Nostalgic Sounds Redux (Chaos Reign)

Aims to recapture what we all felt all those years ago, playing through the BattleTech universe. An emphasis has been placed on preserving "Iconic" audio from the original games, whilst attempting to bring them up to the modern standard and bring us all nostalgia.

If you want to learn how to mod yourself, you can start with the online resources here.

We would also love to see you on the MW5 Discord or the Yet Another MW5 Discord Server (Where all the modders hang out).

Latest Release Version: 6. 1. 7 (25/SEP/2026).

This mod is also available on Steam.

Hey everyone. Thanks for being patient, I've been hard at work attempting to improve all aspects of the sound mod so far, please keep the criticism and feedback coming, it really does help me identify problem areas or at the very least, areas that could be improved upon. Thanks all.

It is recommended to disable "Loudness Equalization" audio enhancements in windows sound devices.

Additionally it is recommended to disable any additional enhancements you may have in your sound software (if you have any) like EQ's and such

as they may make this mod sound different than intended and may alter your experience. If you know what you're doing you can safely ignore this.

Yet Another Weapon / Yet Another Weapon Clan / Yet Another Revamped Weapon - MOSTLY COMPATIBLE, though there potentially will be issues due to the modded weapons using non-unique sound events.

VonBiomes - COMPATIBLE, VonSeiten uses his own ambient beds for his custom maps so these two should work side by side - just note anything you hear ambient-wise on his maps will most likely be from his mod, and I have no control over.

MW2 Betty Ultimate / MW4 Betty, etc - COMPATIBLE, infact I recommend any Betty mod (perfect for the nostalgia vibe of this mod).

Other Audio Mods - While I have not tested this myself I would imagine it all depends on load order, if two audio mods modify the same SoundBanks, then one will overwrite the other. However, if you manage to get two audio mods that alter different soundbanks they may potentially work but due to changes to the Audio Buses (if any are made) could lead to unexpected results or not work at all. So I do not recommend it.

Environment:

Here are have ambient audio playing in the background of the soundstage. These sounds have no attenuation and are broadcast to all        players, they will also duck behind combat audio as not to interfere with the audio immersion of intense combat situations. This mod

currently includes changes to: Weather, Warzone.

Levels:

  Typically this soundbank includes soundscapes for things like the Hangar, Leopard interior etc. These changes will typically not impact missions

  very much and will enhance Player immersion whilst out and about on the Leopard. This soundbank also includes certain sounds for

DLC Missions.

Mechs:

There is a lot of potential for increased immersion from this SoundBank, it contains all of the sounds you would usually associate with Mechs.

changes include: Engines, Footsteps, Component Destruction, JumpJets and Powerup/Powerdown etc. This mod comprehensively replaces

pretty much the entirety of this SoundBank.

Physics:

This SoundBank contains three main categories of sounds, which are: Destructables, Weapon Impacts and Explosions. There has