# Recorded sound pilot

Downloaded 2026-09-18 from Pixabay. Free use and adaptation under the
[Pixabay Content License](https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/),
[full terms](https://pixabay.com/service/terms/).
These recordings are edited and integrated into Wild West, not distributed as a standalone sound library.
The upstream recordings stay outside the deployed public directory.

| In-game files | Recording | Creator shown on source page |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sfx/revolver.mp3 | [Single Pistol Gunshot 3.3](https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-single-pistol-gunshot-33-37187/) | morganpurkis (Freesound), via freesound_community |
| sfx/reload-*.mp3 | [Clean Revolver Reload](https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-clean-revolver-reload-6889/) | Dredile (Freesound), via freesound_community |
| sfx/step-*.mp3 | [Footsteps Dirt Gravel](https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-footsteps-dirt-gravel-6823/) | revolt2563 (Freesound), via freesound_community |
| sfx/hoof-*.mp3 | [Horse Walking](https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/nature-horse-walking-123782/) | Universfield |

Processing: onset trim, mono conversion, peak balancing, high-pass filtering,
short fades and MP3 encoding. Reload split into four mechanical events.
Runtime: variant selection, slight pitch variation, camera-relative stereo,
distance attenuation/filtering and contacts derived from the imported animations.

background.mp3 was supplied by the game owner and is unrelated to the above library assets.

## Weapon group 1 — 2026-09-19

All cuts: onset trimming, mono conversion, peak balancing, high-pass at 65 Hz,
short fades, 96 kbit/s MP3. Runtime sequences are new arrangements. These are
licensed recorded/designed assets, not claimed to all be unprocessed field recordings.
No paid assets were used. Processing recipes: tools/prepare-weapon-sfx.py.

| In-game files | Author / source | License |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sfx/sniper-shot.mp3 (shotgun firing) | Michel Baradari, apollo-music.de — [Chaingun, pistol, rifle, shotgun shots](https://opengameart.org/content/chaingun-pistol-rifle-shotgun-shots) | [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) |
| sfx/shotgun-shot.mp3 (sniper firing), sfx/revolver-empty.mp3, sfx/weapon-handle.mp3 | Mike Koenig / SoundBible — [Shotgun Shoot + Reload](https://opengameart.org/content/shotgun-shoot-reload) | [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) |
| [rifle-open](sfx/rifle-open.mp3), [rifle-close](sfx/rifle-close.mp3), [rifle-insert](sfx/rifle-insert.mp3), [rifle-eject](sfx/rifle-eject.mp3), [rifle-empty](sfx/rifle-empty.mp3), [shotgun-empty](sfx/shotgun-empty.mp3), [shotgun-eject](sfx/shotgun-eject.mp3) | Gary, http://fossilrecords.net/ — [Handling Guns](https://opengameart.org/content/handling-guns), hosted by OpenGameArt | These adapted files remain licensed [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). |
| sfx/shotgun-insert.mp3 | zer0_sol — [Shotgun Reload Sound effects](https://opengameart.org/content/shotgun-reload-sound-effects) | [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) |
| sfx/shotgun-open.mp3 | pauliuw — [Gun reload, lock or click sound](https://opengameart.org/content/gun-reload-lock-or-click-sound) | [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) |
| sfx/shotgun-close.mp3 | Dredile — Clean Revolver Reload, linked above. Re-edited latch closing sound. | Pixabay Content License |

Shotgun is a break-action sound design: latch click, ejection, shell insertion,
closing latch. No pump cycle is played after shooting. Rifle uses the documented
30-06 bolt and loading takes. NPC AI has no magazine-reload state; NPC rifle bolt
cycles follow successful shots and are cancelled on actor death. Player reloads
use the game's existing two-second interval. No hand/bone animations were added.

2026-09-19 revision: removed revolver-2 from the game. Shotgun and sniper firing recordings exchanged at runtime; historical filenames retained. Reloads and mechanical sounds remain assigned to their original weapon types.