@Kampachi La Flare, Enjoy, most welcome. :)

outstanding mod, thank you very much. <3

@Sanakan, You are most welcome, glad you like it. :)

Thank you so much for this. I never liked that main theme, for some reason it's as loud as it's boring

@All, I also uploaded Baba Yetu . Hopefully no DMCAs...

@All, I believe this mod should only affect the Main Menu (some like the 'Loading Screen Music+Voiceovers...) and so I am separating the muted voiceovers into the other mod, Muted Start . Give me a few days to consider how I wish to do it. Trying to go for least-maintenance.

Yeah, nicely done

@Kong, Enjoy. :) I thought about making a file-drop mod to simply 'overlay' the actual music file but technically I'd need to license some stupid crap to do that, from WISE I believe. Figured this way would work for everyone and be tolerable.

Hey, I love your mods just wanted to say thank you! This mod literally saved me before I lose my mind :) Now the music just plays a couple seconds while loading screen loads which is totally ok

Fixed Linux, tested myself. Another user has confirmed.

It has been brought to my attention that some Linux installs need an update. I'll be going through all of my mods, updating them to the latest scripts, then pushing updates.

Will try, thanks!

@Plerion, Basically copy my mod, add in an array of hard-coded references to the songs you wish to play (make sure they're in the right format) and select one at random, play as a sound. Package as a mod if you want others to be able to use it.

Well, I wasn't thinking in a GUI either. And I don't think it's necessary. Would you tell me how to do it without a GUI (i.e. just random songs)?

@Plerion, I am familiar with Civ VI sound formats. :) I thought about making this mod like that but I wasn't interested in making a GUI, despite the fact that many people might like that to configure which music would be played or not, and any ability to add external music into the order. ;)

I tried making a mod that randomly cycled among all of the main Civ themes for the menu music, but didn't know how to do it in a Lua script. I still have all the song files with the right format if you happen try that someday :)

@Naz, Enjoy. :) I rather enjoyed the music...for the first few times I ran Civ VI. Then I simply replaced it with Baba Yetu...and then with nothing after making this. Wish the DLC weren't such a money-grubbing.

THANK YOU. The starting screen music makes me want to gouge out my eardrums.

@faydesmee, Yes, that is how it currently (must) work. Civ VI doesn't expose certain variables to modification in a friendly way so this is the way I've opted to at least get the people something.

Removed a mod. Now after hitting "start the game", the music starts playing for a few seconds, then it gets muted. No voice overs, either. So I think it is working as it should.

@faydesmee, I think you have a mod conflict then. Others using Windows 10 x64 with Gathering Storm are fine. This mod can't be compatible with others that modify the Loading Screen, for example. Sorry for the late reply.

Gathering Storm: Windows 10. The music gets disabled only in the menu. After hitting start, the music and voice overs work normally.

@faydesmee, Which OS? Did you enable it? Others have reported success, so knowing the environment might help. It will NOT be compatible (yet?) with mods that modify certain scripts. Common issue with Civ VI modding.

It did not disable voice overs.

@Plerion, Oh you were the one who sent the request. I didn't realize. As for making a mod, check out "Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\289070\..." folder for a list of mods you have installed. Take them apart to learn their structure. To actually upload mods, you'll need the "Sid Meier's Civilian VI Development Tools" installed. I skipped Visual Studio altogether (I despise Microsoft) and just uploaded with ModUploader in the SDK's folder ("steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI SDK\ModUploader"). Side note, if you are working on mods, do not keep the ones you're working on in the workshop folder(s). Steam will 'auto-update' and overwrite your changes periodically. The "steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI SDK" folder also contains examples. :)

haha Okie.

Do you think you could teach me how to make such a mod (randomly selecting one piece from a pool)? I can just use free samples :)

@Plerion, It is mostly due to copy-douche laws. Even "free use" laws are watered down. The only "safe-havens" left are China/Japan and even they're locking down. My name has no bearing on my location. :]

I have not had the time to test the new changes. I do not know if they will be perfect. Multitasking a RAID 6 rebuild across 24TB of data.

Nice, I hope someone someday does it then :)

@Plerion, Yeah but I'm sure someone *cough, probably me* could post a small guide that would allow anyone to take 'their own' music work... ;)

One could not use them even if the mod is not monetized? What a pity.

@Plerion, Yeah, possible. Certain legal issues if I were to try and include non-game audio, non-expansion audio (could create one per expansion though), etc. I'd have to wait until a new PC arrives but I could do that. In fact, I prefer Baba Yetu (but wouldn't legally be able to use it, not from game...)

Question: I'm not sure how you end up muting the menu music, but is it possible to replace it for another? Moreover, would it be possible to make a mod that chooses one menu music at random each time you start the game?

I would like a mod that randomly chooses among all of the menu/title screen music in the Civ franchise, but I have no idea how to do it.

@Raven_2012, I'll definitely consider it.

Could you do one that is just the main menu silent? I don't mind the voice-over of Sean Bean when game starts. Thanks.

hehe, both!

@Plerion, Or were you referring to the fact that I'm having to VM an emulated VM just to bug-fix? That I could see as effort. :)

@Plerion, It isn't a lot of effort, especially compared to my daily projects. As for other mods, I'm not sure what for. I rather like most of the vanilla experience and really only created these few just to 'smooth out a few edges'. Though that 2K Logo is somewhat distracting.

I see. I find interesting that you put so much effort into something like this. I hope you do some other mods in the future as well :)

@Plerion, There is possibly a way I could still make them work together though but I'm not entirely sure. Civ VI luas have a method to detect installed Expansions. When I get my new rig, I'll see about using it to detect certain mods and if there is a way to find their directories and manually execute their scripts as a "dofile/loadfile" to 'replace' the mine that 'just ran and did their thing'. Very messy possibilities though depending on what is being done in the scripts. Don't hold breath.. :P

Yep, I know that :), I just naively thought the audio and the screen were handled separately.

@Plerion, Of course. Any Loading Screen mod will be incompatible by nature. Civ VI modding is a 'file swap in/out' modding. I was hoping they would create a mod system that simply ran a single lua for the mod that would allow it to regex (by order of mod install) any scripts. Then we'd have much more compatible mods, far easier updating/compatibility across updates, but eh...

Just a heads up: sadly this is not compatible with Better Loading Screen (UI) .

@Diaz Ex Machina, Don't ask how I was able to get it done, but it should work... VMing inside a VM on my phone (6GB RAM), EMULATING without hardware acceleration. Geeks of the world, unite, heh...God this is painful. https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1661408090

@Diaz Ex Machina, I eat maybe 3 weeks out of a month, so it might be a little while. Not too long though, been saving up for just this situation. Waiting on a parts supplier.

@Yuji Saeki that's great news, I hope you can get a new rig asap!

@Diaz Ex Machina, As soon as I get another rig, will do. I don't mind the music. :)

@Yuji Saeki would it be possible to have a version of the mod which doesn't silence the music?

@taface, Loading Screen 'talking', Main Menu music. Due to a bug, it does attempt to start playing the Main Menu music again when the Loading Screen starts to show, but as soon as you see anything graphical, it'll stop. Awaiting new PC so I can fix that if possible.

What do you mean by voiceovers? Loading screen, tech quotes, civics quotes and wonder quotes?