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Important Melee, Hacks, and You -- New Hackers Start Here, in the OP!

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Yessir, SSBM is hackable. For the longest time (8 years, I think) no one really messed with Melee for hacks, it was Brawl that got the attention. Apart from some shifty Japanese hackers who remain anonymous, I don't think anyone had cracked Melee. Only recently (summer of '09) did Melee hacking become more widestream, as S. of Stack Smash created and shared his texture hacks. Soon after, SSBM audio was figured out. Now we have models, animations, and video hacks in the works. The hacking has really progressed.

HEY, LISTEN! This is a universal SSBM hacking thread. It covers every aspect of hacking, from textures to audio to models to balance hacks. If you have questions, ideas, or concerns, go ahead and post them here. But please don't forget about the Forum Search tool - use it to make sure you aren't repeating what someone else already said. For specific requests and for showing off, use the corresponding threads (for new textures, use the Texture Hack thread, for audio use the Audio Hack thread).
You'll find a pretty large collection of links and resources below. But also check out the separate sub-forums if you're interested in a particular subject. The stickied threads in each of the sub-forums also contain good starting points and a lot of info. Chances are high that the information you're looking for is either already available in one of these places, or within a thread from someone asking the same question. Which brings me to my last point, don't forget about the site's search feature (you can set it to search within just this forum), it's very useful!

While there are some large project releases here (such as the full game mods section), the resources below and this thread are primarily about the processes and technologies available for Melee hacking. Here are some other major points of interest, where smaller mods are usually released:

Character, stage, and other kinds of texture hacks can be found in the Official Melee Texture Hack Thread
New stages are typically released in the Customized Models subforum
New code-based mods to edit the behavior of the game appear in the Melee Codes subforum
Similarly, you'll find audio and character moves/animation hacks in the Customized Audio and Customized Movesets subforums​
Large databases of many released mods can also be found at SSBM Textures and GameBanana

If you think there is something that should be added or removed from this post, please feel free to PM me or post here to let me know.


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Full Game Mod Projects:

20XX Tournament Edition (20XXTE) - created by Dan Salvato - This is a really awesome hack that not only allows you to augment your Melee experience with lots of cool and convenient features (such as stage-striking, all default tournament settings, replay saving, the Taunt Battle game mode, and more), but it allows you to do so with any unmodified console using nothing but a memory card and a special save file! Amazing! You'll want to just go watch the trailer now. Please note that this and achilles' 20XX Training Hack Pack below are actually separate projects. (So while they may use some features based on the same code, they don't officially provide support for or tie-in to one another.) Watch the trailer and learn more here.

20XX Training Hack Pack (20XXHP) - created by Achilles - Experience the Melee hacking sensation that has the whole world burning for more! Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit, but not by much. This thing really is pretty amazing. And although it says “Training Hack Pack”, it’s not actually just for training; it’s got a ton of great new stuff to play with: modified and new stages, character costumes, game controls, custom music playlist control, new game modes, and more. The benefit of this mod over 20XXTE is that it has more content, however the downside is that you need to be able to run it as an ISO, via modified console or Dolphin. Besides normal, unmodified characters, it also has the SD Remix cast built-in, as well as PAL variations. Check out the feature list in the OP to see all the stuff you won't know how you lived without.

Melee: SD Remix - created by VietGreek, Ripple, & standardtoaster - This is a carefully thought-out mod that aims to balance the cast through only conservative character buffs. In fact, this means that the higher-tier characters are barely, if at all, touched. As stated in the OP, SD Remix intends to improve the weaker characters to viable levels by: addressing their crippling weaknesses; providing them stronger offensive and defensive options in line with the stronger cast members; maintaining each character's archetype and niche. The mod does a great job to add in a bit of balance without changing the mechanics, feel, or flow of Melee. Full changelists are available in the thread. And this mod is also included in 20XX Hack Pack.

SSB Melee 64 / Hybrid 64 - created by Connor Rentz and Cjag - Do you like both Smash 64 and SSB Melee? Then you'll more than likely like this mod! It's a retro experience blast, full of new stages, character costumes, sounds, music, and more. Plus textures pulled right from Smash 64, and the entire Melee cast featured as low-poly models. These are two projects that have turned into a collaboration, and thus, Melee 64 actually includes two different styles of play. When you boot up Melee 64 you can select between Original or Hybrid mode; original is basically vanilla SSBM mechanics, while the Hybrid variant enables a brand new feature set of new mechanics, moves, and techniques, based on the N64 version of the game. You can see and read more about Melee 64 on its website, here. Or you can also find these on GameBanana: Melee 64 | Hybrid 64

Training Mode - created by UnclePunch - This offers a wide selection of training scenarios specialized to more efficiently help you hone specific skills, such as L-canceling, Sheild-dropping, ledge techniques, and more. Using event mode and automatic savestates, it's far faster and easier to work on various exercises. It also includes a large list of on-screen displays that can each be toggled on/off in the menus, to show you exactly what frames you're executing on, and how well you're performing the techniques. This is fantastic for those wanting/needing that single-player practice, or even for competition in who can get the best scores in the events. The mod is even complete with a few minigames!

Melee XT - created by TDRR - Features many new stages, a custom debug menu, and even new characters! New characters include Snake, Lucina, and Yumi. The mod also includes other improvements and conveniences, such as permanently saved game settings set to Tournament defaults, stage striking, and even a crew battle mode (Handicap controls stocks, and enables crew battle mode when set to auto).

Tata Hack Pack - created by tatatat0 - This is a full game mod that changes characters, game mechanics, UI, stages, and more. Characters are balanced through buffs, but with much more aggressive changes than in SD Remix. And the game has been modified to be faster, with new advanced techniques and drastically remastered character archetypes. It even has new moves and abilities. Try it out for a fresh twist!

The Falcon Ditto - created by CaptainJazz - Do you like Falcon? Good. Have some more! And...then, even more. (Especially recommended if you also like saxophones and smooth customers.)

Guides:

How-To: Gamecube Games on Your Wii U (or newer Wii) - written by Doqtor Kirby - Title says it all.

SSB: Melee TAS. Getting Started - written by Nakamaru - Perfect DK vs. Perfect Samus? Who would win!? Find out here! Er, at least, find out how to make a match along those lines. Or whatever else your imagination can cook up.

Burning a Texture Hacked Copy of Melee - written by MuraRengan - Most people play their hacked copy of smash via SD card or external hard drive and a hacked console rather than disc (so you don't have to re-burn your disc after making one small change). But if you'd like to create a new disc instead, for example to play on an unmodified console, then this is the guide for you.

The Definitive Guide to Exploring File Formats (TDGTEFF) - written by Watto and Mike Zuurman - An extensive resource that covers the basic fundamentals of hex editing, and then goes deep into how game archive formats are created and how to reverse-engineer them.

Research & Resources:

The Crazy Mod and wParam's SSBM Website - created by wParam - This, ladies and gentlemen, is the secret behind the Memory Card hack method, used to encapsulate a collection of code mods in your standard, humble GC memory card (such as seen with 20XXTE). It's actually ancient technology, before the Dolphin Age, that was only recently found potential realized. It works by using an exploit in Melee's custom nametag feature, allowing custom code to be loaded and injected into the game. Perhaps the most beautiful thing about this method of injecting codes is to be able to use and share hacks to completely unmodified consoles. And you can then even copy the hacks to another memory card by using the GC or Wii's standard memory card manager. Amazing!

YAGCD, "Yet Another GameCube Discussion" - Contains a ton of very in-depth GameCube hardware & software specs and documentation: available RAM, CPU instruction set, boot instructions, file format descriptions, and much more.

Melee dat format… - created by revel8n - DAT files are the primary type of data file that Melee uses to store stages, characters, trophies, menus, images, fonts, and more. This thread walks you through the hierarchy of how they're made up. Needless to say, this is for advanced hacking purposes.

DAT File Research - created by zankyou - The OP does not have quite so much information as the resource above and below, but you can find much experimentation and info by looking through the thread.

HAL DAT Format (Mario Kart Wiki page) - by Tcll, Achilles, and others - Another great resource on the make-up of .dat files. It's in a little different format from above, and there isn't as much description here as you go, but still very useful. And you might find additional info with this one, especially considering that this page is still actively developed.

Post by GodFed on Relocation Tables - Relocation Tables are a specific data structure within .dat files. revel8n talks about these in his thread above, but reading this too can give you another valuable point of view, which may help connect the dots.

The GameCube SDK (Software Developer Kit) has a lot of valuable information for reverse engineering the game as well, however I can't tell you where you can find it. But Google might know.

