Hey everyone. A while back I started on a project to map out the audio files on PSU PC. While the sound effect videos and voice acting files were easy to find, I had problems discovering what was in the music until I found a program called CinePack. A program that allows the listening of CRI's ADX music format. That was back during the AOI beta.
At this point now, I have not only been able to discover what tracks link to what song but also, I have been able to successfully replace the music as well. The following is a guide on how to replace the music in the PC version of PSU.
A video of this in action can be found here. Take note that I left my mouse on screen to show there was no funny business going on off screen.
How to replace the music files
1. To avoid problems, completely close down PSU.exe.
2. Locate the track you want to replace here. Match the song up with the file on the left side. (If anyone wants to help me clear up some of the naming on there, just post, I'll fix it)
3. Back up the original file that you are going to replace in another folder.
4. Copy and rename the music file to what you want the music to replace to what the original song was. So if you want to replace Burning Hearts with Tricktrack Part 2, just copy 145db38197726811625153c0af3cd269 and then rename the copy as a1e79ce8fae6955cfbf8b586567a8c09 (Please note, you must be able to see the file.extensions of files to be able to do this properly.)
5. Launch PSU and enjoy.
How to import your own custom music
You'll need a few things to do this. All of these programs are free.
adxencd.exe (Converts .wav to .adx. Put this in it's own separate folder)
Winamp (To check the file came out ok, and for conversion to the .wav format using the output wav diskwriter function)
in_cube.dll (required plugin for winamp to be able to play adx files. put it into the winamp plugin folder)
Audacity (To help find the looping points for the .adx)
There are 2 main steps in this. Converting to wav and creating the adx
Converting to wav
1. Pick a song and load it into the winamp playlist (Multiple songs can be done at one time as winamp operates on a playlist.)
2. Hit Ctrl-P to open the preferences
3. go to Plug-ins / Output on the left side and double click on Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in on the right side.
4. Choose the output file location directory as the location of where you put adxencd.
5. Click Ok, click close.
6. Hit the play button. You'll note that no sound is actually being played through the speakers. This is fine as Winamp is writing the wav files now.
This sequence is required as mp3 and such isn't supported by adxencd.exe. You now have two choices on how to proceed. Creating a simple or looping .adx
Creating a simple adx
1. click start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt.
2. go to the location of where you put adxencd.exe (you'll need to know the old dos commands to do this part)
3. type "adxencd filename.wav" and hit enter
You now have an adx file you can use in PSU. However this file in of itself will not loop properly.
Creating a looping adx
1. Open Audacity
2. Open the wav file you exported from winamp.
3. Go up to View -> Set Selection Format -> Choose Samples (Snap to Samples)
4. Find where you want the start and end points to be and jot down the sample numbers (displayed way at the bottom of the program. "Cursor: number samples)
5. click start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt.
6. go to the location of where you put adxencd.exe (you'll need to know the old dos commands to do this part)
7. Type "adxencd filename.wav -lps (starting sample number) -lpe (ending sample number)" and hit enter
8. Open Winamp and check that the loop came out ok by opening the adx file
Now to finish, just go back up to the "How to replace the music files" sequence at the top of this guide and proceed as described. Remeber that in order to delete the file .extension and rename it properly, you must be able to view the extension itself. Go here for more details on how to complete that process.
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Jonathan_F on 2007-06-10 23:17 ]</font>
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