

Wikilink to our voice actor article: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Voice_actors

Wikilink to our article on the script for the player vocal set: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Vocal_script:_Player

Any new or old volunteers here?

Andros (Jonus Thorunsson, an Inventor) and Malasdair (The Thief) are already on board.

I hope to release them simultaneously in the next 6 months, health permitting.

I'm at the point where it's time to install the voices for a few conversations and monologues.

If you're interested in providing some voice acting, please let me know. Experience isn't necessary (new voices are ALWAYS welcome), and I'll walk the inexperienced through the process. Just make sure you've got a good setup (so we don't need to manually filter out background noises, for example).

I won't be doing any post-processing on your voices; what you say is what we'll hear. I'll be managing the ogg creation and sound shaders and folder management, so all you need to worry about is your performance.

I have some of the scripts finished, so we can dig right in as soon as you're available.

Thanks!

What's the name of that song? Is it in DarkRadiant? Is it in YouTube maybe so I can listen to it?

Before I even started, I read all the past discussions on this topic, made notes of other peoples' existing suggestions. Just to have a point of comparison, both for what I might try for my script, and for what I wouldn't (because it would not fit tonally). 

Much has been discussed on how to avoid making the Pagan characters sound like caricatures, either in speech style, or in overdone references to nature/deities/etc. They're not meant to be "New Age tree-hugger hippies", they're meant to be realistic-sounding individuals. As The Dark Mod's lore includes nuances such as Pagans being not only some yet-untamed "barbarian" tribesmen outside of the Empire, but also some hidden Pagans among the commoners in cities/towns and villages/rural hamlets, I had to account for that while putting together the script. You'll see more of my rationale once I expand this post in the near future, when I have the concept script fully ready. For the time being, let's just say I tried to avoid too many overt references to nature and pre-Builder folk religion.

Ergo, as it wouldn't make sense for an urban Pagan from the City's narrow alleys and slums to talk about, e.g. mighty stags on a forest meadow (or something like that), I try to make any and all nature references more down-to-earth and subtle. Example, AI alerted and searching for a hiding tresspasser: "Where have you scurried to, little mouse ? Where, oh where, have you scurried to ?" No diminutives, no plant and magic references in every second word, but you still have this vague indication the guy in question might be more of a nature-worshipper in private than a Builder monotheist. (Not that Builder-faithful wouldn't have an appreciation for nature, it's just that the views of it would differ somewhat, on a psychological/cultural level.) There are some lines about spirits or natural forces and so on too, but most of the other lines are such that they could work for any commoner in a rural or urban setting.

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This entire vocal script concept is readable below. For the sake of quicker readability, I have divided the entire overview with the use of spoilers, based on the sections of the vocal script.

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BASIC INFORMATION ON THE VOCAL SCRIPT ("Pagan male / Tribesman")

AI STATES: Relaxed

 AI STATES: Alert

These barks are meant to tell the player that the AI has seen or heard something.

AI STATES: Searching

COMBAT AND PURSUIT

FINDING EVIDENCE

You have found or observed something that looks out of place. You aren't seeing or hearing the intruder directly, but something that might be a sign that one was here earlier.

Greetings

Since greetings can be made to friends or strangers, delivery should be fairly neutral. Also, there's no way to know whether the AI have seen each other once or twenty times before greeting each other, so typical "hello" greetings should be limited in favour of casual comments or questions that can be answered 'yes'.

Greetings are not exchanged between sitting characters, so assume that the greeting is a quick one as AI pass each other.

Not every greeting is needed for every vocal character. The thug, for example, has special greetings for female characters because he's a sexist pig, but not every character needs those.

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Feedback ?

I'd like to ask you to provide your own constructive criticism now. Feel free to provide feedback on the lines, try to give me constructive criticism on what could be improved, added, dropped, changed. I'm all ears. Sink your nitpicky teeth into this vocal script proposal.

Final note

Besides this particular VS, I also have one/two more in development, and I plan to start work on them soon.

It is quite hard to write a full vocal set, so it took years to complete, but it is here now, and I submit it for your consideration and feedback.

 

“Schemer”

 

– this is a character fit for a sinister nobleman, a corrupt merchant, a crime boss or an evil mastermind. He is sophisticated, pretentious, ruthless towards others, but cowardly at heart. He is given to dark, brooding thoughts, and feels at home in the City’s shadows.