Programs:

The Melee Toolbox - created by DoctorKirby - This is a pack that contains a vast majority of all of the other programs for Melee modding found on these forums. Useful as a quick one-stop download, plus it has a menu system that can be used to open the programs within. Also, there is it's sister project, Project Neko. It is foretold that at some point these two projects will merge into one, presumably by fusion dance.

Dolphin - The great emulator used to run GameCube and Wii games on PC. Even if you have this already, you may want to visit their download page anyway, considering how often new, improved versions are released. It also has a ton of built-in features useful to game hacking, including for reverse-engineering ASM code and game functions in RAM. Build 5.0-3977 (mirror) is currently recommended for this, as it is confirmed to be able to break (pause) the game when specific points in RAM are read or written to, rather than only on code execution. (The DebugFast Dolphin build is no longer required. Details on this can be found here.) Program usefulness level: Invaluable.

DAT Texture Wizard - created by DRGN - Although initially created as a tool for importing/exporting textures from Melee, it has evolved to be a fully-featured ISO/GCM disc management tool as well. It can import/export files from discs (even those larger than the originals), add/remove files/folders, rebuild in-place or build a new disc from files, modify disc details (such as game ID/titles, etc.), import/export the game banner, and more! Amazing! These disc functionalities also work for other GameCube games. As an alternative, GCRebuilder can also perform some of these features. (.Net Framework 3.5 or higher is required for it run; you can find that free from Microsoft here.) However, DTW is certainly recommended for Melee, as it also has a number of special-purpose features tailored to help simplify things, and reduce the chance of user-error when adding mods or costumes to your game.

HSDRaw - created by Ploaj (Furil) - This is an advanced modding tool for SSBM; it has a bit of a learning curve, and doesn't have many guides written for it at the moment, but has a ton of advanced functionality for browsing, viewing, and editing the structure of HSD (.dat) files. This program is still a work-in-progress so expect bugs and incomplete features. It's recommended to join the Melee Workshop Discord (link at the top of this post) to find help on using it.

GIMP - A free alternative to Photoshop. It can do most, if not all, that Photoshop can, although it works a little bit differently and usage may seem peculiar in some ways to newcomers. It can also do some things that Photoshop cannot, including easy alpha layer manipulation, easy plug-in creation, and even the ability to work from command line (Hello, Automation!). You can use pretty much any image editor (as long as it can work with palettes if you’re doing a paletted texture) to create/edit your textures though (but I’d still recommend something better than Paint).

HxD - There are many hex editors out there, offering the same basic functionality. So choosing one of these is typically personal preference, usually based on the extra features that make certain tasks quicker & easier. (Comparisons of a few.) HxD is a good, free hex editor that many of us use to open up .dat, .usd, or other files for manual editing or searching. It's very useful, but you may not need this depending on what you're doing. Another one you may want to consider is 010 Editor. Although the latter is not free, it does have the additional feature of templates and bookmarks, which can highlight different areas of the file as you're viewing it, to make them easier to read. A template for some of Melee's files was created by revel8n, and can be found here.

HexEdit - I haven't played with this yet, but it looks like it has some good features. It also supports templates for automatic highlighting of certain file structures. Tcll offers a template you can try here.

SSBM: Version Converter/Patcher - created by chain-ace - This allows you to convert an ISO of one version of Melee to another (e.g. v1.00 to 1.02). Quite useful if you cannot find the other version, but the program sometimes doesn't work on some systems. See here for how to check your [vanilla/unmodified] game version using an MD5 hash.

Other useful posts:

Melee Files and their Purpose - Open an ISO and what do you find? The files explained in this sheet.

List of regional version differences - There are several different release versions of SSBM, with some slight differences in menus, character weights, some attacks, game mechanics, glitches, and more. See here for how to check your [unmodified] game version using an MD5 hash.

The Cutting Room Floor on SSBM - Lots of tidbits of unused or unfinished pieces of the game. An interesting browse, and maybe even be a little insightful in how the game does a few things.


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Discussions and Guides:

The Complete Music (and Sound) Compendium - created by DoctorKirby - A help, support, and sharing thread to talk about audio hacking, or publish any cool new SSM hacks. The posts directly following the OP also contain a ton of songs and other audio hacks you can download, ready to go right into your ISO!

Brawl Custom Music (.com) - "What?? Brawl in my Melee?!" Uhh, well, not quite. It's not actually a guide either, but this is a great resource for lots of music (in the form of HPS files) that you can add directly into your [Melee] game. Just choose "Melee" in the "Download for" dropdown.

Audio Melee Hacks - Music and Sound Requests - created by Tichinde925 - If the guides below are too much, you can make your requests here. Or even better, create some new hacks that others have made requests for! There are also more songs and other audio hacks in the OP for download.

SSM Audio Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - SSM files are the audio files that hold the short audio clips in the game. The character voices, the announcer voice, all the blips, clicks, and clangs, etc. are in SSM files. This guide goes over how to change these.

HPS Audio Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - This post delves into the details of the HPS format, explaining the structure of the files. Useful for more advanced or specific hacking needs. If you don't need all the details, you can go strait to the programs below, which will handle these things for you.

DSP Visual Tutorial - written by Tichinde925 - A picture's worth a thousand words. So, by definition, this visual guide is worth 15,000 words of tutorial, or something. Tichinde uses HxD, the free hex editor, to demonstrate how to manually hex SSM files. Check it out.

Programs:

20XX Music Manager - created by Deconimus - This is a program specifically designed to add/remove songs from your copy of 20XX (Hack Pack v4.0+, not TE). Using this is more convenient than simply replacing the files in your ISO manually, because it also updates tables within 20XX that contain the song names of the respective files. There is also a nice explanation here on how to use 20XX's custom playlists feature, which is actually as awesome as it is easy to use.

dsp2hps - written by jmlee337 - This is a command line application that converts many different audio formats to HPS (Melee's music file format), so you can add your own custom music to your game. This program also allows you to set loop points in your audio, and solves many of the old issues that used to plague the HPS creation process. Amazing! GUIs for it are available below.

Melee Audio Converter - created by Deconimus - This is a GUI frontend for the dsp2hps application above. Requires Java.

d2hgui - created by Doctor Kirby - An alternative GUI for dsp2hps.

WinAmp with the in_cube plugin - Used as a high quality player for .hps music files. Useful to test how your audio will sound in-game before adding it to your ISO.

Audacity - A feature rich tool for audio editing. Allows for adjusting sample rates, both left and right channels, and much more.

Audacity with GameCube DSPADPCM support - A fork of Audacity on GitHub that supports importing/exporting audio formats such as DSP and PCM files. Very useful!

SSBM Audio Tools - A download pack containing several audio tools, including:
- hps_insert v1.1 (and dependencies) - created by GodFed - Creates HPSs out of WAV files, almost perfectly. dsp2hps makes this tool obsolete, however. (Source code for hps_insert available here.)​
- ssmex.exe - created by hcs - Extracts all of the DSPs from an SSM file.​
- Super SSM Extract - created by bilbaggins - Batch file to extract and organize DSPs from SSMs.​

HPSWAV.bat - created by bilbaggins - A batch file to convert HPS files to WAV format (uses vgmstream test.exe).

MeleeSsm - created by GenesisFan64 - For converting/working with sound effect (.ssm) files.

vgmstream - created by hcs - converts HPS and DSP to WAV.

Halley's Comet Software - Used for working with many video game audio formats.

Other useful posts:

A post on normalizing and amplifying music volume - by Myougi - Useful so your music doesn't crackle, pop, or drown out the game's other sounds.

HPS info dumps: Part 1 and Part 2 - written by Eternal Yoshi - A whole bunch of info on Melee's looping songs, including for each song: sample rate, channels, loop start & end, total stream samples, encoding, metadata, layout, samples to play, offset info, loop points in song, total audio blocks, and total time.

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Discussions and Guides:

Melee Syntax and Guide. Let's make super characters! - created by Itaru - This is an interesting thread that talks about editing special effects, hitbox/attack commands, and how they're placed in .DAT file data structures. If nothing else, at least check out the amazing, insane video found there.

Cosmetic Hitbox Element Guide - written by Lanceinthepants - You can do some cool stuff with this guide, such as change moves to have electric, darkness, fire, or other effects.

Changing Color Effects in Melee! - created by Lanceinthepants - Many texture types are standard images which include their own colors. But some (types _0 through _3) are actually given their color by other code in the game as they’re rendered. This guide explains how to change the hex that defines these colors, for various effects throughout the game. Look through the thread and you can find the offsets (locations in files) to tons of things.

Custom Shines 101 - written by captainganon - Explains how to create custom Fox/Falco shine graphics using any image. Also includes links to other guides for modifying the shine's colors.

