how to turn off background music?

ramileous · 08-06-07, 04:27 PM

The background music is getting kind of old and there are times when i just want to hear the sound of the boat and ocean, how can i completely turn off the music while playing the game. (note: am not talking about the gramophone)

Von Manteuffel · 08-06-07, 05:25 PM

In SH III I think the music volume control on the Options menu controls both the in-game music and the gramophone, so - if you want to keep the gramophone - the best way to get rid of the in-game music is to go to your

Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sound\Music folder

make a backup copy of the sound files inside the folder and keep them somewhere safe ( e.g. a new folder named "MUSICBACKUP" ) in case you want to restore them and then simply delete the files from the data\Sound\Music file.

If this causes problems - it's a bit more complicated because you'll have to replace the sound files in the data/Sound/Music folder with the same number of identically-named files you have backed-up, but make each one, say, 10 seconds of silence. You'll only have to make one piece of silence and then simply copy and re-name.

Lzs von swe · 08-06-07, 05:45 PM

It´s a long time since I did this, but you can turn music of in Options on the Main Menu. Should be in the Audio section and it does not affect the gramophone.

Reece · 08-06-07, 10:04 PM

Hi, if you want to actually edit out any particular track just go to the data\Sound\Music folder & edit the music.cfg file by placing a semicolon in front of the line, example:

[NORMAL]
Tracks=1
Track1=Silence.ogg
;Track1=Stalker_1_Mix.ogg
;Track2=Stalker_2_Mix.ogg
;Track3=Stalker_3_Mix.ogg
;Track4=Stalker_4_Mix.ogg
;Track5=Stalker_5_Mix.ogg

[TENSION]
Tracks=5
Track1=Tension_1_Mix.ogg
Track2=Tension_2_Mix.ogg
Track3=Tension_3_Mix.ogg
Track4=Tension_4_Mix.ogg
Track5=Tension_5_Master.ogg

In this, only the music for "TENSION" plays.

You can also see how easy it would be to put your own music tracks in!

Cheers.

08-06-07, 04:27 PM	#1
ramileous Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	how to turn off background music? The background music is getting kind of old and there are times when i just want to hear the sound of the boat and ocean, how can i completely turn off the music while playing the game. (note: am not talking about the gramophone)

08-06-07, 05:45 PM	#3
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	It´s a long time since I did this, but you can turn music of in Options on the Main Menu. Should be in the Audio section and it does not affect the gramophone. __________________

08-06-07, 10:04 PM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,696 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi, if you want to actually edit out any particular track just go to the data\Sound\Music folder & edit the *music.cfg* file by placing a semicolon in front of the line, example: [NORMAL] Tracks=1 Track1=Silence.ogg ;Track1=Stalker_1_Mix.ogg ;Track2=Stalker_2_Mix.ogg ;Track3=Stalker_3_Mix.ogg ;Track4=Stalker_4_Mix.ogg ;Track5=Stalker_5_Mix.ogg [TENSION] Tracks=5 Track1=Tension_1_Mix.ogg Track2=Tension_2_Mix.ogg Track3=Tension_3_Mix.ogg Track4=Tension_4_Mix.ogg Track5=Tension_5_Master.ogg In this, only the music for "TENSION" plays. You can also see how easy it would be to put your own music tracks in! Cheers. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-06-07, 05:25 PM	#2
Von Manteuffel Commander Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 473 Downloads: 411 Uploads: 0	In SH III I think the music volume control on the Options menu controls both the in-game music and the gramophone, so - if you want to keep the gramophone - the best way to get rid of the in-game music is to go to your Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sound\Music folder make a backup copy of the sound files inside the folder and keep them somewhere safe ( e.g. a new folder named "MUSICBACKUP" ) in case you want to restore them and then simply delete the files from the data\Sound\Music file. If this causes problems - it's a bit more complicated because you'll have to replace the sound files in the data/Sound/Music folder with the same number of identically-named files you have backed-up, but make each one, say, 10 seconds of silence. You'll only have to make one piece of silence and then simply copy and re-name.