Modding SSF4AE for PC (NO DLC UNLOCKS!)

[Ex_Nihilo]

have you tried re-downloading SF4Viewer? or perhaps another version?

Thanks <3. Finally managed to get it to work.

[SaintSoLo]

Alright, I’m new to this, and I’m already stuck at something I thought was gonna be simple… I’m trying to change my title screen into this http://alphaomg.fileave.com/example.bmp Using this guide: http://www.d0tk0m.com/games/street-fighter-iv-modding-the-mainmenu-background/

But when I get to the part where I inject it back into the EMZ file, it keeps telling me that it’s not the right size… Even though I’ve got it down to 1MB which is apparently the size of the original .DDS file, which is annoying me… The only thing I could see different between them is that one is 1.00 MB (1,048,736 bytes) and the other is 1.00 MB (1,048,704 bytes), and I have no idea how to get the size down by exactly 32 bytes if that’s the case… >_> Hlep plz?

[orgolove]

So. I’ve tried scaling zangief up by 10%, to 1.1.

I extracted every individual file of zgf_01.obj.emo, and used the model-transform function in misfit model to scale every file. I then re-injected each file back.

most of the model looks fine. But his eyes are all sunken in, and his hands look weird and crazy.

Can anyone give me guidance on how I would go about scaling the whole model of a character?

Thanks.

[hunterk]

@orgolove
The skeleton will cause problems if you try to scale the whole model. The eyes can just be moved around to the correct position, but it’s hard to get it exactly right all the time, due to the aforementioned skeleton issue. The hands are the same thing. Probably leaving his the same size is your best bet to avoid skeletal weirdness, and most SF4 characters have disproportionately large hands by default anyway.

@SaintSoLo
It’s most likely a compression issue. You need to open the original DDS in Nvidia’s WTV tool to see what kind of DXT compression they used and then save yours with the same level of compression. If you have the same resolution and the same compression, they should come out to exactly the same filesize.

@doesntmatterx
Something has gone wrong if you still have a *.cos.emz file afterward. Instead, you should have a RYU_01.bsr, RYU_01.nml.emb, RYU_01.obj.emo and RYU_01.shd.emo. For the model tweaks, the obj.emo is really the important one.

@KtWdA
Yes, semi-transparency only works on DXT5. However, the hi-res files I made for Sakura have been modified to accept DXT5 instead of DXT1.

@Ex Nihilo
Glad you got it going

@sensibeat
lol @ the endian change. At least you figured it out. I get stumped by that kinda stuff and never get past it.

[Ellipsen]

I’m making a script to have random skins everytime you start the game. It moves sets of files to 01. I’ve tried with a settimer, so that the files change every 30 secs or so, but there’s no effect in the game. Mayve they are all loaded at the beginning.

Thats cool! and yes they do load at the beginning

[Mezcal]

[LEFT]sensibeat, i am not sure what you mean. what i have done is to create a *.txt with the name of the initial *.csb and replaced it with the empty *.txt file (which is a *.csb by then). however unlike vanilla, this leads to endless loading screen, meaning its not working.[/LEFT]

[LEFT]is it beacuse i have the steam version?[/LEFT]

[sensibeat]

And that method worked in Vanilla? :eek:
Try this one (you can change AFR for whatever stage you want): http://www.mediafire.com/?97x43md1fokp3ag
I used a blank .adx, copied it, repacked the 2 blank .adx into 1 .aax, copied it 2 times and imported the 3 blank .aax into the .csb (using goshanes’ SFIVAM for every steps).

[Jay_Vasquez_77]

But when I get to the part where I inject it back into the EMZ file, it keeps telling me that it’s not the right size… Even though I’ve got it down to 1MB which is apparently the size of the original .DDS file, which is annoying me… The only thing I could see different between them is that one is 1.00 MB (1,048,736 bytes) and the other is 1.00 MB (1,048,704 bytes), and I have no idea how to get the size down by exactly 32 bytes if that’s the case… >_> Hlep plz?

make sure you match the mip map setting
if it says 1/11 mip map in WTV then when you save put your mip map at 11

[KtWdA]

Thanks Hunter Do I just inject these like I would normally?

[hunterk]

Yes, they should accept 1024x1024 DXT5 DDS textures, IIRC. You’ll still have to edit the obj.emm with alphablend or whatever.

[KtWdA]

Yes, they should accept 1024x1024 DXT5 DDS textures, IIRC. You’ll still have to edit the obj.emm with alphablend or whatever.

Thanks a lot, man I should have something to show either tonight or tomorrow… as I have work now… flies away

[orgolove]

@orgolove
The skeleton will cause problems if you try to scale the whole model. The eyes can just be moved around to the correct position, but it’s hard to get it exactly right all the time, due to the aforementioned skeleton issue. The hands are the same thing. Probably leaving his the same size is your best bet to avoid skeletal weirdness, and most SF4 characters have disproportionately large hands by default anyway.

I see.

I’ve never really gotten the hang of 3d modeling. How would I go about moving the eyeballs a bit forward or backward in misfitmodel?

[hunterk]

extract the eyes model, select everything and hit the ‘m’ key to move it. You’ll have to figure out which direction they need to go. If I remember correctly, moving it downward in the upper-left pane, it moves them forward in the model.

[2_2]

Ok, real nitpicky, but I’m trying to remove the “keyboard hint” icon and text from the character select screen.

I was only able to remove the text portion by hex editing the resource\ui\chara_select\localize\ENG\chara_select.m4s file. In a hex editor, at the end of the file, you’ll see the keyboard hint text. Just replace the letters with spaces and the text won’t show up.

The trouble I’m having is getting rid of the F1 button icon. I looked through all of the emz files and could not find an F1 button graphic. I only found a blank keyboard button icon (forget where), so I think it’s just using that one and displaying it with the corresponding text over it. I just can’t figure ou how to get rid of the reference that causes it to be shown on screen. There’s a reference in the same file: ID_PRESS_F1_HELP. I’m not sure what this does, but if I modify it, the “keyboard hint” text comes back. Perhaps the program sees something doesn’t match up and it defaults to one of the chara_select.m4s files in another language folders.

Any thoughts on how to remove that pesky icon?

[FallenAngel]

Wow great work here guys. Quick question, has anybody modded AE title screen with the Arcade version’s? You know the one with oni in the shadows etc.

[Alpha_Tango]

Any thoughts on how to remove that pesky icon?

The icon is in the chara_select_dlc2.emz file located at: dlc/03_character_free/ui/chara_select/

I was able to remove the icon but I can’t figure out how to remove the F1 text. Hopefully you or somebody can figure that one out.

http://i52.tinypic.com/im4f9l.jpg

[Jay_Vasquez_77]

Sensibeat posted non animated Oni and Evil ryu title screens earlier in the thread

[Jay_Vasquez_77]

Nice finds guys, just missing the “F1” text.

“Keyboard hint” text is here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Capcom\Super Street Fighter IV\resource\ui\chara_select\localize\ENG\chara_select.m4s

here’s a blank dds for the f1 Key
http://www.mediafire.com/?1kqtesfuz2b718y

Inject that into the
C:\Program Files (x86)\Capcom\Super Street Fighter IV\dlc\03_character_free\ui\chara_select\chara_select_dlc2.emz

[Anotak]

http://www.mediafire.com/?xaydny56dnv8xx7

fixed bug with saving guile and other bcm files i think, fixed a bug with opening jha.bac and others as well

[Elaphe]

Jay Vasquez 77, could you please upload the loading screens you mentioned before? Thanx.