Help Replacing Vanilla Brawl Portraits

[Y-L]

Hi, I'm pretty new to modding and have become familiar with Brawl Costume Manager. However I'm having a problem. I can replace a .pac and a CSP just fine, but how do you replace the BP and results screen portrait for costumes that have not been touched by PM? For example I'm trying to replace these for Ike (who has no PM costumes) but in Brawl Costume Manager the area is blank, there is a brres: not thing, and you can't drag anything in. Help would be appreciated. Here's what I'm looking at: http://gyazo.com/1cbf30a9244eeddf7d28e458c52dabe9

 

[Sandfall]

This is because those files aren't present on the SD card. You can find them in the brawl data partition on KC-MM's resources page on the following folders: info>portrite (these are the battle portraits) and menu>common>char_bust_tex (Results screen portraits). Place the contents of these folders in their corresponding paths on the SD card (should be the same as the data partition). Make sure you don't overwrite the portraits that are already there though.

 

[Y-L]

Got it! Thank you so much!

 

[Y-L]

Okay I thought I had it but I'm having trouble.. I got the Brawl portraits in just fine but I can't seem to replace them in the costume manager. I get an unable to write access error.

 

[TheLippyLapras]

Okay I thought I had it but I'm having trouble.. I got the Brawl portraits in just fine but I can't seem to replace them in the costume manager. I get an unable to write access error.

The costume manager is extremely unreliable, I would simply suggest manually replacing all the required files. I tried using the manager for my own custom build and eventually got sick of it.

 

[Y-L]

The costume manager is extremely unreliable, I would simply suggest manually replacing all the required files. I tried using the manager for my own custom build and eventually got sick of it.

I know but I don't know how to convert to .brres

 

[TheLippyLapras]

I know but I don't know how to convert to .brres

You actually don't need to, all you need is the .PNG file. Just right click the portrait you want to replace, click "Replace". Next, choose the .PNG you want to use, then replace, and make sure the compression is the same as the picture you replaced.

 

[Y-L]

Yes that's what I have tried to do but when I close out the costume manager it doesn't save. When I hit the save button it says unable to write

 

[TheLippyLapras]

Yes that's what I have tried to do but when I close out the costume manager it doesn't save. When I hit the save button it says unable to write

Don't use the costume manager, it is a terrible program and it is extremely faulty. It fails to save any and all changes you make during the compression process.

Just manually replace the pictures in their respective file locations.

 

[Sandfall]

Yes that's what I have tried to do but when I close out the costume manager it doesn't save. When I hit the save button it says unable to write

This usually means that you already have your common5.pac file open in another program. That's the only time I've had that issue. Oh and if you're working of your SD card, check to make sure it isn't locked.

Don't use the costume manager, it is a terrible program and it is extremely faulty. It fails to save any and all changes you make during the compression process.

Just manually replace the pictures in their respective file locations.

This is only an issue with the recent versions of the costume manager. Brawl Costume Manager 3.2 has always worked perfectly for me.

 

[Y-L]

This usually means that you already have your common5.pac file open in another program. That's the only time I've had that issue. Oh and if you're working of your SD card, check to make sure it isn't locked.


This is only an issue with the recent versions of the costume manager. Brawl Costume Manager 3.2 has always worked perfectly for me.

Downgrading my costume manager did the trick. Thanks!

 

[Galen The Wise]

Downgrading my costume manager did the trick. Thanks!

How do you downgrade your costume manager? I'm new at costume management/portraits and am trying to make this as easy as possible.

 

[Y-L]

How do you downgrade your costume manager? I'm new at costume management/portraits and am trying to make this as easy as possible.

I just downloaded a different version. Here's the one I got.

 

[Galen The Wise]

I just downloaded a different version. Here's the one I got.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

 

[Y-L]

So I have another concern.. I get now that you can add the needed files in to change the BP/results screen picture, but what about the CSP? I'm trying to replace the csp for the yellow lucario and I can't put in in.

 

[Narpas_sword]

You need to add it into the common5 pac.

 

[Y-L]

You need to add it into the common5 pac.

Yes but how would I go about doing that? With the other things I could just drop a file into a folder. I would have no idea how to drop an image into a file. Especially because I cannot do it via the costume manager apparently.

 

[Narpas_sword]

Do you not have brawlbox?

Also I was sure costume manager accesses common5.

 

[Y-L]

Do you not have brawlbox?

Also I was sure costume manager accesses common5.

I do I just have no idea how to use it. It does access common5 but for some reason not that file.

 

[Narpas_sword]

ok, open common5 with brawlbox

+ se_selcharacter_en
+ char_bust_tex_lz77

then each of the miscData branches has a texture file for a character.
right click on a texture, click replace, then find your ones.

i recommend changing one character at a time, saving then testing to make sure it doesnt go awry

 

[Y-L]

ok, open common5 with brawlbox

+ se_selcharacter_en
+ char_bust_tex_lz77

then each of the miscData branches has a texture file for a character.
right click on a texture, click replace, then find your ones.

i recommend changing one character at a time, saving then testing to make sure it doesnt go awry

That seemed to work, thanks so much for your help!

 

[Fortress]

The costume manager is extremely unreliable, I would simply suggest manually replacing all the required files. I tried using the manager for my own custom build and eventually got sick of it.

Never had a problem with my version before. Only problem I've ever had is that sometimes battle portraits aren't able to be changed, but is fixed by copying somebody else's, renaming it to the one that's not showing up, and throwing it into my BP folder. Haven't been able to go back to that piece of **** Brawl Box since. Got sick of navigating through fifty folders in fifty locations to change fifty-thousand files over the course of ten minutes at a time for a single character.

 

[Narpas_sword]

so how do you fix the problem with not being able to drag and drop with costume manager? (having issues with csp/bp and RSP for some characters)

 

[Y-L]

so how do you fix the problem with not being able to drag and drop with costume manager? (having issues with csp/bp and RSP for some characters)

For bp's/results screen you have to add the original brawl brres (pm only includes ones they've already replaced) from the resource section of brawl vault, and then you'll be able to drag and drop over it. For csps I had to use brawlbox (see above)

 

[Narpas_sword]

Ah, my problem is with extra costume slots from cbliss, so default brawl resources won't have them.

There are Pics in all the slots in common5 and BP and in menu/common/charbustext. I they just don't come up in the manager