 

AI Non-Alert States

 

These AI are basically talking to themselves, so the lines should be delivered quietly. Just like when people think out loud, the beginning and end of their dialogue will often trail off into muttering.

 

State: Idle

 

Relaxed: You're either not working or aren’t expecting any trouble. You’re relaxed, bored, and not thinking about anything in particular. Number of Wavs: 9

idle_1 humming a mindless tune x3

Idle_2 Generic cough, clearing throat, sneezing x4

Idle_3 Bored sighs (it’s been a long day) x3

idle_4 „Hmm” sounds (thinking), longer and shorter x2

idle_5 “They thought they would get the best of me… hmpf.”

Idle_6 “Give them a warning or just have legs broken? ... what a question...”

Idle_7 “No use taking it too far… muscle isn’t too cheap nowadays… hard to trust the usual rabble…”

Idle_8 “…must consider it… probably too far-fetched, yet… no, definitely too far-fetched.”

Idle_9 “It is not going to work. I wonder how far I would have to go to... already far enough, probably...”

Idle_merchant_1: “Levies and taxes… I will have to find new routes again…”

Idle_merchant_2 “Two bales, and no takers so far... disappointing.”

Idle_merchant_3: “…shouldn’t have let the deal slip out of my hands… hmmm… I can still spoil it for them…”

Idle_merchant_4: “All for nothing… expenditures, men, effort… they shall pay… they shall pay.”

Idle_merchant_5: “Why not make me one of the factors? Am I not sufficiently qualified? Ingrates."

Idle_noble_1: “…with their bought titles and fake crests… see thought them all…”

Idle_noble_2: “Then again, it all comes together. They are that foolish. Ha!”

Idle_noble_2: “The damp rot in the City… choking… should sample the essences again…”

Idle_noble_3: “Couldn’t even take a loss properly. … Coughed blood all over the place… Disgraceful.”

Idle_noble_4: “Would I reconsider? <chuckles, then imitates own voice> Would I reconsider? Ha! Ha!”

Idle_noble_5: "When I'm done with him, he'll be sorry for... for being alive... filthy ingrate... "

 

Alert_idle: You are back at your post but you know there’s an intruder around.

 

Alert_idle01 “Might be still around here. I must think of the possibilities.”

Alert_idle02 “Gone… but I have a feeling this is not over yet.”

Alert_idle03 “The game continues… Someone will have to make a new move… eventually.”

 

Sleeping: ["snd_sleeping" ]
You're fast asleep and dreaming. A few snores, maybe a mumbled word or two.
sleeping01 x2

 

Reacting to World: ["snd_reaction" ] ["snd_state3"]: You are relaxed, and have just looked at something non-suspicious, like a book, or a playing card, or your reflection in a mirror. You make a grunt or comment, either pleased or not. Currently these lines are used primarily for AI playing cards—they make a comment after looking at their new card. They should be delivered without too much emotion.

reaction01 “Aww.” [annoyed] x4

 

[AI Alert States]

 

To Alert 1/1.5: You notice something subtle but aren’t sure what it is. You are mostly talking to yourself, so you should not be particularly loud and may trail off. Number of Wavs: 3

to_alert1_1 "I wonder if…"

to_alert1_2 “I’m not sure if…"

to_alert1_3 "Did something--?"

 

To Alert 1/1.5 + Heard: Same as above, only this one means you notice something auditory. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_alert1_sound_1 <displeased> "Unusually drafty here…"

to_alert1_sound_2 "A cue? But where from?"

to_alert1_sound_3 <menacing> "Did something sound over yonder?"

 

To Alert 1/1.5 + Saw: Same as above, only you notice something with your sight. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_alert1_saw_1 "What lurks over there, in the shadows? <trails off>"

to_alert1_saw_2 "Do I see…?"

to_alert1_saw_3 "Did... something slip by?"

 

To Alert 2: You notice something, and it caught your attention enough to warrant checking it out. You're more certain that what you saw was suspicious, so deliver the lines with more confidence than the above. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_alert2_1 "Without doubt, there is something there!"

to_alert2_2 "What stirs there? Hello?"

to_alert2_3 "Wait! What’s going on?"

