Ambient Database

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This article serves as an overview of all the Ambients (sound loops, ambient sound effects, ambient music, etc.) available for mission building in The Dark Mod, via the DarkRadiant editor. Note that the editor itself doesn't house these crucial assets, it relies on the assets available in the base game.

Only the Ambients that are currently a part of core TDM (the base game) are listed in this database. Custom additions to Fan Missions, made by individual authors for individual missions, will not be listed here, unless they become accepted and integrated into the core game.

All of the entities listed in this database are current for TDM 2.05. Feel free to udpate the list full list to version 2.06 and higher whenever you'll have the time to do so.

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Ambients overview

An overview of ambients available for level building a.k.a. mapping.

"tdm_sound_ambient01" folder/.pk4

TBA

"sound/ambient" subfolder

Subfolder(s)	Ambient sample	Ambient file name (.ogg / .wav)	Duration	Notes
environmental		animal_bats01	0:02
		animal_bats02	0:06
		animal_bird_wings01	0:01
		animal_cricket01_loop	0:10
		animal_crickets01_loop	0:02
		animal_crickets02_loop	0:02
		animal_crickets03	0:01
		animal_distant_ravens01	0:10
		animal_dog_distant01	0:02
		animal_dog_distant02	0:01
		animal_dog_distant03	0:02
		animal_dog_distant04	0:01
		animal_dog_distant05	0:01
		animal_dog_twobarking01	0:14
		animal_dog01	0:03
		animal_dog02	0:04
		animal_flies_loop	0:13
		animal_frog01	0:16
		animal_frog02	0:04
		animal_grasshopper01_loop	0:05
		animal_grasshopper02_loop	0:07
		animal_horse_footsteps_passing01	0:28
		animal_horse_footsteps_passing02	0:21
		animal_chickens01	0:48
		animal_owl01	0:01
		animal_owl02	0:01
		animal_owl03	0:01
		animal_pigeon_wings01	0:01
		animal_raven_cry01	0:03
		animal_wolf01	0:03
		bar_commotion01_loop	0:13
		bar_commotion02_loop	0:16
		bottle_drop_distant01	0:01
		bubbling_cauldron	0:06
		chains01	0:03
		chains02	0:01
		chains03	0:04
		churchbell01	0:04
		churchbell02	0:26
		city_bustle_distant_dogs01_loop	2:58
		city_bustle_distant_loop01	0:37
		clock_tick01_loop	0:07
		clock_tick02_loop	0:03
		creak_wooden_sign01	0:02
		dd_crick_brd_1	0:07
		dd_crickets_1	0:03
		dd_crickets_2	0:04
		dd_dogshowling	0:25
		dd_forestowls	0:07
		dd_frogs	0:05
		dd_music_bum_bum_1a	0:09
		dd_music_bum_bum_1b	0:09
		dd_music_harp_1a	0:36
		dd_music_harp_1b_thestars	0:29
		dd_nightbird_1	0:02
		dd_owl_1	0:07
		dd_owl_2	0:07
		dd_sparks_crunchy1	0:06
		dd_thunder_1	0:13
		dd_thunder_1_b	0:13
		distant_rats01_echoing	0:04
		distant_rats02_echoing	0:03
		distant_rats03_echoing	0:05
		distant_thumps01_echoing	0:05
		distant_thumps02_echoing	0:05
		distant_thumps03_echoing	0:05
		drop_metal_distant01	0:01
		hammer_sounds01	0:03
		loop_lava_01	1:00
		loop_machineroom_21	0:05
		loop_machineroom_22	0:05
		loop_wind_01	0:22
		loop_wind_02	0:17
		machine_distant01_loop	0:02
		machine_distant02_loop	0:01
		machine_distant03_loop	0:01
		machine_elevator_loop01	0:13
		machine_elevator_start01	0:02
		machine_elevator_stop01	0:03
		machine_furnace01_loop	0:05
		machine_gears01_loop	0:01
		machine_hum01_loop	0:01
		machine_hum02_loop	0:01
		machine_hum03_loop	0:01
