Soundbanks

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The Worms series of games has a notion of "soundbanks", which allows players to customize their worm teams by assigning them a set of sounds (called a "soundbank"), either from a collection included with the game, or creating a custom soundbank from player-specified sound files.

Soundbank sounds and meaning

This is a list of sound files and descriptions used in the 2nd-generation of the 2D series.

The descriptions are taken from the Soundbank Editor (specifically, the names.wdb file). Some of these sounds aren't used (see below), some are used incorrectly. Some of these descriptions are inaccurate or too unspecific.

Filename	Description from names.wdb	Notes
Boring.wav	Phrase used when worm does something boring.	Plays when an enemy worm's turn timer hits zero. Also plays for a random team when a game ends in a draw.
Bungee.wav	Used when Worm performs Bungee move.	Plays when a worm drops off a ledge and activates the Bungee.
Byebye.wav	Used when a Worm dies.	Plays during the death animation. Same as "Ohdear.wav".
Comeonthen.wav	Phrase used to tell you to hurry up!	Plays if there is no player input for a few seconds, after initial input. Same as "Hello.wav".
Dragonpunch.wav	Punch sound effect.	Plays when Fire Punch is used.
Excellent.wav	Phrase for an excellent shot.	This sound and three others have never worked as intended by Team17, and used to play in near-arbitrary circumstances. These sounds were disabled in 3.6.29.0, since fixing the bug would have changed the gameplay too much by causing the sounds to play too often, often inappropriately.
Fatality.wav	Phrase for when a worm has just died.	Plays only when an enemy worm has died by falling into the water.
Fire.wav	Worm says, "Fire!"	Plays when firing a launchable weapon. Same as "Watchthis.wav".
Fireball.wav	Fireball sound effect	Plays when Dragon Ball is used.
Firstblood.wav	Worm says, "First Blood" when killing its first victim.	Plays for the attacking team when the first damage of the match is dealt. Only plays once, for one team.
Flawless.wav	Worm says, "Flawless Victory" when winning a game without losing a worm or energy.
Grenade.wav	Worm says, "Grenade!" when a grenade lands nearby.	Similar to "runaway.wav", "Takecover.wav", and "Whatthe.wav", but only plays if the explosive is a Grenade.
Hello.wav	Worm says, "Hello"	Plays if there is no player input for a few seconds, after initial input. Same as "Comeonthen.wav".
jump1.wav	Sound for jumping in the air.	Forward jump
jump2.wav	Sound for jumping in the air (2).	Backwards jump or vertical jump
illgetyou.wav	Worm says, "I'll get you!" after being hit by another worm.	Plays after taking damage from an enemy worm's attack. Same as "Justyouwait.wav" and "youllregretthat.wav".
Justyouwait.wav	Worm threatens revenge.	Plays after taking damage from an enemy worm's attack. Same as "illgetyou.wav" and "youllregretthat.wav".
Kamikaze.wav	Worm says, "Kamikaze!"	Plays when Kamikaze or Suicide Bomber is used.
Laugh.wav	Worm laughs	Plays when animals or drop-and-run weapons are released, on the ground or from the air.
Leavemealone.wav	Worm says, "Leave me alone" when it is being picked on.	This is never used in Worms Armageddon for some reason.
Missed.wav	Worm says, "Missed!"	Plays after an enemy worm fires a weapon and fails to deal any damage to any worms.
Nooo.wav	Phrase when a worm is blasted off the screen.
Ohdear.wav	Worm says, "Oh Dear" when dying.	Plays during the death animation. Same as "Byebye.wav".
Oinutter.wav	Worms says, "Oi! Nutter" when you do something stupid like hitting your own worm.	Plays after an enemy worm uses a weapon and damages itself. Same as "Stupid.wav".
Ooff1.wav	FX when hitting ground
Ooff2.wav	FX when hitting ground.
Ooff3.wav	FX when hitting ground.
Ow1.wav	When worm is hurt.	Plays when bouncing on flames.
Ow2.wav	When worm is hurt.	Plays when bouncing on flames.
Ow3.wav	When worm is hurt.	Plays when bouncing on flames.