 

To Alert 2 + Heard: You hear something loud which you should investigate. Same as above only now it's specific to hearing. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_alert2_sound_1 "All that clamour isn’t doing you any favours!"

to_alert2_sound_2 "Quit with the racket and come forward!"

to_alert2_sound_3 “I hear you there, lurkabout!”

 

To Alert 2 + Saw: You saw something in the shadows which you should investigate. Same as above, only now specific to seeing. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_alert2_saw_1 "Right over there... or did I?"

to_alert2_saw_2 "Who's over there? Hello???"

to_alert2_saw_3 "Movement! I am sure of it!"

 

To Alert 2 + Company + Heard: You notice something auditory with your buddy and invite him/her to help you investigate. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

to_alert2_soundx2_1 "That noise again. Did you...?"

to_alert2_soundx2_2 "That wasn’t rats! Let’s take a look."

 

To Alert 2 + Company + Saw: You notice something visually amiss and double check with your friend. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

to_alert2_sawx2_1 "Without doubt, something's amiss!"

to_alert2_sawx2_2 "Trouble's afoot! Be wary!”

 

Returning to Alert 0, generic: You saw or heard something suspicious, but you can't find any evidence of anything serious. It was probably nothing. This bark will often accompany an animation of the AI putting his hands on his hips and looking around. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_0_1 "Nothing! And yet..."

to_0_2 "Nothing after all. Perplexing."

to_0_3 "I'm not usually wrong, but..."

 

Returning to Alert 0, hearing: As above, but you thought you'd heard something. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_0_sound_1 “Silence at last."

to_0_sound_2 "They were surely just rats."

to_0_sound_3 "My ears do ring overmuch these days."

 

Returning to Alert 0, sight: As above, but you thought you'd seen something. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

to_0_saw_1 "I see it no more – all is well."

to_0_saw_2 “The mirage is gone – darkness once more.”

to_0_saw_3 “Maybe it was just a shadow of my own imagination.”

 

To Alert 3: You see or hear something that makes it seem that there's someone there, but you don't know exactly who or where they are. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

to_alert3_1 "Knight or knave, show yourself!"

to_alert3_2 "Who lurks there?"

to_alert3_3 "What mischief is this?!"

to_alert3_4 “Who is that? Speak!”

to_alert3_5 “Come forward and reveal your treachery!”

 

Returning to Alert 0 after search: Even though you're certain you saw a figure, you've searched around and can't find anyone. This bark is played as you give up the search. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

to_0_search_1 "He has disappeared into the shadows. Curse it!"

to_0_search_2 “No longer here... whoever it was.”

to_0_search_3 “It would be wise to keep alert, but things cannot wait.”

to_0_search_4 “He is still around, waiting. This is not good.”

to_0_search_5 "The stranger is well hidden. Hmpf. Too well, in fact."

 

Return to Alert 1: You have confirmed there is an intruder but he's given you the slip. You've searched for him, but haven't been able to find him. What more can you do? Number of Wavs: 5 per character

to_0_spotted_1 "Wherever he was, he is long gone now."

to_0_spotted_2 “’Tis useless. The miscreant has bested me!”

to_0_spotted_3 "Should have known. Long gone."

to_0_spotted_4 "Out of sight, out of mind. He must be gone."

to_0_spotted_5 "What now? I can’t keep searching forever..."

 

Return with help, spot player: You have run away from the player, gotten help, and returned. The player is still there, so you call out excitedly. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

gotten_help_1 "The knave, he's still here!"

gotten_help_2 "Over there! Quick!"

 

Return with help, lost player: You have returned with help but the player is no longer visible. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

gotten_help_gone_1 "I saw him here just a while ago!"

gotten_help_gone_2 "He must be here, I am sure of it!”

 

Recently Saw Player: You just saw the player not too long ago, but the player escaped. Now, you're telling your comrade that there is an intruder and that you have seen him. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

saw_playerx2_1 "A prowler’s on the loose. Watch out!"

saw_playerx2_2 "Be vigilant! There is mischief about."

saw_playerx2_3 "I saw an intruder, with my own eyes! Arm yourself!"

 

Suspicious, warn friend: You have seen non-specific evidence of an intruder, and are warning a friend about it.

warn_friend01 “I don’t like the way things are. Something's amiss.”

warn_friend02 “I can’t see anything... but I am sure something’s wrong.”

warn_friend03 “I think it’s them. Be prepared.”

