Help Me Gurus -- How do I Change the Battle Music

rsolow · #1 October 17th, 2006, 10:03 AM

I want to change the battle music to something more upbeat -- maybe the theme from Monday Night Football. I found the "Raw Sound" folder and assume that one of the files in there is the battle music file, but I do not know what to do next. What I think is the specific problem is:

All the files in the Raw Sound folder are .al or .smp files. I am unfamiliar with these extensions and cannot get them to play with the typical players (Windows Media Player and RealPlayer). I tried changing the .al and .smp extensions to .wav and .midi, but without success in playing them.

Anyone have any ideas on how I can take my .mp3, midi, and .wav files and get them to play as the battle music?

Email Appreciated: RSolow@Comcast.Net

_bob_

Nerfix · #2 October 17th, 2006, 10:05 AM

No idea, not sure if it is doable.

Gandalf Parker · #3 October 17th, 2006, 10:08 AM

The music is in the format of .al which doesnt seem to have any downloadable programs for converting music into that format. Im not going to pay $400 for the only official program Ive found for it.

rsolow · #4 October 17th, 2006, 10:21 AM

Do you know of a free program that will at least let me play the .al files? If I could do that, at least I could identify the battle music file.

tka · #5 October 17th, 2006, 10:38 AM

At least early age battle music file is called fikon2.al, dont know about other ages because I havent got my full version yet /cry.

Those are A-Law compressed 22kHz mono sound files.

Nerfix · #6 October 17th, 2006, 11:05 AM

Customizing music would be nice though. I could create an soundtrack from In Flames songs...

Ballbarian · #7 October 17th, 2006, 11:29 AM

Haven't messed with it for awhile, but I have an old version of Audacity that could import raw sound data. You have to fiddle with the various import/export options, but it is possible. Easier for me just to turn off music in game and let media player play in the background.

rsolow · #8 October 17th, 2006, 12:43 PM

I used a free program called Smart Audio Converter http://www.smartaudioconverter.com to convert my MP3s to RAW (A-Law) files. I set the sample rate at 22050 HZ (there are other options on the converted). It sounded absolutely awful, but it was definitely changed to the mp3 file I converted.

The Fikon files appear to be the battle music files. I cannot confirm which is which since I changed them all.

Now the trick is to find some usuable .al files or play around with the conversion settings so the new battle music sounds better.