Sound Pack for Minetest

Description

A Minetest mod that provides a set of free sounds & methods. It is intended as a more universal method for adding sounds to games rather than depending on MTG & default for sounds only.

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Licensing

Code: MIT
Icon/Screenshot: CC0
Media: see following table

Sound file sources & licensing:

See sources.md

Usage

Replacement for default

If your mod depends on default for node sounds only, then you can easily switch to sounds. Simply add default & sounds as optional dependencies in your mod.conf. sounds overrides methods used by default to its own. For example default.node_sound_dirt_defaults.

Example of overidden method:

function sounds.node_dirt(tbl)
    tbl = tbl or {}

    tbl.footstep = tbl.footstep or {name="sounds_dirt_step", gain=0.4}
    tbl.dug = tbl.dug or {name="sounds_dirt_step", gain=1.0}
    tbl.place = tbl.place or {name="sounds_node_place_soft", gain=1.0}

    sounds.node(tbl)
    return tbl
end

default.node_sound_dirt_defaults = sounds.node_dirt

Example of setting node sounds:

minetest.register_node("foo:bar", {
    description = "Foo Node",
    sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults() -- this is the same as calling sounds.node_stone()
 ...
})

Playing Sounds Manually

SoundGroup instances are objects for storing & playing sounds. These objects can be called to play a sound from their group. An index can be specified when called to determine which sound to play. If the index parameter is omitted, a random sound will be picked. A table of arguments can also be passed. This is compatible with SimpleSoundSpec.

Creating SoundGroup objects:

local s_group1 = SoundGroup({"sound1", "sound2"})
local s_group2 = SoundGroup({"sound3", "sound4", "sound5"})

-- SoundGroup objects can be concatenated with the arithmetic operator
local s_group3 = s_group1 + s_group2

-- to prevent sound file names from being prefixed with "sounds_" when played, the no_prepend field must be set to true
s_group1(2) -- plays "sounds_sound2"

s_group1.no_prepend = true
s_group1(2) -- plays "sound2"

There are many pre-defined sound groups.

Calling a SoundGroup object:

-- play random sound from group
sounds.horse_neigh()

-- play specific sound from group
sounds.horse_neigh(2)

-- play random sound from group with parameters
sounds.horse_neigh({gain=1.0})

-- play specific sound from group with parameters
sounds.horse_neigh(2, {gain=1.0})

-- the play method is the same as calling the object directly
sounds.horse_neigh:play(2, {gain=1.0})

Node Sounds

SoundGroup objects can also be used in node registration:

minetest.register_node("foo:bar", {
    description = "Foo Node",
    sounds = {
        dig = sounds.cow_moo, -- a random sound from the sounds.cow_moo group will be played when digging this node
 },
    ...

Currently using SoundGroup for node sounds only works for "dig", "dug", & "place".

SoundGroup objects are tables & are indexed by integer. But using the get method is more reliable as it will return the string name with "sounds_" prefix if no_prepend isn't set:

local s_group1 = SoundGroup({"sound1", "sound2"})
local s1 = s_group1:get(1) -- returns "sounds_sound1"
local s2 = s_group1[2] -- returns "sound2"

local s_group2 = SoundGroup({"sound3", "sound4", no_prepend=true})
local s3 = s_group2:get(1) -- returns "sound3"
local s4 = s_group2[2] -- returns "sound4"

The built-in type function can be used to check for a SoundGroup instance:

if type(s_group1) == "SoundGroup" then
    s_group1()
end

Sounds (v1.6)

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