Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun/Unused Sounds

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There are many unused sound files remaining in Tiberian Sun's resource library, with nearly half of all dialogue going unheard. They reveal vital insight into the development of the game, showing how mission objectives and plot points changed throughout Tiberian Sun's creation. A minority of sound files are unable to be heard due to poor design of a map's triggers.

To do: Lots of unused sounds for the Firestorm campaign in the EXPAND01.MIX files. Double-check SOUNDS.MIX.

Unused Dialogue

General

These lines of dialogue were intended to be used in normal gameplay but went unused completely.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	GDI	Nod
7	00-I008.AUD	GDI structure destroyed.
53	00-I106.AUD	Quaternary objective achieved.
62	00-I180.AUD	Base defenses offline.

These lines of dialogue refer to a cut mechanic where you could enter a Civilian Armory to upgrade their veteran status manually, without having to increase their kill count.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	GDI	Nod
22	00-I068.AUD	Unit armor upgraded.
23	00-I070.AUD	Unit firepower upgraded.
24	00-I080.AUD	Unit speed upgraded.

This one references the Chameleon Spy, a cut unit similar to the Spy from Red Alert 2 but with permanent invisibility and no disguise. The unit was also intended to steal building plans from an enemy tech tree, equivalent to capturing an enemy Construction Yard but on an individual basis.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	GDI	Nod
58	00-I014.AUD	Building infiltrated.

Alternate victory and loss lines were recorded for Skirmishes, but were never used.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	GDI	Nod
65	00-I252.AUD	Player [or Player 1] has resigned.
67	00-I284.AUD	You are victorious.
69	00-I288.AUD	You have resigned.

Some lines see use in one campaign, but see no use in the other.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	GDI
56	00-I208.AUD	Mutant supplies found.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Nod
57	00-I210.AUD	Commandos en route.

Taunts

At some point, your enemy’s battle computer could taunt you during combat. The fact GDI’S SPEECH01.MIX and Nod’s SPEECH02.MIX include both side’s taunts may indicate they were intended for Skirmishes against both GDI and Nod players. They may have primarily been used for Skirmishes against AI opponents, given how some of EVA’s taunts have an anti-human streak as seen in CABAL later in Firestorm.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	EVA (GDI)
79	00-I344.AUD	Inferior tactics detected.
80	00-I346.AUD	Retreat is your only logical option.
81	00-I348.AUD	Surrender is your only logical option.
82	00-I352.AUD	Your defeat is at hand.
83	00-I356.AUD	You have been marked for termination.
84	00-I360.AUD	Time to erase the human factor from the equation.
85	00-I370.AUD	Your probability of success is insignificant and dropping.
86	00-I372.AUD	Surrender is acceptable and preferable against the odds that you are facing.
87	00-I374.AUD	Data received indicates that you are a threat. Prepare for sterilization.
88	00-I376.AUD	Defeat of enemy predicted in T-minus 3… 2… 1.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	CABAL (Nod)
89	01-I342.AUD	Inferior tactics detected.
90	01-I350.AUD	Observe superior tactics while you still have human eyes.
91	01-I352.AUD	Your defeat is at hand.
92	01-I356.AUD	You have been marked for termination.
93	01-I360.AUD	Time to erase the human factor from this equation.
94	01-I362.AUD	Prepare for decimation, for you are not worthy of assimilation.
95	01-I364.AUD	You make this easy, fleshbag.
96	01-I366.AUD	We tire of your insignificant defiance.
97	01-I368.AUD	The sacrifice of the many is but pleasure for the few.
98	01-I378.AUD	Terminator protocols initiated. Proceeding with final sweep.

GDI Campaign

GDI 3A: Secure Crash Site and 4A: Defend Crash Site

Dialogue that could belong to either mission are mixed chronologically, and may indicate the two missions were meant to be one. Some aspects of gameplay differ: soldiers wait on a Mobile Construction Vehicle while preparing for an incoming ion storm, commenting as waves of Nod forces approached. Airstrikes mentioned in some dialogue refer either to Orca Fighter units, or to the superweapon from Tiberian Dawn.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
102	33-N008.AUD	Here they come!
103	33-N010.AUD	Is there any tech left at the Nod base?
105	33-N014.AUD	The cavalry has arrived!
107	33-N022.AUD	Here comes Kane’s welcoming committee!
108	33-N024.AUD	What’s the ETA on that MCV? This UFO gives me the heebie-jeebies.
111	35-N004.AUD	Coordinates transmitted and confirmed, ETA for airstrike is 5 minutes.
139	01-N326.AUD	All forces converge.
140	00-N068.AUD	Ion storm approaching, ETA 5 minutes.
141	00-N070.AUD	Ion storm abating.
142	00-N072.AUD	Air power will be ineffective during ion storms.

