Call for sounds

[darkgod]

Hello

The end of betas is drawing near, and there is one last sore area to settle: sound effects.
The current ones are kinda ripped from WoW & Diablo2, which is obviously ungood.

So anybody here has got a knack for sound effects ?

Basically take all the files in game/modules/tome/data/sounds and recreate them

[darkgod]

Come on, nobody's up to the task ?

[Repton]

There's a few public domain collections around that might be worth a look.. e.g. http://www.freesound.org/index.php. Or perhaps Wikimedia Commons (what is the license there?).

I don't have time to look right now, though..

[kingvictory2003]

I have no skills in that domain, but Repton brings up an excellent point that I'll try to research myself a bit. There are public domains out there that have some pretty nifty sound bytes. I'll look up a game I periodically enjoy-All Hollow's Eve-and I think they have a link to the free domain where they got sounds.

[kingvictory2003]

Okay just found them. flashkit.com and geekswithguns.com or org. Maybe the gun sounds won't really help but the other one could be promising.

[kingvictory2003]

Here's a better site:

http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

[Encyclopath]

Years ago I ripped sounds from Ultima Online to use with AngbandTk; I've still got the .wav file somewhere. I hear those same sound effects used in tons of games and movies and TV shows, does that mean they're safe to use by any chance?

[Vee]

Years ago I ripped sounds from Ultima Online

(Emphasis by me)

I'm no expert on licensing but I doubt you can use them freely.
What I do know however is that the guys from UO licensed at least some parts of the software (server?) only in the US of A which meant you could host your own server in Europe without legal issues. It might be similar with the sounds, that you can use them outside the Americas...