Using HSDRaw for Fox and Falco Modifications - written by Eazy#2685/@Eazy0001 - As you probably know, there are many different custom effects for Firefox, laser rings, shine, and more. And typically, adding one of them into your game (by replacing the EfFxData.dat file) only adds one of those custom effects, or removes other custom effects that you had in there, because that file contains all of those effects for both Fox and Falco. Well this guide explains how to combine multiple different custom effects (such as purple laser ring colors with blue Firefox) into one new custom file.

Programs:

Effect Changer - created by CeLL - A simple program built to help you change the colors of different effects. And if you need it, here's a 32 bit version.

Laser Changer - created by CeLL - Program specifically made to easily change the colors of Fox and Falco’s lasers.

Other useful posts:

Side-B phantom hacks - written by nube - How to change the color of Falco and Fox's Side B.

Texture Hacking Effects - written by DRGN - Some examples of what you can do with hacking effects. There's also a spreadsheet that gives offsets and descriptions to findings in EfCoData.dat (Effects Common Data), a file that contains effects common to the cast. Neat effects pack (Onomatopoeia hack) included in the second post.

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Discussions and Guides:

Assembly Guides, Resources, & Q/A - organized by Dan Salvato - This thread contains lots of great resources for assembly programming. Assembly (ASM) code is what you get when you take the game's hexadecimal code that you see in the files and decode it. It's the primary language that Melee coding is done in. Although, programming for Melee in C has begun to poke its head up too. This thread is a must-visit if you want to get into this.

Let's learn assembly - created by Hylian - A thread dedicated to learning assembly code (ASM), which can then be converted to hex (using the converter found in this section's Programs list) to create Gecko codes or DOL mods. There are even more great resources to be found throughout this thread; just start reading through.

Melee Gecko Codes + Guide and Discussion - created by Dan Salvato, now updated by achilles - Gecko is a codehandler which can inject custom code into the game (think of it like a cheats engine). It can translate ASM (assembly) instructions to hex, and even has its own set of instructions that would normally take many more lines of ASM to do. This thread shows you how to apply Gecko codes, and supplies many as well. There are tons of cool codes you can implement into your game; from having everything unlocked with standard tournament settings applied by default, or stage-striking functionality a la PM, to for-fun codes like Mewtwo's 'Always full Shadow Ball' or infinite float for Peach. Great place to discuss/share new codes of course, too.

The DOL mod topic - created by SypherPheonix - DOL mods are essentially Gecko codes written in ASM (assembly), turned into hex, and then put into the game's Start.dol file (a.k.a. main.dol), which is then included into the ISO. This basically makes the ISO a stand-alone hack.

Intro to Wii Game Modding - created by the legen, I mean, Dan Salvato - This is THE definitive intro for all Melee coding and Debug Dolphin use. It's a long and detailed video tutorial on how the hacking process works and how you can go about figuring out new hacks. More than just a good watch, this is basically required homework, and you'll be just about immediately directed to this if you start posting questions on creating code. It's that good.

New Melee Syntax school (Writing Character Commands) - written by Itaru - This explains the format for character commands (things like graphics, sound effects, hitboxes, and more, relating to characters' moves) and how to write them. Check out the promotional video in the OP for some examples of what can be done.

Animation/Subaction Swapping - written by phish-it - Talks about swapping an animation from one move to another. Bowser dair turned into item-throw animation? Good stuff.

Physics, Input, etc Display in Develop Mode - created by Magus - Codes to display various character and controller data in real time in Debug Mode. Very useful for analyzing mechanics and other RnD work.

How to Change the Default Character Names that Appear on the Character Select Portraits - written by achilles - Super long, descriptive title is descriptive (and super long). Notably, it also contains NametagHackGuide.xlsx, which is a useful spreadsheet to look up the hex codes that pertain to letters and numbers. This allows you to search for, and change, the strings of text found in the game. So this actually serves as a guide for changing more than what the title says. Perfect for finishing off your new game mechanics hack: text display to the player so they know what's going on.

Animation Hacking Documentation - written by Itaru - This is really along a subject that should have it's own section, if only we knew more things to put in such a section.... Hopefully this thread can serve as a base to some people who want to help figure animations out.

Animation Compendium - A collection of various resources on animation documentation and hacking.

Resources:

SSBM RAM Addresses (v1.02) - created by Dan Salvato, achilles, Massive, and more - As the name says, this spreadsheet describes the data in RAM as the game runs. A short description such as this can’t even begin to explain how to use this, how useful this is, or its potential for writing game code, so you’ll have some reading to do before you can really sink your teeth into this. But don’t worry, I’ll just keep it for you here until you come back.

Community Symbol Map - started by Absolome - From the beginning, Melee's source code has been kept locked away in the Vaults of HAL, which makes reverse engineering the game rather difficult. Any attempt to decompile the raw hex game code, the "DOL", necessarily loses all function and variable names (called symbols), meaning it is still difficult for a human to read and understand. The Community Symbol Map is a project to address this; by using Dolphin's debugger, and a .map file (the heart of this project) composed of the collective info and R&D of various users who have named individual functions. It helps a ton when stepping through the game's code to see what's going on. Check the project's GitHub page if you want to make sure you get the latest version.

Melee Mechanics by Kadano - This is a YouTube channel full of very well-done, highly in-depth explanations of Melee’s internal mechanics. Admittedly, not directly hacking-related, but I think it’s useful to learn more about how exactly the mechanics of the game work in order to figure out how to reverse-engineer and change them.

wParam's notes - written by wParam - A very old, yet recent find. Some of the notes are fragmented and a bit hard to decipher. As SinsOfApathy said, it's sort of the 'Book of Shadows' in Melee spellcraft. Basically, it's more offsets and notes on the game's RAM and the creation of The Crazy Mod, and is therefore similar in its usefulness as the RAM addresses spreadsheet above this, but with additional info.

SSBM Hitboxes (NTSC v1.00).xlsx - created by ? - This is a huge spreadsheet containing information on every hitbox in the game. Some say it must have been made programmatically (by going through the dat files), others say some legend crafted it with his bare hands.... There's also Stratocaster's mirror of it here, which is viewable without having to download it.

Character Attributes - created by ? - A table on each character's various physical attributes and stats: jump height, landing lag, weight, friction, running speed, and more. This data is found in each of the characters' Pl**.dat file. The point in the file where the data begins varies by character, but you can find where the data starts for each character here.

Melee Character Files - created by ? - Here are the many .dat files for each character for every version of the game, nicely organized into subfolders for moveset, textures, effect, and DViWait files. Great for a program database. Have fun not having to extract all of this yourself.

Programs:

Melee Code Manager - Easily Add Mods to Your Game! - created by DRGN - This program provides a very easy way to add mods to your game, manage what codes you have installed, and even change the game's default settings! It also provides powerful features for code developers, allowing for automatic management of DOL Mods (code overwrites and injections that integrate directly with the game's original code), which are much more efficient than using Gecko codes (although those are supported by this program too!). All codes are fully integrated into the game disc rather than an external file like a .gct or .ini. Other tools are also built-in, including ASM<->Hex, various number converters (e.g. decimal to/from hex and/or floats), DOL Offset and RAM Address converters, ASCII Text<->Hex, and more. Marvelous!

Crazy Hand - created by Ampers, darkside, and Tater - This is a character editing program to allow you to edit things such as character attributes, hitboxes, subactions, and more. This is homage to the predecessor program Master Hand, which was an early RnD tool for the development of Project M, to read (but only read) Melee's character and move properties. Crazy Hand can already do a lot, and is still in development, with new features continually being added. You can also find a ton of information on how the game stores and reads hitboxes, subactions, action events, and more within the first couple of pages of the thread.

Tata's Interrupt changer - created by tatatat0 - This is a program to manipulate the mechanics of non-character specific subactions, which was once only possible by wizards. You can do anything from making dash-attack teleport, or DACUS, to changing all kinds of move physics.

ASM <> WiiRd Converter (Gecko.NET download) - This is used to convert Gecko codes to ASM, or ASM to Gecko. Conveniently, this particular download actually comes with the required components (how nice!).

IEEE 754 Converter - Many things in Melee are stored as floating-point numbers, as hex, when you really just want to know the decimal version. This tool converts between floating-point, hex, and decimal.

Other useful posts:

Perfect 16:9 Widescreen Support (with a nice little demo vid) - code created by Dan Salvato - Title says it all. Although, you might want to read a bit into the thread, as newer codes to fix a few issues have been posted.

Fixed Toggleable Alternate Character Textures - written by zankyou - This is a code that allows you to double the number of alternate costumes you can have in your game for each character!

