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Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:15 am**

Here is how you can use either the BF1 tools (or BF2 tools) to get your custom ambient music into the game.

Prepare your music files: You will need four music files (unless you're doing an assault-type map, in which case you only need two). These music files need to be formatted as .wav files - traditionally in 352 kbps, 16 bit, mono, 22 kHz PCM mode, but this is not required.

They need to be called "Music1.wav" (this is your "beginning ambient track, or your entire mix if you're doing an assault map), "Music2.wav" (this is your "middle" ambient track - unnecessary if you're doing an assault map), "Music3.wav" (this is your "end" ambient track - unnecessary if you're doing an assault map), and "victory.wav" (this is your "victory" track - plays on mission accomplished).

Note that if you're doing an assault map (and as such only have one track - which you will, because assault maps only read one ambient music file per side) when you finish Step 3, before you munge, you need to do the following:

Open the "efxcw_music.stm" file. Edit every reference to "Music2" and "Music3" to "Music1." That'll make sure the munge doesn't try and compile files that don't exist.

Set up the map:

1) Download the BF1 Modtools. I can't make custom ambient music munge in the BF2 tools, even with the fixed munge.bat and soundmungedir.bat (+etc.).

2) Create a new world. For the purpose of this tutorial we'll call it "EFX"

3) Go to the newly munged "EFX" folder, continue to the "Sound" folder and then into the "worlds" folder. (C:\Lucasarts\BFBuilder\DataEFX\Sound\worlds). Place the "EFX" folder that you can download at the end of this tut in there (overwriting previous files).

4) Munge the world (in BFBuilder) and leave it alone for now.

5) Now open up the .lua file of the BF2 map you want to edit. Find where the .lua says:

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ReadDataFile("sound\\tat.lvl;tat2gcw")

This should be right above the first ReadDataFile for your sides. Above the previously mentioned line, add in:

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ReadDataFile("dc:sound\\efx.lvl;efxcw")

6) Now scroll down further in the .lua, past the memorypools, and find where the .lua says:

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OpenAudioStream("sound\\global.lvl",  "gcw_music")

(Note: this may reference cw_music if this is a CW mode.) Above that line insert the line:

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OpenAudioStream("dc:sound\\efx.lvl",  "efxcw_music")

7) Find where your .lua says:

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    SetAmbientMusic(REP, 1.0, "rep_yav_amb_start",  0,1)
    SetAmbientMusic(REP, 0.8, "rep_yav_amb_middle", 1,1)
    SetAmbientMusic(REP, 0.2, "rep_yav_amb_end",    2,1)
    SetAmbientMusic(CIS, 1.0, "cis_yav_amb_start",  0,1)
    SetAmbientMusic(CIS, 0.8, "cis_yav_amb_middle", 1,1)
    SetAmbientMusic(CIS, 0.2, "cis_yav_amb_end",    2,1)

(Note: this will reference "all" and "imp" if the mode is GCW.) Overtop of those lines, insert the following:

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    SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 1.0, "rep_kam_amb_start",  0,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 0.99, "rep_kam_amb_middle", 1,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 0.1,"rep_kam_amb_end",    2,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 1.0, "cis_kam_amb_start",  0,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 0.99, "cis_kam_amb_middle", 1,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 0.1,"cis_kam_amb_end",    2,1);

    SetVictoryMusic(ALL, "rep_kam_amb_victory")
    SetDefeatMusic (ALL, "all_tat_amb_defeat")
    SetVictoryMusic(IMP, "cis_kam_amb_victory")
    SetDefeatMusic (IMP, "imp_tat_amb_defeat")

(Note, if you're creating a single track that will play through the entire level (you will be doing this if your map is not conquest mode), then insert the following instead:

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    SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 1.0, "rep_kam_amb_start",  0,1);
    --SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 0.99, "rep_kam_amb_middle", 1,1);
    --SetAmbientMusic(ALL, 0.1,"rep_kam_amb_end",    2,1);
    SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 1.0, "cis_kam_amb_start",  0,1);
    --SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 0.99, "cis_kam_amb_middle", 1,1);
    --SetAmbientMusic(IMP, 0.1,"cis_kam_amb_end",    2,1);

    SetVictoryMusic(ALL, "rep_kam_amb_victory")
    SetDefeatMusic (ALL, "all_tat_amb_defeat")
    SetVictoryMusic(IMP, "cis_kam_amb_victory")
    SetDefeatMusic (IMP, "imp_tat_amb_defeat")

You've done all the work to your BF2 map you need to. Run VisualMunge and munge your map.

