Is the ADX “CAPL” the mvc2 logo screen where it says press start?
open it up in an ADX player (either the standalone one, or get the ADX plugin for Winamp) and it should be obvious.
But, no, its the sound when the capcom logo comes up when it first boots.
oh thanks
lol duh I didn’t think of that…but of course I don’t have an ADX player…at the moment…
it’s probably insignificant to change that then.
Do you know what I might have done wrong to make my first custommvc2 take a long time to load? (at the dreamcast logo)
Yes, its called a dummy file, and its talked about a whole bunch in this thread.
of which I’ve read about in the thread and suspected that that mighhhht be the problem…even though I followed the walk through and made the dummy file the indicated size…
but thanks anyway
For the training stage…would you guys recommend me linking together mp3s to make a “nonstop megamix” type of file?
It will end up over an hour and is 152mb
are there any adverse side effects that may arise?
thats what i have. no unwanted effects that I can tell.
thanks much!:wgrin:
EDIT: My Second try went much better…just some problems with volume! ugh! otherwise it’s almost perfect!
Your next picture should be from a burned disk on a TV…
Mike Z - my thanks to anyone who manages pink Doom and pink Jugs like Zangief. :^)
You’re free to disbelieve if you like.
Supabuu should be releasing his tool soon. For those who want to start hex editing immediately…
Here’s the list of characters and their number:
00 Ryu
01 Zangief
02 Guile
03 Morrigan
04 Anakaris
05 Strider
06 Cyclops
07 Wolverine
08 Psylocke
09 Ice-Man
0A Rogue
0B Cap. America
0C Spider-man
0D Hulk
0E Venom
0F Dr. Doom
10 T. Bonne
11 Jill Valentine
12 Hayato
13 Ruby Heart
14 Son Son
15 Amingo
16 Marrow
17 Cable
18 Abyss 1
19 Abyss 2
1A Abyss 3
1B Chun-Li
1C MegaMan
1D Roll
1E Akuma
1F B.B.Hood
20 Felicia
21 Charlie
22 Sakura
23 Dan
24 Cammy
25 Dhalsim
26 M.Bison
27 Ken
28 Gambit
29 Juggernaut
2A Storm
2B Sabretooth
2C Magneto
2D Shuma-Gorath
2E War Machine
2F Silver-Samurai
30 Omega Red
31 Spiral
32 Colossus
33 Iron-Man
34 Sentinel
35 Black Heart
36 Thanos
37 Jin
38 Captain Commando
39 Bonerine
3A Kobun
Open up that character’s DAT file in a hex editor. For example, to edit Cable (17), youd open up PL17_DAT.BIN.
Your hex editor should count ordinaly (starting at 0), and you’re looking for byte 8, the 9th byte in the file, and looking for 4 bytes total. Bytes 8, 9, 10, and 11 in Cable’s DAT file are 00 BA 0F 00. That number tells us where in the file the palette data is. But, its big-endian, so you need to reverse the byte order. That means 00 BA 0F 00 is actually 00 0F BA 00. Go to address 0xFBA00. There are probably zeros at that exact address, but you’ll see sets of 30 bytes in a row, separated by 00 00. That’s our palette data. The very first set is the one you get if you select the character with LP (X).
For cable, the first set is:
00 00 33 F3 22 F2 11 F1 00 F0 C9 FF 96 FD D0 FE A2 FE 73 FB 42 F7 EE FE BB FB 88 F8 55 F5 A1 F2 00 00
There are 30 bytes of data, which means there are 15 colors and 2 bytes of data per color. If you’re not used to is, the format of the bits may seem weird. The format is called 4444 ARGB; there’s 4 bits of Alpha data, four bits of Red, 4 of green, 4 of blue. The Alpha data means transparency; yes, you can be a dick and make invisible or mostly transparent sprites. Don’t be a dick.
The bytes are swapped though, just like the address was. The actual format as you look at it is GBAR; thats why the first character of the second byte of each color is ‘F’; it has no transparency. So the very first color is 33F3, which is 3 for green, 3 for blue, F for alpha, and 3 for red. Load up a screenshot of that character’s costume and with something like the dropper tool in Photoshop, you should be able to identify what each color is for in short order. Tweak it how you want, save it, rebuild the disk, and test it out. Here are my notes for Cable and Magnus:
Magz
1 - outlining color, very tip of helmet. DARK/black
2- white highlights
3- very lightest costume color - rarely used
4- main costume color; light
5 - slightly darker costume color
6 - darker costume color
7 - flesh, lightest
8 - flesh lighter
9 - flesh darker
10 - flesh darkest
11 - main cloak color
12, 13, 14, 15- gloves/cod/boots, inside of cloak-- lightest to darkest
Cable
1 costume gradient lightest
2 costume gradient
3 costume gradient
4 costume gradient darkest
5 light flesh
6 dark flesh
7 – boot/belts gradient, lightest
8 – boot/belts gradient
9 – boot/belts gradient
10 — boot/belts gradient, darkest
11 — hair/gun gradient lightest
12 ---- hair/gun gradient
13 ----hair/gun gradient
14 ---- hair/gun gradient darkest
15 - red X logo on belt and chest
(note: two of the boot/belt colors are also used on the face; you can’t really tweak these without fucking the face up, which is why every damn Cable costume has yellowish boots. Feel free to try though.)
/\ Damn.
http://www.geocities.jp/web_of_oneself/mvsc2/color_captain_commando.html
Just posting that up if anyone needs it for reference (select a character).
I’m almost done… I need about a day or 2 to touch everything up. If anyone would like to help, an image grab of an attached palette from chankast or w/e will help me out because there are a lot of characters. :looney: PM me if you would like to.
One more day or 2 and I’ll release it.
http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitleduu1.png
Select a directory, load all of the files it finds, pick choose apply etc patch. Very easy.
you all are just too powerful!
That thing is sweet!!!
Nice, let me know when your finished on it and I’ll host the program for you if you want. Great job!!!
Ah, no, I don’t disbelieve, I just want to be able to play it. :^)
Mike Z
Oops, the hex values for Cable’s first color aren’t from the original, they’re the black version I made in the screenshot for Preppy. My bad.
SQUEEEL! If Im reading that pic right, you can select multiple colors (like say all 4 for the costume), and adjust the hue/saturation/lightness on the selected colors at once? DAMN, that’s gonna make tweaking characters damn easy. My hat’s off to you, man.
You guys are dope. That is all.
Can this be done for other games? Like ST on CCC2?