Overview
In this Guide I’ll be teaching you how to modify specific sounds in the game.
DARK SOULS II Sound Mod Tutorial
Hello Fading souls,
First of all, excuse me if I had any grammatical errors in this article. English is not my first language. Also, this is my very first post!
I’ve been searching the web lately for sound mods for DS2, and I hadn’t any luck. However, most games are developed in the same fashion in terms of sound integration using FMOD as a prime program for sounding.
After a long day of experimenting, I’ve managed to change a specific sound in one of the locations of darks souls. ( Shrine Amana, where a girl sings before you open the door. )
Here’s a sample video:
For this mod, you’ll need a couple of programs to start with:
1- FSB files extractor 0.3.4a
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(.FSB) This is the type of file you’ll be handling from the sounds of Dark souls 2. This program going to extract and repack the FSB file with same original file data since we’re only going to change a file in it.
2- MediaInfo
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You properly need this program to know what type of sound info you’ll be handing. Most sounds used in the game are different in terms of being mono or stereo, bit rate and writing library ( coding type ). You want your sound file to be consistent with a file you’re going to change it with in order it to work perfectly in the game.
3- Audacity ( 1.3.3-beta)
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This is a necessity! I don’t know why but the old version works perfectly than the newer one when you try to use specific coding file. You want to have a basic skill to edit the sound that you’re going to change because sometimes it may appear in the game high pitched or low in volume. Also, you want to download the MP3 coding file LAME 3.xx if its MP3 type ( This depends on what was used to code the original sound file i.e 3.98 (beta) ) So you want It to be the same coding file. You can find most of them by searching.
Note: To know what type of coding file was used on the original file, use MediaInfo > tree view.
4- Fsbextractor ( Optional )
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This will help you easily find the file you want to change rather than extracting every file in the game, and choosing which one you want to change because there is a lot of sound files in the game.
Let’s Start!
-Pick a (*.FSB) file from steamappscommonDark Souls IIGamesound, and drop it to Fsbextractor. For example, frpg2_smain.FSB since it contains the intro sound of the game #(create a backup copy)
-A list of files going to appear in Fsbextractor. Feel free to explore each file.
-After finding the one, COPY THE FRPG2_SMAIN.FSB into an empty folder on the desktop.
-Extract the Fsbext.zip into the same folder.
-Open the Cmd.exe at the start up
Type “ Cd” and the route file of the folder you recently created at, For example
“Cd C:UsersYour_UsernameDesktopNewfolder”
-Type “fsbext -s DATA.dat frpg2_smain.fsb” # This is going to create a data file of the original FSB file and extract it as well.
-Next, choose the sound you want to change, and check it’s info using MediaInfo > tree view
-Next, Open your sound file that you want to change it with Audacity.
Change what’s necessary according to the Info original file such as bit rate, sound quailty, bit rate mode, and channel mode.
Also, don’t forget to download the appropriate LAME Encoding file. (Audacity > Edit > preferences > File format).
-Export your sound file the same name as the original file. (make sure you have backup file). Replace it with original in same folder with other files.
Note: You can also open the file you want to change and edit it or compare it to your file.
-Head back to Cmd.exe
-And type “fsbext -s DATA.dat -r FRPG2_SMAIN(1).fsb” # this is going to repack the FSB file with original data.
You want to rename it differently in order to create it.
Note: Keep the same number of files
Lastly, Replace the FRPG2_SMAIN.fsb in sounds file of the game (Remember to back it up)
With the one you created in the folder.
Launch the game and praise the lord, hoping it to work.
Enjoy!