GDI 5B: Rescue Tratos

These voice lines detail several different ways the events of the missions were planned. The medical facility where Tratos is held was meant to be located to the east, rather than to the west of the starting position. It also appears Umagon’s squad could also be detected by a patrol but not immediately set off the execution timer. The Orca Transport that picks up Tratos after his rescue would chatter over the radio and eventually be destroyed, leaving Umagon to find another way to extract. This method may have been via land, given that a secondary objective was to destroy all bridges leading from the facility.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
112	35-N008.AUD	Pickup service.
113	35-N010.AUD	Negative, I can make it.
114	35-N012.AUD	I said, I can make it.
115	35-N014.AUD	I can- arghhhh!
128	00-N042.AUD	It would be advantageous to destroy any bridges leading from this region.
129	00-N044.AUD	Bridges destroyed, objective complete.
135	00-N059.AUD	Transport destroyed, mission failed.
283	10-N032.AUD	The medical facility is located to the east.
290	10-N046.AUD	They’ve seen us! Fall back.
291	44-N000.AUD	Sir, we are here and waiting for your arrival.

GDI 6A: Destroy Vega's Dam

Extra announcement dialogue pertaining to the destruction of General Vega’s dam.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
143	00-N074.AUD	Dam destroyed, mission complete.
144	00-N075.AUD	Dam sighted, target confirmed.

GDI 6B: Destroy Vega's Base

Vega's base was originally intended to be a command center. The nuclear missile launched by Nod to kill General Vega was meant to appear in the mission, possibly as a timed objective to evacuate the area.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
153	00-N096.AUD	Command center destroyed, mission complete.
154	00-N098.AUD	Warning – inbound tactical nuclear missile detected.

GDI 7A: Capture Hammerfest Base

Extra dialogue meant to be used while GDI recaptures Hammerfest Base.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
155	01-N328.AUD	Main power offline. Activating emergency generators.
156	01-N330.AUD	Main power restored.
157	00-N112.AUD	Perimeter deactivated.
158	00-N114.AUD	Reinforcements inbound.

GDI 8A: Retrieve Disruptor Crystals

In the release version, the locomotive of a GDI train had to be destroyed to retrieve the Disruptor crystals. It seems originally you were meant to capture a Nod Tech Center to steal them. This dialogue also suggests alternate exfiltration methods for the crystals, including a Nod bullet train (stolen from GDI?) and Orca Carryall, which may an attempt by GDI to recover the crystals if the train was disabled.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
159	00-N128.AUD	Bridge repaired.
160	00-N130.AUD	Train returning to Nod base.
161	00-N132.AUD	Reinforcements en route.
162	00-N134.AUD	Capture Nod Tech Center to recover the crystals.
163	00-N136.AUD	Train disabled, carryall inbound.
164	00-N138.AUD	Crystals destroyed, mission failed.

GDI 9B: Destroy Chemical Supply

This dialogue is odd given how it contradicts the Forgotten’s alliance with GDI. It was meant to play while the player through Umagon aids mutants in boarding a train towards the power grid. They later turn on Umagon when they realize Tratos was rescued, or rather “kidnapped”, by GDI. The fact that the sound IDs for Umagon's dialogue in 5b: Rescue Tratos numerically line up with those in this mission may indicate that the two were chronologically linked at one point in development.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
292	36-N000.AUD	That train goes to the power grid we told you about. Get us on board!
293	36-N002.AUD	What an opportunity! Thanks, we’ll enjoy this.
294	36-N004.AUD	Something’s wrong! We should have been there by now.
295	36-N008.AUD	We have been betrayed! GDI blunts has kidnapped Tratos!
296	37-N000.AUD	Thanks for your help.
297	37-N002.AUD	They may be onto us.

