# The Sound of Silence

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236
**Category:** The Lab
**Created:** [January 3, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236 "2017-01-03T05:53:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Nibelung44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nibelung44/32/587_2.png) [@Nibelung44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nibelung44)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/1 "2017-01-03T05:53:25Z")

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Hi,

Has anybody managed to hear a sound when driving a vehicle? I mean how can we get a (motor) engine sound in CDDA?

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### Author: ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/2 "2017-01-03T07:42:10Z")

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Through text?

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### Author: ![Nibelung44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nibelung44/32/587_2.png) [@Nibelung44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nibelung44)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/3 "2017-01-03T09:01:00Z")

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no, having a sound file linked to the usage of a vehicle, not just ‘you hear humm’ written as text.

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### Author: ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/4 "2017-01-03T13:35:39Z")

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This sound is not supported by application currently.

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### Author: ![Nibelung44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nibelung44/32/587_2.png) [@Nibelung44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nibelung44)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/5 "2017-01-07T10:38:48Z")

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where do one can see the list of sounds supported by the game?

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### Author: ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-sound-of-silence/13236/6 "2017-01-07T11:30:14Z")

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> [@Nibelung44](#):
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> where do one can see the list of sounds supported by the game?

Search for calls of play\_variant\_sound and play\_ambient\_variant\_sound methods in the source code:

[https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/search?q=play\_variant\_sound&type=Code](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/search?q=play_variant_sound&type=Code)  
[https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/search?q=play\_ambient\_variant\_sound&type=Code](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/search?q=play_ambient_variant_sound&type=Code)
