Tanks Truck Reverse
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A tiny, single-purpose World of Warcraft addon: it plays a **truck-reversing beep** when a **tank backpedals in combat**. That's it — no options window, no frills.
Tank Truck Reverse
A tiny, single-purpose World of Warcraft addon: it plays a truck-reversing beep when a tank backpedals in combat. That's it — no options window, no frills.
How it works
- It hooks the game's own movement functions (
MoveBackwardStart/MoveBackwardStop) viahooksecurefunc, so it knows exactly when the backward-movement key is pressed — no guesswork, no position math. - The beep only plays when all of these are true: addon enabled, you're backpedaling, you're in combat, and you're in a tank specialization. It repeats every ~0.7 s while you hold backward.
- Because it observes the movement function (not the keyboard or your position), it works in combat and inside dungeons/raids — and strafing or running forward never trigger it.
Media credits & licenses
Sounds bundled in Media/. Where a license requires attribution, the credit below satisfies it and must ship with the addon.
| File | Sound | Source | Author | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
backup_beep.ogg |
Truck backup beep (default) | Synthesized for this addon (tools/gen-sounds.sh) |
TankTruckReverse | CC0 / public domain |
duck_quack.ogg |
Duck quack | Wikimedia Commons (trimmed to a quack cluster) | Ganesh Mohan T | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
horn.ogg |
Car horn | Wikimedia Commons / Freesound #461679 (trimmed to one honk) | 15HPanska_Ruttner_Jan | CC0 |
retro_blip.ogg |
8-bit blip | "50 CC0 Sci-Fi SFX" pack (retro_beep_01) |
rubberduck / Kronbits | CC0 |
sonar_ping.ogg |
Sonar ping | Synthesized for this addon (tools/gen-sounds.sh) |
TankTruckReverse | CC0 / public domain |
The Tanks Truck Reverse Team