On hitboxes - written by Magus - How hitboxes are described in Melee's game files; how data such as damage, angle, and knockback is stored and how to find it.

On throw commands - written by Magus - Basically the same as above, but with throws.

On special subactions - written by Magus - A short note on special moves' subactions, and the currently known commands.

On shieldstun/hitstun - written by Magus - Some short notes.

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Discussions and Research:

Stage Hacking: NEW Research + Discussion - created by Milun - Read through this thread and you'll find tons of info on stage model hacking. Learn how to edit camera movement ranges, blastzones, stage objects (models & collisions), platform positions & properties, ledges, and more! This thread and the one below are basically required reading for stage hacking.

Melee Stage Hacking Documentation (WARNING: Not User-Friendly) - created by Dan Salvato - As the disclaimer in the OP says, this is meant for experienced hackers. But it doesn’t take much before you start realizing that this is some great documentation here. It basically explains how the data structures are organized in stage .DAT files, and how the game (or we) can follow the hierarchy to different levels and objects.

Dat File Research - create by zankyou - This thread talks more about stage dat structures, and various flags/properties of the structures.

SSBM Protocole stage.dat - created by Yax - A Google Docs spreadsheet that, like above, goes over what a typical stage .DAT file looks like and how its data structures are organized. It’s organized into easy-to-read sections, with some added notes to give you another perspective to accompany the one you gain from Dan’s docs.

Removing Parts of a Model - written by Milun - This guide does just what it says on the box, showing you how to remove parts of both character and stage models. It also goes on to talk about the Material Structure in DAT files, and how they affect the shininess, darkness, and other properties of textures. Very useful!

Resources:

Official Texture Hack Thread - created by Veggies - Although this is mostly character skin (texture) related hacks, there are lot of custom stages included here as well if you’re looking for those.

Hacked Stage Catalog (spreadsheet repository) - created by Pac-Man Vs. - A spreadsheet containing a list of hacked stages, including links for downloads, different tweaks of different stages, and video demos. It's a little outdated, but still includes variations of stage hacks that aren’t included in the thread above.

Programs:

VertConvert - created by Milun - Converts model objects to hex, which you can then paste into the proper places in your dat. Still requires some knowledge and legwork to use, but gives you some nice power.

Universal Model Converter - created by Tcll - This is still a work-in-progress, which Tcll has been quite hard at work at. It aims to be able to convert a 3D model of any format to any other format. Eventually he even plans to work out animations too. I believe so far it does work for Trophies.

SSBM Ty Model Converter - created by jahra!n - One of the first recorded attempts at creating a model viewer. It's incomplete, and I believe only [partially] works on trophies. Read through the thread a bit and you'll find a few more scripts that may help with the use of this program.

Other useful posts:

Tcll's 1st emutalk model viewer thread - Old and no longer used, but may contain information useful to those trying to get a better understanding of certain aspects of models.

Tcll's 2nd emutalk model viewer thread - Same as above.

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Discussions & Resources:

Official Texture Hack Thread - created by Veggies - The OP is a massive repository for all existing character and stage skins (as well as a few other miscellaneous texture hacks). This is the place to post new designs as well. If you find a broken link in there or don't find what you're looking for, leave a post!

The Old Melee Texture Hacks Thread - created by D1 - The old version of above. Ideally all the textures found here should be in the above thread, but until that's confirmed I'll leave this here in case you'd like to look through it. (If you find some skins in here that aren't in the Official Texture Hack Thread, lets get them moved over. Or let me know if that's already happened and I'll remove this.)

SSBM: HQ (texture) - created by Steelia - As a side project, Steelia decided to upgrade the Melee cast's textures. The results are quite an improvement! (You can see his video showcases here.)For most characters this is only for their default color, but for a few he has redone their original alternate costumes too. He also has a couple stages upgraded and some original alternate costumes near the bottom of the OP (including a Wolf texture complete with model-hacked eyepatch!). Steelia also has these and more of his uploaded here, though you should already be able to find all of those either in Steelia's SSBM HQ thread or the Official Texture Hack Thread.

The Complete CSP Compendium - written by Doqtor Kirby - Character Select Portraits (CSPs) are the character portraits that show up along the bottom of the Character Select Screen (CSS) after you've chosen your character and color. These aren't linked to the character models or the model's textures in any way; they're just images, which means that if you want your CSPs to reflect the hacked character costumes you have, you'll need to replace these as well. There are currently waaay more character skins than CSPs, mostly because not everyone knows how to make them, but you can find a lot here.

Some Custom CSPs - created by ChinesePanda - And by 'some' it means a lot. Hopefully will eventually will be merged with the thread above.

IllusoryLabyrinth - maintained by Steelia - A very old repository of ancient texture hacks. Some of these were never brought over to the boards, so you might be able to finally find a costume that has been, up until now, illusive.... Direct downloads of costumes there can be found here. You can also see demos of about all of those textures in the "__ Textures [SSBM]" videos here.

Guides & Research:

The Guide to Hack Any Texture - written by DRGN - A complete guide that covers the full process of opening up your GCN/ISO game image, editing your chosen texture (of any texture/image type), and putting it back into the game. Should be easy to follow for even complete beginners; it basically contains everything you need to know as well as lots of good resources. Also includes advanced hacking techniques at the end of the guide. This is a good place to post questions or ask for help on the process.

Changing Color Effects in Melee! - created by Lanceinthepants - Many texture types are standard images which include their own colors. But some (types _0 through _3) are actually given their color by other code in the game as they’re rendered. This guide explains how to change the hex that defines these colors, for various effects throughout the game. Look through the thread and you can find the offsets (locations in files) to tons of things.

Changing Menu Text - written by Jorgasms - A lot of the text in the game is actually done using images/textures, but some of it you can change by simple hex editing. Jorgasms shows you how it's done.

[Download + Tutorial] 20XX Costume Previews - written by UnclePunch - This is a full download of costumes (many of which are not in the default 20XXHP distribution) and Character Select Portraits (a.k.a CSPs; the character image that shows you the character and color you've selected) for the CSS. AND, there is a detailed guide here on how to make your own CSPs for any other costumes you may have!

Explanations of the TPL file format:
Infographics by DRGN - A basic visual for a rough overview (useful if new to hex layouts).​
TPL File Format (Mario Kart Wiki) - An in-depth description.​

Programs:

DAT Texture Wizard (DTW) - created by DRGN - This is a complete texture hacking tool for any of the game's files that contain textures (characters, stages, menus, etc.). It allows exporting/importing of files from/into your ISO or GCM disc image file as well, and even has a method for large batch texture importing, spanning any number of files in your game all at once. Accepts both TPLs and PNGs of any texture type. It also includes Structural Analysis of character files, allowing you to change texture & object properties such as shininess, or coloring of things that aren't textured. Using the Character Color Converter tab, the program can also convert costume files meant for a specific color slot to be able to go over a different color slot (for example, a red costume to replace a blue one). Simply one of those must-have programs for Melee Hacking.

The Tri-CSP Creator - created by DRGN - CSP stands for "Character Select Portrait"; it's the preview image you see on the character select screen (CSS) when you pick a character so you know what they look like. Have you seen the CSPs in the 20XXHP that show all of the costumes, simultaneously the L/R alts as well as the default costume? Those are called Tri-CSPs, and this program creates them. The OP describes how you can make new CSP images using any character costumes, so once you've downloaded and imported new costumes into your game, you can update the preview images seen in-game to match so people know what they're selecting! Not only that, but these are the fabled "pixel-perfect" kind, where the poses and positions of the characters are identical between the different CSPs. That makes for a very polished look as you cycle through the colors in-game, since the colors will be the only thing to change. You can also use the methods described in this thread to create normal (mono-?), pixel-perfect CSPs.

PNG to-from TPL - created by DRGN - This is for converting textures between PNG and TPL file formats, in either direction. This is a fairly new script that’s not only faster and easier for a single texture than the old methods, but can easily do large batches of images all at once. You might not need this though since DAT Texture Wizard can convert textures as well, but there are still a few good uses for having a TPL copy of your texture. Note that if you open it in a text editor, you’ll find a few options in the beginning of the file that you can change.

Texture Finder - created by CeLL - Used to search for textures in DAT/USD files. You can even tell it to search for multiple images among multiple different dat files. Though seek times can add up, so you may want to limit your searches to a few at a time. Currently supports texture types _0 through _9.

KirbyTool - created by libertyernie - Another tool for automatically writing textures into DAT/USD files. Support is limited to only a few characters however. Full instructions are available in the download.

Other useful posts:

Fixed Toggleable Alternate Character Textures - written by zankyou - This is a code that allows you to double the number of alternate costumes you can have in your game for each character!

