Is there a way to deactivate certain music?

[Pietato]

I do not want to hear the tracks of auditory despair (Straya, US, Khmer, Pedro, Spain) but I still want to play against random AI. Is there a way to disable certain music?

 

[blackcatatonic]

I don't know, but am following this thread as I'd be pretty interested in the answer.

One of these days I will set up a map with Pedro, Khmer, Hungary, Australia and Scotland and see how long it takes me to go mad

 

[Disgustipated]

Hungary and Scotland music is awesome, don't be dissin' them. Maori on the other hand... Actually I do like all their songs except one which I really dislike.

 

[blackcatatonic]

I actually like both pieces, there's just only so many times I want to hear them over and over. The Hungary one in particular is really repetitive!

 

[Takfloyd]

Khmer's music is great though, at least once it gets more elaborate in the Industrial Age. But the others... yeah... And add Kongo to that. It's a good thing Firaxis has learned by now not to use just a single short and basic melody for all of a civ's music. Sweden's music for example could have been horribly obnoxious if they hadn't been wise enough to mix together multiple songs.

 

[blackcatatonic]

Kongo's main theme is irritating (and the later version with that key change, ugh, so cheesy!) but on the other hand they also have one of the best ambient tracks (the one with the singing).

 

[Starwars]

I pretty much love all the themes. Stuff like Waltzing Mathilda doesn't bother me at all, at least not any more than hearing Helan Går as a Swede.

If I have any problem with the music is that I find it gets a bit too elaborate, loud and excitable in the later eras. The arrangements are really nice, don't get me wrong. But I like my civ-music to feel a bit more quiet and subdued.

Though Scotland the Brave in the later eras is absolutely glorious, stirring and uplifting.

 

[Red_warning]

I generally dislike songs that involve a lot of shouting, but I find atomic Maori to be the most decent of that sort. Hearing all those old ladies sing in the background reminds me of the local church choir though

 

[Janskey]

I do not want to hear the tracks of auditory despair (Straya, US, Khmer, Pedro, Spain) but I still want to play against random AI. Is there a way to disable certain music?

There is, but it's kind of tedious. For Australia and Khmer, the songs are in the DLC folders (like C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\DLC\Indonesia_Khmer\platforms\windows\audio) and for the rest in the base game folder. You'll need to edit either the music bank xml or the wem files, i.e. change the file IDs to refer to a different/empty wem file or replace the wems with different/empty wems. It's probably easier the xml way.

edit. Just tried this and the game doesn't seem to mind if the sound files are missing, so it's likely even easier to use the xmls to find the correct file Ids (e.g. open with notepad and ctrl + f america) and rename the corresponding wems to e.g. .old files.

 

[Forster]

I like peace and quiet and my hearing sucks now, so I just turn the damn volume down in the options screen.

 

[Pietato]

Addng Canada and Hungary to the list of auditory despair.