Put The Elfsong Back In The Elfsong

Made for Patch 6 - Hotfix 19, Working with Patch 8, but can probably be used for Patch 5 and its hotfixes (it just overrides two music files; no code has been touched. Proceed carefully, but you should be able to safely remove it if any issues arise).

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Are you, too, an insufferable nerd who was frustrated that the song playing in the Elfsong in Act 3 is in English? Do you, too, wish we'd gotten an updated version of the original Elfsong from Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for this game?

Welcome to my most self-indulgent mod to date!

I realized while making this mod that it might be fun to do a cover of the original Ghost of the Tavern song from Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, so that's what I did. And I'm really happy with how it turned out!! Now you can have a new version of an old, familiar song for your game (if you'd like)!

If not, I've also provided files for the instrumental version of I Want To Live from the BG3 soundtrack, shortened slightly to fit within the time the original Song of Balduran plays. That song is already used as camp music in other points in the game, so it shouldn't feel too out of place.

And I've now provided two versions of the mod with the original song from Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance if you'd like, too!

You can listen to my cover here, which is what's included in the mod:

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(Please keep in mind that if you're using a version with my cover, this mod has the added side effect of making the Elfsong ghost a gay man, just, by nature of using my singing voice. If that bothers you, you don't have to download this! Please just, be kind about it, though.)

This mod replaces both versions of the Song of Balduran that play in the Elfsong Tavern camp. Because yes, there are two, which is part of why it's so repetitive 😭 I don't think those files are used elsewhere, but they will replace the song anywhere it shows up if it does. If it replaces it somewhere you don't want it to, please let me know! The mod only replaces those two versions of the Song of Balduran, it does not override or edit any other files.

These are the files the mod overrides:

Data\Public\Shared\Assets\Sound\52778681.wem

Data\Public\Shared\Assets\Sound\946960729.wem

Any mod replacing those files is also replacing the Song of Balduran. If a mod replacing the song also has other features, you may be able to keep those features and use these replacements instead, but I'm not sure if any mod like that exists. If you run into one, let me know, and I can see what you'd need to make it work!

A note about volume levels:

It seems like the first song in the Elfsong Tavern music playlist i