The Complete N00B's Guide to Brawl Hacking

[CJTH]

Meaning all I do is throw the file in there with the original?

[(specter)]

Ok so what about when it says "import" or "psa"? How exactly do i do it?

I think import is using models from other games to texture a character. But I'm not sure. Anyway, it's still a plain old texture.

PSA aka Project Smash Attack is a character with an altered moveset and hitboxes. This is the only one that's not a texture, but it still goes in the same folder as all your other textures.

Model means vertex. It means an altered game model.

Oh ok; thanks for clearing that up.

[CJTH]

Ok I must be doing something wrong when it comes to PSA or the swappingg of characters. I put the file in and replace it with the original but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Sometimes even the texture files I put in don't work.

[(specter)]

Ok I must be doing something wrong when it comes to PSA or the swappingg of characters. I put the file in and replace it with the original but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Sometimes even the texture files I put in don't work.

What PSA are you downloading first? Are you putting the files in the character's folder in pf/fighter it's supposed to go in? Are they all named correctly? You should at least have a Fit(character).pac and Fit(character)MotionEtc.pac to make the PSA work.

[CJTH]

I was trying the knuckles psa over pikachu. I got rid of the pikachu.pac file and put in the stuff for knuckles but nothing happened.

[(specter)]

I was trying the knuckles psa over pikachu. I got rid of the pikachu.pac file and put in the stuff for knuckles but nothing happened.

Then it should work... You replaced FitPkachu.pac with the Knuckles one? Did you rename that to FirPikachu.pac?

[CJTH]

What am I to rename it to?

EDIT: Oh wait. I think I see what your saying. So any of them that I download that doesnt originally have the original name from the file, I have to rename it it to that?

Like this?

FitSonic.pac

Downloaded File: Mephiles FitSonic01.pac

I would take out the Mephiles and it would work?

[(specter)]

What am I to rename it to?

EDIT: Oh wait. I think I see what your saying. So any of them that I download that doesnt originally have the original name from the file, I have to rename it it to that?

Like this?

FitSonic.pac

Downloaded File: Mephiles FitSonic01.pac

I would take out the Mephiles and it would work?

Exactly.

However, take out the 01 if it's not a .pcs file. Your file should be changed from "Mephiles FitSonic01.pac" to "FitSonic.pac".

I'm curious as to why the .pac came with "01" -- you can't assign a PSA to a costume of a character, that's only for .pcs files.

[Akiba Red]

Hes talking about the Mephiles vertexture...

[(specter)]

Hes talking about the Mephiles vertexture...

Well he was just talking about a PSA before that post so I got confused.

Rename Mephiles FitSonic01.pac to FitSonic01.pac. Then, you need to get a .pcs, just use BrawlBox and convert that .pac to .pcs.

[CJTH]

Thanks! One last thing though. Can I get the stages and audio files because they didnt come with that pack you gave me

[(specter)]

Thanks! One last thing though. Can I get the stages and audio files because they didnt come with that pack you gave me

Those things come separate; you'll have to go browse through the Brawl Vault for custom stages and audio. And I didn't give you anything; what are you talking about?

Also, I need to know what type of audio you're talking about? Music or SFX? Because only Riivolution can do SFX.

[CJTH]

No I mean through pf then stage then melee. I dont have stage. And the same with music. And I was talking about the "private" file

[(specter)]

No I mean through pf then stage then melee. I dont have stage. And the same with music. And I was talking about the "private" file

I'm confused...... I know you mean the melee folder, but what I said still stands: download the custom stages from the Brawl Vault to put in that folder. Same with your music. You're not supposed to have anything in those folders at first; you must get them yourself.

[CJTH]

A little confused... So I download one of the hacked levels and put it in the folder and it'll work?