Steelia's Texture Uploads - created by Steelia - Uploads of characters' and stages' original textures. Also contains a list of the file names for character color files (also available in DTW).

Texture previews (Steelia's YouTube) - If you're new to the concept of texture hacking, you can check out what some of the textures and stage hacks really look like live, in-game. Most of the videos here are really quite old though, so I wouldn't look to the guides you might find there to learn how to do stuff, since there are better methods nowadays (look around in this post for up-to-date guides). You can find the textures for download in the threads listed under Discussions and Resources above.

Old texture hacking methods: CMPR Texture Hacking (for _14 type textures), written by GodFed, and a guide on CI4/CI8 Texture Hacking (types _8 and _9, which are textures with palettes), written by Steelia. Though these are provided here kinda just-in-case and shouldn't be needed anymore. For converting textures between TPL and PNG, it is much easier to use the 'PNG to-from TPL' script listed with the programs above.

Creating CSS Closed Ports in GIMP - written by DRGN - This explains how to edit the closed port doors on the Character Select Screen (CSS). You know, the port/door things that are closed when you first go to the screen, but open when you move your cursor up to select a character. Those things. There's also more info, on how those textures deal with transparency, here.

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Primary Discussions and Guides:

MTH Video Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - MTH files are generic video files. The opening video falls into this category. This guide goes over the theory behind hacking them.

Opening Movie Hacking For Dummies - written by Cobalt - This explains how to hack the opening video (the video that plays automatically when you start the game). It's well organized and clear and awesome, so go check it out!

Programs:

thpplay.exe - by Thakis - Player for THP and MTH files.

mth_make.exe - created by GodFed - Makes MTH files from JPG sequences.

Other useful posts:

Example Opening Movie - created by SleepyK - Just an example. No download link (though if someone has this I could add it here).

1-frame MTH video file - Use this to replace all those long video files in your ISO, which can free up a lot of space and allow you to fit in more custom content!


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MELEE, HACKS, AND YOU
A Starting Point for SSBM Hackers

Introduction
Yessir, SSBM is hackable. For the longest time (8 years, I think) no one really messed with Melee for hacks, it was Brawl that got the attention. Apart from some shifty Japanese hackers who remain anonymous, I don't think anyone had cracked Melee. Only recently (summer of '09) did Melee hacking become more widestream, as S. of Stack Smash created and shared his texture hacks. Soon after, SSBM audio was figured out. Now we have models, animations, and video hacks in the works. The hacking has really progressed.

Now, some general info about SSBM and hacking. Every single hack requires a SSBM ISO and a tool that can rip/replace the files on the ISO. A blank ISO can be obtained if you search on Google, it doesn't really matter what version of SSBM the ISO is. If you want an ISO that has hacks and such already on it, contact SleepyK at sreeepyk@gmail.com for a pre-hacked ISO. As for the tool to rip/replace the files on the ISO, I use GC-Tool, which works great. Gamecube Rebuilder also works. It's up to you which tool you use. Another handy thing to have on your computer is the Gamecube/Wii SDK (Software Development Kit), which has all of Nintendo's tools for their special audio/image/video formats. I can't tell you where to get this, just Google it please.

HEY, LISTEN! This is a universal SSBM hacking thread. It covers every aspect of hacking, from textures to audio to models to balance hacks. If you have questions, ideas, or concerns, go ahead and post them here. But please don't forget about the Forum Search tool - use it to make sure you aren't repeating what someone else already said. For specific requests and for showing off, use the corresponding threads (for new textures, use the Texture Hack thread, for audio use the Audio Hack thread). When enough new information comes through, I will try to update this first post to make that info easily accessible. Please PM me about info you want to see in this post, or suggestions about how I should lay it out (it's long, and that's a problem for some people).

DISCLAIMER -haha, no, not a legal notice, but I should have one of those too. This gets fairly technical and wordy. SSBM Hacking involves the use of command prompt for Windows (cmd.exe), the use of photo/audio/video/hex editors, and the possibly illicit use of SSBM ISOs. There's a lot of info here, and it's fairly complicated - given the fact that we've been at it only 9 months, and there are very few automated programs for it all. There's progress constantly being made, and new discoveries to be found. This thread is here to inform any and all prospective Melee hackers about the process behind the individual hacks. If you read all the guides, but still don't understand, I try to elucidate with some examples and extra links to other resources. If you really don't get it, then feel free to post away with your pithy comments. :)

Guides

-CMPR Texture Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - CMPR textures are the ones that end in "_14". They are the most basic textures in SSBM. This guide goes over the basics of texture hacking, including manual hexing, dumping, TCS creation, etc. I'll probably fix it later to talk about how to use user-created programs to make it easier.
-CI4/CI8 Texture Hacking Guide - written by Steelia - The second most common types of textures are the ones that end in "_8" and "_9", and they are special because of their palette properties. These are called CI4 and CI8 textures, and are a littel complex. Steelia wrote a great guide here, so check it out.
-SSM Audio Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - SSM files are the audio files that hold the short audio clips in the game. The character voices, the announcer voice, all the blips, clicks, and clangs, etc. are in the SSM files. This guide goes over how to change these.
-DSP Visual Tutorial - written by Tichinde925 - a picture's worth a thousand words. So, by definition, this visual guide is worth 15,000 words of tutorial, or something. Tichinde uses HxD, the free hex editor, to demonstrate how to manually hex SSM files. Check it out.
-HPS Audio Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - HPS files hold longer audio clips, such as background music. They are somewhat confusing. This guide explains HPS file structure and how they work, as well as how to change the music.
-SIMPLE Step-By-Step Music Hacking Guide for the Masses! - written by GSUB - For those of you who don't want all the technical details behind HPS hacks, check this guide out. Very nicely done.
-MTH Video Hacking Guide - written by GodFed - MTH files are generic video files. The opening video falls into this category. This guide goes over the theory behind hacking them.
-Opening Movie Hacking For Dummies - written by Cobalt - This explains how to hack the opening video (the video that plays automatically when you start the game). It's well organized and clear and awesome, so go check it out!
-Burning a Texture Hacked Copy of Melee - written by MuraRengan - Once you make your hacks, how do you play them on a Wii? MuraRengan explains how. fyi it's the post right below this one.

If I missed any, please post/PM about it.

Useful Posts

-Magus on hitboxes - how hitboxes work, where data such as damage, angle, and knockback are stored, and where to find them.
-Magus on throw commands - same as the hitboxes, but with throws.
-Magus on attributes - every character has specific data values - jump height, landing lag, weight, friction, etc. This links to a page detailing all those values.
-Magus on special subactions - not much is known about this, but check it out. It involves moves associated with the B button.
-Magus on hitstun - Some notes on hitstun.
-Magus on body states - very brief notes on what the "body state" is.
-Magus on elemental effects - when pikachu attacks you with his fair, you're elctrocuted. What if you could change that electric effect to, say, mewtwo's darkness effect? Go here to check it out. Follows from the hitbox post above.
-Magus on PAL vs NTSC - some notes .
-nube on laser hacks - how to change the color of Falco and Fox's lasers
-nube on sideB phantom hacks - how to change the color of Falco and Fox's Side B
-Tcll on HexEdit - a useful template for HexEdit for viewing SSBM files.
-Steelia's list of stage names and file names - which stage does GrTSk.dat correspond to? find out here.
-GodFed on his source code

There are a lot more. Tell me if there's anything really really noteworthy to put here.

