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Steins;Gate Menu Video & Original Music

Steins;Gate Intro Movie "Hacking to the Gate" replaces background movies and music.

I already made a Steins:gate Menu Video, but that only contained the video, not the sound. Back then I just couldn't find a good quality video with sound and captions.


NOTE: To download this mod, simply press on "subscribe" and start up your game. Down below you'll see a download progress bar. However, the mod will not work. BIK files (videos ingame are in BIK format) can not be installed directly through a VPK file. You have to manually extract the BIK with GCFScape. GCFScape can be downloaded for free (http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/files/files/gcfscape185.exe).

MAC USERS: A Mac user told me that he has to change mov. files instead of bik files. I'm not sure if it's possible to convert from bik to mov without too much quality loss, but either way I'll try in the upcoming days to provide people with a .mov version if asked so. At the moment it's not possible to update the VPK, because of cloud space limitations.

Also:

The movie and music that play at the menu are handled seperately by the game.
This means that if you replace the movie with a custom video that also has sound, the original menu music will still play in the background.
These instructions show you how to replace the original movie files AND how to delete the original menu music. Both are very easy to do.


---Important!---


People can usually fix issues in l4d 2 by verifying the cache files.
Please be aware that when you do this, files that have been deleted or have been replaced by other custom files MANUALLY will be in fact redownloaded.
So everytime you verify cache files you have to follow the installation instructions I describe below again. This is unfortunate and rather annoying, but this is just how it is.


---Installation instructions---


1. Extract the bik file from the VPK file. After subscribing, the VPK will be downloaded to this location: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Games\SteamApps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\addons/workshop". Open up the VPK file with GCFScape, then right-click on the bik file that shows up in the right corner. Choose "extract".

2. Go to the folder where the background movies are being kept: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Games\SteamApps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\media".

3. Inside the media folder you find 5 background movies: "l4d2_background01.bik", etc., etc., "l4d2_background05.bik".

4. Cut and paste these 5 bik files where ever you want them to be. These files will be your backup!

5. Copy and paste "steins;gate menu video & original music.bik" inside the media folder.

6. Make 4 more copies of this file, so that you get a total of 5 bik files.

7. Rename the files to the default names, that is: "l4d2_background01.bik", etc., etc., "l4d2_background05.bik"

8. Go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Games\SteamApps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\sound\music".

9. Inside the music folder, cut and paste the folder called "l4d2" to a spot where you want to keep this as a backup. This is the folder that contains the menu music, so you want to get this folder out of the folder structure of the game.

10. Start up your game to watch and listen to your new menu movie.