 

[AI Searching]

 

You are actively looking for the intruder, and are either muttering to yourself or taunting them.

 

Investigate Alert 3: You're wandering around looking for some kind of intruder, but you're not 100% sure there is one. There is still a slight edge of uncertainty to your voice. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

search3_1 "It is you or me, and I want to get this over with!"

search3_2 "Cease your lurking!"

search3_3 " How long must you work your deceptions?"

search3_4 " That’s low. Show yourself!"

search3_5 "You are around here, and we both know it.”

search3_6 "It is useless, you know. Out with you!”

 

Investigate Alert 4: You know for sure there is some kind of intruder, and you're looking for him. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

search4_1 "That's bad form, you know! Come on out!"

search4_2 "Don't think for a moment I shall not find you!."

search4_3 "It's only a matter of time... why prolong the inevitable?"

search4_4 "'Tis folly! Give yourself up!"

search4_5 “It shall be over, one way or another. Come out!”

 

Investigate Alert 4, civilian: As above, but you’re a civilian, so you aren’t about to fight someone who is armed. . Number of Wavs: 3 per character

search4_civilian_1 “I will not stand for this! Show yourself!”

search4_civilian_2 <nervous> “Don’t make me... don’t make me call the guards!”

search4_civilian_3 “Surely we could discuss this! No need to hide! Hello?”

 

Lost track of enemy: you have been charging the enemy, but now you lost him, he's probably hiding somewhere.

lost_player01 “Hey! Where is he now?”

lost_player02 “Confound it! Where is he?”

 

[Combat and Pursuit]

 

You have spotted the player and identified him as an intruder. You are either attacking, or preparing to attack. If you're a noncombatant, you're getting ready to flee. Either way you want to draw a lot of attention to yourself, so you are generally shouting loudly.

 

Spotted the Player, combatant: You see the player and are preparing to attack. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

spotted_combat_1 "It's over for you!"

spotted_combat_2 "A-ha! Theeeere you are!"

spotted_combat_3 "The villain shows himself!“

spotted_combat_4 “Ward yourself!”

spotted_combat_5 “Don’t you move one inch!”

 

Spotted the Player, combatant, with help: You're with friends when you finally spot the player. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

spotted_combatx2_1 "There he is! Get him!"

spotted_combatx2_2 "You there! Stop at once!"

 

Spotted the Player with a Body, combatant: You see the player carrying a dead or unconscious person. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

spotted_combat_body_1 "Drop that at once and face me, miscreant!"

 

Combat, killed player: You have fought the player and killed him. You stand over him as he dies and comment.

Killed_player01 “'Tis done. And very well, I might add.”

Killed_player02 “Not bad for some fighting practice.”

Killed_player03 “The assailant’s dead! ... But are there others?”

 

Spotted the Player, noncombatant: You're not prepared for a fight. You see the player and are preparing to flee. Number of Wavs: 5 per character

spotted_civilian_1 "Not a chance!"

spotted_civilian_2 "He’s armed! Aid me!"

spotted_civilian_3 “An intruder! Help! Help!”

spotted_civilian_4 "Assassin!"

spotted_civilian_5 "Help! He is armed!"

 

Running Away for help: You're fleeing, either because you don't know how to fight, or you tried to fight and are badly hurt. Call out to for help. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

fleeing_1 "Aid me ‘gainst him!"

fleeing_2 "He’s after me! Help! Help!"

fleeing_3 "Somebody stop him!"

 

Coming to assist: A comrade called for help (or you heard sounds of a fight) and you are on your way to assist them. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

combat_assist_1 "We’ll fell him together!"

combat_assist_1 "Corner him!"

 

Frustrated: The player is out of reach (such as standing on a stack of crates or across a chasm) and you can't reach him. You're pissed off. Number of Wavs: 4 per character

frustrated_1 "Just you wait, I’ll get you yet!"

frustrated_2 "Your cowardice reveals your fear!"

 

Throw Object at Player: The player is out of reach (such as standing on a stack of crates) and you can't reach him. You're angry and throw something. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

missile_generic_1 "Take THAT!"

missile_generic_2 "Have another!"

 

Shooting: You're shooting arrows at the player. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

archer_1 "Fire at will!"

archer_2 “I’ll bring you down!”

