Is there any way to mod the music? - Editing FFXIV .Index files / Replacing .scd files to change ingame OST

[Shiki]

Hi there! After four years I found myself wanting to pick up ff14 again. Back in the days I used to mod a lot of the ingame music to custom tracks by using the ff14explorer, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. When I tried using the music swapper tool as usual, the ingame music still did not change. So I thought maybe I'll go the complicated way and unpack the index file to replace all the music with my custom ones but the only tool I found to be able to do that seemed to be the ff13 tool which happens to be outdated to, as my computer won't even open the .exe file.

I just don't know what else I can do to bring my beloved custom music ingame nowadays :/ There is barely any tutorial or working tool on the internet that could solve my problem, all the helpful information has been deleted. So I would be so so happy if there's still someone out there that could help me with my problem as swapping the music made me enjoy the game soo much more back then!

Any help's much appreciated!

[tathen]

mute in game music and just play the music in the background with another program?

[Shiki]

This kinda misses the point, I knew u can do that.

[Aluvian Darkstar]

unless someone bothers to code another toolset i don't think its possible.

[Velette Lei]

Publicado originalmente por Shiki:

This kinda misses the point, I knew u can do that.

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

[Stormy Dawn]

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

Publicado originalmente por Shiki:

This kinda misses the point, I knew u can do that.

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

I think most people are aware of that, but that has never stopped the modding community before.

[Velette Lei]

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

I think most people are aware of that, but that has never stopped the modding community before.

well hey if they wanna tell on themselves in the steam forums thats on them im just informing them and i am fully aware there are modders and no one broadcasts their intent.,

[ParasiteX]

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

Publicado originalmente por Shiki:

This kinda misses the point, I knew u can do that.

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

SE do not enforce this rule as long as you don't use it in a way to harass other players or cheat.
There are countless FF14 streamers who stream with mods and never get banned. Only time a streamer ever got banned was when he used a damage meter and started harassing another player for not doing enough damage

[Velette Lei]

Publicado originalmente por ParasiteX:

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

SE do not enforce this rule as long as you don't use it in a way to harass other players or cheat.
There are countless FF14 streamers who stream with mods and never get banned. Only time a streamer ever got banned was when he used a damage meter and started harassing another player for not doing enough damage

well they can do what they want but music modding is different although its still not agreed on and yoshi p still prefers it not spoken about in game hence why other players cant see mods except for the user and that is just clothing thats not messing with any game files

but hey do whatever you want im not here to argue just to inform

i.,e article on yoshida's standpoint on modding his first response is it not allowed and no he wont ban people but its still not allowed https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/f0axyh/full_translation_on_yoshida_talking_about/

[Stormy Dawn]

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

well they can do what they want but music modding is different although its still not agreed on and yoshi p still prefers it not spoken about in game hence why other players cant see mods except for the user and that is just clothing thats not messing with any game files

but hey do whatever you want im not here to argue just to inform

Modding music wouldn't be intrinsically any different than modding clothing. Both are modding game index files, but only client side. Square Enix has basically no way to detect whether you manipulate any data client side.

[Velette Lei]

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

well they can do what they want but music modding is different although its still not agreed on and yoshi p still prefers it not spoken about in game hence why other players cant see mods except for the user and that is just clothing thats not messing with any game files

but hey do whatever you want im not here to argue just to inform

Modding music wouldn't be intrinsically any different than modding clothing. Both are modding game index files, but only client side. Square Enix has basically no way to detect whether you manipulate any data client side.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/f0axyh/full_translation_on_yoshida_talking_about/ they can do what they wish but straight from yoshi p himself its still against terms of service and with this im done talking about this take what you will ive simply shown articles its still modding and modding is against terms of service he asks you nicely not to do it

[Stormy Dawn]

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

Modding music wouldn't be intrinsically any different than modding clothing. Both are modding game index files, but only client side. Square Enix has basically no way to detect whether you manipulate any data client side.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/f0axyh/full_translation_on_yoshida_talking_about/ they can do what they wish still straight from yoshi p himself its still against terms of service and with this im done talking about this take what you will ive simply shown articles its still modding and modding is again terms of service

No one ever said it wasn't against the terms of service, but they also won't do anything about it. Square Enix is well aware of how many people use mods in their game, and nearly all of them are harmless. They have no reason to ban people for modding the game unless they harass other players with them in some manner.

[Slaanesh]

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/f0axyh/full_translation_on_yoshida_talking_about/ they can do what they wish still straight from yoshi p himself its still against terms of service and with this im done talking about this take what you will ive simply shown articles its still modding and modding is again terms of service

No one ever said it wasn't against the terms of service, but they also won't do anything about it. Square Enix is well aware of how many people use mods in their game, and nearly all of them are harmless. They have no reason to ban people for modding the game unless they harass other players with them in some manner.

FOR NOW!!
If they decide to do something against it they don't need to inform you before you will get banned.
So when you get banned because of it later sometime maybe no use in crying over it than

[Velette Lei]

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/f0axyh/full_translation_on_yoshida_talking_about/ they can do what they wish still straight from yoshi p himself its still against terms of service and with this im done talking about this take what you will ive simply shown articles its still modding and modding is again terms of service

No one ever said it wasn't against the terms of service, but they also won't do anything about it. Square Enix is well aware of how many people use mods in their game, and nearly all of them are harmless. They have no reason to ban people for modding the game unless they harass other players with them in some manner.

and thats fine as i said if they wanna pursue it am i gonna care no but i wont use it ive learned my lessons from using created material i just simply telling them and if they dont care good for them im not here to argue so take it as you will its for them to decide

[Shiki]

Publicado originalmente por Velette Lei:

Publicado originalmente por Shiki:

This kinda misses the point, I knew u can do that.

if you would read square enixes terms of service youd realize any part of modding the game files is against the rules simply its not allowed so mute the game music is all you can do

I am not hurting anyone by simply changing some ingame music so I don't see any issue lol. I am aware of the "risks" so please... just comment if you're really interested in solving my problem

[MOSLEY]

Publicado originalmente por Slaanesh:

Publicado originalmente por Tsurayu:

No one ever said it wasn't against the terms of service, but they also won't do anything about it. Square Enix is well aware of how many people use mods in their game, and nearly all of them are harmless. They have no reason to ban people for modding the game unless they harass other players with them in some manner.

FOR NOW!!
If they decide to do something against it they don't need to inform you before you will get banned.
So when you get banned because of it later sometime maybe no use in crying over it than

0% chance that this will ever happen.

There is no incentive for SqEnix to do this. The community backlash would be ridiculous and they would lose a lot of customers by banning them for no real reason.

"We might decide to ban people in the future" is just a hollow threat to discourage people from using mods because Yoshi-P, personally, doesn't like them.

The only way that anyone is getting banned for using mods is if they use parser output to harass people or post NSFW lewd mod screenshots.

On topic...

A cursory Google search shows that modding music is possible because there are plenty of music replacement mods online. It looks like you just replace the files in sound/win/music/data but I really have no idea and haven't looked at the game files.