Other

1. Texture Related
Links
-Stack Smash (http://stacksmash.kontek.net/)
-TPL dumps courtesy of Steelia (http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8291198&postcount=51)
-Non Stack Smash Textures (http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=279755)
Programs
-"tpl_insert.exe v0.93", inserts TPLs into DATs, it's sort of primitive, by GodFed (http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=8364591&postcount=82)
-"TCS Creator", a batch program that creates TCS files with Steelia's texture dumps, by Milun (need link)
-"GIMP", free photo editing software (http://www.gimp.org/)
Helpful people
-Steelia
-Milun
-Qual

2. Audio Related
Links
-Halley's Comet Software, for many video game audio formats (http://hcs64.com/)
-Audio Hack Requests (http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=254136)
-SleepyK's tutorials on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AUs6mkY9Kc)
-HPS info dumps
Part 1: http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=9558164&postcount=990
Part 2: http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=9558168&postcount=991
Programs
-"vgmstream", converts HPS and DSP to WAV, by hcs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/vgmstream/)
-"ssmex.exe", extracts all the DSPs from as SSM file, by hcs (http://hcs64.com/files/ssmex01.zip)
-SuperSSMExt, batch file to extract and organize DSPs from SSMs, by bilbaggins
-"hps_insert.exe v1.1", makes HPSs out of WAVs, almost perfect, by GodFed (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V3235020)
Helpful People
-GodFed
-Tichinde925
-Steelia

3. Video Related
Links
-uh, not much is going on here. I don't know of any outside info on THP/MTH files in SSBM
-opening movie, SleepyK's hack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es_N6malOwA)
Programs
-"thpplay.exe", plays THP and MTH files, by Thakis (http://www.amnoid.de/gc/thpplay1.5.zip)
-"mth_make.exe", makes MTH files from JPG sequences, idk how well it works, by GodFed (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=94ZGQVYK)
Helpful People
-SleepyK
-GodFed

4. Model Related
Links
-EmuTalk thread on SSBM models (http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=50312)
-Milun's site (http://meleeconverter.bravehost.com/index.htm)
-Milun's other site(http://meleestages.webfreehosting.net/index.html)
Programs
-"MMC", a GameMaker program that does basic vertex editing for models, by Milun (need link)
Helpful People
-Milun
-Revel8n

5. Other
Links
-YAGCD, "Yet Another GameCube Discussion", for a lot of GameCube info (http://hitmen.c02.at/files/yagcd/yagcd/index.html)
-Steelia's Youtube Channel, updated with SSBM related things (http://www.youtube.com/user/nifanatic)
-Illusory Labyrinth, regular updates on SSBM hacks (http://illusorylabyrinth.wordpress.com/)
Programs
-Hex Editors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hex_editors)
-GC-Tool (http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php?title=GC-Tool)
-Gamecube Rebuilder (http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=49346)
-Dolphin (http://www.dolphin-emu.com/)


I'll fix the format of this last bit sometime later.
 

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GUIDE ON HOW TO BURN A TEXTURE HACKED COPY OF MELEE

Ok people, doing this is fairly simple, as long as you have homebrew already installed. If you don't, then you can install it and other necessary programs using this guide.

1.Setting Up Your Wii

Here we are going to get everything situated with the Wii before we go into making a disc.

1a. First of all, download this file: http://www.filefront.com/14433193/apps.rar
This file contains all the programs that need you will on your SD card in order to make GC-Backup launcher work.

1b.Take all the folders in the apps folder that you downloaded, and put them in the apps folder of your SD card. To be completely safe, move your original apps folder onto the computer and temporarilty put the downloaded apps folder onto the SD card. This isn't necessary, but it's a good idea for those who want to be completely safe.

1c. Now put the SD card in the Wii and load Homebrew. Run the MIOS patcher and the cIOS38 (the order doesn't matter, but both those programs need to have downloaded and installed their information onto the Wii.) The directions on how to download these things is pretty simple, just read everything the program says and act accordingly.

NOTE: These programs tend to **** up with connecting to the internet. If you have an issue, go to your connection settings, clear the connection, then set it up again and it should work.
NOTE: You'll need a GC controller.
NOTE: cIOS38 may ask you what cIOS you were running. I'm not sure how to tell what you're using, so I just took whatever the first option was.

Congrats, your Wii is now ready to play Backup GC games.

2. Adding Texture Hacks to your Melee ISO

2a. You need to get a Melee ISO file. I have a download link to a Melee ISO file that already has textures added to it. If you would like the link, please message me (I can't post the link because this is copyrighted material.)

NOTE:The file in the download link I will give may not be up to date. You will, at some point, need to add your own textures.
NOTE:The file in the link I give you will have the extension ".gcm". GCM files are just another name for ISO files.

2b. Now for how to add the texture hacks.

The information from this link should be enough: http://stacksmash.cultnet.net/?p=6146

6.) Under the RELEASED CONTENT of this site will be a new set of folders designated for Smash Bros. Melee releases, marked “SSBM”. Look under the proper folders (ergo, “Mewtwo” and “Ness” in this case), and download the .DAT files (the equivalent of Brawl’s .PAC / .PCS files).
7.) After you’ve downloaded the character’s .DAT file, open up your Melee ISO with the GC-Tool. GC-Tool -> File -> Open GC-Iso… [If you don't see your Melee ISO anywhere, make sure to check the file type "All files" instead!]
8.) Now click the + sign beside “GCMRoot”. The root of the Melee ISO is large and messy, but don’t fret. There IS some order to this madness. Seek where the files begin at “Pl” (about halfway through). Look for the character you are going to replace. (In this case, “PlMt–.dat” or “PlNs–.dat”, being Mewtwo and Ness respectively.)
9.) Right-click on the file you are going to replace, click “Replace File…”

!!NOTE!! You can ONLY replace custom textured .DAT files over their originals — meaning if you downloaded Ninten-Ness, his file is called “Ninten-2][PlNsBu.dat", meaning you replace his "PlNsBu.dat" [Blue] costume ONLY. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like Brawl where you can replace any color file with another’s. !!NOTE!!

10.) After clicking “Replace File…”, seek the .DAT file you downloaded from here. Once you’ve found it, double-click on it.
11.) A message box should pop up, saying “Do you also want to change the old filesize to the new one in TOC? (You know hat you are doing, don’t you?)”. Click “NO”.
~~Rinse and repeat steps 9 - 11 for any individual characters you may have gotten.~~
12.) Exit GC-Tool.


NOTE:The .dat file of the texture you want tells you which file to switch it with in its name. That file is the ONLY file you can switch it for. If you switch the wrong file the game will freeze when you use that costume.

2c. Now to make your disc. You need to download ImgBurn from this website: http://www.imgburn.com/

Once you've done this, open it up and select "Write image to CD". Add the Melee ISO to the write queue, then insert your DVD-R (I've heard it works with DVD+R too). Set the write speed to 2x (higher speeds work too) then burn.

Once your CD is done, insert it to the Wii. Open up Homebrew and open the GC Backup Launcher. The launcher should recognize the CD and give you a list of options on how to load it. Choose "Run with a patched MIOS". The game should now load.

If the game loads, congrats, you're done. You can also use the GC Backup Launcher for other gamecube games you burn to a disc.

NOTE: If you get any error messages then the MIOS or cIOS files were not installed correctly. Trying again should solve the problem.
 

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Go for it, MuraRengan, I'd appreciate it. Check out S.'s post here about playing it on a Wii, if that's related. I don't own a Wii, so I can't give too much info on the matter, but I'd like to see what you have to say. More info the better

Great guide. I added color to match yours. Nicely done.
 

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@SleepyK - Actually, a texture pack would be great, especially for something in the future, like a Melee oriented ASH program. It would definitely cut time for dumping. Question, though - are the numbers at the end of the file name still there? Like "_14", "_8", etc? They are kind of important.

Converting PNG to TGA shouldn't be a problem as long as you select 32 bits-per-pixel when you save as TGA.

I'm still not sure what you mean with your iso. Do you mean an copy of melee? or an image with all the textures separate from the other files? Like I said, a collection of all the texture files would be great...
 

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Omg, Godfed, can we get a .dat file for the Pin-stripe Falcon and the others (but most importantly the pinstripe falcon, I must have it!) >_>

Are your textures available at Stacksmash? If not we should definitely make a section in this thread for download links of textures made by others (or maybe just another thread)
 

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This is really cool. Definitely a lot more work than Brawl hacks are, but its to be expected.

If you started selling copies of this at tournaments, I think people would go for it. No more than a few dollars really.
 

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yeah, the numbers are still present.
we tested the converted .tgas yesterday and they work just fine.
forget what i said about the iso lol <_<
but i do have a melee iso if anyone just needs one.
it's a megaupload link.
i'll definitely try to get a texture pack sometime in the future if i can.
 

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This is really cool. Definitely a lot more work than Brawl hacks are, but its to be expected.

If you started selling copies of this at tournaments, I think people would go for it. No more than a few dollars really.
I know I'd buy it.
 

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Omg, Godfed, can we get a .dat file for the Pin-stripe Falcon and the others (but most importantly the pinstripe falcon, I must have it!) >_>

Are your textures available at Stacksmash? If not we should definitely make a section in this thread for download links of textures made by others (or maybe just another thread)
Sure. It's only PlCaNr.dat right now, but I can switch it around if you prefer to keep your neutral colored C. Falcon. All the C. Falcon texture files are pretty much the same size, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Haha, thanks, but I'm not affiliated with Stack Smash other than commenting on their posts, so I don't think I could get them to host my textures. On the thread idea for posting links to texture files, I think it's allowable given the SWF rules. There is a thread in the Smash Workshop for General Brawl Discussion that links to many, many sites and download locations for Brawl textures. However, this is Melee. It hasn't hit speed quite yet. In the near future, these brawl texture sites will probably have Melee added on the side, much like Stack Smash has. But...to answer your question, we can probably have a "links" section on the first page, or a Texture Repository thread if we get enough of them. Heck, we may even get a Smash Workshop for just Melee. :p

edit :: MuraRengan, I didn't edit his racer logo on his back or his falcon logo on his hat. If you want me to, tell me now and I'll fix it up for you. as long as this doesn't turn into a requests thread.


