These are the questions that are asked a lot with the Music Modding System. Please read this before posting a question. Chances are, it's already been asked.

More questions will be added in the future.


Q: What's the point to this mod? I can just mute the game and play my own songs through Youtube/Winamp/Foobar2000/WMP/etc.

A: The point is that the mod responds to the current event in the game, and plays music accordingly. You'll no longer have to fiddle with external players and such, saving some resources and time in the long-run.

Q: Can I have multiple music mods playing at a time? / I can only use one music mod?

A: You can use as many as you please, but bear in mind that some soundtrack mods (Deus Ex, Blood Dragon, Mass Effect) may have custom rules, so some tracks play more often than others, or not at all. If this is a problem, then install MCM and configure the options.

Q: The size of these soundtrack mods are too big!

A: There's nothing we can do right now. We need to find out how to cook these packages so that it removes the PS3 and Xbox 360 SoundNodeWaves.

Q: The music lags the game! This never happened to me before I installed X music pack! / When the game lags, the music lags!

A: That's because Firaxis had the music play on a separate thread, via Audiokinetic. The MMS plays at the same thread as the game, so now the music is tied to the FPS, meaning that when the game lags, the music lags. The soundtrack mods aren't the culprit, although its size can increase the memory pool that the game uses.

Q: I HATE THIS MOD! HOW DO I REMOVE IT FROM MY COMPUTER FOREVER?!!

A: Smash that unsubscribe button! Also, check <steamapps>\workshop\content\268500\ and make sure that the folder, 757398474 is deleted.


Q: The game has purple or green graphics!

A: Try to make the Music Modding System load first, then the soundtracks, then everything else, in that order.

Q: I can only hear music at shell, geoscape, or tactical, but not anywhere else! / I can't hear music at all! / The mods' music is overlapping X2's music!

A: It seems like the overrides aren't working. Here's a couple of things to try:

1. Delete your config folder in My Docs\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\Config and let the game regenerate them again.
   
2. If that doesn't work, delete the config in My Docs\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\Config AND<steamapps>/Common/XCom 2/XComGame/Config, then have steam verify the game. This should give you a clean slate.
   
3. Unsubscribe to the MMS and resub to it again.
   
4. Reinstall XCOM 2.

Q: How do I make the game not lag as much, so I can use X soundtrack mod?

A: There are several things you can do:

• Buy more RAM. 16 GBs should be more than enough.
  
• XCOM 2 with great visuals and high FPS
  
• Essential improvements (Skip intros, fix stuttering, multi monitor support, resolutions past 1080p)By reyqune
  
• Instead of getting the game to run at 60 FPS, you should aim at 40 - 50 FPS, since the game was built around that framerate.
  
• Disable MSAA. It's implementation is poor and outdated, so don't bother using MSAA.
  
• Set SSAO and DOF to simple.

Q: Do I need the SDK to make my own soundtrack?
A: Absolutely. There's no way around this.

Q: How do I make my own soundtrack mod?
A: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWKWoiinOu-A4u4W6L9g7gUdWPabb5_vkd0zHO6egSw/edit#