Except the mod tools aren't opening up the romfs to even start looking for said files. Idk what is going on.
Okay so I tried to open the ExtractedRomFS.bin file using Karameru and it didn't work.
It said "none of the installed plugins are able to open the file"
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It’s a folder, not a .bin file. ExtractedRomFS folder, created when you extracted the DecryptedRomFS.bin from the game with Asia81’s tool.
Karameru is then used to extract the .arc files inside that folder.
Karameru is then used to extract the .arc files inside that folder.
Okay so I used Karameru to directly open up the .3ds file and that worked.
So, does the order of weapons in the game files correspond to the order they are seen in say the weapon crafter?
As with any game, of course not. Everything is pretty criptic, and it’s up to you to find the corresponding files to edit for the changes you want. Some files are pretty easy to identify, like sounds or monster textures/models, others aren’t.
Okay I managed to extract the weapon data for w13 (which if the order in the files matches the order in the crafter that would be heavy bowgun), but when I open things in the hex editor program its an unintelligible string of code that I have no idea what to look for, nevermind edit.
I wish I could just pass said stuff off to someone who knew how to read it, but then all the bull of website rules gets in the mix here.......
But they don't allow direct transfer of even pieces of game files I think. I just want to figure out what I'm looking at and edit some features of the weapons.
Hell if I could just figure out where the hunter arts are located to alter the charge times of a couple good ones that would be enough.
Basically what I'm wondering - is there a tool that can both read the raw hexadecimal files AND translate them so non-programmers can even attempt modding their game, just like what APM's save editor did for MH4U? Because I have no idea what I'm even looking at to be honest here.
Okay, is there any way to give different deviant monsters different themes, or give things that already have common themes unique ones?
The deviant theme is only one file, so you change it for one, you change it for all. Some monsters (like Valstrax) have their own unique themes, others just use have the generic battle theme from the map they're in.
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Having problems with certain edits NOT working when they are rebuilt into a .CIA patch, but ARE working when rebuilt into a .3DS/CIA ROM. I'm using HackingToolkit9DS to extract/rebuild, and mhmodtools to extract/repack arcfs/romfs.
I'm trying to translate MHXX but the only edits that haven't taken effect via a CIA update are tutorial popups and monster intro names, everything else works fine. They do take effect when copied over the original files and rebuilt into a .3DS/CIA ROM but that's not what I want to do. There are also curious side effects when doing that. Rebuilding into a 3DS doubles the filesize of the ROM (not with CIA though) and merging the 1.4.0 + English Patch v5 with the original files lowers the texture resolutions.
Monster intro names in CIA patch:
imgur com/rclXnKl.png
(Haven't yet managed to translate this into English but I got the text to disappear when I rebuilt my edits into a 3DS/CIA ROM)
Tutorial popups not translated in CIA patch:
imgur com/tXN0ACs.png
Tutorial popups translated when edits are rebuilt into a 3DS/CIA ROM:
imgur com/3J3nLs1.png
Any clues as to what's going on?
I'm trying to translate MHXX but the only edits that haven't taken effect via a CIA update are tutorial popups and monster intro names, everything else works fine. They do take effect when copied over the original files and rebuilt into a .3DS/CIA ROM but that's not what I want to do. There are also curious side effects when doing that. Rebuilding into a 3DS doubles the filesize of the ROM (not with CIA though) and merging the 1.4.0 + English Patch v5 with the original files lowers the texture resolutions.
Monster intro names in CIA patch:
imgur com/rclXnKl.png
(Haven't yet managed to translate this into English but I got the text to disappear when I rebuilt my edits into a 3DS/CIA ROM)
Tutorial popups not translated in CIA patch:
imgur com/tXN0ACs.png
Tutorial popups translated when edits are rebuilt into a 3DS/CIA ROM:
imgur com/3J3nLs1.png
Any clues as to what's going on?
sorry i assume it's the tools fault and with that i cant help. i use commandline tools for my stuff, like ctrtool, 3dstool and makerom.
Code:
all: extract
content.0000.*: original.cia
bin/ctrtool --contents=content original.cia
romfs.bin: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --romfs romfs.bin
exefs.bin: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --exefs exefs.bin
ncchheader.bin: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --header ncchheader.bin
exh.bin: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --exh exh.bin
logo.bcma.lz: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --logo logo.bcma.lz
plain.bin: content.0000.*
bin/3dstool -x -v -t cxi -f content.0000.* --plain plain.bin
romfs: romfs.sentinel
@test || true
romfs.sentinel: romfs.bin
bin/3dstool -x -v -t romfs -f romfs.bin --romfs-dir romfs
@touch romfs.sentinel || true
exefs: exefs.bin
bin/3dstool -x -v -t exefs -f exefs.bin --exefs-dir exefs --header exefsheader.bin
bin/3dstool -u -v -f exefs/code.bin --compress-type blz --compress-out exefs/code.bin
extract: romfs exefs
rebuild: romfs exefs ncchheader.bin exh.bin logo.bcma.lz plain.bin
bin/3dstool -z -v -f exefs/code.bin --compress-type blz --compress-out exefs/code.bin
bin/3dstool -c -v -t exefs -f exefs.bin --exefs-dir exefs --header exefsheader.bin
bin/3dstool -c -v -t romfs -f romfs.bin --romfs-dir romfs
test -e plain.bin && bin/3dstool -c -v -t cxi -f contents.0000.00000000 --header ncchheader.bin --exh exh.bin --logo logo.bcma.lz --plain plain.bin --exefs exefs.bin --romfs romfs.bin || true
test -e plain.bin || bin/3dstool -c -v -t cxi -f contents.0000.00000000 --header ncchheader.bin --exh exh.bin --logo logo.bcma.lz --exefs exefs.bin --romfs romfs.bin
bin/makerom -f cia -o rebuild.cia -content contents.0000.00000000:0:$(INDEX) -ver $(VERSION)this is how i extract and repack with a Makefile
Just a thought which might be very dumb: since rebuilding into a .3ds doubles the filesize but not with .cia, why don't you just rebuild a .cia and then convert it to .3ds with one of the many tools? Same effect?
Hi @dasding
Please look in to wav2mca for mh4u, every time i use it my file ends up realy bad quality in game, i tried it with and without fix from https://gbatemp.net/threads/mhxx-custom-jukebox-playlist.465447/#post-7202396 tried on different pc still same result
Please look in to wav2mca for mh4u, every time i use it my file ends up realy bad quality in game, i tried it with and without fix from https://gbatemp.net/threads/mhxx-custom-jukebox-playlist.465447/#post-7202396 tried on different pc still same result
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