		machine_hum04_loop	0:09
		machine_hum05_loop	0:32
		machine_hum06_loop	0:59
		machine_hum07_loop	0:59
		machine_noise01_loop	0:03
		machine_noise02_loop	0:04
		machine_noise03_loop	0:01
		machine_noise04_loop	0:01
		machine_noise05_loop	0:01
		machine_noise06_loop	0:08
		machine_noise07_loop	0:13
		machine_noise08_loop	0:33
		machine_noise09_loop	0:04
		machine_noise10_loop	0:04
		machine_noise11_loop	0:05
		machine_noise12_loop	0:01
		machine_noise13_loop	0:01
		machine_start03	0:01
		machine_steam01	0:02
		machine_steam02	0:04
		machine_steam03	0:16
		machine_stop01	0:01
		machine_stop02	0:03
		machine_stop03	0:01
		metal_clacks01	0:03
		metal_clacks02	0:03
		metal_creak01	0:03
		metal_creak02	0:05
		metal_creak03	0:03
		metal_creak04	0:03
		metal_creak05	0:03
		metal_creak06	0:03
		metal_rusty_creak01	0:01
		metal_rusty_creak01	0:01
		metal_stress_bangs01	0:06
		metal_stress01	0:04
		metal_stress02	0:07
		metal_stress03	0:05
		metal_stress04	0:05
		metal_stress05	0:04
		metal_stress06	0:07
		night_crickets_wind01	0:53
		pagan_magical01	0:08
		people_baby_cry1	0:30
		people_baby_cry2	0:22
		people_crowd_passing01	0:16
		people_distant_cough01	0:05
		people_distant_voices_crickets_loop	0:58
		people_distant_voices01	0:24
		people_distant_voices02	0:09
		people_distant_voices03_drunk	0:14
		people_distant_voices04_loop	0:43
		people_girl_scream01	0:01
		people_man_yell01	0:04
		people_man_yell02	0:07
		people_man_yell03	0:05
		power_high01_loop	0:03
		power_high02_loop	0:02
		power_high03_loop	0:17
		power_low01_loop	0:07
		rockslide_large01	0:07
		rockslide_medium01	0:02
		rockslide_small01	0:01
		rockslide_small02	0:01
		rockslide_small03	0:01
		rockslide_small04	0:01
		steam01_loop	0:07
		steam02_loop	0:07
		steel_swing_01	0:01
		steelswing_01	0:01
		thunder_close01	0:35
		thunder_close02	0:15
		thunder_close03	0:09
		thunder_close04	0:09
		thunder_distant01	0:15
		thunder_distant02	0:10
		thunder_distant03	0:11
		thunder_distant04	0:11
		vent02_loop	0:05
		water_ambient	0:16
		water_docks01_loop	0:10
		water_docks02_loop	0:05
		water_docks03_loop	0:27
		water_drips01	0:17
		water_drips02	0:23
		water_drips04_loop	0:18
		water_fall01_loop	0:13
		water_medium_running_echo_loop	0:37
		water_medium_running_echo_loop_01	0:37
		water_ocean01_loop	0:13
		water_ocean02_loop	0:08
		water_ocean03_loop	0:08
		water_ocean04_distant	1:34
		water_ocean05_loop	0:17
		water_pool01	0:08
		water_pool02	0:07
		water_stream01_loop	0:08
		waterfall_1	0:17
		weather_rain01_loop	0:02
		weather_rain02_loop	0:12
		weather_rain03_loop	0:08
		weather_rain04_loop	0:12
		weather_rain05_loop	0:37
		weather_thunder01	0:10
		weather_thunder02	0:21
		weather_thunder03	0:17
		weather_thunder04	0:13
		weather_thunder05	1:07
		weather_thunder06	0:23
		weather_thunder07	0:21
		weather_thunder08	0:55
		weather_thunder09	0:47
		weather_wind01	0:13
		weather_wind02	0:13
		weather_wind03_loop	0:29
		weather_wind04_loop	0:29
		weather_wind05_loop	0:26
		weather_wind06a_loop	0:27
		weather_wind06b_loop	0:22
		weather_wind07a	0:14
		weather_wind07b	0:23
		weather_wind08	0:11
		weather_wind09	0:19
		wood_creaking01	0:01
		wood_creaking02	0:01
		wood_creaking03	0:03
		wood_creaking04	0:02
		wood_creaking05	0:02
		wood_creaking06	0:01
environmental/wind_chime		wood_chime_loop	0:43

