Metal Gear Solid (PC Version) MDX Guide --------------------------------------- Author: Yoshi Ayarane (blueyoshi@layer-infinity.net) Site: http://www.layer-infinity.net Version: 1.0 Date: October 24, 2002 Table of Contents: 1. About this guide 2. MDX Guide 3. Why? 4. Legal Blah Warning: This guide contains major spoilers for MGS. You HAVE been warned. ^^;;; -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. About This Guide -------------------------------------------------------------- This guide is exclusively for the PC port of Metal Gear Solid, so this won't quite work for the Playstation original. ^_^ Most people who own the PC version of Metal Gear Solid don't really know that you essentially get the OST along with the game. It's a bit obscure-- you have to go fishing through the game's folder in the Program Files (they aren't visible on the game CD-- they only appear when installed either with Minimal or Full). The files are in WAV format, so you can listen to them in Winamp. Cool! How did I find out about this? Well, I was bored and started looking around inside my Program Files folder. I had downloaded the MGS OST on WinMX, and was surprised to find that the game also included WAV files of the BGM (including lots of tracks that WEREN'T on the OST). I guess that made downloading a BIT redundant... heh. Typically, you can find the BGM in C:\Program Files\Metal Gear Solid\MDX. ^_^ The nice thing about those WAV files is that they were edited to loop seamlessly (duh, they ARE used in the game). It's both more than and not complete-- what you get that isn't on the soundtrack CD is ALL of the VR mission BGM, some of the in-game fanfares and a few extra tracks that weren't deemed neccessary to include on the official OST. What's you don't get: 1. Main Theme (this is integraded with the VR Missions opening video on Disc 2) 13. Enclosure (this is integrated with Sniper Wolf's dying monologue) 18. The Best is Yet to Come (integrated with the ending video, some of Meryl's scenes, and Naomi's ending monologue) 20. Main Theme E3 Mix 21. Main Theme Control Mix (this and #20 are OST-exclusive tracks.) However, all of those are widely available to download (or you can hunt down the OST on CD, if you prefer to take that route). What you can't get no matter what is the music during the cutscenes. They're integrated into the demo files, and they can't be extracted. Pooh. (This might change, of course, if someone is cool enough to write a program to do such a thing. ^_^) The MDX guide lists all the filenames, and their name on the OST (if they were on there). If the track was not on the OST CD, I gave it my own name. :P Sadly, all of the dialogue and Codec calls are not in WAV format. Drat. MGS is known for being one of the best game dubs EVER, and it would have rocked if the PC version let you listen to the dialogues. (Boo, Konami and Microsoft! You should have coded a "sound test" for the PC version!) Oh well. As far as the PC version of Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance... well, if it's like MGS PC where the BGM is a bunch of WAV files, you can bet that I'll do a similar guide for that game. ^_^ On we go! -------------------------------------------------------------- 2. MDX Guide -------------------------------------------------------------- You can find all these files in the following location on your PC, assuming you didn't change the install path: C:\Program Files\Metal Gear Solid\MDX If the track exists on the OST, I give the track number and that name. If it doesn't exist on the OST, I gave it my own name. ^^ File Name Name --------- ---- 0x0a.wav 10 - "Mantis's Hymn" 0x0b.wav 11 - "Hind D" 0x0c.wav 12 - "Duel" 0x0d.wav "Air Vents" 0x0e.wav 14 - "Blast Furnace" 0x0f.wav "In front of Rex's Chamber" 0x01.wav "VR Missions - Main Menu" 0x1a.wav "VR Missions - Photo Shoot Mode" 0x1b.wav "VR Missions - Target Practice" 0x1c.wav "VR Missions - Mystery Mode" 0x1d.wav "VR Missions - Genola Battle" 0x1e.wav "VR Missions - Target Practice 2" 0x1f.wav "VR Missions - Intrusion Detected!" 