I have pre-created many of the files you must make in order to load and play Project M on Dolphin.

Make sure to follow this tutorial for any additional instructions.
Installing Project M on Dolphin: Tutorial

With these files you will not need the Easy SD image maker or WinImage. I have already done those steps for you.

The files are as follows.

An empty 2GB "sd.raw" file. This 11KB file WILL >>expand<< to 2GB once uncompressed.
This is if you want to custom-load an sd.raw file your own way. You will need WinImage.
-- www.mediafire.com/download/tybnigyqyjr7x32/


Similar to above, a 2 GB SD file pre-loaded with Project M. Unzip and place in the proper directory.
You do not need to download the blank SD files, WinImage or Project M by downloading this.
-- www.mediafire.com/download/a9ul3f05fu77hf0/ - (300 MB)
A 1 GB SD file pre-loaded with Project M.
-- www.mediafire.com/download/47cg763pj8dafmc/ - (300 MB)


Optional SD Card files.
-- An empty 1 GB "sd.raw" file. Compressed.
-- -- www.mediafire.com/download/3m5rc2a88s2b1d9/
-- An empty 512 MB "sd.raw" file. Compressed. (Note this will not hold Project M.)
-- -- www.mediafire.com/download/atzr98membyy4et/

My Project M setup folder. In case there's anything I missed here or if you would like to browse directly.
-- www.mediafire.com/folder/1n16rba1q05qo/

Cheers, and have fun Brawling.

Hi there. I've completely finished a custom model for Sheik, however whenever I test the model in game the eyes show up extremely glitchy and pixellated. I don't know what to do to fix the eyes. Is there a specific workflow for making sure all of the textures, shaders and other parameters needed for the eyes are correct?

I've literally searched Google for the past 4 hours and have found nothing but indirect results. Please help!!!

Verrrry nice! Love it!

Ooh, that voice! (Hyee Haan Hya Hyee Errf Errn Raan, repeating)

Please, if you do fix anything let me know what you did. I'm mainly trying to learn how to make models and port them successfully. Also, if you know how eyes work, I can't seem to get them working at all. Just a bunch of texture glitches or this mysterious 'Brawl' texture that shows up in the MDL0. (In the Textures folder under MDL0)

The help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks JK. I was uncertain of which texture type I should use, but if CMPR works the best then I'll go with that.

Also, I'm counting 6,113 polys (tri's) with a total of 3401 vertices on the original Sheik model. Now, after the tweaks and modifications I made to the model (breasts, face, and hair models).... I managed to actually reduce the poly count... to about 5756 triangles and 3046 vertices. So I know the geometry is much smaller now, though I think that the original MDL0 was compressed differently than how 3ds Max tends to handle DAE files.

Nonetheless I'll try CMPR for the textures I've got. Thanks for that tip!

Indeed I didn't. /facepalm *smacks head

Lol. I noticed my exported mdl0 model is about 50% bigger than the original game mdl0. Might have lots to do with untriangulated polys. If you want, here are the files I've worked on thus far. I only have the PACs saved, as I can easily convert them to PCS in BrawlBox.

Code:

ZeldaS.Sheik.rar (6.9 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!LhIgWZyK!EQeYwj5MdHs6kDvtaUATnFs87Mh_89yBLEg5dTd1uSo

Edit: No... no, I did check Triangulate in the dialog. My mistake. The model is in fact triangulated.

You may have a point. Though I'm not entirely sure if Sheik's files are over-limit, whatever limit that should be, it does seem to work without error in Project M. I sent Nanobuds a copy of my project files, but if you think you can find out what's wrong with it I'll send you the files as well.

Now, call this intuition, but I think there may be something in relation to the codes loaded from RSBE01.gct. I managed to install several Minus characters, including my modded Sheik, under the Project M engine and everything seems to work fine. Also, the only major difference in my files is that I added a texture for Zelda's face, in addition to the already-existing textures that Sheik has. This could very well be the problem.

Overall, the model I made has fewer polygons than Sheik's original model, even with the new ponytail and body (I'm the master of low polys, ). Thus the model's size should be smaller. I'll do a direct MDL0 comparison (Old ➙ New) soon to verify this.

Edit: The original mdl0 is 264 KB (271,244 B). The modified mdl0 is 409 KB (419,352 B). Difference of 145 KB (148,108 KB), or a 54.6% increase in file size.

Oh, I've already run a few tests with the model myself! ^^ I'll send what I have directly to you.

Note: I've only successfully tested on Project M. Brawl- tends to freeze upon choosing a stage.

Yes, mostly. The only new texture is from Zelda's .pac and I edited it to cover the entire sphere of her head. (I remade a new scalp for her)

Everything I used in the scene, which was only that one additional image, I included in Sheik's pac/pcs files.

Zelda as Sheik WIP.


Here are some screen caps. Please tell me what you think.

Removed the mask. Sheik's true form!

Working on a Sheik model that has her face revealed. Still uncertain about the current hairstyle. I may model a more conventional kunoichi style with frontal bangs and a higher positioned ponytail. But not yet.

Besides that, completely reworked the body. Has a more feminine shape. Also, it's fully rigged and articulated alongside the original Sheik model.

However I'm having two issues... First, her eyes will not show properly (in game) and I'm unsure how to get them back. If I do add Zelda's eye shapes w/textures, it causes problems, and sometimes makes the game freeze. Even though I added the textures. In Brawl minus, the entire game freezes at stage select. Project M, however, has no major problems loading up thus far. <- This indicates a serious problem in the model itself, and I have no idea how to fix it! (I make models, not code games! :3)

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