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Good to see they work out. If you can get a full dump of all the textures in the game, that'd be a real help.
 

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I don't quite understand everything you said there, but can that file be replaced for the black Falcon costume?

And we definitely need a Workshop for Melee texturing and other hacks. Hopefully my dad's computer is good enough to run dolphin, then I'll do a couple textures (I can't do much other than recoloring because have no grasp of art whatsoever >_>).
 

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No, sorry, I was a little unclear. PlCaNr.dat refers to the neutral colored C. Falcon's costume. PlCaBu.dat is for the blue-costumed one, etc, etc.. So if I replace PlCaNr.dat on the ISO with my own, also called PlCaNr.dat (the edited version), then when I select neutral colored C.Falcon on the Character Select Screen and play as him, he'll have different textures. I can't take PlCaNr and rename him to PlCaBu and expect it to work out, though..

What I meant with "I can switch it around" was that I can change some of his textures and reinsert them not only into the PlCaNr.dat, but also into PlCaRe, or PlCaBu, because the file sizes are so similar that the locations of the textures will be pretty much the same. I'm just saying that I'm kid of flexible with C. Falcon when it comes to giving his DAT away, since I can tailor it, sort of, to which color you want him to replace.

Once this gets momentum, a Workshop should very well happen, much like with Brawl. Brawl was supposed to be Melee 2.0, so hacking aspects of Brawl might be similar to Melee (like maybe hacking music in the future, or movesets)

Good luck with Dolphin. It's odd. I can't run it on my comp due to a "1 GB of Contiguous Memory" problem, so I have to use the "family" comp and test out the textures via USB. :ohwell:
 

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No, sorry, I was a little unclear. PlCaNr.dat refers to the neutral colored C. Falcon's costume. PlCaBu.dat is for the blue-costumed one, etc, etc.. So if I replace PlCaNr.dat on the ISO with my own, also called PlCaNr.dat (the edited version), then when I select neutral colored C.Falcon on the Character Select Screen and play as him, he'll have different textures. I can't take PlCaNr and rename him to PlCaBu and expect it to work out, though..

What I meant with "I can switch it around" was that I can change some of his textures and reinsert them not only into the PlCaNr.dat, but also into PlCaRe, or PlCaBu, because the file sizes are so similar that the locations of the textures will be pretty much the same. I'm just saying that I'm kid of flexible with C. Falcon when it comes to giving his DAT away, since I can tailor it, sort of, to which color you want him to replace.

Once this gets momentum, a Workshop should very well happen, much like with Brawl. Brawl was supposed to be Melee 2.0, so hacking aspects of Brawl might be similar to Melee (like maybe hacking music in the future, or movesets)

Good luck with Dolphin. It's odd. I can't run it on my comp due to a "1 GB of Contiguous Memory" problem, so I have to use the "family" comp and test out the textures via USB. :ohwell:
In that case, if you feel like it, could you do a different version for any costume other than the regular and red costumes (those two already have altered textures)? If not, I'll just take the one for PlCaNr.dat.

I guess our current objective is to get people interested in texture hacking. If we could get a full downloadable .rar of every texture in Melee, then texture hacking for those without super-computers will be more attractive. I've already talked to a couple people who would like that (err, is that the texture pack SleepyK is talking about?)
 

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How bout this - I'll make the PlCaBu.dat (Blue C.Falcon) the Pinstripe one. Heh, I don't want to make this process too complex, but...do you have anything you want specifically on the costume before I start copy/pasting the data? Like a different logo? or golden shoes?

I agree. I believe SleepyK is working on mass dumpage of the textures, and I think he's converting them to .tga format. So yeah, he's doing the texture pack.

I've been looking at the ASH source code for Brawl modding, and I think I could create something somewhat similar for Melee...one of the stumbling blocks is the offset data for each texture in each file, so for automating the process (wayyy in the future, probably) we'd need a collection of data for the offsets
 

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PlCaBu.dat is fine with me, I don't need any customs or anything.

Once that texture pack is out I'm gonna start making stuff. My first idea: Golden Falco with white jacket and golden boots. :O
 

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Ok, I'll post a link either later tonight or tomorrow afternoon. Or I'll just PM it to you

Falco's a great character to hack. Pretty much every texture that Falco has is CMPR, so it's easy to change. Only thing is his head, which always has a blueish tinge no matter what color it is.... :p
That sounds like a great idea, though. Sounds like it would look pretty good, too.
 

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it's kind of hard because i have to hit jigglypuff but i have no idea if i'm hitting her or not.

are there any other special textures needed?
i know that there are special moves and whatnot like link's boomerang and stuff.

can someone tell me how to batch convert in photoshop cs4? i don't see adobe bridge and i'm lazy.

also do we really need alt colors? imo i should be able just to rip 1 color for most of the characters except jigglypuff, pikachu, pichu, maybe blood hawk if anyone cares about the logo on the back,
 

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Freakin' awesome, you guys. Thank you so much for making this; this takes a HUGE load off my shoulders. Now I can fully concentrate on making some more hacks, and completing my schoolwork without having to feel burdened. GREAT guide(s). :)

~"S."
 

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why would you sell copies when it's so easy to do it yourself?

by that i mean apply textures.
making textures is tough if you suck at photoshop + have no artistic skills.
 

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double post but here's marth's green textures and fox's dark costume/red costume as well as the red ganon that chaddd edited.
i'm missing things like sword effects and fox's blaster, but i'll get those later tonight.
i converted these with irfanview's batch converter so they might be wonky. let me know if they are.

i'll make .tcs files later for specific things as well.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2B0RWERR
green marth

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FV690V6M
foxes

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUP9D9AB
red ganon
 

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The following is a thorough take on the skipped explanation of + textures... Now you see why I was afraid to make a GUIDE. @_@

Hope this is helpful to some people. If I omitted ANYthing, or if there's something that is confusing/you still need help with... PLEASE do not hesitate to ask. I will be more than happy to help, and hopefully update my mini-guide here in the process.
Cheers! ;)

~Continuation of file types~

More Common TYPE Textures
As already explained by GodFed, the "TYPE" of a texture depends on the last digits of the ripped file. In GodFed's examples, he used "_14.tga" as the example, where 14 is TYPE "CMPR".
Other noteworthy TYPEs are as follows:
_##.tga = TYPE

_0.tga = I4
_1.tga = I8
_2.tga = IA4
_3.tga = IA8
~The textures above are generally black-and-white files, so keep an eye out for that.~
_4.tga = RGB565
_5.tga = RGB5A3 (can normally be made transparent)
_6.tga = RGBA8
_14.tga = CMPR

_8.tga = Will be covered below.
_9.tga = Will be covered below.

*****I WILL BE USING PHOTOSHOP AS THE PRIMARY TEXTURE EDITING EXAMPLE FOR THIS POST.*****
To briefly cover transparency, you can tell whether a texture is transparent or not by going to their "Alpha Layer". Alpha Layer can generally be located in the "Layer" tab at the bottom-right of Photoshop. You will see 5 layers - RGB, R, G, B, and Alpha. If the alpha layer is solid white, the texture normally cannot be made transparent (unless it is a _5.tga texture). If, however, the texture has black in the white, that means transparency!



Textures With Palettes
No need to fret; don't let the word "palette" scare you. It only means the texture's slightly unusual when compared to the other textures.
There are only 2 types of palette textures to look out for:
_8.tga
_9.tga
If your character/stage has either one of those... get ready for some fun.
*To point out, do NOT edit _8 and _9 textures until you know how big their Index are! Will be covered shortly. Just don't touch them yet if you're new to this!*

For starters, you will still have to create a .TCS file for the texture. However, it uses a slightly different format than the previous:

file 0 = [full location of .tga]
image 0 = 0, x, TYPE
palette 0 = 0, type2
texture 0 = 0, 0
Note how it has an extra line, "palette", required to make an appropriate conversion.
Here is the key to filling in the TYPE and type2:
_#.tga = TYPE / type2

_8.tga = CI4 / RGB565 OR RGB5A3
_9.tga = CI8 / RGB565 OR RGB5A3

For both _8 and _9, "type2" depends on the Alpha Layer of the texture you want to make the .TCS file for.
So, do a quick check in Photoshop!
Check the Alpha layer of the texture. If it has no transparency (completely white box), then the type2 is "RGB565".
However, if there IS transparency (white box, with some black), then the type2 is "RGB5A3".



