Sonic 2 Community's Cut Custom Music Tutorial

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Sonic 2 Community's Cut Custom Music Tutorial

Music

1. In the game folder, find the subfolder "gamehacks". If it doesn't exist, create it.
2. Inside that folder, find the subfolder "music". If it doesn't exist, create it.
3. Inside that folder, put your music! It must be in OGG format. Here's the naming scheme:

• Name the file based on the ID of the song you want to replace! (eg. EHZ = b.ogg)
• Make sure there are no leading zeroes. (Good: 1.ogg, Bad: 01.ogg)
• Make sure all letters are lowercase. (Good: 1f.ogg, Bad: 1F.OGG)
  • Make sure the .ogg is lowercase too!
• For act 2 tracks, name the file [id]_2.ogg. (eg. EHZ2 = b_2.ogg)
  • Act 3 is the same, but with 3 instead of 2!
  • Act 1 tracks can be named either [id]_1.ogg or just [id].ogg, it's your choice.

4. You're done! Don't even need to restart the game; the next time the track plays it should just work(tm).

Loop Points

Follow this tutorial noting a few differences:

• LOOPSTART is in seconds instead of samples. Don't switch your time display to samples.
• LOOPLENGTH doesn't exist, so don't use it. Instead, make sure your song is trimmed to the point that you want it to loop.

SFX

1. In the game folder, find the subfolder "gamehacks". If it doesn't exist, create it.
2. Inside that folder, find the subfolder "sfx". If it doesn't exist, create it.
3. Inside that folder, put your SFX! It must be in WAV format. Here's the naming scheme:

• Name the file based on the ID of the sound effect you want to replace! (eg. jump = 30.wav)
• Make sure there are no leading zeroes. (Good: 1.wav, Bad: 01.wav)
• Make sure all letters are lowercase. (Good: 1f.wav, Bad: 1F.WAV)
  • Make sure the .wav is lowercase too!
• For left/right ring panning, name the files 2C_l.wav and 2C_r.wav.
  • You'll still need to pan the audio yourself.

4. You're done! Don't even need to restart the game; the next time the sound effect plays it should just work(tm).