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pirateradio
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:29 pm    Post subject: Changing the music Reply with quote

Can anyone give me some tips on how to change the game's music files? I'm an aspiring game composer and want to practice by rescoring Pirates!, which I played lots of quite a few years ago. I've tried using Pakbuild (but have struggled to find any guides on how it works). Simply replacing the WAV files in the game files doesn't work either. Any help would be much appreciated!
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corsair91
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as I can recall

on the original DVD disk release install, the sound files are located here

C:\Sid Meier's Pirates!\Assets\Sounds

where C:\Sid Meier's Pirates! is the install location


Recommend avoid installing to C:\Program Files in Windows 10
as now an OS protected location and requires admin rights


Either directly replace the required sound wav file (make a backup first)
or alternatively use the custom override folder
C:\Sid Meier's Pirates!\custom
Create it if required



This thread deals with replacing wav sound files in the assets location

Customize the Music in Pirates!
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2480


Further info on PakBuild
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7904

see 2nd post in the thread

Perhaps other users may be able to help further


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fleetp
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to hooked on pirates!
I believe Corsair is correct.
On my PC the path to the sound files is
C:\program files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Pirates!\Assets\Sounds

I have Windows 10, and I had to invoke Admin rights to make any changes in the C:\program files (x86) directory

I have noticed that sometimes I have to exit the game and restart it before swapped files work correctly. Wink
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Pirate
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Way I did was say abra adbra abra gado change my music Thank you. I used a stick for the magic wand. Worked great.
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