0x02.wav 02 - "Introduction" 0x03.wav "Sniper Wolf in the Blizzard" 0x04.wav 04 - "Cavern" 0x05.wav 05 - "Intruder 1" 0x06.wav 06 - "Encounter" 0x07.wav 07 - "Intruder 2" 0x08.wav 08 - "Warhead Storage" 0x09.wav 09 - "Intruder 3" 0x10.wav "Rex's Destruction - Aftermath" 0x11.wav 17 - "Escape" 0x12.wav "Blizzard" 0x13.wav 19 - "VR Training" (main section) 0x14.wav 19 - "VR Training" (lead-in) 0x15.wav "Mantis's Feedback Loop" 0x16.wav "Air Vents 2" 0x17.wav "Electric Currents" 0x18.wav "Sniper Wolf's Defeat" 0x19.wav "VR Missions - Ninja Mode" 0x20.wav "VR Missions - Mission Complete!" 0x21.wav "VR Missions - Mission Failed!" 0x22.wav "Static Feedback" 0x23.wav 15 - "Colloseo" 0x24.wav 16 - "Rex's Lair" 0x25.wav "Outside Shadow Moses" 0x26.wav "Deploying the Keycard" 0x27.wav "VR Missions - Defeat the UFO!" 0x28.wav 03 - "Discovery" 0x29.wav "Underground Tunnel" And just to be a completist, I'll do a different version of the list and display the OST tracks and their equivalent WAV files in the PC version's MDX folder. ^_^ OST Name MDX Filename -------- ------------ 01. Main Theme (not available) 02. Introduction 0x02.wav 03. Discovery 0x28.wav 04. Cavern 0x04.wav 05. Intruder 1 0x05.wav 06. Encounter 0x06.wav 07. Intruder 2 0x07.wav 08. Warhead Storage 0x08.wav 09. Intruder 3 0x09.wav 10. Mantis's Hymn 0x0a.wav 11. Hind D 0x0b.wav 12. Duel 0x0c.wav 13. Enclosure (not available) 14. Blast Furnace 0x0e.wav 15. Colloseo 0x23.wav 16. Rex's Lair 0x24.wav 17. Escape 0x11.wav 18. The Best is Yet to Come (not available) 19. VR Training 0x13.wav and 0x14.wav 20. Main Theme E3 Mix (not available) 21. Main Theme Control Mix (not available) -------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Why? -------------------------------------------------------------- Why write a guide about a bunch of WAV files? It's just a quirk. It's one of those neat things that aren't necessary to know but nice to know anyway, and especially useful if you want the OST (or most of it, anyway) but don't want to shell out the big bucks and spend valuable time chasing down the OST or just as much time downloading it. Gosh, I think the exposition takes up more space than the actual MDX guide itself. o.o -------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Legal Blah -------------------------------------------------------------- This is probably going to be the shortest disclaimer EVER. :P I obviously do not own the rights to Metal Gear Solid or anything related to it (though I do agree that Hideo Kojima is a GENIUS!). That, friends, is property of good ol' Konami, who you will ph34r. Oh, Microsoft did the PC port, ph34r them, too. I also don't own the rights to the OST. To make a long story short, "All trademarks and copyrights in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders." Yay. Currently, GameFAQs is the only site allowed to host this FAQ (with an exception-- this will also be hosted on my site, though chances are, you're viewing this from GameFAQs.). If you ask really nicely, and are willing to update this guide if it is updated (although as is, it's very much complete), I might let you host it. This guide, however, is MINE! Yeah. Mine. Got it? So, like, don't go stealing it or anything. 'Cause that's evil... in a BAD way. (I'm one of those "pro-villainy" people.) I'm a poor college student and don't quite have the resources to hire an attorney with Solid Snake-strength lawyer skillz, but, um, bad karma will fall upon you if you use material from this guide without permission. Yeah, that's it. Fear the bad karma! -------------------------------------------------------------- Metal Gear Solid MDX Guide is (c) 2002 April Arellanes. "Fear the cardboard box!" --------------------------------------------------------------