GDI 10A and 10B: Destroy Prototype Facility

Nod Chemical Missiles are referred to by their original name, "Tiberium missiles". Another mention of airstrikes are made here, either Orca Fighters or the Tiberian Dawn superweapon. Mutants make an appearance here, either as an allied or hostile force. Referring to the prototype facility as a “fighter production facility” may indicate Harpies were being manufactured instead of Banshees. The Kodiak may have made an early appearance here right before the events of 11a: Weather the Storm where they are forced by an ion storm to land.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
165	00-N140.AUD	Warning – rogue ion storm forming directly over this sector. Pilot, return to base.
166	00-N142.AUD	Return to base, pilot.
167	00-N156.AUD	Force detected, enemy units en route.
169	00-N160.AUD	Airstrike ready.
176	00-N190.AUD	Tiberium missile inbound.
177	00-N192.AUD	Ion storm will disable fighters.
178	00-N206.AUD	Mutants detected, enemy forces en route.
179	00-N208.AUD	Fighter production facility located and position recorded. Dropships en route.
180	00-N210.AUD	Fighter production facility destroyed, mission complete.

GDI 11A: Weather the Storm

Some minor changes to the pace of this mission are noted. The ion storm in this mission is said to have an eye like a tropical cyclone which bisects the player’s sector, allowing for radar use and air unit activity midway through. After the storm is re-entered and eventually withstood, a direct attack on Nod is suggested by EVA.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
184	00-N236.AUD	Kodiak under attack.
185	00-N238.AUD	Storm abating, commence attack on Nod forces.
186	00-N240.AUD	Kodiak destroyed, mission failed.
187	00-N239.AUD	Kodiak in critical condition.
188	00-N241.AUD	Eye of the storm has been entered, equipment usage now at maximum efficiency.
190	00-N245.AUD	Re-entering ion storm, caution is advised.

GDI 12A: Final Conflict

EVA was meant to brief the player more specifically on the ICBM threat. One line suggests that there was a time limit to destroying the Pyramid Temple even after eliminating every ICBM launcher. The player may also have been expected to secure the civilian city to the west from Nod harassment.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
192	00-N248.AUD	Philadelphia in range, ICBM launch detected. Mission failed.
194	00-N250.AUD	Tiberium missile launched, mission failed.
195	00-N251.AUD	ICBMs destroyed, Philadelphia is out of danger. Proceed with Tiberium missile destruction.
196	00-N252.AUD	Nod has deployed several ICBMs which they will use to destroy the Philadelphia once it is in orbit over this sector.
197	00-N254.AUD	To stop them, you must destroy the other three launchers before the Philadelphia is in range.
198	00-N255.AUD	Civilian city is under attack.

Other

This unused “Spirit Hand of Kane” dialogue can be found under Sound IDs 116 and 202, but is only used in the Nod campaign:

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
116 and 202	40-N000.AUD	We have been touched by the spirit hand of Kane, and are ready to serve the technology of peace. Peace through power!

EVA’s “Incoming Transmission” line is listed in the MIX file despite being called automatically by its respective action:

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
312	00-I020.AUD	Incoming transmission.

Nod Campaign

Nod 1A: The Messiah Returns, 2A: Retaliation, 3A: Destroy Hassan’s Temple

A lot more tutorial dialogue is present here regarding training troops and Tiberium poisoning. CABAL is very careful to spell out the order of your objectives: first building a base, sieging Hassan’s pyramid, and capturing him after his escape. The player was expected to capture scattered radar towers instead of a lone TV station. A Star Wars reference and a smart alec soldier’s remarks also go unused.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
200	38-N002.AUD	Uhh sir… Tiberium is lethal to unprotected infantry.
205	41-N004.AUD	Base command, this is post TK-421, we’ve got- [cuts off]
206	41-N006.AUD	We just got word from General Hassan, he’s moving up north into the Cairo base. We wants to- hey! What’re you doing?!
215	01-N007.AUD	To build or train, left click on the icons located in the sidebar
216	01-N009.AUD	Tiberium is hazardous to unprotected infantry. Caution is advised.
220	01-N024.AUD	Destroy the remainder of Hassan’s guard.
223	01-N032.AUD	Move to an open area and build your base.
224	01-N034.AUD	After you locate Hassan’s pyramid, use your Tick Tanks to destroy it.
225	01-N036.AUD	When Hassan flees like a dog, capture him.
226	01-N038.AUD	Capturing the local radar towers will allow me to extend our propaganda and expand our Divination efforts.
298	38-N004.AUD	We need more men! Train them from the Hand of Nod.
299	38-N008.AUD	The traitors are coming! Blow the bridge!
301	38-N012.AUD	Hassan has been captured. We are heading in now, sir.

