Play custom music in Battlefield Vietnam
A guide to preparing and substituting your own music for the music that plays in Battlefield Vietnam.
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If you like playing Battlefield Vietnam (read the review) then you'll be familure with the great 60's music that you can play on the radio when you are in a vehicle, plane, helicopter or gun battery.
When you're in any of these vehicles, simply press the "0" key (zero is the default key - unless you have changed it in your profile) and a list of music tracks will appear and you can select which track to listen to.
Eventually though, there's only so much 60's music you can listen too and you may feel the need to put some more contemporary music in the game.
There are two ways to do this,
Add your own custom MP3s This method is the easiest, you simply add your MP3s into the correct directory in Battlefield Vietnam Directory and you can select these tracks by pressing "0"
The only problem with this setup is that other players in the game will only hear the original Vietnam music when you go past.
Use the BFV Music Tools Patcher This method is more complex but very rewarding. Other users in the game will be able to hear the music you choose (provided they have run the same patch themselves)
The rest of this guide shows you how to use Goldwave and the BFV Music tools to get the best results with the second option.
Setup Goldwave
Your mp3s will need to be amplified and then normalised somewhat to sound good in the game. If you're a SoundForge Guru, you may be able to adapt the settings here to work for you, however we found that the easiest way was to setup Goldwave to do the job and use the batch processing feature to save you time.
GoldWave Instructions
Step 1: Mono Convert your music file to a mono 16bit wav file.
Step 2: LowPAss High Pass filter Click Effect->Filter->Low/HighPass
The settings for the Low/Highpass should be: Initial cutoff: 80 Final Cutoff: 80 Check: Highpass Check: static Steepness: 10 Save this as a preset.
Step3: Compression Click Effect->Compressor/Expander Multiplier(db): -40.0 Threshold(db): -6.0 Attack(s): 0.0 Release(s): 0.0 Mode: Compressor Settings: Anticipate Attach (checked) Settings: Use Smoother (not checked) Save this as a preset.
(Goldwave Instructions adapted from Mindslayer 's instructions at 24th MID)
When you have completed this process you can convert all your mp3s in one go using the batch processing feature.
Setup MRFA Builder
Open the MRFA builder up and select the first "slot" (A) in the table
Click the Browse button to select one of the .wav files you created using Goldwave previously
Type a display name in the Title Box (this it the name that is displayed in the list when you press "0" in a vehicle)
That's it, rinse and repeat these instructions selecting the next available slot (slot B, slot C..) in the list for each track.
When you're finished, Select the file menu and choose "Save project" to save your current settings.
Then open the file menu again and select "build MRFA"
Setup BFV MusicPatcher
Launch the BFV MusicPatcher and select your Music patch file (the MRFA file you just created in the last step)
Then select your Battlefield Vietnam Folder (where the game is installed)
Click the Backup Originals to preserve the original music in the game and then click the "Apply the Music Patch" to substitute your custom music for the original music.
You will need to copy the .MRFA file you created in the previous step to each computer you want to hear your custom music and then repeat this last step on each computer
Fire up Battlefield Vietnam, jump in a vehicle, press "0" to select your cool new music!
For all the clan members out there, it's great to have themed music for your clan battles!
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LAC Sartori (Saturday, 19 November 2005) This Rocks! It Works! I use the set up on my LAN at home, and its definately cool napalming to Funky Cold Medina ;-)
anon (Saturday, 15 July 2006) i tried it but on single player the music came out really quiet and i struggled to hear it is there anyway to make it louder
Rob (Saturday, 29 July 2006) You need to fiddle with the normalise settings in Goldwave to make the mp3 louder
James (Saturday, 1 November 2008) Mate, This isnt working. It keeps saying ''One or more items is not vaild. Unable to build'', well
how come to the right the Status says ''OK''? I have a fully licensed version on Goldwave and followed your guide. the ONLY part I couldn't do was the Final Cutoff because it's Greyed out completely. I converted it to using Save As : Wave PCM Signed 16 bit 22050 Hz, 352 kbps, mono, this seemed the closest. I beg you help me. I haven't played BFV in a long time and I thought of this to try out... My song is ''Ray Manzarek & Rick and The Ravens - Geraldine'' a 'Nam song. Email is james007m007@hotmail.co.uk if you can solve it. Please do!. :)
Hi Im robert (Friday, 31 July 2009) ya i had the same problom as the other rob wen i go to finish adding my songs and i go to build it says that 1 or more items is invaled but i dont think i have that ok thing on the side like he dos?
name is syd (Monday, 12 October 2009) you need to go into more clearer detail man its not working
Band of Boogers (Wednesday, 28 April 2010) FOR THOSE HAVING TROUBLE WITH FINAL CUTOFF BEING GREY....DO THIS!
I too had this problem and it took a while to figure out, but it's an easy fix....
Select the "dynamic" box under the settings (right below the initial and final cutoff). This will allow you to make the adjustment to the final cutoff. Once you make the change, select "static" again. It will keep the value on the final cutoff at 80.
As for the error message, sorry I can't help with that. Maybe correcting the final cutoff value will fix it. Good luck! Hope this helps!
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