In case you just want to use/switch them on your own, download my Mod Manager! :)

For now it just uses mod archives and creating your own ones will be enabled in next beta containing expert mode.
But you can do your song list, make a zip archive from it (containing the sound and music folder - for all data are used as if extracted to the game folder, so you need all the folder structures used in your game folder - like the mods created by AoE/Steam) and copy it to your game\mods folder.

That way my Mod Manager will recognize it and you can use it like every subscribed/downloaded one.

Right in case dealing with soudtracks I would definatelly recommend to use my Mod Manager, for it seems soundtrack mods are the ones not working as expected the most of all mod types.

Not sure if you want to publish a soundtrack to steam or just create one for yourself.

In case you want to publish a soundtrack, have a look at my modding guide. It describes how to upload a mod and how to create your own soundtrack.

Here in short:
- Rename all tracks you want to implement to xmusic1.mp3, xmusic2.mp3, ... in the order you want them to be played.
- Then place them in your game\sound\music folder.
- Go to AoEs scenario editor and click the workshop button in the editors menu.
- Click 'Add files' and choose every file you just placed in your game\sound\music folder.

- Together they musn't be larger in size than 100mb! (So if it's larger, split it into several mods or try to reduce the tracks size.)
- Just publish a mod like you did with your other ones
- In steam go to your mod and click the 'links' button in the green rectangle.
- Type down the url of your video you want to link (in my case they already were on youtube, so for your own ones, you will have to upload the video by yourself).

Keep in mind the larger the mod, the more likely you'll get error 16 and have to try publishing it again!

how can I create a folder like that? I have lots of music in my pc. and I would like to creat a similar soundtrack, I need to replace the default songs name "xmusic 1" "xmusic2", "xmusic3" ,etc by the soundtrack that I really want, just replace the sounds with that name and then I should go to workshop on game?? and when workshop options shows me the opthion what I want to upload I put "i want to upload " sounds for example...or how can I compilate my songs? I need some program as camtasia studio,make a list with some images upload to youtube account?? and then put the link here?? thanks i NEED THE STEPS

You can, but only by using my mod manager:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=195195570

Without you have to do the unsubscribe/verify/resubscribe thing every time, hoping that there will be no bug.

Can you turn this mod, on and off?
That is probably a big question for most any mod.

Normally it should download itself as a mod archive to your game\mods directory. You should be able to see an entry named AoE workshop content at your steam download screen.

When that is finished at your next game start while the first inrtros are playing, it should be extracted to that folder. For it's a larger mod, this could need some time, so I would recommend to not cancel the intro before the chess video plays.

If for some reason this is bugged, you can do it manually by going to your game\mods folder and open the mod file with 7zip or any other tool like that, as all mod file are just zip files without an extension. You now can place the soundtrack in your music folder.

I'm having trouble getting the music onto my game.

Hey there, I have subscribed to this soundtrack.
How do I place this file into my game/sound/music folder?

For FE changed the default soundtrack by splitting the one soundtrack file into 20 seperate tracks using AoK and AoC tracks, it overwrites these ones. As with every file after every Patch.

So to get it back working you have to reactivate the mod.
Try to verify your game cache and delete the mod file from your game\mods folder.
Steam now should redownload the mod file and extract it.

Keep in mind both takes some time due to the mods size.

Does this work for FE? It seemed to stop working as soon as I installed the expansion lol

:D thanks

Ok, here you can download the music file directly:
http://sdrv.ms/HnNNQU

Ok,that is exact the same error some people had with the first upload.

But I tested it and it worked for me with this upload.

I don't know what causes this . perhaps a connection/server error.

I'll post a download link for everyone having problems.

Thanks, I can open and extract it with winrar, but when i do it says file is corrupt and wont let me :/ sorry for being a pain in the ass lol

For you didn't verify before, you could give a normal subscription one last try.

For extracting it manually, just open the file with WinZip or WinRar and copy everything in it into your game folder. It should overwrite the sound\music folder.

After that you should have a xmusic1 file with around 50 mb and be able to hear the music when ingame. Just keep in mind, that this way the music will be reset to default every time you verify your game cache. So you will have to replace it manually after every verification.

Ok, I've verified it i think, how do I extract it manually?

Oh, go to your steam library, right click AoE. Choose Properties and go to local files in the new dialog. There click the verify button.

Ok, this means the mod wasn't extracted correctly. This normally takes places at the next game start while the intro is playing.

I subscribed the mod myself, and it worked. But I experienced sound mods doesn't work for me much more often than every other type of mod. I don't know what causes this.

Please try to extract the mod manually to your sound folder. The first upload of this mod was broken for several subscribers showing up in a broken archive file. If this should be the case this time - I'll upload the file seperately posting the link in the description for everyone that doesn't get it to work.

In terms of the mods folder, there are no other soundtracks in there that i know of. and what do you mean by verify my gamecache? I probably did but I cannot remember lol

Ok, so i have a file for this mod in my mods folder yea. There is a xmusic1.mp3 folder, its 43mb though.

And in your mods foldr, are there mod files for other soundtracks? If yes, delete them.
And in case you had another soundtrack active before, did you verify your gamecache?

In your game\mods folder, is there a file for this mod?
And in your game\sound\music folder, is there a file xmusic1.mp3, that has a size of more than 50 mb?

Doesn't seem to work, I've tried reloading the game, leaving the intro to run and resubbing but I'm still getting the old AoE stuff

Glad you like it.
After subscribing (keep in mind it needs some time to download and exctract all the tracks), they play automatically when in a game.
If they don't, try to not cancel the intro that early so the game has more time to completelly extract the mods zip file.

Haha, awesome! How do i listen to these in game though?

Lovely

Glad you like it. :)

Nice