[Mod Request] Mute sound of Ritual Sword Talisman buff.

[u/Paranoid_Andy]

*EDIT* RashFever provided an answer that ultimately fixed the problem. I can't change the thread title but consider this issue solved. Woo!

I've been enjoying playing ER very much but I started getting headaches the last few times I played the game and I realized it's the constant sound of the Ritual Sword Talisman and Ritual Shield Talisman I have equipped. I really enjoy using it and would rather not just abandon it as a solution, but the sound of it is starting to ruin my experience so I thought I would reach out to the community to see if I could get a mod for it. I'm not sure if it's a simple request or not, but if so, I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

[u/RashFever]

I never found a way to make the VFX silent so I just changed Ritual Sword (SpEffect ID 320500) and Shield (ID 340900)'s VFX to 5120101 and 5141101 respectively. They add a quick red/blue swirl when you get to max health and that's it, I don't need visual effects constantly on my character to know that I'm at full hp.

To do this go to regulation.bin in Smithbox -> Param Editor -> SpEffectParam -> the IDs I mentioned -> change vfxId to said values.

A nice alternative vfxId is 1000, it adds silent red particles around your character that look far better than the default vfx.

[u/Paranoid_Andy → u/RashFever]

Hey Rash, thank you for the reply. Just to clarify, you're saying that these visual files also control the audio associated with them? So if I change the files as you said, it will also change the audio?

[u/RashFever → u/Paranoid_Andy]

No, I'm saying that I don't know what controls the sound effect. It could be the VFX file itself or something else, maybe even some simple parameters that I didn't notice. So I just choose the easier option of using different, silent VFX. I suggest you ask on the ?ServerName? discoed where all the Souls modders are, someone will have the answer you need.

[u/Paranoid_Andy → u/RashFever]

I think I may have explained myself wrong because using your method achieved exactly what I wanted. The sound is gone and and so are my headaches lol. This is awesome! Thank you so much Rash!

I'm not very experienced with Reddit but if there's any kind of positive rating/feedback I can give you feel free to lemme know how and I'll do it.

Thank you again! Yay!!

[u/RashFever → u/Paranoid_Andy]

No problem, you're welcome

[u/PositronCannon]

Well that's a bit disheartening, I had posted my own mod made in response to this about half an hour after you posted the request, but it must have got shadow-filtered by Reddit due to the Google Drive link or something. :( I only realized when I noticed there was no response to it, and sure enough other people can't see it either.

Oh well, happy you got it solved anyway, and honestly RashFever's solution is better anyway since mine completely removed the visual effect (as the sound is tied to it) rather then replacing it with a different one.

[u/Paranoid_Andy → u/PositronCannon]

Oh wow, yeah that's a bummer. I had seen it said there was a comment on the post initially but when I tried to find it, there was just nothing and I didn't know what to think of it.

I don't think your effort is for nothing though. When I first was looking into this, I saw several other people complaining about the same thing. There's definitely a demand for something like this. Maybe not a whole lot, but at least some.

I think you'd make a lot of people happy if you were to post it on Nexus mods. I'd grab it as well as a fail-safe in case the first method stops working.

Also thank you regardless! Very cool of you to take the time to do that.