Audio - Revision history

Nxrcss at 20:53, 4 January 2026

2026-01-04T20:53:52Z

Nxrcss: /* Music tracks */

2026-01-04T20:47:49Z

Music tracks

Ziusudra: /* Music tracks */ changed to headings for sub-sections

2026-01-04T19:51:32Z

Music tracks: changed to headings for sub-sections

108.85.197.99: disambig to Noise, link to soundtrack

2026-01-01T22:45:38Z

disambig to Noise, link to soundtrack

Zippy at 18:37, 21 April 2025

2025-04-21T18:37:47Z

Zippy: Added image; moved template.

2025-04-21T18:36:26Z

Added image; moved template.

DPhKraken: /* Music tracks */ Cleaned up accidental extra column

2025-01-08T20:28:23Z

Music tracks: Cleaned up accidental extra column

DPhKraken: /* Music tracks */ Beta 28

2025-01-08T20:26:54Z

Music tracks: Beta 28

Urist Mchateselves at 15:49, 27 September 2024

2024-09-27T15:49:44Z

DPhKraken: /* See Also */ Added Putnam's example mod

2024-05-17T19:24:54Z

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 * [[Audio#Identifiers|music file(s)]]
-| Plays only a part of the instruments chosen randomly. You can find the parts in the subfolders of the tracks in your ...\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\sound\tracks folder. Before the song proper starts, the game will play a few of these in random order. See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswxVrgBlJ0&t=204s Stem Jukebox].
+| Mostly unexplored, listed as a "shuffled deck of short bits." Appears to be played only if no song is currently playing? Before the song proper starts, the game will play a few of these in random order. You can find the parts in the subfolders in ...\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\sound\tracks folder.
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 * [[Audio#Identifiers|music file(s)]]
-| Mostly unexplored, listed as a "shuffled deck of short bits." Appears to be played only if no song is currently playing? Before the song proper starts, the game will play a few of these in random order.
+| Plays only a part of the instruments chosen randomly. You can find the parts in the subfolders of the tracks in your ...\common\Dwarf Fortress\data\sound\tracks folder. Before the song proper starts, the game will play a few of these in random order. See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswxVrgBlJ0&t=204s Stem Jukebox].
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-; Contexts
+===Contexts===
 {| {{prettytable}}
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-; Events
+===Events===
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 [[File:audio_preview.png|right]]
-''Dwarf Fortress'' contains music tracks which play at various points in game, including the main menu theme. Some types of '''audio''' seem to be triggered by events, while others play randomly while certain criteria are met. These seem to include some [[weather]] sounds, wild ambience, building sounds, river etc.
+:''For "sounds" that disturb Dwarves while they sleep, see [[Noise]].
 According to [[Toady One|Tarn]], there are different settings for every track. One depends on the caverns being opened, one plays only after the second year, one is a first year track.  Strike the Earth plays when you first embark, and then gets mixed in with the others afterward.  And so forth; there's a raw format for this so you can change it if you like.[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8403423#msg8403423]

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 [[File:audio_preview.png|right]]
-''Dwarf Fortress'' contains music tracks which play at various points in game, including the main menu theme. Some types of audio seem to be triggered by events, while others play randomly while certain criteria are met. These seem to include some [[weather]] sounds, wild ambience, building sounds, river etc.
+''Dwarf Fortress'' contains music tracks which play at various points in game, including the main menu theme. Some types of '''audio''' seem to be triggered by events, while others play randomly while certain criteria are met. These seem to include some [[weather]] sounds, wild ambience, building sounds, river etc.
 According to [[Toady One|Tarn]], there are different settings for every track. One depends on the caverns being opened, one plays only after the second year, one is a first year track.  Strike the Earth plays when you first embark, and then gets mixed in with the others afterward.  And so forth; there's a raw format for this so you can change it if you like.[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8403423#msg8403423]

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-{{Modding}}
+[[File:audio_preview.png|right]]
 ''Dwarf Fortress'' contains music tracks which play at various points in game, including the main menu theme. Some types of audio seem to be triggered by events, while others play randomly while certain criteria are met. These seem to include some [[weather]] sounds, wild ambience, building sounds, river etc.
 According to [[Toady One|Tarn]], there are different settings for every track. One depends on the caverns being opened, one plays only after the second year, one is a first year track.  Strike the Earth plays when you first embark, and then gets mixed in with the others afterward.  And so forth; there's a raw format for this so you can change it if you like.[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8403423#msg8403423]
 Game Audio settings can be adjusted in the [[Settings#Audio|settings]] menu.
 == Modding==
-== Modding==
+<div id="test1" style="margin-bottom:-20px;">{{main|modding}}</div>{{Modding}}
 All sound and [[Soundtrack|music]] files used by ''Dwarf Fortress'' are stored in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg .ogg] format within the <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]/data/sound/</code> subfolders. You can replace the existing ogg files with different ones. That has to be performed manually and isn't actually supported by the game. You can also change some of the definitions of when certain musical cues are played, using available music tokens and sound tokens in the [[raw file]]s found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_music\</code>. You can add new music and sounds with raws in the sound folder{{version|0.50.09}}, formatted like so:
 ==Identifiers==
 To allow the game to read audio files consistently, they must be given an identifier. Identifiers can be any arbitrary string, just like any other raw object.

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 | {{text anchor|LOST_FORT}}
 | Ending a game: a fortress has just been [[Reclaim fortress mode|abandoned or retired]] or your [[adventurer]] has died.
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 | {{text anchor|FORT_LEVEL}}{{v|51.01-beta28}}
 | May relate to reaching higher ranks of [[Fortress#Nomenclature]].{{verify}}
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 | {{text anchor|FIRST_GHOST}}{{v|51.01-beta28}}

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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJyMhgadpcQ ambiences and music snippets]
 * [[Soundsense]]
 [[Category:game]]