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[Mass Effect] Changing an Area BGM

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Since DeadlyStream supports discussion about other games that is non-Star Wars, as the section said so --

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I tried to push my luck here with a question for Mass Effect's -- because I can't for the life of me finding an active forums that discuss [not that only host mods] on ME modding. Also, no harm on doing this here I guess, which intention is to take all the help I can get from this beloved forums.

So, I want to change the BGM that plays on an area to a customized one, particularly around the Upper Markets located on the Citadel -- Upper Wards. Well, you know - the section where we observe the view of Citadel's wards with Ashley and Kaidan. If there's way, how can I do that?

Much thanks for considering this.

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It has been a few years since I messed around with ME modding. I think ME3Explorer is no longer the primary toolset, but that's the one I recall using. Despite the name it works for all three games (mostly). There is a sound tool in there, but I never messed with it. You probably want to check out the forum and wiki for it.

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Thank you for the feedback!

29 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

I think ME3Explorer is no longer the primary toolset, but that's the one I recall using.

Yeah, I've been using that but not lately -- as I found out that it broke the textures that installed with, also ALOT Installer supersedes its texture-installer functionality as well is more time-efficient with the installation. Granted, no toolsets around that has the compatibility to explore the game files compares to that, from what I see. Though looking from few mods that been made recently it still is the primary toolset.

29 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

There is a sound tool in there, but I never messed with it.

Yeah, I saw it, but not sure where-to, what-to, and how-to work with the related assets.

29 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

You probably want to check out the forum and wiki for it.

Sure, been looking onto it.

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6 minutes ago, ebmar said:

supersedes its texture-installer functionality

Yeah, it's no longer recommended for modded file installation, but I'm not sure it is entirely superseded for mod creation. But as I said, it has been a while since I had much to do with any ME modding, and even back then my efforts were mostly focused on pulling stuff out rather than putting stuff back in.

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On 8/14/2020 at 7:58 PM, DarthParametric said:

...not sure it is entirely superseded for mod creation.

Yeah, I mean there's a better tool for texture installation, but yeah -- it's the only tool for mod creation presently. My bad for going off-topics and for the inconvenience.

On 8/14/2020 at 7:58 PM, DarthParametric said:

...my efforts were mostly focused on pulling stuff out rather than putting stuff back in.

Point taken!

Edit: anyway, thank you for the link - this probably a promising place to start.

Edit2: dead end, so far. No reference about ME1 there -- all there is was ME3's, and both games seems like using different file formatting.

Edit3: refers to the information I got from a reliable source, apparently we can't mod audio in ME1 for now, because no one has the source code on how audio works.

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Can't mod audio in ME1 for now

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