How to Null or Replace Campaign Music

[Gwynplaine]

Campaign music is ok, but one can only take so much blatent drum in one sitting. Here's how you can null or change Campaign's music.

I'm sure a lot of people already know how to dat swap their FFXI music, some don't maybe. On the other hand maybe you just aren't sure which file campaign music is and like me are completely sick of it. Obviously, this is only intended for people using the PC version. Backup the files you're changing if you're afraid you'll mess up blahblahblah.

Navigate to the folder:

[Your Drive C or whatever] C:\Program Files\Playonline\SquareEnix\FinalyFantasyXI\sound5 \win\music\data

This is where all the music files for WotG zones are. Campaign music is "music247.bgw". You can null it by simply renaming it slightly, like rename it "music_247.bgw" instead. Doing so will cause no music at all to play during Campaign battles. This includes engaging enemies outside Campaign. When Campaign ends if there is normal zone music, it will start up again as usual.

Alternatively, if you don't like complete silence either you could switch it with another song file to play. I won't list every single music file, but here's the corresponding WotG music. I personally prefer music 217 or the Ops or Alliance battle music.

music140 -Opening Theme
music141 -Sarutabaruta_S
music145 -Cutscene Music
music180 -Bastok_S
music181 -San d'Oria_S
music182 -Windurst_S
music215 -Party Battle Music
music216 -Alliance Battle Music
music217 -Scholar Cutscene Music
music246 -Medal Rank Up Music
music247 -Campaign
music248 -Young Griffons Theme
music249 -Campaign Ops Battle Music
music250 -Cutscene Music
music251 -Ronfaure_S
music252 -Music for Zones Surrounding Jeuno
music253 -Gustaberg_S
music254 -(inexplicably this is San d'Oria_S a second time)

[Tajin]

While we are at this, any method of silencing the game everytime Im on the character selection screen and the screen, with the agree/disagree button?. Pisses me off that it always plays at full volume.

[Gwynplaine]

Not that I know of, because sound settings in game are account specific. But for the selection screen, you could for example, null the Opening music and not hear it.

[zard1977]

Or if you are using windower, just use

http://windower.net/wiki/plugins/vanatunes

[Rasantath]

While we are at this, any method of silencing the game everytime Im on the character selection screen and the screen, with the agree/disagree button?. Pisses me off that it always plays at full volume.

yes
same thing, you can nuke the music files
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