How to replace music_sounds_radio and main menu
In this guide I’ll explain how to make music, sound, radio and main menu replacers.
The pinned post has some helpful info and tools for modding.
Tools You’ll Need
FModel: For extracting files
RePak: For unpacking and repacking .pak files
Addon for RePak: Drag-drop RePak for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
OR you can use unrealpack instead
Wwise Audio: For replacing audio (an account is required).
Most configs and audio files are in pakchunk0-Windows.pak
When opened with FModel, audio and music files can be found under:
Stalker2 > Content > _STALKER2 > Audio > WwiseAudio > Media
Audio files are named as numbers, at the moment i know only which one is menu music – 42470430
You can unpack all files and filter them by size – larger files are often music or radio tracks.
Replacing Music
Convert your audio file to WAV format first
Convert WAV to WEM
Open the Audiokinetic Launcher, launch Wwise, and create a new project.
In the project tab, select Import Audio Files and drag and drop your file.
After importing, select Convert All Audio Files in the project tab.
The converted WEM file will be located in your project directory under the .cache folder.
You can watch this video for reference (leave project settings as default).
Rename the WEM file to match the name of the file you’re replacing (for menu music use 42470430.wem).
Create a folder replicating the original file path (yourmodfolder\Stalker2\Content\_STALKER2\Audio\WwiseAudio\Media) and place your renamed WEM file there.
Drag and drop the folder onto repak.bat to repack your mod.
Replacing the Menu Video.
Convert your video to the same resolution as the original file. I am using CloudConvert to convert MP4 to WMV, change resolution to 3840×2160 , and remove audio.
Convert to BK2 Format
Download Rad Video Tools.
And this Bink2 Add-on to convert WMV to BK2.
Backup the original video files before replacing them. Rename your file and replace the Original Video
Original video files are located in:
\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Movies\MainMenuVideo
The only thing is i dont know how to change menu sounds (campfire and ambient sounds).
