MOO2 Sound mod? (request)

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I didnt know where to put this general or Mods.  I didn't want to clog the Mod Pipeline with a request but I simply have to request this.   I would love to see a music alteration mod.   I stumbled across this site http://dvc.f2o.org/moo2/moo2.htm, which is the sound track for MOO2.  This sound track has all the elements EWOM has.  Research music, custom unit building music, race music, combat music, discovery music, and over all grandiose theme music.   If someone is interested I would be highly appreciative.   I don't know how difficult it might be to do myself.  If there are instructions I could also give it a try if I was pointed in the right direction and someone would want to correspond with me for when I have a question.   Please Keep in mind I am not a modder, I'm a geographer.    Thanks!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

CoreLayeredMusic.xml is the file that handles almost all music.

You could just add your music to the folder (without replacing anything) and copy the xml to your C:\Users\*USER*\Documents\My Games\Elemental directory. You will have to tweak a few things, since the songs are arranged to work together. Like Battle_BG provides the backgrounds beat and such.

 

Im not sure if you can specify another directory for music files, so you should add it to music and just rename the files the xml points towards.

 

Of course you could just delete additional entries:

  <!--********************-->
  <!--** BATTLE THEME 1 **-->
  <!--********************-->
  <LayeredMusicGroup InternalName="BattleTheme1_Full">
    <MusicLayer InternalName="FG">
      <FileName>Battle1_FG</FileName>
      <Volume>60</Volume>
    </MusicLayer>
    <MusicLayer InternalName="MG">
      <FileName>Battle1_MG</FileName>
      <Volume>60</Volume>
    </MusicLayer>
    <MusicLayer InternalName="BG">
      <FileName>Battle1_BG</FileName>
      <Volume>50</Volume>
    </MusicLayer>
  </LayeredMusicGroup>

 

 

Altered Version:

 

  <!--********************-->
  <!--** BATTLE THEME 1 **-->
  <!--********************-->
  <LayeredMusicGroup InternalName="BattleTheme1_Full">
    <MusicLayer InternalName="FG">
      <FileName>Battle1_FG</FileName>
      <Volume>60</Volume>
    </MusicLayer>

  </LayeredMusicGroup>

 

That way only one theme would play.

 

Hope this helps ^^

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Cool beans, I will give it a try.  I'll be back for help if I need it.  Thanks!!

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Feel free to!

I hope this helped ^^