[REL] New Sinking Sounds for SH5

[Atoka220]

Post updated: 27.05.2022.

Since the original sinking sound is so underwhelming I got myself into designing a new one. I originally made one for a loop as the game originally handles the sound.

Then I made a TWOS version as in twos, the sound is only played once instead of a loop, so it's almost twice as long and more sequential starting from creaks and groans, devolving into rumbling and the hellish screams of tortured metal ending with some deep underwater rumbles and bangs as the ship implodes, stuff gets torn apart, etc


Download here (mediafire)

The zip contains the optional choices both for loop and for twos type single-time play along with backups and a readme

Now go, sink 'em all and listen to their calls for help as the waves consume them


Credits:
Capthelm of Subsim
The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library
The Orchard Enterprises
Valve Corporation
And other freeware sources from youtube and SFX pages

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work here

[gap]

Very well done Atoka, the new ship-sinking loop sounds terrifically creepy

If you don't mind me asking, where did you take it?

[GrenSo]

Very nice

[Atoka220]

Originally Posted by gap

If you don't mind me asking, where did you take it?

Oh right, totally forgot, sorry
I'll update the post in a second

Thank you guys by the way

[gap]

Originally Posted by Atoka220

Oh right, totally forgot, sorry
I'll update the post in a second

I see. You have made an excellent job in merging multiple audio samples into one seamless loop, and I like the hydrophone version too. It sounds very plausible

Originally Posted by Atoka220

Thank you guys by the way

Thank you too

[skin-nl]

Nice work Atoka

[fitzcarraldo]

Thanks Atoka! Great job.

Fitzcarraldo

[Atoka220]

Mod updated, check first post

[GrenSo]

Originally Posted by Atoka220

Mod updated, check first post

Thanks for the update

[gap]

Originally Posted by Atoka220

Now on that note, I've made some thunder sounds too as I was fed up by the ones I had (dunno if vanilla or modded) as they were so constant and in my face

These ones are smaller in filesize and I loaded in (it was a storm) and I was shocked that up until now, I've never seen any lightnings (i use dynenv 2.9)
I mean thunder sound size affects lightnings or what the hell happened?

I don't think so. I am sure I have witnessed some thunders both in vanilla game and in game modded with DynEnv, though thunderstorms are a rather rare event. The fisrt time it happened I didn't notice the lightning, but the sound made me jump on my chair lol

Originally Posted by Atoka220

Mod updated, check first post

Thank you!

Out of curiosity, what changes over the first release?

[Atoka220]

I made a new version for TWOS as it plays the sinking sound only once instead of a loop so it's longer, has more sounds and is more sequential-like. I remade the zip so it includes the original one optimized for looping and the new 'twos' one designed to only play once

Of course it's a hit or miss as small ships can sink in mere 2 mins while bigger ones last up to an hour (or more)
At least the game mostly starts playing the sound when the plunge begins