[(Request) Remove repetitive ambient conversations and announcements on Hubs]

 

Completely forgot about Tuchanka! Files name: krohub. It's been a while since I played ME trilogy and I've found my comment about ME2 sound editing:

"Trying to change music in Afterlive..." https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7047976-trying-to-change-music-in-afterlive/

 

 

Ok yes I found them. Woohoo!

 

It's these 3 files:

 

krohub_bonusamb1_a_S_INT

krohub_bonusamb2_a_S_INT

krohub_bonusamb3_a_S_INT

 

Only one left I can't find now. It's is the news reports on Omega that play where the 2 Salarians are standing (packages for Ish assignment). It's a woman's voice that's also present on the Citadel if you interact w/ the news terminals in the stairwells. I can't find them under either omghub or cithub. Oh well.

[(Request) Remove repetitive ambient conversations and announcements on Hubs]

 

Sure, for ME2, delete/move files from:

Mass Effect 2\BioGame\CookedPC

News:

omghub_news_a_S_INT.afc

twrhub_news_a_S_INT.afc

cithub_mainnews_a_S_INT.afc

Advertising:

cithub_ad_high_a_S_INT

cithub_ad_mid_a_S_INT

cithub_ad_low_a_S_INT

cithub_ad_hamlet_a_S_INT

As for particular ambient conversations, you have to search specific .afc files that contain _amb_ in filename in hubs:

cithub - Citadel, omghub - Omega, twrhub - Illium.

For example: cithub_sirta_amb_a_S_INT.afc - Sirta Foundation (shop) ambient conversations.

To convert .afc files to .ogg and play them, you'll need: ww2ogg program

https://submitfile.com/download/ww2ogg

https://github.com/hcs64/ww2ogg

https://github.com/hcs64/ww2ogg/releases

 

Thanks so much. This helped a lot.

 

I ultimately found another superior program to convert the .afc files here:

 

http://dotwhat.net/file/extension/afc/10913

 

afc2ogg actually has a UI and does all the work for you. No need to create a .bat file or anything complicated like that.

 

The only files I couldn't find are the Tuchanka ambient conversations. So i guess I'll live w/ the Krogan guard chatter all over that place.

 

Thanks again. I really appreciate your help.

[(Request) Remove repetitive ambient conversations and announcements on Hubs]

 

Just delete/move this files:

Mass Effect 3\BIOGame\CookedPCConsole

(int is English localization)

News:

cit_news_a_D_Int.afc

Advertising, Shops, Announcements, Elevator:

cit_branding_a_D_Int.afc

 

I appreciate your advice. However, this forum is for ME2.

 

Do you happen to know if there are similar files in ME2 I can remove and where they are located?

[(Request) Remove repetitive ambient conversations and announcements on Hubs]

Yeah these ads and other announcements (plus the uninitiated conversations) on hub worlds get old after half dozen playthroughs or so.

 

I don't need to hear Krogan on Tuchanka for the hundredth time speculating about how Turians look w/o their armour. Nor do i need to hear the announcement about the plague being eradicated multiple times per playthrough on Omega.

 

It would be awesome if someone could create a mod that either removes these convos and ads altogether, or at least makes them initialize on user input. Thanks.