"tdm_sound_ambient02" folder/.pk4

The main folder and .pk4 file for most of the ambients commonly used in The Dark Mod. The overviews listed below are arranged according to the folder's main subfolders, each representing a different broad type of entities. The order is alphabetical, as in DarkRadiant's entity browser.

"TBA" denotes that some item or items have not yet been added to this database, but their documentation is in development.

"sound/ambient" subfolder

Subfolder(s)	Ambient sample	Ambient file name (.ogg)	Duration	Notes
ambience		alien_birds_loop	0:53
		alien01_loop	1:20
		alien02	1:04
		alien03_loop	1:38
		alien04_loop	0:15
		alien05	0:34
		alien06	0:34
		basement01_loop	1:00
		church_defiled	1:14
		church_kyrie01	1:04
		church_kyrie02	1:02
		church01a	1:46
		church01b	0:53
		city_night01_loop	0:15
		city_night02_loop	0:30
		city_night03_loop	0:26
		city_night04_loop	0:30
		city_night05_loop	0:45
		city_silentnight	1:11
		city_sleeping_loop	0:30
		city_streets01_loop	2:08
		city_streets02_loop	2:08
		darkmod_teaser	1:59
		darknessfalls	5:00
		desolation_loop	1:00
		deviginti01_loop	1:07
		deviginti02	3:40
		eerie01_loop	0:08
		eerie02_loop	0:17
		eerie03_loop	0:17
		eerie04_loop	0:17
		eerie05_loop	0:06
		ethereal_short01	0:18
		ethereal_short02	0:08
		ethereal01_loop	0:17
		ethereal02_loop	0:12
		factory_clockwork_loop	0:15
		factory_distant	0:54
		factory01	1:56
		factory01_loop	1:56
		forest_darkwood	1:18
		forest_darkwood_loop	2:19
		forest_children	1:00
		forest_outside_loop	1:48
		forest01a	1:23
		forest01b	1:23
		gatehouse_loop_1	0:17
		gatehouse_loop_2	0:17
		gatehouse_loop_3	0:17
		gregorian01a	1:13
		gregorian01b	1:17
		gregorian01c	1:29
		gregorian02a	0:17
		gregorian02b	0:20
		gregorian02c	0:16
		gregorian03	0:32
		gregorian03_loop	0:32
		gregorian04_loop	0:25
		haunted_cemetary	1:40
		haunted_cemetery	1:40
		haunted_eerie_loop	0:15
		haunted_revenants	1:11
		haunted_revenantsb	1:07
		haunted_something_is_wrong_here	1:31
		haunted_spectral_loop	1:18
		haunted_voices01a	2:12
		haunted_voices01b_loop	2:08
		haunted_voices02_loop	0:26
		haunted_voices03	0:18
		haunted_voices04_loop	0:34
		hit_high01	0:02
		hit_high02	0:07
		hit_high03	0:05
		hit_low01	0:06
		hit_low02	0:09
		hit_low03	0:07
		hit_low04	0:08
		hit_low05	0:08
		hit_low06	0:09
		hum_intense01_loop	0:26
		hum_intense02_loop	0:15
		hum_intense03_loop	0:54
		hum_intense04_loop	0:37
		hum_intense05_loop	0:08
		hum_medium01_loop	0:06
		hum_medium02_loop	0:30
		hum_medium03_loop	0:20
		hum_medium04_loop	0:02
		hum_subtle01_loop	0:11
		hum_subtle02_loop	1:03
		hum_subtle03_loop	0:19
		hum_subtle04_loop	0:17
		hum_subtle05_loop	0:03
		hum_subtle06_loop	0:10
		mansion_outside	2:45
		mansion_piano01	1:31
		mansion_piano01_scratched	1:31
		mansion_piano02a	3:21
		mansion_piano02b	2:59
		mansion_tense01a	1:53
		mansion_tense01b	3:44
		mansion_tense02	1:10
		mansion_tense02a	1:09
		musicbox01a	2:13
		musicbox01b	1:34
		nocturne01a_loop	0:53
		nocturne01b	1:01
		shadow_loop	0:30
		silence	0:01
		solitary_theme01	2:10
		solitary_theme02	2:20
		solitude_loop	1:08
		ss_amb_drone3a_loop	0:25
		ss_amb_drone3a_start	0:11
		ss_catacombs01	2:33
		ss_catacombs02	2:33
		ss_city_sleeps01	5:25
		ss_city_sleeps02	5:25
		ss_derelict01	1:22
		ss_derelict02	1:22
		ss_derelict03	1:49
		ss_derelict04	3:39
		ss_haunting01	2:10
		ss_phantoms	2:44
		ss_plagueward01	3:39
		ss_plagueward02	3:53
		ss_plagueward03	2:44
		texture3_loop	0:57
		texture3_start	0:09
		ticktack_loop	0:27
		trippystring01	0:13
		trippystring02	0:48
		twinkles1	0:29
		twins01_loop	0:32
		twins02_loop	0:32
		twins03_full	2:42
		underground_buried_loop	0:24
		underground_caves01a	0:48
		underground_caves01b	0:48
		underground_caves01b_0.00_0.11.99	0:11
		underground_caves01b_0.11.99_0.33.59	0:21
		underground_caves02a	1:06
		underground_caves02b	1:06
		underground_caves03_loop	1:54
		underground_crypts_loop	0:38
		underground_darkness_loop	1:58
		underground_forelone_loop	0:30
		underground_horns01a_loop	0:28
		underground_horns01b_loop	0:32
		underground_labyrinth01a	2:39
		underground_labyrinth01b	2:39
		underground_tunnel_loop	0:14
		underwater	0:06
		untitled_loop	0:11
burning		loop_flames_03	0:04
		loop_flames_04	0:04
N/A		loop_rumble_01	0:06

