This addon will mute the annoying sounds of WoW. This addon is not a standard addon, please see installation instructions below.
Patch 8.2
Patch 8.2 has broken all sound replacement addons. There is nothing I can do about this! Blizzard has to be the one to fix it.
See the thread here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/ui-changes-in-rise-of-azshara/202487/22
My ears are bleeding too! :(
Patch 8.1
Patch 8.1 changed the folder structure in preparation for the different Classic and Retail clients.
For this to work post 8.1, simply move the "Sound" folder located in the World of Warcraft folder into the "_retail_" folder.
Please read before updating.
When updating please delete the old version before installing the new one. That means you must completely delete the entire sound folder located in your world of warcraft folder first, then extract the new version.
Is this addon allowed? Can I get banned for using this?!.
As this AddOn does not modify any of Blizzards files, it's perfectly safe to use. If you're after blue confirmation, please read this thread on the battle.net forums.
TL;DR. Yes it's fine and no, you wont be banned.
Requests:.
Initially I used to take requests but due to the increased number of requests, the difficulty of finding certain sound names and the fact I have far less free time these days I can't keep that up anymore. Sorry ! :(
You're welcome to post in the comments, other users may be able to help you find them.
Basic List: Please note this isn't a complete list, it's a small sample to give an idea of whats been muted.
- Players: All race combat grunts as well as emote sounds like train and worgen sniffs. All footsteps.
- Classes: Select sounds like Path of Frost, Fan of Knives, mage armors & portals, hunter pet calls, shaman shields and spell cast fizzles.
- Mechanical Mounts: Choppers, Flying Machines, Goblin Trikes, Mechastriders and Rockets.
- Biological Mounts: Summon roars, mount special, idle and footstep sounds for most mounts. Dismount sound also included.
- Battle Pets: Idle sounds like Lil'XT, Lil'Ragnaros, Singing Sunflower and Thor.
- Hunter/Mage/Warlock Pets: Creature combat sounds, footsteps, flying and idle sounds. Mage elemental loops also included.
- Voice Acting: World bosses, Rhonin & Kalecgos city speech and Headless Horseman speech.
- Toys: Piccolo of the Flaming Fire, Train Sets and Brewfest Mole Machine.
- Daily Hubs: Isle of Thunder, Isle of Quel'Danas and Tol'Barad.
- Misc: City clock sounds, ethereal vendor hubs, waterfalls, rivers, beaches, fires and fireworks.
- Battlegrounds: Victory/Defeat, Alert and Herald sounds.
- Instances: Select boss speech and combat sounds, loops sounds like the beating heart from SoO. All instance portals.
- Creatures: Kovok, Elemental loops and deaths.
- Tradeskills: Alchemy, Leatherworking, Engineering, Blacksmithing, Tailoring and Jewelcrafting sounds.
Installation:
Extract the "Sound" folder to your World of Warcraft > _retail_ folder.
To uninstall simply delete the Sound folder.
To unmute specific sounds delete the corresponding sound file. I know a lot of the sound files arent named anything helpful in finding out what they're actually used for, this is unfortunately Blizzards doing and out of my control. Sorry!
I have a request, ever since I got the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent It's been annoying me. I hate to use it because of the sound it makes. Please include to mute this in this Addon. Also the Demon Hunter shouts when you use Felrush :33333
I started a thread on the Blizzard forums for folks to contribute to providing the data necessary to recreate this addon using the new MuteSoundFile addon: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/mutesoundfile-post-sound-ids-here/215444
In reply to aelorean:
Problem with any "standard" addon to mimic this functionality is it adds significant overhead as you have to hook the PlaySound API to check if it matches an ID you've muted then react accordingly. Every single time a sound is played it must do this check, every grunt your character makes, every step, every weapon swing, every spell, everytime something talks, every environmental sound (waterfalls, doors etc), every mount sound, then it must do this for every sound that every other character around you is making as well. If you've muted a small number of sounds it's not an issue but the more you mute, the worse game performance is going to be affected.
The magic of sound replacements is it doesn't add any additional overhead except for slightly longer load when the client launches, which was so little you probably didn't even know it was being affected.
Blizzard has accidentally (somehow?) disabled sound replacement addons in the past and have had to re-enable it. From my understanding of how the WoW client works it's not really that difficult for blizzard to do unless they've changed something major in 8.2 but it's not something that can be done in a hotfix, it would need a client-side patch.
I'd hold off on sinking too much time into porting to use API mutes until we're sure Blizzard has disabled replacements for good.
We don't know how much overhead this adds. They did tell us this change was made to optimize the game (and/or combat datamining), it would be surprising if they added an API to undo that
In reply to Ketho17:
Any optimization was unlikely related to muting sounds, the ability to mute sounds with the new API is just a side and not its intended design function. The old sound replacement method had no extra overhead once the game had been launched so there was nothing to optimize in that regard.
I don't know if this addon will be updated, but I've created a new one to allow you to mute sound files: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/mutesoundfile
In reply to funkehdude:
There is nothing to update. Blizzard has broken sound replacement type addons. If they re-enable it, this addon will once again work without any updates.
8.2 you can no longer modify sound files. So lame.
My ears got assaulted so hard today at 8.2 launch.
I write a couple custom audio addons myself, I really hope this is fixed.
If not, it concerns me as to the direction this game is headed.
8.2 seems to be breaking these kinds of addons :(
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/ui-changes-in-rise-of-azshara/202487/2
Just copied my sounds folder over to the PTR directory to test it myself and indeed my sound overrides no longer work :(
Boomkin noises are not being masked as of 8.1.5 -- I have ImprovedMoonkinForm.ogg and both OwlkinFrenzy.ogg and OwlkinFrenzy.wav in _retail_ > Sound > Spells, but they don't seem to be having any effect.
hi, does this work with macs? I have tried and am sure I did it correctly but it did not work. thanks in advance
In reply to damnka:
As long as you put it in the correct folder (World of Warcraaft > _retail_ > Sound) along with the specific sub-folders for each sound category, it should work. Some specific files may not, though, if the game file's names have been changed.
Hey guys on Zandalari Paladin as well as Dwarf/Dark Iron, when you use Divine Steed it makes a Horn sound that sounds just like the Ironforge hourly chime. Does anyone know how to get rid of this sound?
If you dont like the "roar" that happens while casting the dire wolf hawk:
1. Find which directory the specific sound is in. For night elves its programfiles(x86) / worldofwarcraft / _retail_ / Sound / Character / pcdhnightelfmale /
2. KEEP files: vo_dhnightelfmale_charge_01"-10 and DELETE the rest of the files and folders.
The mod works in reverse by keeping the sound files you want to delete.
Anyone know the sounds for Cousin Slowhands from the Grand Expedition Yak. That repair vendor is truly annoying for me. Thanks in advance
With the new change to the Roiling Storm trait, it would be great to mute the Stormbringer proc sound, but there are so many lightning sounds listed I can't find the right one. Anyone have the file name?
Can you please add Water Elemental sounds from Glyph of Storm's Wake ?
Most of the frost mages complained that this good looking glyph isnt worth getting because of the annoying sound.
I'm sure this addon will get some hits if you can do that
To mute the wing flapping sound for the Arcanist's Manasaber, the files are Sound/Creature/Phoenix/PhoenixWingFlap1.ogg through PhoenixWingFlap4.ogg
To mute the wing flapping sound for the Arcanist's Manasaber, the files are Sound/Creature/Phoenix/PhoenixWingFlap1.ogg through PhoenixWingFlap4.ogg