Make backups of everything!!!
1. Navigate to where this mod is installed. Mine is installed here: C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\475150\1783348088\DropSounds
2. Copy the "DropSounds" folder to your TQIT working folder. Mine is here: C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne\Working\CustomMaps
ArtManager has to be setup correctly for this to work. you can find a guide here:
https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=935.0Also, I recommend downloading artmanager 1.6 here:
https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=350.0You should also download the Grim Dawn Archive tool at the above link. Create a folder in your TQ/AE folder to put these files into. Mine is here: C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Titan Quest Anniversary Edition\GDArchiveToolGUI_v1.0
Within this folder create 2 new folders named objecteffects and items. Within the objecteffects folder create another folder named itemeffects.
3. Open the dropsounds mod in artmanager and build. This will create the directory you need.
4. Navigate to your TQ/AE database folder and copy the database.arz file (make a backup!)
5. Paste the database.arz file in the newly created database directory. Mine is here: C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne\custommaps\dropsounds\database
6. Delete the DropSounds.arz file and name the newly pasted file DropSounds.arz
7. Go back to artmanager and open the mod again and build. When it asks if you want to delete unassociated resources click "no to all". Then copy the the database file it created DropSounds.arz (it should be about the size of your original database file ~53MB) back into your TQ/AE database folder and rename it database.arz.
Now we have to add the effects and sounds to the game.
8. Remember when I told you to copy the DropSounds folder in step 1? You need the Sounds.arc and Effects.arc files from the resources directory. Copy them and put them in your GDArchivetool directory (or somewhere equally convenient).
9. Open the Archive tool and drag and drop the sounds.arc file you just copied into the archive tool window (using the toolbar to find a file seems to not work for me). There should be 2 mp3's listed. Highlight both files and drag and drop them into your GDArchivetool directory. Those files should now be in your items directory.
10. Now do the same thing with the Effects.arc file. Those files should now be in the objecteffects/itemeffects folder.
Now it's time to combine those files into the game's original Effects.arc and Sounds.arc files.
11. Navigate to your game's resources directory and drag and drop the Effects.arc file (about 32MB) into the GDArchivetool window (make a backup first!). Find the objecteffects\itemeffects\itemsparkle_blue.pfx and objecteffects\itemeffects\itemsparkle_purple.pfx files within that archive and delete them.
12. Right click anywhere in the Archivetool window and select Add>Folder. Navigate to the objecteffects folder and click ok. Important: only navigate to the objecteffects folder. If you select the itemeffects folder or the files within, the folder structure will get messed up in the Effects.arc file and you'll have to redo it. Now save the file.
13. Do the same thing you just did with the Effects.arc file except now do it with the Sounds.arc file in your Audio directory (not the one in the Resources directory!) except the mp3's you are adding don't exist in the Sounds.arc file so you don't need to delete anything. The file should be about 278MB.
Make sure you make backups of everything!!! I can't stress this enough. When you start messing with the game files it gets very confusing as to which files contain what. I recommend adopting an organized way of naming your backup files so you don't forget which ones are the original game files and which ones contain modded files.