Music modding and replacement

[Love'li-land]

So now that we finally have a PC version, Is it possible to go about replacing the music tracks?
I can see that all the files for music tracks seem to be .ogg files however I cannot listen to then by any normal means, they seem to be encryped(?) No idea if that would be the right word. If anyone has any info, It'd be super appreciated, definitely wanna add some KOF 2002 and XI tracks.

[pablofsi]

I want to add my KOF/FF/RBFF ASTs.

[BrownDerby]

You could just set the BGM volume to 0 while you play your own stuff in Winamp or foobar or whatever.

[Love'li-land]

Originally posted by BrownDerby:

You could just set the BGM volume to 0 while you play your own stuff in Winamp or foobar or whatever.

Yes but that's not the same at all.

[pablofsi]

Yeah but I want it in-game ;)

Oh yeah also, songs don't stop automatically with each match.

[Papas Fritas]

I am also interested in this

[Bahn Yuki]

Anyone figure out a way yet? Since the game has two soundtracks(TypeA, TypeB) I was thinking of leaving A alone and messing around with Type B. What's i've been doing so far is removing the files and finding out which OGG is referring to in game music.

Example Esaka KOFXI(22) is 804168796.OGG

[Bahn Yuki]

Well I've been talking with my friend about this. Seems KOF is using Wwise for their sound engine. http://hcs64.com/vgm_ripping.html has the utility ww2ogg, you can playback the OGG files for KOF13.

[A.Bogard]

I'm thinking about not only music, but voices... I'd like to replace the ending of kim's zero houou kyaku with the one kim uses in real bout - when he breaks a pile of ice blocks, remember? go 01:15 to se what I mean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNUvzwhtgQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=71 any hints will be fine.

[Bahn Yuki]

Well it's using Wwise for the music, I'm not sure about the sound effects. Judging from how powerful the Wwise SDK is, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. I wonder if anyone from SNK is reading this to see if what we're trying to do here is "illegal". I don't want to hurt KOFXIII in anyway(just look at my gifting history) but I really like to create a custom soundtrack to the game.

[Neobak]

so anyone converted a mp3 file to the ogg file that the game uses and played it in game? and if so what program you use.

[Ghostpilot]

Tried messing with it and I'm getting close I think. It just crashes when it attempts to play the modded song. I've been following this guide for Saints Row (which uses Wwise) http://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/custom-radio-stations-guide.2/

[Vanscot]

Remember that this ogg can have a rights bit that may cause to be impossible to use another ogg file as background music.
I think that we should ask the snkp staff to just add the soundtracks (all of them) as dlc and be able to choose them from the options menu (maybe add a random settings to any song can come out?).

[Miggoh]

Sound files probably have a bytesize/lenght that the new sound file must match.

[Vanscot]

Well, after doing some research and playing a bit with some programs, I was able to reencode and playback the sound files (which I'll not share nor explain the method to avoid a possible ban).
But, to be honest, it's a bit of a pain in the as$. I think that this issue should be addressed by snkp, either as DLC (which could help the game) or, if it's too expensive, explaining how to mod the game sounds and music.

Just for snkp to know, I would pay 1.5US$ for each dlc soundtrack that could be used in this game.

[Bahn Yuki]

I don't think you'll be banned. i'd post it up here and at worst you'll probably get the post deleted. if not give me the instructions and I'll post them.