How to make a tank music mod?

[Hellspawn Al]

I felt that replacing the music is simple enough, but all tutorials I found I get stumped. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial via text? (The videos I watched were telling me to open vpk.ex which didn't exist on the folders that they were telling me to go to.

[Stark Raven]

Step 1. Get an audio editing program. I recommend Audacity, it's free and works well for this sort of thing.

Step 2. Get the Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools from the tools section of your library. This will include the vpk.exe required to pack your mod.

Step 3. Modify your sound. It has to match the original Tank music in number of audio channels, which in this case should be stereo, frequency, which should be 44100hz or something like it, and nominally, length. Bonus points if you make it loop nicely. When you're done it all needs to be saved as a .wav 16-bit PCM file, named tank.wav.

Please note that there is another file named taank.wav, which is longer and only plays on finales when the Tank shows up. You may want to make a sound for this as well.

Step 4. Re-create the file structure to the Tank music. Something like [mod name]/sound/music/tank, and that last folder is where you put your sound.

Step 5. Get an addoninfo.txt template from the internet. Google left 4 dead 2 addoninfo.txt, that should get you close. Modify it to your needs and place it in your root folder.

Step 6. Locate the vpk.exe in your left 4 dead 2/bin folder. Should be near the bottom. Drag your root folder with everything else inside onto the vpk.exe and if all goes well, you'll get a mod; [mod name].vpk.

Step 7. Take your VPK and place it in your left 4 dead 2/left4dead2/addons folder and give it a test in game. If it sounds okay, congratulations, you've made a sound mod!

[Hellspawn Al]

Originally posted by Gimmeh Jibbs!:

Step 1. Get an audio editing program. I recommend Audacity, it's free and works well for this sort of thing.

Step 2. Get the Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools from the tools section of your library. This will include the vpk.exe required to pack your mod.

Step 3. Modify your sound. It has to match the original Tank music in number of audio channels, which in this case should be stereo, frequency, which should be 44100hz or something like it, and nominally, length. Bonus points if you make it loop nicely. When you're done it all needs to be saved as a .wav 16-bit PCM file, named tank.wav.

Please note that there is another file named taank.wav, which is longer and only plays on finales when the Tank shows up. You may want to make a sound for this as well.

Step 4. Re-create the file structure to the Tank music. Something like [mod name]/sound/music/tank, and that last folder is where you put your sound.

Step 5. Get an addoninfo.txt template from the internet. Google left 4 dead 2 addoninfo.txt, that should get you close. Modify it to your needs and place it in your root folder.

Step 6. Locate the vpk.exe in your left 4 dead 2/bin folder. Should be near the bottom. Drag your root folder with everything else inside onto the vpk.exe and if all goes well, you'll get a mod; [mod name].vpk.

Step 7. Take your VPK and place it in your left 4 dead 2/left4dead2/addons folder and give it a test in game. If it sounds okay, congratulations, you've made a sound mod!

Great, I'll get on it! I'll let you know if I need any more help!

[Hellspawn Al]

There are two other tank sound files known as:
midnighttank &
onebadtank

What do I do about those ones?

[Hellspawn Al]

I downloaded the Authoriting Tools butthe vpk file still isn't there, I even verified my game.

[Stark Raven]

midnighttank and onebadtank are the music files used for the Dark Carnival concert finale. Unless you play Dark Carnival a lot and don't like those sounds, you don't need to mess with them.

As for the vpk.exe missing, I'd first say make absolutely sure you're going to the Steam/SteamApps/common/left 4 dead 2/bin folder. If your computer can do a file search, give that a try.
If that doesn't do anything, a few other topics on the subject say to try deleting and re-downloading the L4D2 Authoring Tools.

[Hellspawn Al]

Ok re-downloading then.

[Hellspawn Al]

Yup it's there. I gotta do something rn so I'll finish this up tomororw morning. Could you go into detail about addoninfo.txt I found one for a survivor, but what are some tips and things I should watch out for so I don't make any mistakes. Also thanks you've been a big help!

[Hellspawn Al]

Welp I did it, I also found a guide that helped a bit. But thank you very much!

[Finppa]

Hi. Sorry to necro, but I have an issue regarding to taank (the finale) music.

Y'see, I want to replace both the normal and the finale tank themes, but during the testing, I only got the normal tank theme during a finale. Any help?

[Stark Raven]

Originally posted by TheL4D2Player2:

Hi. Sorry to necro, but I have an issue regarding to taank (the finale) music.

Y'see, I want to replace both the normal and the finale tank themes, but during the testing, I only got the normal tank theme during a finale. Any help?

I have heard this may be a problem with mutation mods, such as Rayman's Mutation Mod. I've gotten it myself on occasion, I can't say for sure what could be causing it.

[Rectus]

I think taank might be used in some special conitions only. Maybe it's for the double tank in the plantation finale.

[Scrufus]

sorry to necro, but i have a solution to TheL4D2Player2's problem

The regular tank theme plays in finales at the start, ofc, but after you've called for help "taank" begins playing, so in short.

Finale started - tank

Called for rescue - taank

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Originally posted by TheL4D2Player2:

Hi. Sorry to necro, but I have an issue regarding to taank (the finale) music.

Y'see, I want to replace both the normal and the finale tank themes, but during the testing, I only got the normal tank theme during a finale. Any help?

So friend this problem no one notices, but to solve is very simple. Remover your Admin System or anything related to it, as it is a conflict with the file taank.wav.
You may notice that by the time the sound should start it plays for only 1 second, but it starts the tank.wav instead of letting it play the tank finale.

I do not know the reason for the conflict but unfortunately you will have to disable the mod if you want to hear the sound.

[Majoris]

I watched multiple videos and read some articles too but none of them are clear enough. They always miss some important details are crucial. Because I have modded Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 before and it worked really good. Because the guy explain every detail by doing them, not just showing already made and executed files and saying that "You need to put it here and bla bla bla." Unfortunately, there is no good tutorial about L4D2 modding.