Nod 3B: Free Rebel Commander

In this version of the mission, the rebel commander is held in an outpost rather than a dedicated prison. Upon being freed he pledges his support for GDI, perhaps more dramatically than reasonably needed.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
307	38-N024.AUD	Glad to see you free, sir.
308	38-N026.AUD	The lieutenant is being held in an outpost to the east.
310	39-N000.AUD	I am free. Now it’s time for a little payback for that GDI-loving traitor Hassan. I have a hidden MCV and some more forces that I will pledge to your fight.

Nod 5A: Salvage Operation

These lines relate to Nod capturing the Tacitus.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
231	01-N066.AUD	Tacitus has been acquired.
235	01-N074.AUD	Bullet train departing.
236	01-N076.AUD	Prevent that train from leaving and retrieve the Tacitus.

Nod 6B and 6C: Capture Umagon

A number of voice lines exist that relate to the transportation via bullet train of a mutant, likely Umagon, and its capture. The player was expected to stay undetected while capturing the mutant, as is the case in this mission. These lines may imply that they was still not trusted by GDI and required detainment in a prison facility.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
240	01-N100.AUD	Your forces have been detected.
241	01-N102.AUD	Prevent GDI’s evacuation at all costs.
242	01-N114.AUD	Incoming transport detected.
243	01-N116.AUD	Mutant lifeform detected on board.
250	01-N156.AUD	GDI bullet train arriving at outpost.
251	01-N158.AUD	GDI bullet train arriving at GDI main prison facility.

Nod 7A: Destroy GDI Research Facility

These lines are located chronologically between Capture Umagon and Villainess in Distress. As the file prefix “38-“ denotes Nod infantry, they imply the mutants used to clear GDI patrols turn on the Brotherhood at some point (evidently the Forgotten in this version are very fickle about their alignment).

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
303	38-N016.AUD	They’re pulling back! Reinforcements! The mutants have turned on us!
304	38-N018.AUD	They’re everywhere!

Nod 8A: Villainess in Distress

The following voice line likely refers to this mission, as it is the only one where multiple vehicles crossing ice is crucial to progression.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
309	38-N028.AUD	Whoa sir, careful! The ice won’t support the weight of multiple vehicles crossing at once.

Nod 9B: Protect Waste Convoys

Chemical Missiles are referred to as Tiberium Missiles, matching the language of the mission briefing. Two versions of a “Tiberium missile ready” voice line was recorded, one with a higher and a lower intonation. The player is also explicitly warned of a mission failure if their Construction Yard is destroyed, given that it is required to build a Tiberium Waste Facility. A trigger exists which fails the mission if said building is destroyed by any faction, including your own.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
256	01-N176.AUD	Tiberium missile ready.
257	01-N178.AUD	Do not allow the Construction Yard to be destroyed.
260	01-N194.AUD	Tiberium missile ready.
265	01-N228.AUD	Convoy sighted.

Nod 11A: Capture Jake McNeil

Mission complete and failed lines were recorded but never used. Due to Sound No. 268’s proximity to McNeal’s lines, it may have been intended to destroy the Mammoth MkII production facility while capturing the GDI commander’s brother.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
266	01-N230.AUD	McNeal killed, mission failed.
267	01-N232.AUD	McNeal captured, mission complete.
268	01-N233.AUD	Production facility destroyed.
272	01-N234.AUD	McNeal escaped, mission failed.

