Hunter Weapon Sounds

Hunter Weapon Sounds

The game’s own weapon sounds are muted so you only hear the addon’s sounds, and that also quiets other players’ weapons.

Features:

• Gun, Bow and Crossbow each have their own 3 shoot sounds and 3 reload sounds.
• Random variation: one of the 3 sounds is picked each shot and never repeats back to back. The reload sound plays a moment after the shot.
• Stock sounds muted: the game’s own gun, bow and crossbow sounds are muted so you only hear the new ones. You can switch this off.
• In-game menu: change any sound slot, set the reload timing per weapon, preview sounds, and reset a weapon to its defaults.
• Your own sounds: add .ogg or .mp3 files, a game sound ID, or a file path.
• Transmog support: the sounds match how your weapon looks, so a bow transmogged to look like a gun plays gun sounds.
• Manual override: force Gun, Bow or Crossbow sounds if detection is ever wrong.
• Minimap button: open the menu or turn the addon on or off from the minimap. You can hide the button in the menu.

Opening the menu:

• Type /hws to open the menu.
• Go to Options → AddOns → Hunter Weapon Sounds
• Click the minimap button (left-click opens the menu, right-click turns the addon on or off, drag to move it

Using the menu:

• Enabled: turns the addon on or off. Off restores the game’s own sounds.
• Mute the game’s own sounds: stops the stock gun, bow and crossbow sounds from playing alongside yours.
• Follow transmog: uses the sounds of what the weapon looks like instead of the real item.
• Show minimap button: shows or hides the button.
• Channel: the sound channel (SFX, Master, Ambience or Dialog). SFX follows your Sound Effects volume.
• Weapon type: Auto detects your weapon. Click to force Gun, Bow or Crossbow.
• Gun / Bow / Crossbow tabs: choose which weapon’s sounds you are editing.
• Shoot and reload slots: each of the 3 slots can be changed with the List button or by typing a name and pressing Enter. Play previews it, and an empty slot is silent.
• Reload plays … seconds after the shot: sets how long after the shot the reload sound plays.
• Test shoot + reload: plays the full pair for the selected weapon.
• Reset to defaults: restores that weapon’s original sounds.

Adding your own sounds:

1. Copy your .ogg or .mp3 file into HunterWeaponSounds\CustomSounds\.
2. Restart the game fully. WoW only sees new files when it starts, so /reload is not enough.
3. In the menu, type the file name under Add a custom sound and press Add.
4. Pick it for any slot with the List button. Custom sounds can be removed from the list with the red X.

You can also type a game sound ID (a number) or a full file path instead of a file name.

Using the menu: