NPC Model Swap assistance

Smitster said:
Drag and drop the characters.vpp onto the ExtractPackfile tool, find the character you want to use (ex. npc_gat) and extract that file as well which will give you his models (the folder created should be named npc_(character's name)_extracted or smth. Repeat with SR3 with the character you want to replace, remove the files from the character's folder that just got extracted besides the asm if there is one, and drag and drop the files from the SR4 character into the other character's packfile; rename the files to the same names as the SR3 character's files, finally, use BuildPackfileGUI to build the folder you just edited back into a packfile before dragging that built packfile into the game's main directory.
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So which of these two do I extract?

Also, Lin has one extra file than Ella. Which is ".sim_pc". Do I transfer that, or leave it behind?
 
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What is this?
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SRTT's not there.

Something went wrong. It says the file was made, but I can't find it anywhere in any of my folders.

Yeah, this part is really confusing me. Was I not supposed to move the "extracted-character.vpp_pc" out of the game's folder? It won't rebuild the packfile at all.
 
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3rdStreetSaint 212 said:
View attachment 47421What is this?
View attachment 47422 SRTT's not there.

Something went wrong. It says the file was made, but I can't find it anywhere in any of my folders.

Yeah, this part is really confusing me. Was I not supposed to move the "extracted-character.vpp_pc" out of the game's folder? It won't rebuild the packfile at all.
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Don't pack the character.vpp_pc, only pack the packfile of the characters you want and move them to the game's main directory.
 
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I have these 3 folders. I've tried packing the two "str2_pc" files, but that doesn't do anything. What "packfile" am I supposed to be packing exactly?

I renamed the two "str2_pc" folders by getting rid of the "extracted" then put them in a folder labelled "packfiles", then put the folder in the SRTT directory. But...
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It didn't work.

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with this "BuildPackfileGUI". It only wants to create "str2_pc" files, there's no "packfile" options.
 
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3rdStreetSaint 212 said:
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I have these 3 folders. I've tried packing the two "str2_pc" files, but that doesn't do anything. What "packfile" am I supposed to be packing exactly?

I renamed the two "str2_pc" folders by getting rid of the "extracted" then put them in a folder labelled "packfiles", then put the folder in the SRTT directory. But...
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It didn't work.

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with this "BuildPackfileGUI". It only wants to create "str2_pc" files, there's no "packfile" options.
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No no. STR2_PC are packfiles. Pack those files individually and put them into the game's main directory with the exe.
 
Smitster said:
No no. STR2_PC are packfiles. Pack those files individually and put them into the game's main directory with the exe.
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Yeah, no. I tried repacking the "str2_pc" files already, but I must have been doing the process wrong in the "BuildPackfileGUI.exe". I've just been looking up the official tutorial to see what I'm doing wrong, but now I'm just even more confused.

Why can't things just be clearly bullet pointed with visual aids like Lego Set Instructions?

The problem is the official tutorial is doesn't tell me what I'm specifically trying to do, it's just a generic guide to navigate the menus.

Here's a way I think will explain my level of understanding technical stuff like code and modding and stuff like that.

You see a square. I see a shapeless blob. Only once all four corners are pointed out to me, do I start to see that it is in fact a square. If nobody points out the corners to me, it will forever remain a shapeless blob.

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I thought I'd just figured out what I was doing wrong, but it still didn't work. I just don't get it.
 
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I posted this on the official tutorial, and only after staring at both my picture and the one above, did I realise what was wrong... I didn't untick the "Update asm_pc file?" box.

This happens to me a lot more than I'd like to admit. Thanks for the help though. Now I can finally create my perfect SRTT.
 
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I knew my victory would be short lived... Was there anything else I was supposed to transfer to the main directory along with the 2 "str2_pc" files?

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It would seem she's now invisible.
 
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