Vindictus music and sound effects

[CXloud]

Greetings Forum-goers!

I'm posting this out of curiosity and wondering if perhaps anybody here would be interested in a guide for changing any and all music/sound effects in Vindictus, moreso the irritating tune that plays whenever you hit 'Start' before departing on a boat. The process involved also has the capability to allow you to change any other sound effects and/or music, such as getting rid of the annoying barking sound the puppy keeps making in Colhen.
Let me know if you'd be interested and I'll write one!

Cheers!
CX
:XD:

Just to let you all know, the guide has been removed from the Mabination forums but if anyone is still interested I have a copy of the guide I wrote on my hard drive so I can e-mail it to you if you'd like a copy.

Just to update you all regarding this; Sadly with all the patches, and the new season 2 updates, the method for changing the files is no longer valid and will cause the game to NEVER start up without putting the old files back/re-patching the client. Sorry folks! Here's hoping I can find another way..........

[GregHouse]

I thought there was one already o.o

[CXloud]

I believe there is for changing certain BGMS that are present in the actual 'sound' program folder but I haven't been able to find one for changing music / sound effects present in the .hfs files etc. most specifically the battle start song as you launch a boat.
If there is a guide already present then I do apologise for this post :P

[GregHouse]

lol, dont apologize, im not even sure if there is xD Not trying to discourage your initiative, all the opossite, i would like you to write that guide :D

[PBnJamz]

Greetings Forum-goers!

I'm posting this out of curiosity and wondering if perhaps anybody here would be interested in a guide for changing any and all music/sound effects in Vindictus, moreso the irritating tune that plays whenever you hit 'Start' before departing on a boat. The process involved also has the capability to allow you to change any other sound effects and/or music, such as getting rid of the annoying barking sound the puppy keeps making in Colhen.
Let me know if you'd be interested and I'll write one!

Cheers!
CX
:XD:

It's too bad the boat departure bgm is one of the few that can't be -easily- changed =P

[CXloud]

I have to disagree with you there PBnJamz, granted initially finding and identifying the right file was long and difficuly but once you know how its actually fairly straightforward. I'll tel you what i will right the guide just to show you ;D and because i would like to do seomthing useful at least once ;P lol. And thank you Greghouse for your encouragement. Check back soon and I'll have this guide up there for you!

[OuterRem]

If you made this...




...My gratitude would be infinite.


(As an addendum, I should note that I did in fact briefly change some BGM's however I didn't want to mess around too much at the time.)

[CXloud]

No gratitude neccessary, it's me who will be grateful to the people who find it useful ;D I shall start working on it tomorrow! ^_^

[FluffyBearLina]

It's very easy to change ALL of the BGM's in the game with the sole exception of the boat start music.

The BGM's are contained in the "[Install Path]\Vindictus\en-US\sound\bgm" directory, and can easily be replaced.

The boat start music, however, is not located in that directory (and no, it's not "bgm_quest_start.mp3", which for some reason is exactly the same as "bgm_quest_success.mp3"). The boat start music is actually located in the "[Install Path]\Vindictus\en-US\hfs" folder, in an HFS container file titled "232B03472C8C5B5883D9A88A5BDB766BDFEF5328.hfs", and is a file called "ui_start_sail.mp3". Prior to one of the more recent patches, it was possible to open up the HFS file and swap that music file for something else. However, now these HFS container files are encoded, compressed, and locked, such that you cannot edit any of the files within. As such, it's impossible (at least as far as I know) to edit the boat start music.

Besides, as far as I can tell, doing so is against the Terms of Service, and doing so will likely get you banned if you're found out. So I don't endorse trying. Even editing the BGM files is probably against the TOS, though it's an innocent enough move that I don't think the popo will crack down on you if you do it. Then again, this IS Nexon we're talking about here...

[CXloud]

Thanks for stealing my thunder there FluffyBear :'[
But just to clarify it is still possible to view and change the contents of any and all of these HFS files using the right tools.
Even after the new Ep.5 patch I was able to change the ui_start_sail.mp3 file.
I'm going to put this guide together anyway for the people who are interested and you can also see that it still works FluffyBear.
^_^

[CXloud]

Just to let you know the guide is now up!! So go take a look if you're interested!

You can find it HERE (http://mabination.com/threads/21198-GUIDE-How-to-change-embedded-music-and-sounds-effects)

[PuppyLover]

the link don't work

[Morikubo]

the link don't work
I second that.

[CXloud]

Long time since, I've been on here, sorry. It looks like the mods deleted the thread with the guide in it. I might have a soft copy somewhere on my laptop if anyone still wants it send me a PM or something.

If you would like a copy of the guide I can e-mail it you

[Dismissed]

send me one plz email is jrm91791@gmail.com

[Mello]

Noah.sayer05@gmail.com send please XD

[RebeccaBlack]

This guy is long gone by now.

[CXloud]

I am still here!
And I do still have that guide! Anyone who wants it just email me: cxloud@cxloud.com and I'll send to to you.

[JinNJuice]

Does this work for voices? I still very much dislike the English voices...

[CXloud]

Does this work for voices? I still very much dislike the English voices...
It should do yer, provided you can find the right archive containing the voice files. drop me an e-mail and I can send you the guide.