Modding Potential of Audica with MelonLoader

Audica is a mesmerizing VR rhythm game that immerses players in a world of music and precision shooting. While the game itself offers a fantastic array of songs and gameplay modes, the modding potential of Audica can be taken to the next level using MelonLoader. In this article, we’ll explore the scope of modding for Audica with MelonLoader and provide a step-by-step guide on how to get started.

Scope of Modding Potential

Audica, developed by Harmonix, offers an exhilarating experience with its unique blend of rhythm-based shooting gameplay. However, the modding community has always sought ways to expand and enhance this experience. MelonLoader, a popular modding framework for Unity games, opens up exciting possibilities for Audica modders:

1. Custom Songs: MelonLoader allows you to create and import custom songs into Audica, greatly expanding its music library. You can add your favorite tracks or even design your rhythm patterns for a personalized gameplay experience.
2. New Weapons and Visual Effects: With MelonLoader, you can introduce new weapons, projectiles, and visual effects to Audica. This provides opportunities for unique gameplay mechanics and stunning visual enhancements.
3. Gameplay Tweaks: Fine-tune gameplay mechanics, scoring systems, and difficulty settings to match your preferences or create entirely new game modes.
4. Custom Environments: Modify or create new environments to immerse yourself in different virtual worlds while playing Audica.
5. Multiplayer Support: While Audica originally lacked official multiplayer support, MelonLoader can enable you to create your own multiplayer experiences, allowing you to play with friends or the wider Audica community.

Modding Audica with MelonLoader

Now, let’s dive into the step-by-step process of modding Audica with MelonLoader:

Step 1: Prerequisites

Before you start modding Audica, ensure you have the following:

• A copy of Audica installed on your PC.
• Download and Install MelonLoader. You can download it from our website.
• A basic understanding of C# programming for more advanced modding.

Step 2: Create a Mod Folder

Inside your Audica installation directory, create a folder named “Mods” if it doesn’t already exist. This is where your mod files will reside.

Step 3: Create Your Mod

Create a new folder within the “Mods” directory and name it appropriately for your mod. Inside this folder, you’ll place your mod’s files.

Step 4: Develop Your Mod

Depending on the scope of your mod, you can create custom songs, modify game assets, or code new features. MelonLoader provides extensive documentation and resources to help you with the modding process.

Step 5: Load Your Mod

To load your mod, start Audica and use the MelonLoader interface to select your mod from the list of available mods. This will inject your mod into the game.

Step 6: Test Your Mod

Launch a song in Audica to test your mod. Make sure it functions as intended and doesn’t cause any issues or crashes.

Step 7: Share Your Mod

If you’re satisfied with your mod, consider sharing it with the Audica community. You can upload your mod to modding websites or forums for others to enjoy.

Download Audica Mods

Audica Song Browser – Download

This absolutely essential mod lets you

• Download & Reload songs in-game through the game menu
• Reload the songs folder with F5 (if you manually copied any song or playlist in)
• Display available difficulties for a song next to the mapper tag
• Delete songs
• Favorite songs
• Play a random song
• View a skill-based ranking system (offline only during beta)
• Display the difficulty of a song using a calculated rating (which is a much more accurate way to see if you can play a song then just the 4 difficulty levels)

ParticleKiller – Download

Hate how many particles explode after shooting a note? Is that slowing down your PC or making it hard for you to sight read? Then this mod is for you!

Settings can be adjusted by editing

Audica\\UserData

after running the game with the mod for the first time.

HitScoreVisualizer – Download

You may have seen this mod for Beat Saber. It sets a different color for ranges of points you receive from a note, so you can easily glance at the color to know whether it was a “good hit” vs a “not so great one”

Updated to work with MelonLoader v0.2.6

Custom Guns

This is built into the game and there’s no mods necessary! To download many amazing new guns, go to the #CustomGuns channel on the Discord

Arena Loader (Custom Arenas) – Download

A mod to load custom arenas from the #finished-arenas channel in the Discord. There’s some truly amazing new arenas, so I HIGHLY recommend this one to keep your game fresh!

Requires MelonLoader 0.2.5 or newer.

Custom Avatars

No mods necessary! Download custom avatars in the Discord!

Authorable Modifiers – Download

What does it do? This mod allows custom maps to make use of in-game modifiers. Install Score Overlay and Arena Loader for the full experience

Custom Drums

No mod necessary! Go to the Discord to download custom drums. These are the sounds that play when you fire your gun and hit each target.

ColoredChains – Download

Auto Lightshow – Download

What does it do? Auto Lightshow automatically creates a lightshow for all of your maps! Pick your flavor between Standard and an alternative Lightshow. Big thanks to @Zerny for helping so much!

