How to Acquire: The Audio of Titanfall

[Bizargh]

DETAILS

Game Availability (PC):
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Titanfall#Availability

Format(s):
- WAV

Credits:
- Respawn Entertainment (Developer)
- Electronic Arts (Publisher)

Music:
- Composed by Stephen Barton
- Performed by The London Session Orchestra & various individual Performers
- Full Staff Credits available at VGMDB[vgmdb.net]

Terms of Use:
"EA appreciates the passion that players have for our games, and we’re always excited to see the creativity that comes from our community. EA does not object to fair uses of video footage or screenshots on video sharing sites, including YouTube channels that are commercialized, as long as the footage is a version of the game that we have released to the public.

We do reserve the right to address any inappropriate use of EA content. Additionally, because many EA games include content that is licensed from a third-party company or may otherwise have usage restrictions, and because of the large number of video-related questions we get from the community, we aren’t able to grant specific approvals or respond to all follow up inquiries. For additional permissions and terms of service information, read the EA Terms of Service."
- https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/faq/how-to-request-permission-for-ea-games-content/

GUIDE

Believe it or not, there was some interest in modifying Titanfall during it's heyday. Although such activity is not actively supported by Origin's services as it is by Steam, that didn't stop those in the Source community extracting it's assets for various uses, including porting it's weapon models & animations to Left 4 Dead 2 on the Steam Workshop:

And cra0kalo made the tool to do just that.

STEP ONE

First, you will need two things.

One. A PC copy of Titanfall. Naturally, of course. However, if you don't have Titanfall on PC currently, allow me to provide some personal recommendations before you decide to fetch a copy:

I would personally recommend the PC DVD as while it may not remain cheaper than the Origin Store prices, not only will this 3-Disc Physical Copy genuinely save you the download to install it, but Origin will also add it to your digital Library to be reinstalled via digital download if ever needed or desired. Additionally, should the time come for Titanfall's servers to shutdown & purchases to presumably cease (It's an online-only game without community server support, so it's safe to believe this will inevitably happen within the next few years as it has for so many EA games before it), you will always have the disc long after EA retires it's sales.
 
But on the other hand, Origin does have the Great Game Guarantee[www.origin.com], so if you'd prefer to go with the Digital Purchase from Origin, you have a return policy should you have no desires to hang onto the game. Do please read that guarantee before purchase mind you, as your return window is short.

Additionally, the game received a surprising release on Steam. While it remains shackled to the Origin client as well as an EA Account, I have come to realise that games within a user's Steam Library that have had their plugs pulled are still entirely able to be reinstalled, so that could hold access to the game's assets beyond the lifespan of the game's servers.

Got the game? Installed it onto your computer? Excellent! Now all you need is the Titanfall .VPK Tool. You can find it here (Hyperlink disabled as I have received "The site ahead may contain harmful programs" warnings from Firefox in the past): https://cra0kalo.com/public/
The one you're looking for is "Titanfall_VPKTool3.4_Portable.zip" which is Version 3.4, Portable Edition (Meaning you don't have to install it onto your computer to run it), which is the latest & almost certainly final version of the tool.
I haven't directly linked the download link itself as Firefox has previously raised alarm bells and the site's README.TXT actually says

All files here are for general public view, these files are not to be hot-linked or posted on 3rd party sites. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

But scans with AVG have come up clean and I have used this tool latest & previous versions numerous times very safely, so it's a false positive as much as I can assure you. But I'll nonetheless advise you to proceed at your own discretion.

Alternatively, just in case of any issues, here's a personal reupload of the .ZIP package via my MediaFire: https://www[DOT]mediafire[DOT]com/file/8sdgztb13c1xf4r/Titanfall_VPKTool3.4_Portable.zip
Again, proceed at your discretion.

Here's the old Facepunch thread for more details:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190406191614/https://forum.facepunch.com/dev/qxdw/TitanFall-Ports-and-hacks-WIP-thread-Standby-For-Titanfall/1/

STEP TWO

If you're familiar with GCFScape for the Source games, particularly the Valve collection, then you should feel very much at home with this tool. If not, well, that's why this guide's here!

Fire up the tool, then click Open. To get to the files you need to open, you will need to follow this file path:

• [Your Origin Library Location] > Origin Games > Titanfall > vpk

Now, what are you opening? Well, as every voiced language is included with Titanfall by default, allow me to list the .VPKs containing the audio files based on language:

• englishclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• frenchclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• germanclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• italianclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• japaneseclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• koreanclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• polishclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• portugueseclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• russianclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• spanishclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir
  
• tchineseclient_mp_common.bsp.pak000_dir

STEP THREE

Now that you've opened your .VPK, you can do three things:

1. Right-click the sound folder, than Extract the entire sound collection to wherever you choose.
   
2. Expand the sound folder to see the various folders within such as "music", "vo" & "weapons", which you can Right-click & Extract individually.
   
3. If you wish to extract a file individually, simply click the folder of your choosing, find the file you seek in the list, then simply left-click on it, then push the big Extract button.

TIPS

Although most flaws I'm aware existed have been ironed out from the tool, I feel it's important to inform you of a couple of things:

• Although this error was removed from the entirety of sound files I've encountered, I spotted a couple of music tracks that have a "Pop" that precedes the end of the track. It's easy to remove in Audacity, Vegas or any other editing software you may use.
  "tf_master_low_mediumpilotaction_imc1_stmix_112_bpm" & "tf_master_mediumtitanaction_imc1_stmix_100_bpm" in action > imc would be the ones.
  
  
• A majority of the Weapon Sounds use 6 channels of audio instead of the common 1 (Mono) or 2 (Stereo). For some reason, these particular audio files sound quieter than the rest when played through Windows Media Player. Don't worry, for if you open them up in Audacity, Vegas and any other editing software, their native volume is perfectly intact.

CONCLUSION

And that's that! If you found that a little bit much to read, there is a video demonstration of the Titanfall .VPK Tool extracting materials (Not exactly the same thing, but it's nice to have some visual reference):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclhtkshOCo
Alternatively, I do have my personal extraction available for download here:
Sound Collection: Titanfall