Gemstacker Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Howdy! I'm a sound design student looking to apply for an internship next trimester, and I want to diversify my portfolio. Initially I thought of making new sounds for all creatures in Minecraft, but then I realized Skyrim is just cooler yo. Trouble is, I'm having... trouble finding any clear guide on how to do that. I have seen some tutorials on how to replace existing sound files, but no tutorial on how to replace them through a mod, so it could be distributed to other game installs as well. I want to replace sound effects ranging from spell, weapon, crafting sounds and so on. Basically anything except the actual voice acting. How would I go about this? From what I currently understand, all sounds are stashes in the BSA file, so I sort of get how I go about replacing them, but how do I make it so a mod script does it for anyone who might want to use it? Thanks! Hermaeus Mora be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsharaMeradin Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 All you would need to do is create the replacement files. Just make sure that they are in the correct folder structure relative to the Data folder and pack it up in a 7z, zip or rar file. You can pack them into a BSA but that requires having an ESP plugin to go with it. And if you do not need to change or add any records then there is no need for an ESP and your replacement files can remain as loose files. Take the main menu song for example. The file is mus_mainthem.xwm. If you were to save a different song with that name and place it within this directory structure (Data > Music > Special) then your main menu song in-game will be changed. Here is a mod which does change the main menu song (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53892), perhaps looking at how its file(s) are packaged will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemstacker Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) All you would need to do is create the replacement files. Just make sure that they are in the correct folder structure relative to the Data folder and pack it up in a 7z, zip or rar file. You can pack them into a BSA but that requires having an ESP plugin to go with it. And if you do not need to change or add any records then there is no need for an ESP and your replacement files can remain as loose files. Take the main menu song for example. The file is mus_mainthem.xwm. If you were to save a different song with that name and place it within this directory structure (Data > Music > Special) then your main menu song in-game will be changed. Here is a mod which does change the main menu song (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53892), perhaps looking at how its file(s) are packaged will help. Sorry to just zerg this topic, but hey, I did it! Thanks for your help! Here it is: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/100290/?tab=files Edited November 21, 2019 by Gemstacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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