"tdm_sound_ambient03" folder/.pk4

TBA

"sound/ambient" subfolder

Subfolder(s)	Ambient sample	Ambient file name (.ogg)	Ambient description	Notes
ambience		dd_amb_drone_1	0:40
		dd_amb_drone_2	0:22
		dd_amb_drone_2_loop	0:10
		dd_amb_drone_2_start	0:08
		dd_amb_drone_3a	0:43
		dd_amb_drone_3b	0:45
		dd_amb_drone_5a	0:23
		dd_amb_drone_5b	0:11
		dd_amb_hit_1a	0:31
		dd_amb_hit_2b	0:15
		dd_amb_hit_3a	0:11
		dd_amb_hit_3b	0:19
		dd_amb_hum_1	0:09
		dd_amb_hum_1b	0:12
		dd_amb_hum_2	0:10
		dd_amb_hum_3	0:10
		dd_amb_hum_4	0:43
		dd_amb_hum_5lng	1:05
		dd_amb_hum_5lng_b	1:10
		dd_amb_hum_6lng	0:54
		dd_amb_hum_6lng_b	1:13
		dd_amb_hum_7lng	0:43
		dd_amb_hum_7lng_b	0:54
		dd_amb_hum_8	1:48

See also

Other databases

• Model Database - in development
• Entity Database - in development
• Texture Database - in development
• Prefab Database - started earlier, in development

Mapping addons

• Sound addons repository - Repository of sound and ambient assets provided by TDM contributors. Purely addons, i.e. only sound and ambient assets other than those in the base game, listed in this Ambient Database. A useful repository for mappers looking for custom sound and ambient content for their missions.

Ambient sound tutorials and topiocs

• Ambient Sounds - custom ambients
• Ambient Sounds, a zone approach
• Ambient Sounds - Zone (using triggers)
• Sound Propagation, Part 1
• Sound Propagation, Part 2
• Sound software, tools, etc.