Installing the Oblivion Background Music Project is a snap and it won't interfere with any other mods. Here's how you do it.
OBMP Installation:
- Find your existing Oblivion\Data\Music folder and check inside. There should be five subfolders in there; Battle, Dungeon, Explore, Public, and Special. (If there are more than five folders, see the note below.)
- Copy this entire Music folder and back it up somewhere else on your hard drive so you can restore the original music should you wish.
- Go ahead and delete the entire Music folder from the Oblivion\Data directory. You're about to make a new one.
- Extract OBMP.zip to your Oblivion\Data folder, making sure to maintain the directory structure.
That's it! You're done!
You should now see a folder in your Oblivion\Data directory called Music with just four subfolders (Dungeon, Explore, Public, and Special) filled with music that will shuffle-play automatically in the game.
Don't forget to adjust your Music volume in the Audio Options menu. I tested BM with the Music volume slider set around 65% so that's my recommendation, but of course you can season to taste.
NOTE: You may find more than five folders because some mods add additional subfolders to this directory location. If you have one or more of those extra subfolders, make sure to copy those into your new Music folder as well.Silence:
I've included multiple "Silence" MP3s in each of your new subfolders that are one minute, one and a half minutes, and two minutes in length. This adds occasional pauses to the randomly sequenced score. The music sounds better since it isn't playing nonstop, plus you get a chance every now and then to enjoy the atmospheric sound effects.
If you want no silence, just delete them.
If you'd like more silence, just create as many copies of the silence MP3s in each folder as you want.
Battle music:
One of the features of the OBMP is that it eliminates the Battle music which would often break the immersion by alerting you to a nearby enemy before you even see it. This makes exploration more tense as you may get jumped by an unseen foe. It also has the side benefit of preventing the background music from getting interrupted with each and every combat encounter only to start all over from the beginning. Hopefully, the overall effect will be better immersion and a smoother soundtrack listening experience.
But, if you would like to keep the Battle music the way it is in the original game, simply go to your original Music folder that we backed up earlier in step 1, copy the Battle subfolder, then paste it into your new Oblivion\Data\Music folder. That's it!
Uninstalling OBMP:
All you have to do to get the original game music back is delete the Oblivion\Data\Music folder we made with OBMP and put your back-up copy of your original Music folder back in its place.
