diff --git a/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp b/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
index 59ecfdf367b..a68243eeeee 100644
--- a/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
+++ b/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
@@ -1909,12 +1909,18 @@ void CBaseCombatWeapon::WeaponSound( WeaponSound_t sound_type, float soundtime /
 	// If we have some sounds from the weapon classname.txt file, play a random one of them
 	const char *shootsound = GetShootSound( sound_type );
 	if ( !shootsound || !shootsound[0] )
+	{
+		DevMsg("No shoot sound for weapon %s\n", GetClassname());
 		return;
-
+	}
+	
 	CSoundParameters params;
 	
-	if ( !GetParametersForSound( shootsound, params, NULL ) )
+	if ( !GetParametersForSound(shootsound, params, NULL) )
+	{
+		DevMsg("No parameters for shoot sound %s\n", shootsound);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if ( params.play_to_owner_only )
 	{