As I mentioned before, check the file sizes.
For example:
The file size of FitToonLink00.pac should be larger than FitToonLink00.pcs.

Check the file sizes of the .pcs and .pac.
The .pac should be uncompressed (which means that they should be larger in file size than their .pcs counterparts).

Settle down BJ.

It will take a while for people to realize you're head now.

I would restart.

You already have all the images needed to make portraits (I assume); it shouldn't actually take that long to turn them into portraits again.

Did you read the sticky?
You can't just stick the files in. Extract if necessary (if the file is a .RAR, .ZIP, or .7Z) and rename.

It's probably because no one knows what exactly is causing the problem.

I've heard (well, more like read) that some of the common files (common, common2, etc) have MotionEtc files in them and replacing them might prevent the freezing.

But don't take my word for it.

Added a section on adding in hex.

If you already have the disc and a USB Loader, you can use the USB Loader to rip a copy of the game.

Open the Calculator application on your computer.
Make sure you set it to "hex".

Type in the character ID no.
Add 30 (or 68, if you use the second code) just like a regular decimal math problem.
That new value is what you would plug in to XX or YY.

Individual Character No Entry Data:
00AD80XX 00000000

XX = Character ID + 0x30

Individual Character No Result Data:
00AD80YY 00000000

YY = Character ID + 0x68

Characters IDs:
00 Mario
01 Donkey Kong
02 Link
03 Samus
04 Yoshi
05 Kirby
06 Fox
07 Pikachu
08 Luigi
09 Captain Falcon
0A Ness
0B Bowser
0C Peach
0D Zelda
0E Sheik
0F Popo
10 (Nana)
11 Marth
12 Mr. Game & Watch
13 Falco
14 Ganondorf
15 Wario
16 Metaknight
17 Pit
18 Zero Suit Samus
19 Olimar
1A Lucas
1B Diddy Kong
1C Pokemon Trainer
1D Charizard
1E Squirtle
1F Ivysaur
20 Dedede
21 Lucario
22 Ike
23 Robot
24 (Pra-mai)
25 Jigglypuff
26 (Mewtwo)
27 (Roy)
28 (Dr. Mario)
29 Toon Link
2A (Toon Zelda)
2B (Toon Sheik)
2C Wolf
2D (Dixie)
2E Snake
2F Sonic
30 Giga Bowser
31 Warioman
32 Red Alloy
33 Blue Alloy
34 Yellow Alloy
35 Green Alloy
36 (Mario D)

Index your images.

Quality will suck, but the game won't freeze.

Yes, if you use different movesets, you will desync.

A solution is to not use them at all, or for everyone in the match to have the exact same movesets (ie all players must have the Cloud moveset for Ike if one player chooses to be Cloud).

I want to kill you.
So hard.

Simply, Touhou is a "shoot 'em up" game (call it "danmaku", or bullet hell) for the PC. It's an EXTREMELY popular series made by the group, Team Shanghai Alice, which is composed of one man god, ZUN.
The gameplay features you having to dodge enemy attacks which take the shape of patterns formed by bullets.
...But a video may be more worthwhile than an explanation.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZu2O_JQ4vs" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZu2O_JQ4vs</a>

EDIT: We even have a thread dedicated to Touhou.

What, no gun? :O

And now come the hoards of Shadowtards fangasming over the images.

The ****?