 

Attacking: You're grunting and attacking Number of Wavs: 3

attacking_1 " Have at you!"

attacking_2 "Hmpf!"

attacking_3 “A-ha!”

 

Hit the Player: You just thwacked the player with your weapon. Celebrate and ask him how it feels. These need to be said quickly, as the fight is still going on.

Number of Wavs: 3 per character

attacking_hit_1 "Yoooooour turn!"

attacking_hit_2 "Ha!"

attacking_hit_3 "How’s that, wretch?"

 

Hit the Player + Company: Same as above only your partner is nearby. Brag about hitting the player. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

attack_hitx2_1 "He’s mine!"

attack_hitx2_2 "I got him!"

 

Pain: You’ve been hit. Ouch.

Small grunts x2

Big grunts x2

 

Hit By the Player No Damage: The player tried to blackjack you but failed. What an idiot. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

failed_ko_1 “What the!! Stay right where you are, assassin!"

 

Blocked by the Player/Hit by player: The player has hurt you a bit or blocked your attack.

player_blocked_1 "Beginner’s luck!"

player_blocked_2 "Not now!"

 

Die Quiet: You got assassinated or blackjacked and are going down. Make a grunt, but as the name suggests, it's kind of quiet. This should only be about a second in length. Number of Wavs: 3 male

die_quiet_1 "Ghhhh"

die_quiet_1 "Arg"

die_quiet_1 "HHnnnn..."

 

Die Loud: Yep. You're dead. Theatrics are welcomed here, though not too over the top. This should be about 2 - 4 seconds in length.

die_loud_1 "I… I have been bested…aurghhhh"

die_loud_2 "All for naught! The darkness…!"

die_loud_3 "I... should have... *coughs blood*"

die_loud_4 "Haaaarg...*gurgle*"

 

Blinded: You have been blinded by a flash of light. Number of Wavs: 1 per character.

blinded_1 "My eyes! Wait!"

 

Gassed: You have been gassed. Cough, sputter and pass out. This should be quick-a second or two at most (it's fast gas). Coughing can be shared among characters Number of Wavs: 1

gassed_1 "..cough cough"

 

Drowning: You are drowning. Gurgle and choke. Number of Wavs: 1

drowning_1 "Gurgle"

 

[Find States]

 

You have found or observed something that looks out of place. You aren't seeing or hearing the player, but something that might be a sign that an intruder was here earlier. Since you don't expect anyone is nearby, you're mostly talking to yourself.

 

Suspicious Item, Generic: There is something nearby which should not be there or something which is amiss (such as when a guard notices that a chair is knocked over). It’s strange. Number of Wavs: 4 per character

suspicious_item_1 "That looks troubling."

suspicious_item_2 “I am sure it should not be so...”

suspicious_item_3 “Could it...? No, I’m sure it’s wrong...”

suspicious_item_4 "That’s surely not right..."

 

Notice Weapon: There is a weapon lying around. How did it get there? Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_weapon_1 "An instrument of murder! And here?"

notice_weapon_2 "A weapon, left here?"

 

Notice Door Open: There is a door open that shouldn't be. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_door_1 "’Tis not right to keep these doors open!"

notice_door_2 "Closed should mean closed.”

 

Notice lights off, generic: The lights are off, but shouldn't be--these can be used for all types of light. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_lights_1 "Should this be so dark? I wonder... <trails off>"

notice_lights_2 "'Tis unusually dark in here."

 

Notice lights out, flame: You notice a torch or candle that should be lit has gone out. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_lights_flame_1 "Shoddy lighting. How typical."

notice_lights_flame_2 "It has ceased to burn."

 

Relight light, flame: You notice that a light source is out. You relight it. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

light_relight_1 "Guess I'll do it myself... disgraceful."

light_relight_2 "When I get my hands on the scoundrel who's responsible..."

 

Refuse to relight Torch: You notice that a flame is out. Refuse to relight it. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

light_refuse_1 "...it surely won't be me. Someone else should do it."

light_relight_2 "Hmpf. Let someone else light it."

 

Notice Blood on Floor: There is blood on the floor. Obviously something serious is going on. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_blood_1 "Blood! The stakes get higher!”

notice_blood_2 "These stains speak clearly ­- 'tis mischief!"

notice_blood_3 "Blood has darkened the premises. The game begins..."