Spectator Camera Fix – Download

Requires MelonLoader 0.2.3 or newer Fixes the bug on Oculus/OVR where spectator camera doesn’t work correctly when starting Audica

Discord Rich Presence – Download

A mod to display your current Audica activity to Discord Patch notes Removed formatting tags from song titles 

Auto Recenter Disabler – Download

Updated Alternity’s mod for MelonLoader 0.2.3 and higher Disables Autorecentering

Follow Camera 1.2.0 – Download

Updated Alternity’s mod for MelonLoader 0.2.3 and higher A camera that acts similarly to LIV’s third person camera

Gameplay Settings – Download

Updated Alternity’s mod for MelonLoader 0.2.3 and higher Adds Gameplay Settings Menu to Launch Page

HMD Detection Disabler – Download

Updated Alternity’s mod for MelonLoader 0.2.3 and higher Disables HMD Detection

Trippy Menu 1.1.2 – Download

Turns on Psychedelia in the menus, can change the speed to your liking. Setting found in Settings > Misc.

Gun Beam Redirection Disabler 1.1.1 – Download

Cancels the redirection to the target, the beam travels where you actually aimed just like in early access.

Notes

Fixed compatibility issue with other mods.

Score Percentage 1.1.1 – Download

Shows your score percentage from the maximum possible score in the song list, top score from song history and in-game.

Notes

Fixed compatibility issue with other mods. Fixed a broken hook. Integrated ModsPref, the json file in

Audica\\Mods\\Config

is no longer used, use the config in

Audica\\UserData\\ModsPref.ini

instead.

Github

Grind Mode V2.1.2 – Download

Requires MelonLoader 0.2.3 or newer Grind mode can do 2 things: It lets you skip long song intros, and it helps you grinding the leaderboards! You can set it to automatically restart a song after X amount of misses, or automatically restart as soon as you can’t beat your current highscore anymore.

Whats new?

• removed ModMenu dependency This mod includes Intro Skip and Grind Mode.

CustomModifiers 0.2.1 – Download

Allows you to change the values of some of the modifiers (Tempo Ramp max speed, Aim Assist, Target Speed, Extra Particle scale amount, Psychedelia phase speed and song speed) To use, boot the game once, close it, then in

Audica\\UserData\\ModsPref.ini

change the values to your liking. When activating modifiers they will now use these values instead of the original ones. Tempo Ramp cannot be set under 1.0, no cap for how fast. Aim Assist cannot be set under 0.0 and over 1.0. Song Speed cannot be set under 1.0. Everything else is uncapped. Please note that if you use this and the Particle Killer mod, you might not get the wanted result when using Extra Particles.

Notes

0.2.0 Fixed issue with Tempo Ramp and Extra Particles, they should now behave as expected. Added support for song speed manipulation. If you’ve used this mod before, boot the game once to get the value in

ModsPref.ini

. Fixed issue where the

Delete Song

button from the Song Downloader would not disapear. 0.2.1 Hotfix Fixed Tempo Ramp for real this time.

SongRequest 0.1.0 – Download

Allows your Twitch chat to use!asr <query> <query>

can be an artist, a song title or a songID, it is not case sensitive. To use, simply install the dll, and then boot the game. Once you have requests the text on the “Song Request” filter button located right above the official filters will turn green and will be populated with the songs in request order (latest request will be the last song). Currently only looks in your own songs, but have plans to make it look in the api also.

Notes

When playing a song (more specifically when the AudioDriver starts to do its thing) the song will be removed from the list, there is current no way to manually remove them other than starting the song and going back to the main menu. Known bugs: first time the song list loads songs are not processed. You can either go back out and back in again, or shoot the Song Request filter button to make it process. When requests aren’t processed, the text on the button is white. When it is processed, the text is either green or red, depending on if there is songs or not. Sometimes the request doesn’t go through. 2 possibilities when that happens: Song is not found even though you have it, or the message in chat doesn’t even show up. Currently investigating this bug. Finding more bugs as more people are using it: apparently it doesn’t work if the player is playing a song, only works when the player is in the song menu or in the main menu. It seems to be an issue when processing requests when a song is done (specifically when going back to the song list after the stats screen).

MenuGrabDisabler 0.1.0 – Download

Disables the ability to grab and move menus.

Most likely only useful for people using Index/Touch tricks.

Timing Assist 1.1.1 – Download

Decrease the timing window to practice your timing. Found in Gameplay>Settings

Notes

Updated to work with ML 0.2.3 and above. Alternity did most of the porting.

Conclusion

MelonLoader unlocks the full modding potential of Audica, allowing you to customize the game to your heart’s content. Whether you want to add custom songs, create new gameplay mechanics, or enhance the visuals, MelonLoader empowers you to take Audica to new heights. With creativity and determination, you can make Audica an even more engaging and dynamic VR rhythm game.