BG3 SoundBank Source Grabber

This tool is also available at this GitHub repository, along with Linux and Mac versions.

My original purpose for this tool, categorizing all the point & click dialogue by speaker and event, is finished! You can view the Google doc here.

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This is a tool that forms search query strings of CAkSound entries in XML files. This is primarily for use with unpacked Baldur’s Gate 3 game files, but it may work with other games with similar file structures (this has not been tested). We've also made a YouTube tutorial showing how to use the tool here.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with ShinyHobo's BG3 Modder's Multitool to unpack game files

Familiarity with tepig327's instructions from this pinned post on Nexus.

Necessary Programs

wwiser to convert a BNK file to an XML file

Python to run wwiser.

Your text editor of choice (I recommend Notepad++)

To play the WEM files, foobar2000 plus this vgmstream component.

Download the correct ZIP file for your operating system from the releases page.

Unzip and run the application.

Open your converted VOCALS.bnk.xml (or any converted BNK → XML file, we’re using this one as an example) with your text editor. It’s a VERY large file, so I recommend selecting View > Fold Level > 7 if you’re using Notepad++ to make it a little more manageable.

Choose a section of obj na="CAkSound" entries. I always do ONE section at a time, they all have either a "CAkRanSeqCntr" or "CAkSwitchCntr" above and below one section.

Copy the whole group of CAkSound entries into the tool’s text box, and press “Get Source Query ID.” This will copy a string query of the source file entries for that section to your clipboard.

You can then use that query to search via your file explorer in your unpacked SharedSounds\Public\Shared\Assets\Sound location.

Special thanks to the Down by the River server's modding community.