 

Found Generic Body: You find a body on the ground. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_body_generic_1 "Who did this?"

notice_body_generic_2 "Hey! <to self>...at least it wasn’t me."

 

Found Female Body: You find the body of a woman on the ground. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

notice_body_female_1 "She seems hurt."

 

Found Male Body: You find the body of a man on the ground. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

notice_body_male_1 "Clearly, the victim of a scheme of some sort!"

 

Found Body Dead: You find a body of someone obviously dead. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_dead_1 "Whose hands have done this?!"

notice_dead_2 "Deed most foul! 'Tis a murder!"

notice_dead_3 "Murder most vicious! Awake!”

 

Found Female Body Dead: You find the dead body of a woman on the ground. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

notice_dead_female_1 "Griveous murder! And the murderer’s still afoot!"

 

Found Male Body Dead: You found a man, dead on the ground. Number of Wavs: 1 per character

notice_dead_male_1 "A man has been slain! Come quick!"

 

Found Body comrade: You find a comrade, dead on the ground. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_dead_friend_1 "Alas, he is expired. Someone shall pay."

 

Recently Found Body: You recently found a body and are relaying the information to a friend. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_deadx2_1 "Murder stalks in the night! Be wary!"

notice_deadx2_2 "Be wary, ill fate spares none tonight!"

 

Had pocket picked: You had something on your belt, and now it's gone! That's pretty suspicious...though it's possible it *might* have fallen off, so it's not absolute proof of an intruder. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_pickpocket_1 "Where did it go? I am not that generous..."

notice_pickpocket_2 "Where did I leave it?"

notice_pickpocket_3 “Interesting. I had it just a little while ago, and yet…”

 

Found Something Missing: There is something significant missing that shouldn't be. You've obviously been robbed and you know it. Number of Wavs: 3 per character

notice_absence_1 "That was... wait, it should still be here!"

notice_absence_2 "It’s missing from its regular place!"

notice_absence_3 " Now just a moment! Gone!"

 

Recently Found Something Missing: You know you've been robbed and you're telling your buddy about it. Number of Wavs: 2 per character

notice_absencex2_1 "There is a thief around here. Watch for anything unusual."

notice_absencex2_2 "There has been a robbery. Tell everyone."

 

[Greetings]

 

Greeting Equal guard: You spot a social equal who is a guard, on patrol. You greet them casually.

Greeting Equal_guard_1 "Having a good night?"

Greeting Equal_guard _2 “All is well, I assume?"

Greeting Equal_guard _3 "Nothing out of the ordinary?"

 

Greeting Down, Guard: You spot a civilian/servant while you're working. No time to chat; they need to know how important your job is.

greeting_guardxcivilian_1 " Begone! I haven’t got time."

greeting_guardxcivilian_2 "Move aside, knave."

greeting_guardxcivilian_3 "I’m in a bad mood tonight. Out of the way!"

 

Greeting Superior: You spot someone who is above you on the social ladder and greet them with respect.

greeting_xnobleman_1 "'Tis a fine night, Sire."

greeting_xnobleman_2 "What brings you here, Sir? Surely things of import?"

greeting_xnoblewoman_1 <sarcastic> "Out so late, Milady?"

greeting_xpriest_1 "<sycophantic, with a little hidden sarcasm> A pleasant evening to you, Father."

 

Greeting Up, Civilian: You're a civilian and see a guard on patrol.

greeting_civilianxguard_1 "Keeping the peace, I assume?"

greeting_civilianxguard_2 "All looks well, doesn’t it."

greeting_civilianxguard_3 “Keep watching for the vermin. ‘Tis an uneasy night.”

 

Greeting Equal, Civilian: You're a civilian and see a fellow. Greet them casually.

greeting_civilianxcivilian_1 "One of those nights, eh?"

greeting_civilianxcivilian_2 "Good even’... <mumbles> wasn’t so good for you, I wager..."

greeting_civilianxcivilian_3 "Out here so late? Surely, it must be important..."

 

Generic Responses: These should be said fairly monotone and noncomittal, as they could be replies to many different greetings.

response_1 “Quite, quite.”

response_2 “Indeed so.”

response_3 “If you say so...”

 

Response to superior. A superior has spoken to you. As above, but reply stiffly.

response_superior_1 “Very well.”

response_superior_2 “So it shall be.”