Outsource weird sounds.

git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@5386 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573

4 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/miscname.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/miscname.txt
index 0f32fed00f..4b6e152662 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/miscname.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/miscname.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 #
 # This file contains a list of names for miscellaneous things.
 # This is currently only used for colours, writing types,
-# roaring animals, and smells.
+# roaring animals, smells, and sounds.
 ######################################################
 %%%%
 glowing_adj
-# any word other than "glowing" itself will work here
+# Any word other than "glowing" itself will work here.
 bright
 
 brilliant
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ writing_name
 
 %%%%
 roaring_animal_name
-
+# This doesn't necessarily have to make sense.  For example, a name of a
+# fruit or an insect will work here.
 albino dragon
 
 dragon
@@ -196,3 +197,24 @@ sulphur
 wet wool
 
 %%%%
+sound_name
+
+a crunching sound
+
+a very strange noise
+
+a very strange noise indeed
+
+a voice calling someone else's name
+
+roaring flame
+
+snatches of song
+
+the bellowing of a yak
+
+the chiming of a distant gong
+
+the tinkle of an enormous bell
+
+%%%%
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/effects.cc b/crawl-ref/source/effects.cc
index bbaa21426a..7c0ebe9868 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/effects.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/effects.cc
@@ -787,17 +787,7 @@ void random_uselessness(unsigned char ru, unsigned char sc_read_2)
         break;
 
     case 8:
-        temp_rand = random2(9);
-        mprf("You hear %s.",
-             (temp_rand == 0) ? "snatches of song"                 :
-             (temp_rand == 1) ? "a voice call someone else's name" :
-             (temp_rand == 2) ? "a very strange noise"             :
-             (temp_rand == 3) ? "roaring flame"                    :
-             (temp_rand == 4) ? "a very strange noise indeed"      :
-             (temp_rand == 5) ? "the chiming of a distant gong"    :
-             (temp_rand == 6) ? "the bellowing of a yak"           :
-             (temp_rand == 7) ? "a crunching sound"
-                              : "the tinkle of an enormous bell");
+        mprf("You hear %s.", weird_sound().c_str());
         break;
     }
 }
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc b/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
index b80e276fc6..4a9ef1d06f 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/misc.cc
@@ -2424,6 +2424,11 @@ std::string weird_smell()
     return getMiscString("smell_name");
 }
 
+std::string weird_sound()
+{
+    return getMiscString("sound_name");
+}
+
 bool scramble(void)
 {
     // Statues are too stiff and heavy to scramble out of the water.
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/misc.h b/crawl-ref/source/misc.h
index 35446bd0fd..3c9a88a23a 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/misc.h
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/misc.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ std::string weird_roaring_animal();
 
 std::string weird_smell();
 
+std::string weird_sound();
+
 std::string cloud_name(cloud_type type);
 
 bool is_damaging_cloud(cloud_type type, bool temp = false);