9) Go back to the BFBuilder folder. Go to its "AddOn" directory. Go to "AddOn\EFX\Data\_lvl_pc\sound" and copy the efx.lvl you find in there.

10) Go to your "C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\addon" folder (BF2 addons) and open your mapname (MODID) folder. Continue to "Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\addon\MODID\data\_LVL_PC". Create a "sound" folder. In that folder, paste the efx.lvl you copied earlier.

11) Run your map (no further munging necessary).

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Important! Download the following file, it contains the "EFX" folder you need for this tut:

MediaFire

Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:49 am**

Very nice!
Bookmarking this.
Hmmm... I wonder how Relient K sound in tandem with E-11's......

Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:05 am**

is this for changing the background music?

Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:07 am**

Is there another kind?

Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:12 pm**

Lol, thanks Mav for making a tut for this. As you probably know, I had that tut that was about half done, but I believe I lost it...

Anyway, this should help a bunch more when it's finished!

- EP-782

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:29 pm**

wonder how attention, i write sin not tragedy, thnks fr th mmrs (sp?) would feel?

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:48 pm**

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:wonder how attention, i write sin not tragedy, thnks fr th mmrs (sp?) would feel?

Uh, what? Relevance?

Posted: **Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:42 pm**

Maveritchell wrote:Uh, what? Relevance?

If you're asking if this is relevant, then, I guess you can say it is. I was saying "I wonder how three of my favorite songs would sound in game?". Haven't had time to try it out yet, though. And are songs on iTunes .wav files?

Posted: **Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:07 pm**

ITunes music is in protected AAC format. If you want it in .wav you have to do some converting.

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:37 pm**

what do u convert it 2? will mp3 files do?

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:41 pm**

obiboba3po wrote:what do u convert it 2? will mp3 files do?

Did you even read the tutorial? In bold, right up near the top:

Maveritchell wrote:Prepare your music files: You will need four music files (unless you're doing an assault-type map, in which case you only need two). These music files need to be .wav files in 352 kbps, 16 bit, mono, 22 kHz PCM mode.

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:45 pm**

ya i know and i have a converting program called media coder and it can convert to something called wavpack, and i dont know what this is. is there a specific converting program i should use??
(i did read the whole tut)

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:47 pm**

This one works fine for me:
http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4 ... -dBpoweram

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:48 pm**

obiboba3po wrote:it can convert to something called wavpack

I have no idea what a "wavpack" file is, but it needs to be in .wav. Like I said in the tutorial. You can use many different apps to do this, but I like to use ITunes just because it's really easy.

Posted: **Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:41 pm**

An easy way to create a .wav file is just using the sound recorder program that comes with windows. All you need to do is set the default recording device to your speakers and play what you want to record. The only downside is the 1 min. recording length.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:13 pm**

I've set up my stuff in bf1_modtools, but when i munge, no sound folder or lvl shows up where it should be. I try the actual munge.bat in _Build_PC\sound, i get

LSD.req

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[code]ucft

{

    REQN

    {

        "str"

        "align=2048"

	"lsdcw_music" //.stm

	"lsdgcw_music" //.stm

    }

    REQN

    {

        "lvl"

	"lsdcw" //.req

	"lsdgcw" //.req

    }

 }[/code]

LSDcw.req

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[code]ucft

{

    REQN

    {

    "bnk"

    "align=2048"

    }

    REQN

    {

    "config"

    "lsdcw_music_config" //.snd

    "lsdcw_music" //.mus

    }

}[/code]

LSDgcw.req

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[code]ucft

{

    REQN

    {

    "bnk"

    "align=2048"

    }

    REQN

    {

    "config"

    "lsdgcw_music_config" //.snd

    "lsdgcw_music" //.mus

    }

}[/code]

Tell me if you want to see anything more.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:18 pm**

It'd probably be easiest if you just uploaded your sound folder, but barring that, I'd like to see your .stm and .mus files.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:59 pm**

lsdcw_music.mus

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[code]Music()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_start");

    Priority(0.0);

    FadeInTime(1.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(480.0);

    MinInactiveTime(0.0);