Perfect.wav	Worm says, "Perfect!" when making a great shot.	Not actually being played. Same as "Excellent.wav".
Revenge.wav	Worm says, "Revenge!"	Plays after your worm attacks an enemy worm that damaged them on that enemy worm's previous turn.
Stupid.wav	Worm says, "Stupid!" when you do something crazy.	Plays after an enemy worm uses a weapon and damages itself. Same as "Oinutter.wav".
Takecover.wav	Worm says, "Take cover!" when a grenade lands nearby.	Plays when an explosive with a visible countdown is sitting near your worm and one second from exploding. Same as "runaway.wav" and "Whatthe.wav".
Traitor.wav	Worm says, "Traitor!" when you shoot one of your own.	Plays after your worm makes a move that results in damage to another one of your worms, directly or indirectly. Prioritizes over most other sounds.
Watchthis.wav	Worm says, "Watch this!" as it fires.	Plays when firing a launchable weapon. Same as "Fire.wav".
Whatthe.wav	Worm says, "What the..?" as a grenade lands nearby.	Plays when an explosive with a visible countdown is sitting near your worm and one second from exploding. Same as "runaway.wav" and "Takecover.wav".
Yessir.wav	Confirmation phrase.	The beginning of a human team's turn.
youllregretthat.wav	Worm says, "You'll regret that !" when being hit.	Plays after taking damage from an enemy worm's attack. Same as "illgetyou.wav" and "Justyouwait.wav".
coward.wav	Phrase when Worm calls you a coward.	Plays after using Skip Go or when a team surrenders. This includes a player quitting or disconnecting from an online game.
amazing.wav	Phrase for an excellent shot.	Not actually being played. Same as "Excellent.wav".
brilliant.wav	Phrase when a worm does something cool.	Not actually being played. Same as "Excellent.wav".
bummer.wav	Worm does something bad.	Plays after one of your worms makes a move that results in damage to itself. Competes with enemy team's "Stupid.wav" and "Oinutter.wav".
goaway.wav	Used when another worm picks on another.	This is never used in Worms Armageddon for some reason.
incoming.wav	Phrase when a strike weapon is called.	Plays when your worm uses a strike weapon. Same as "orders.wav".
oops.wav	Shoot and miss near own worm.	Plays after one of your worms fires a weapon and fails to deal any damage.
ouch.wav	Fall and hurt yourself.	This is never used in Worms Armageddon for some reason.
runaway.wav	When an object lands nearby.	Plays when an explosive with a visible countdown is sitting near your worm and one second from exploding. Same as "Takecover.wav" and "Whatthe.wav".
victory.wav	Sample used when your team wins.	Plays when winning a game having lost at least one worm or energy (not a flawless victory).
collect.wav	Collect a weapon crate	The "crate pickup" sound is part of this clip, not a separate sound effect. If you want it to play you must include it in "collect.wav".
drop.wav	When a weapon crate drops.	Used differently between games: In W2, it's used as the description says; in WA (3.6.23+), it's used when a delayed weapon become available; in WWP, it's unused.
orders.wav	Order strike.	Plays when your worm uses a strike weapon. Same as "incoming.wav".

Sounds not present in the Soundbank Editor, but used by the game:

• Hurry.wav (Played when turn time is below 5 seconds.)

Some soundbanks include files with misspelled file names (W:A updates have added support for these misspellings):

• Oh Dear, OhDeer → OhDear
• oof1, oof2, oof3 → ooff1, ooff2, ooff3
• UhOh → Uh-Oh
• TakeOver → TakeCover (Russian soundbank, actually mis-translated as "take-over")

Unused sounds

• Hmm.wav
• Surf.wav (Is only shown in American soundbank files)
• Wobble.wav (was intended to be used when falling from a high distance, as with the first Worms generation)
• Uh-oh.wav (referenced by the game, but unused by the game engine)

See also

• Worms SoundBank Database
• Finnish soundbank creation story

External links

• Where are certain voices played? (Team17 Forum)