Nod 12A: A New Beginning

The player would be alerted to one of their ICBM launchers being attacked. This announcement may have been considered redundant given the disproportionate power of a GDI attack against a launcher’s low health. GDI’s Ion Cannon also took some time to be controlled by Nod after firing.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
278	01-N266.AUD	ICBM launcher under attack.
279	01-N268.AUD	Ion cannon firing, resending control codes.

Other

A number of voice lines spoken by Nod soldiers are recorded but never used.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
302	38-N014.AUD	We got an old stockpile here, sir – all very salvageable.
305	38-N020.AUD	Let’s get him to the convoy point.
306	38-N022.AUD	Take point, soldier.

An exact duplicate of the “Spirit Hand of Kane” dialogue can be found under Sound ID 116:

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
116	40-N000.AUD	We have been touched by the spirit hand of Kane, and are ready to serve the technology of peace. Peace through power!

A much more polite version of CABAL’s establishing battlefield controls voice line was recorded but never used. The tone of voice matches that in mission briefings and the first levels’ announcements, suggesting it was recorded earlier than the original but was abandoned, possibly because it sabotaged the menacing tone that he slowly built throughout the campaign.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
211	01-N006.AUD	Establishing battle controls, please stand by.

At one point, lightning was a hazard that challenged the progression of missions. The mechanic was likely recycled for use during Ion Storms.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
228	01-N054.AUD	It seems that certain structures in this region attract lightning, creating a kind of safety zone.
229	01-N055.AUD	Use them to your advantage.

Engineers were once needed to capture a GDI base as part of a mission’s objective, later being reinforced by a Subterranean APC.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
237	01-N086.AUD	Protect your engineers. They are your only hope of capturing the GDI base.
238	01-N088.AUD	Congratulations on your success.
239	01-N090.AUD	I will send an APC now to rendezvous with you at the GDI base.

At one point in a mission Nod could pre-emptively strike GDI evac locations, however this was never implemented.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
311	47-N000.AUD	Don’t shoot, don’t shoot! I can download GDI’s evac locations to you if you let me live. Please let me live! Praise Kane.

These CABAL voice lines are too generic to assign to any one mission.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
230	01-N064.AUD	GDI base operational.
232	01-N068.AUD	Tiberium lifeform detected.
234	01-N072.AUD	GDI dropship detected.
252	01-N160.AUD	Transport has arrived.
253	01-N162.AUD	Transport lost.
254	01-N164.AUD	Transport has been detected.

Bugged

Some voice lines cannot be heard during normal gameplay. Due to a quirk in how Tiberian Sun maps handle triggers, placing a sound command (or an ‘action’) before one which plays its own hardcoded sound, such as “Mission Accomplished”, “Mission Failed” or “Reinforcements Have Arrived”, overwrites the sound action. The underlying reason for this is unknown. A minority of voice lines go unheard for other reasons.

GDI Campaign

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
131 (4a)	00-N054.AUD	UFO destroyed, mission failed.
132 (5a)	00-N055.AUD	Array destroyed, objective complete.
134 (5b)	00-N058.AUD	Tratos evacuated, primary objective complete.
170 (9a)	00-N162.AUD	Transports inbound.
171 (9b)	00-N166.AUD	Supply base destroyed, mission complete.
189 (9c)	00-N243.AUD	Tiberium lifeform detected.
191 (12a)	00-N247.AUD	Clear the zone for MCV dropship deployment.

These lines do not trigger because the associated trigger is disabled.

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
110 (5c)	35-N002.AUD	Nod forces are converging on our position, sir. With all due respect, move your ass!
121 (2a)	00-N018.AUD	Civilian killed.
289 (5b)	10-N044.AUD	Our work here is done, we’re out of here.

Nod Campaign

Sound ID	File name	Transcript	Speaker
227 (3a)	01-N040.AUD	MCV has arrived to the south east.
261 (9b)	01-N196.AUD	Convoy inbound.
270 (11a)	01-N229.AUD	Transport ETA 30 minutes. Do not let McNeal escape.
281 (12b)	01-N284.AUD	Spy killed, mission failed.
282 (12b)	01-N286.AUD	Proceed to evac location, transport en route.

Unused Sound Effects

Description	File
A UI sound for attempting to add units to the queue past the limit, uses the regular button unclickable sound instead.
A sound for buildings constructing.
A sound for the mobile sensor array.
"Unit ready".