    SoundStream("rep_lsd_amb_start");

}

Music()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_victory");

    Priority(1.0);

    FadeInTime(0.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(12.0);

    MinInactiveTime(5.0);

    SoundStream("rep_lsd_amb_victory");

}

Music()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_defeat");

    Priority(1.0);

    FadeInTime(0.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(12.0);

    MinInactiveTime(5.0);

    SoundStream("rep_lsd_amb_defeat");

}

[/code]

lsdgcw_music.mus

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[code]

Music()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_start");

    Priority(0.0);

    FadeInTime(1.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(480.0);

    MinInactiveTime(0.0);

    SoundStream("imp_lsd_amb_start");

}

Music()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_victory");

    Priority(1.0);

    FadeInTime(0.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(12.0);

    MinInactiveTime(5.0);

    SoundStream("imp_lsd_amb_victory");

}

Music()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_defeat");

    Priority(1.0);

    FadeInTime(0.0);

    FadeOutTime(1.0);

    MinPlaybackTime(12.0);

    MinInactiveTime(5.0);

    SoundStream("imp_lsd_amb_defeat");

}

[/code]

lsdcw_music.stm

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[code]Streams\peppy5.wav  rep_lsd_amb_start

Streams\peppy6.wav  rep_lsd_amb_start01

Streams\peppy7.wav  rep_lsd_amb_start02

Streams\peppy8.wav  rep_lsd_amb_start03

Streams\victory2.wav  rep_lsd_amb_victory

Streams\DEFEAT2.wav  rep_lsd_amb_defeat

[/code]

lsdgcw_music.stm

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[code]

Streams\peppy1.wav  imp_lsd_amb_start

Streams\peppy2.wav  imp_lsd_amb_start01

Streams\peppy3.wav  imp_lsd_amb_start02

Streams\peppy4.wav  imp_lsd_amb_start03

Streams\victory.wav  imp_lsd_amb_victory

Streams\DEFEAT.wav  imp_lsd_amb_defeat

[/code]

lsdcw_music_config.snd

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[code]SoundStream()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_start");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdcw_music");  //.stm file

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_start", 1.0);

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_start02", 1.0);

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_start03", 1.0);

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_start04", 1.0);

    }

}

SoundStream()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_victory");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdcw_music");

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_victory", 1.0);

    }

}

SoundStream()

{

    Name("rep_lsd_amb_defeat");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdcw_music");

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("rep_lsd_amb_defeat", 1.0);

    }

}[/code]

lsdgcw_music_config.snd

Hidden/Spoiler:

[code]SoundStream()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_start");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdgcw_music");  //.stm file

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_start", 1.0);

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_start01", 1.0);

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_start02", 1.0);

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_start03", 1.0);

    }

}

SoundStream()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_victory");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdgcw_music");

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_victory", 1.0);

    }

}

SoundStream()

{

    Name("imp_lsd_amb_defeat");

    Pitch(1.0);

    PitchDev(0.0);

    Gain(1.0);

    GainDev(0.0);

    ReverbGain(0.0);

    Bus("ingamemusic");

    Looping(0);

    Pan(0.0);

    Mode3D(0);

    Stream("lsdgcw_music");

    SegmentList()

    {

        Segment("imp_lsd_amb_defeat", 1.0);

    }

}[/code]

This set up is something that I worked on with phazon elite to have 4 wav's play at random from the beginning of the map to the end. Until now, phazon elite has always done it for me. He then instructed me how to set it up the way he does. However, now I'm encountering the old problem of it refusing to munge.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:08 pm**

Hmm, looks fine to me. Maybe it's your // comments. I'm not sure if the mod tools can recognize // comments when munging sound files.

EDIT: Forget that, I found your problem. In your CW .snd file, you have start, start2, start3, and start4. In your CW .stm, you have start, start1, start2, and start3.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:10 pm**

phazon_elite wrote:Hmm, looks fine to me. Maybe it's your // comments. I'm not sure if the mod tools can recognize // comments when munging sound files.

Those are my commented-out sections, and I'm fairly sure that they're not an issue. I kept them in there while I learned how to set this up to keep myself straight. (It can't hurt to check, and you're welcome to, I just doubt it'll do anything - although I'd be happy to be both wrong and confused.)

Dann, I'll look it over and compare it to my setup a little later.

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