Add ons! (added 1 stage)

[Kati]

I would really like to see a stickied thread where we can archive add-ons some day.

I'm not organized enough at the moment though.... and first we need to actually get sizeable chunk of add ons out there to justify such a compendium.

@ hotdogturtle

<3 add-ons.

Lez go!

Menu music packs:

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https://www.mediafire.com/folder/gdnwjf3ca8iem/Music_packs

Stages:

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Charlware

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With 3.6 announced, but no known release date... I made an add-on that will hopefully work for both 3.5 and 3.6

It's a warioware texture that can replace pictochat.

Charlware:

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The colour scheme is inspired by Smooth McGroove's third album cover. I ripped the colours from it for authenticity.

Not only will the add-on install the stage over pictochat, but it will also completely replace the default songs with Smooth McGroove remixes such as Punch Out, Together We Ride, Sephiroth, and Ken's Theme.

Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhzI3Om9QIQ


http://www.mediafire.com/download/05ju3lzaua58wk6/Charlware.7z

As you might already have your own custom stages, stage pictures are not included. Get them here and install them into your common 5 along side all your other customized stage titles and preview pictures.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ry4zorbt397xf3b/Charlware_Stage_Screen_Interface.rar

Reddit tutorial:

http://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/2momq0/project_m_addon_system_what_it_is_and_why_you/

I found that making an add-on can be daunting, but if one makes multiple versions of the same type, then all the copies are much faster to make as one has a template to work with.

Here's an info.xml from one of my packs, simply replace the md5's and make a new title and codename and you have your own menu music pack info file.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectm>
<title>Tournament Menu Music</title>
<code>GHYPE11</code>
<version>1.0</version>
<minimumLauncherVersion>1.1</minimumLauncherVersion>
<minimumPMVersion>3.5</minimumPMVersion>
<files>
<file
source="W30.brstm"
destination="sd:/projectm/pf/sound/strm/W30.brstm"
md5="695e783864ddc913203b4fe774706d66" />
<file
source="X01.brstm"
destination="sd:/projectm/pf/sound/strm/X01.brstm"
md5="df30aa0d28f398760a803e9b4d0384b6" />
<file
source="X02.brstm"
destination="sd:/projectm/pf/sound/strm/X02.brstm"
md5="0af56f3a7bce85cfcb65e93a5cdff58d" />
<file
source="X03.brstm"
destination="sd:/projectm/pf/sound/strm/X03.brstm"
md5="84d808319feb30bfb049748df82a16d0" />
</files>
</projectm>

 

[hotdogturtle]

Hmm. I haven't played 3.5 so I didn't know about the add-on thing. Certainly would have been useful back when custom modding was more popular. Do people still do that stuff? It seems like it dropped off over the years that P:M's been around. I know from a stage perspective, many textures died as game updates modified stages and people didn't feel like updating their textures to match, leaving fewer and fewer remaining.

If there's still enough content to fill a sticky thread, then by all means let's get it together. Obviously my stage thread is long outdated, and I'm not sure how well the character or music scenes are holding up.

 

[squeakyboots13]

There are tons of people making and posting their custom builds in this very forum. If people were to start making them as addon packs, it could help make managing them a bit easier.

 

[Kati]

Yeah updating stages did become rather difficult. It is hard keeping motivation when so many new awesome, but technical, improvements are added.

Personally, add ons are super convenient for me now that I have an 8gb sd card, but swapping out entire builds would be nearly impossible on a 2 gb.

 

[NickSmash]

In my opinion, "Addons" is a very deceptive term, since addons really don't add anything but replace things that are already there. Due to this, if any new files in a mod are added (such as a completely new stage that isn't overwriting another one), the mod cannot be an addon because of something that was "added on" to the original file scheme for Project M.

I think they should be called "Supplements," but that's not nearly as catchy.

Anyways, the music addons weren't working for me. They kept crashing my wii, lol!! I'm putting them in the addons folder in the launcher folder, bla bla bla. Am I doing something wrong, is it wrong to try it on 3.6, something else, etc?