Main menu music replacer example

H3X1C

I see many ask how to replace the main menu music given Plutonium IW5 already replaces the stock music. Most encounter an issue when attempting to edit our replacement music not knowing the launcher checks all client files on startup and repairs any files that don't match the hash and changing the music results in this hash changing.

The solution is to leave those loose files alone and use a IWD archive as these archives have higher priority than the loose files.

Attached below is an example file.
Installation: Place IWD in C:\Users\UserNameHere\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\iw5
MainMenuMusicExample.iwd

X4NNY

changed the .mp3 file to .iwd but i dont know how to name it or anything lol ...

Dss0

X4NNY that's not how it works lol. .iwd files are basically .zip files so what you do is you download his example file, open it with 7zip or winrar and replace the mp3 file that is inside with yours.

xanbars

i can't figure it out, i'd love to replace it with some xavier wulf.

znchi

@xvnbrs If you have winRAR you can double click the MainMenuMusicExample.iwd, go to the music folder and drag and drop an mp3.
Video

If you don't have winRAR then create a "sound" folder, inside of it create a "music" folder, and inside it put your mp3 and name it "plutonium_main.mp3". Compress the sound folder in a zip file and change the ".zip" part to ".iwd".

xanbars

@shyperson0 i accidentally opened with notepad how do i get it back to regular file

xanbars

@shyperson0 i got it, thank you!

5HAH3

Hey i tried your method and it works but is there a way to increase the main menu music sound? I have tried audacity to amplify the music by 2 db but that doesn't do too much and i am scared of the clipping warning it gives.

NuttyNut

Same issue here. I managed to change the music to what I want but the volume of it in the menu is way lower than in the standalone file, and lower than the standard plutonium theme. Maybe something about the mp3 file being read from the .iwd file that makes it play at a lower volume compared to the way the standard theme is read from a standalone folder?

Russel Crowe

do i have to put the file name as plutonium_main.iwd ?