Hacking SSBB Texture Swaps

[Pharrox]

It's getting late here (3:15), so I probably won't get it done tonight. If I do I will send you what I get and post something here saying I sent it to you.

EDIT: if you're still on, check your mail, I don't think there is a problem at all.

The way lz77 compression works is that it finds places where code is repeated and then referrences back to the original string. Because of this, the files can come up smaller or larger depending on whether there is more or less repeated code. In the case of your .bin file it came up smaller because of more repeating segments. However when you recompressed the .pac, your new compressed .bin had less things that were used by the other files in the .pac, so it ended up larger. Brawl has about 400mb of padding. If you insert the new file with WiiScrubber it can insert the larger .pac and it will just overwrite some of the dummy data.

 

[Keshire]

I don't suppose there is a way to do that for .brres files? Something like changing the last line to "move "*(NW4R)" %%~na\."? I know my example won't work, but just asking.

for /R %%I in (*.brres) do (
mkdir "%%~pI3DModels(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIAnmChr(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIAnmClr(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIAnmTexPat(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIAnmTexSrt(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIAnmVis(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pIPalettes(NW4R)\%%~nI"
mkdir "%%~pITextures(NW4R)\%%~nI"
SSBExtract "%%I"
move "%%~pI3DModels(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pI3DModels(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIAnmChr(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIAnmChr(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIAnmClr(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIAnmClr(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIAnmTexPat(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIAnmTexPat(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIAnmTexSrt(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIAnmTexSrt(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIAnmVis(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIAnmVis(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pIPalettes(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pIPalettes(NW4R)\%%~nI"
move "%%~pITextures(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pITextures(NW4R)\%%~nI"
)
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%d in (`"dir /ad/b/s | sort /R"`) do rd "%%d"
pause

Since there is no way to know what folder each file contains this is the way it needs to be done. Fortunately, I included a line that will go through and remove any empty directories after the fact.

Anyway, this will move all the files into a folder named after the brres within each (NW4R).
If you don't want the files divided up then just use this:
CODEmove "%%~pITextures(NW4R)\*.*" "%%~pI%%~nI"

instead (be sure to mkdir "%%~pI%%~nI" too).

 

[Pharrox]

You're awesome. Thanks, this will make things a lot easier.

Also, I ran Brawl's main executable through a disassembler. I can't really make heads or tails of it, but if anyone thinks they can, let me know and I'll post some data.

 

[Sir-Fritz]

Is thins gonna be released to the public soon or are you waiting till 100% completion.

 

[Phreeq]

I wouldn't mind looking at it Pharrox, I mean, I'll have no clue what I'm looking at, but it would be kewl to see some of that stuff.

 

[Keshire]

I wouldn't mind looking at it Pharrox, I mean, I'll have no clue what I'm looking at, but it would be kewl to see some of that stuff.

It's useless if you don't know assembly. I have a rudimentary understanding and I still wouldn't touch it.

 

[NiGHtS]

would you be able to change pika's character slightly, so that when you play as plusle you also have a minun beside you (does the same attacks) so you have a two in one fighter? or is that not possible.

 

[Phreeq]

I don't think so, unless you did some messing around with IC but, that seems like it might not work. Idk though.

 

[Joey90]

Was the main bit of Pikachu's body uneditable? Because I'm pretty sure Plusle (or Minun) aren't quite that yellow... They are much paler...

Still, good work

 

[Jokiz]

Yup, Plusle and Minun are much paler.

And, I'm pretty sure this won't be possible, but i'm just throwing it out there: If you made Lucario look like Mewtwo, alot of fans would be very happy!
Oh, and another one that might not be possible is Mario's other costume..Paper Mario would be awesome!

Oh, and a quick question: Will Fierce Deity get his sword? Or will he still have the Master Sword?

 

[Joey90]

And, I'm pretty sure this won't be possible, but i'm just throwing it out there: If you made Lucario look like Mewtwo, alot of fans would be very happy!
Oh, and another one that might not be possible is Mario's other costume..Paper Mario would be awesome!

Oh, and a quick question: Will Fierce Deity get his sword? Or will he still have the Master Sword?

Remember these are texture mods, not model mods, so It might have a mewtwo texture, but it would still be lucario shaped (very different body shape)

Same goes for paper mario...

AS for Fierce deity sword, I believe they said the were going to do it (or have and haven't taken any new screenshots) but I could be wrong

 

[Raganook]

Yup, Plusle and Minun are much paler.

And, I'm pretty sure this won't be possible, but i'm just throwing it out there: If you made Lucario look like Mewtwo, alot of fans would be very happy!
Oh, and another one that might not be possible is Mario's other costume..Paper Mario would be awesome!

Oh, and a quick question: Will Fierce Deity get his sword? Or will he still have the Master Sword?

Jokiz, I need you to do me a BIG favor. Go the first post. Scroll down towards the bottom of it, and you will notice some very big bold letters. I need you to read those, to yourself, out loud.

Fierce Deity's sword is fixed. _ALL_characters on the front post, without exception, are our Draft-1 edits. All of them. Every character goes through THREE drafts, so none of them are exactly as you see them

.

EDIT: Pharrox, I inserted it with Wii Scrubber, which worked, and now am testing it! But how much leeway do I have with this option? With character textures, whenever the file is too big I remove colors. How many KB of extra data can I safely overflow? 400mb sounds like everything can be over by the 50ishkb that sometimes happens, and still be totally fine.

Well, bad news. That file was ALSO not the correct one. How many damn times did they need to include character selection pictures!?

 

[Phreeq]

Hey raganook, do you use a new DVD each time or something, because you said not all of the textures are finished, so how do you go about not wasting DVDs?

 

[Raganook]

I just extracted the .pac I had inserted, decrypted and unpacked everything until I got to the character portraits, and I absolutely replaced it correctly.

That makes the THIRD place WITH portraits that are NOT selection portraits! Give me a break! Anyways, ill be gone for about 8 hours, then today's update is forth coming. Pharrox, hopefully you had a second place in mind as well oO.

 

[Cryos]

Hey raganook, do you use a new DVD each time or something, because you said not all of the textures are finished, so how do you go about not wasting DVDs?

We go through DVDs like candy, or something that gets used a lot and tossed aside.

 

[Joey90]

Hey raganook, do you use a new DVD each time or something, because you said not all of the textures are finished, so how do you go about not wasting DVDs?

We go through DVDs like candy, or something that gets used a lot and tossed aside.

More like chewing gum then...

Most people eat candy before they spit it out

 

[Keshire]

I'd love to be able to get models in and out. I'm an animator by trade so I have experience with low-poly modeling.

 

[Raganook]

I would just like to quickly re-issue our plea for assistance:

If anyone knows/can find the character selection portraits, it would be GREATLY appreciated. The three known locations of pictures of characters in their different costumes, that are NOT the character selection files but instead other things, are on the top of the front post.

Also, we are at nearly 20,000 views here on the temp! I would just like to thank everyone again for their support and interest, we greatly appreciate it

 

[Phreeq]

Sorry raganook, I've looked through so many files that my eyes hurt, and now I gotta leave. Sorry I couldn't find anything.
Although I did find some interesting textures that would be fun to mess with.

 

[Raganook]

Sorry raganook, I've looked through so many files that my eyes hurt, and now I gotta leave. Sorry I couldn't find anything.
Although I did find some interesting textures that would be fun to mess with.

Hey, we appreciate it

The search continues...