Upcoming Dex Mod

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There's a bowtie version of this guy in SRTT already, but this version of him would work way better for the mod I'm currently making. I'm still learning the basics of modding, so would anybody be able to help me get this guy from SRIV, to SRTT please?

I know there's tutorials designed for this exact purpose. But my learning disabilities hold me back. It's way less frustrating for me if someone is there to guide me through the steps, so I can ask questions in real-time, instead of getting stuck in one spot and not being able to get passed it.

Let me just put these here to give a little hint as to what I have planned for this totally completely "random" pedestrian that has 0% resemblance to anybody at all.

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This is what I currently have, but he feels more like if Dex had Eli's fashion sense.

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If you're curious about the others in the screenshot:
Left - Troy Bradshaw (I'll see if there's a better model in SRIV)
Middle - Zombie Carlos (There's not really any good match in either game, this is more of a concept)
Right - Luz Avalos (Gotta have my SR Series favorite in there too)

Update:
Just some "proof of concept" artwork that I designed for this mod.

Dex Julius Target.pngDex 01.png (Temporary Model)
Dex Brute Target.pngDex 02.png
Dex Masako Target.pngDex 03.png (Temporary Model)
Dex Cypher Target.pngDex 04.png
Dex Dex Target.pngDex 05.png (Temporary Model)
 
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In SRTT he's "ped_male_antwon2" under "npc_ped_servstaff02". I haven't checked what he's named in SRIV, but both the servstaff and suit versions are in SRIV.
 
OK, good to know, I will tell when I've had a good try at it. The only thing I know right now is that this process needs the "Gibbed tools" to rebuild back .str2_pc packfile and .asm_pc (whatever that is).
I assume this because it is included in Gentlemen of Steelport mod builder, which I think builds .asm files too.
How it works is a complete mystery right now but with enough rest & caffeine I'm sure I can start understanding some things
 
I have the gibbed tools, they just don't work for me. I know I'm probably doing everything incorrectly, but like I said... Being stuck with learning disabilities sucks. When left to learn things on my own (even with written instructions), when something doesn't work, despite thinking I've done everything correctly, I resort to rage too quickly, then next thing you know, I'm forking out more money for a new keyboard.
 
For the SRIV model: "generic_male_businessman14" under "npc_ped_bizman06_mb"
 
I've managed to reach the same point where I was last stuck once again:
The character models were changed, the character_containers.asm_pc file put in folder with .exe and updated (with viper venom's asm updater I believe, otherwise it would've crashed), but it isn't appearing. I vaguely remember this has something to do with preload_rigs.vpp_pc but I'll have to look at this again later: https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/replacing-npcs-with-sr4-models.17984/
Either way, here's the (non-working) files just in case someone needs it later (probably me).

Also nice hitman stuff!
 

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I have gotten to the preload_rigs part, it always crashes and am noticing some things (also I'm tired, so the english may not be there)
Always bigger, when adding a few files. 982kb only added businessman14.rig_pc file (along the head).
I also tried to add all sr4-only rigs to sr3 which did not help.
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This seems to be related to how Windows handles file sizes. When extracted the preload_rigs, size difference:
Size: near to the actual file, Size on disk: 1.05 MB. Why?
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I'm guessing either this program runs only correctly on Windows 7, or Gibbed Tools is wrong.
At this point, clueless again, gonna take a break and work on something else. I swear I went over the post titles of Guides and Tutorials SR3 section and have no idea what i'm doing wrong

edit: i found this. whether it solves the prolem, to be seen
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edit2: it did not. but it did reduce the file size. I'm probably making another mistake somewhere

edit3: this is the parameters of PackVPP. you get this by going to Gibbed Tools folder, shift + right click then open Powershell, then type "gibbed" press tab until it comes up. supposedly to pack files you do something like this (replace with your unpacked preload_rigs folder directory): .\Gibbed.SaintsRow3.PackVPP.exe -n "C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\sr4tosr3\sr3orig\preload_rigsantwon2\"
if you don't understand this it's ok, i'm not sure what I even did wrong in this process today lol
Code:
.\Gibbed.SaintsRow3.PackVPP.exe -help
Usage: Gibbed.SaintsRow3.PackVPP.exe [OPTIONS]+ input_directory
       Gibbed.SaintsRow3.PackVPP.exe [OPTIONS]+ output_vpp input_directory+
Pack directores into specified Volition package file.

Options:
  -c, --compress             compress data
  -n, --condense             condense data
  -f, --flag=VALUE           extra flag (as bit)
  -l, --little-endian        pack data in little-endian mode (default)
  -b, --big-endian           pack data in big-endian mode
  -v, --verbose              enable verbose logging
  -h, --help                 show this message and exit
 
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