The Loudening - A Complete Player Gun Sound Replacement

The Loudening - A Complete Player Gun Sound Replacement (Beta)

TL;DR: This mod overhauls over 330 player gunshot sounds with 6 new, high-quality sounds per gun, covering all handheld firearms, including those from Phantom Liberty. This also features new sounds for looping (fully automatic) weapons, which, to my knowledge, has not been done previously, due to limitations with the RedMod. Additionally, the mod includes 5 unique, environment-specific reverb "tail" sounds for all 56 firearms. Due to modding limitations, NPC gun sounds remain unchanged.

What is this mod?

I created this mod to address a significant issue with the gun sounds in Cyberpunk: they simply aren’t loud enough, and the sound mixing isn’t great. You might not notice that CD Projekt Red did an impressive job creating varied sounds that reflect the environment in which you're firing. Additionally, some default gun sounds are low-quality or don’t suit the firearm. I increased the volume across the board, and used sounds with intense reverb and extensive “tails” (the environmental reverb that follows a gunshot), making the guns sound far more powerful.

There are different gunshot “tail” sounds for multiple environments. My mod replaces the initial sounds for all player firearms, along with 5 additional environment-specific tail sounds per gun. I used high-quality, realistic sources for each sound, customizing and mixing each to match its specific firearm. I spent countless hours fine-tuning the gun sounds for each weapon, making extensive adjustments to their layering, sequence, and EQ.

What does this mod do?

• []All PLAYER gun firing sounds (for 56 guns in total) have been replaced, including Phantom Liberty firearms.

  []As part of the sound replacement listed above, all looping (fully automatic) firearms have new sounds. Previously, looping sounds could not be changed due to some unknown limitation of Redmod. I was able to by-pass the need for looping sounds completely by removing the looping sound and forcing the gun to use the single fire sound instead. Something that took a very long time to figure out.

  []All player gun tail sounds have been replaced. This amounts to over 270 new sounds, with 5 unique environmental tail sounds per gun.

  []Room: Short and reverb-heavy, a small room.

  []Narrow: Similar to Room, but more open, a large indoor space.

  []Streets: Loud, reverb heavy, and long.

  []Open: Less reverb, longer sounds, wide open environments.

  []Exterior Enclosed: Outdoor sounds in enclosed spaces, like an alleyway.