Without Transparency
If the texture has NO TRANSPARENCY (meaning, the alpha is a solid white color), then all you have to do is Index the texture. To do this in Photoshop?

Uppermost toolbar -> Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color...
A small window should open. Make sure the box meets the following requirements:

Palette: [Exact] OR [Local (Perceptual)] options chosen
Colors: [Set number] if Exact; enter [256] if Local (Perceptual)
Forced: [None]
Transparency box is UNCHECKED.

Options~
Matte: [None]
Dither: [None]
Amount: [None]%
Preserve Exact Colors box is UNCHECKED.

~All we're messing with here is the top-half of the window.~
Press OK, as soon as you see your texture meets the requirements.
Now Save the texture (it will likely ask you to save a "copy" of the texture, so simply choose .TGA format and replace the texture you were working on), and your texture has now been Indexed! Not too bad, eh?



With Transparency
If the texture HAS TRANSPARENCY (meaning, the alpha layer is a white color with some black), then you have to go a slightly longer route.

First, go to the Alpha Layer of the file.
Second, select the black parts of the file with a Selection tool (whatever you prefer).
Third, click the "RGB" layer so that you return to the normal texture and off the Alpha Layer. You should see the parts you selected from the Alpha Layer visible on the texture.

Now... it's time to Index! However, compared to the format above, you have to do things a little differently...

Uppermost toolbar -> Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color...
A small window should open. Make sure the box meets the following requirements:

Palette: [Exact] OR [Local (Perceptual)] options chosen
Colors: [Set number BELOW 256] if Exact; enter [255] if Local (Perceptual), or if Exact is bigger than 256
Forced: [None]
Transparency box is UNCHECKED.

Options~
Matte: [None]
Dither: [None]
Amount: [None]%
Preserve Exact Colors box is UNCHECKED.

~All we're messing with here is the top-half of the window.~
Press OK, as soon as you see your texture meets the requirements.

If you've messed with non-transparent textures, you may notice that you need only Colors: 255 instead of Colors: 256. This will be explained.
With the texture still having the parts selected, head:

Uppermost toolbar -> Image -> Mode -> Color Table

You should now see a new window with a bunch of small squares, each containing the individual colors of the texture.

IF YOUR TEXTURE WAS EXACT COLORS BELOW 256 COLORS, simply click in one of the uncolored/dotted squares, and enter
ff00ff
as the # value.

~Alternatively, you can enter
R: 255
G: 0
B: 255
in the respective places, if you prefer that.~

IF YOUR TEXTURE HAD TO BE EDITED WITH Local (Perceptual) AND IS 255 COLORS, simply click the very last unfilled/dotted box in the window (the bottom-most-right box), and fill it with either
#: ff00ff
or R: 255 G: 0 B: 255 as sampled above.

The "ff00ff" value is a MAGENTA color. It will be needed for transparency, at least in this guide. (It could be any other color if you like, but it's the easiest example as there aren't too many characters with magenta colorations.)

Once you've filled in the box in the Color Table, click OK.
Now, if it isn't already selected, make ff00ff one of your colors to color with (the two color boxes at the bottom-left of Photoshop)... and, simply color inside the selected areas in the texture with the magenta coloration. Note how the magenta'd parts are coloring in the spaces of the textures that WOULD have been transparent.

Now, you can Save the file... and it's time for conversion!



From TCS to TPL
If you haven't already, you can create the TCS file with the requirements at the top of this post.
It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you have made TCS files for all the other textures of your character/stage/edit of choice, as you need to find out where everything else other than _8 and _9 textures go.

Once your TCS file has been converted to TPL, it's time to see just WHERE your texture goes.
Open up your .DAT file with the Hex Editor of your choice (I go with Hex Editor Neo), and seek the spot where the texture may go (if you have written down the locations of where the files are placed, this should be much easier).
Once you have found the spot, open your newly-converted palette TPL file. GO TO LINE 00000260 AND COPY THE DATA FROM THAT LINE DOWN FIRST. Then paste that data into the DAT file, where it would go.



32 Lines
Followed shortly after the pasted data in the DAT file should be some extra lines. Count how many lines there are before they hit the next texture in the file. There should be a MAXIMUM of 34 lines.
32 of those lines are the "color" (palette) lines; the last 2 lines are skipped and are left as space between textures/other palette lines.

*Please be wary that if you are editing multiple _8 and _9 textures in a row, that the main texture data may be back-to-back just like the regular files (CMPR, etc.), but after the textures have ended will appear the 32 lines, each 32 lined palette being separated by 2 lines.
If you are unsure... Experiment!*

For non-transparent
Once you reach the palette lines in the DAT file, head back to your TPL file and Deselect the selection you had earlier. Now head to the very top of the file. Starting from the top, SKIP 2 LINES, then start copying down until you have selected 32 lines of data. Copy those 32 lines, head back to the DAT file, paste them just below the texture, and bam! You've done non-transparent.

For transparent
Once you reach the palette lines in the DAT file, head back to your TPL file and Deselect the selection you had earlier. Now head to the very top of the file. Now you must search for the following value in your texture (should ONLY appear once, and in the 32 lines):
FC 1F
This value is the magenta coloring from earlier! You need to get rid of it. And to do that, simply replace the value with "00 00", Save, and... it's gone!
Now, starting from the top, SKIP 2 LINES, then start selecting downwards until you have selected 32 lines of data. Copy those 32 lines, head back to the DAT file, paste them just below the texture, and bam! You've done transparent textures.

~These methods and the mentioned can be used for edited textures, too, not just to find where the placements of textures are.~



Less Than 32 Lines ( _8 )
A lot of palette textures have 32 lines. But, in some cases, the DAT file will have LESS lines than normal.
In this instance, it's not too big of a problem. If the texture is _8, it's pretty smooth sailing.

Count how many lines the DAT file has. (I'll use 10 lines as an example.)
So the DAT file has 10 lines... but the texture you have, may have 32 lines! So what do you do? You simply need to drop the quality of the texture -- that's it!
To know the EXACT/maximum number of colors you can have:
32 - 10 = 22
22 * 8 = 176
256 - 176 = 80
Bam. You can have up to 80 colors MAX in your texture.
~To find out how many colors your texture has, just replace the 10 from the problem above with whatever number of lines the DAT file has (ALWAYS even numbers, like 2, 4, 22, 30, etc.), multiply by 8, and subtract that number from 256 to get your max colors.

Once you've found the max colors/dropped the quality of your texture, simply do the same process as above, but THIS time ONLY copy the same number of lines as the DAT file has, instead of copying 32 lines. (Takes a little diligence on your part to find where the lines may start, if they're all periods.)
And with that... _8 textures are through!!



Less than 32 Lines ( _9 )
A lot of palette textures have 32 lines. But, in some cases, the DAT file will have LESS lines than normal. This, is not so much harder... Just longer, and a tad more annoying. Hope you like math!

Count how many lines the DAT file has. (I'll use 20 lines as an example this time.)
So the DAT file has 20 lines... but the texture you have, may have 32 lines! So what do you do? You must not only drop the quality of the texture... but you must also SUBTRACT a value FROM the texture as well.
But, let's start it off. Using the example above to find out the max colors of your texture:
32 - 20 = 12
12 * 8 = 96
256 - 96 = 160
Bam. Max number of colors is 160. BUT, this time you will NEED some of the numbers from this equation... so keep it in mind!

Having found the max colors/dropped the quality of your texture, you must now open the TPL file in a Hex Editor (I'd HIGHLY recommend Hex Workshop as your subtractor, with Hex Editor Neo being your inserter program).
Once you've opened up the file [in Hex Workshop], find line 00000260 and select ALL the data from there down.

*IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME USING HEX WORKSHOP... YOU MAY NEED TO ADJUST THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS. Simply drag the columns at the top of the screen to the left via the small separation line-boxes, so that they "fuse", and then shrink the values of the left-most numbers on the screen by dragging the vertical separation bar to the left. The numbers will change, until you get numbers ending in nothing but "0". That is what you want.*

Once you've selected the entire file from x260 down, head to
Uppermost toolbar -> Tools -> Operations -> Subtract...

A box, "Subtract Operation", should open. And make sure it looks something like this:

Description: Blahblahblah

Operand~
Treat Data As: [8 bit Unsigned Byte]
Byte Ordering: [Little Endian (e.g. Intel)]
Value:
[X]Decimal [ ]Hex

Apply On~
[X]Selection [ ]Entire File

The "Decimal" and "Selection" buttons should be pressed.
Once they are, you must now enter the value...
But, what do you enter?
That's where your equation from earlier comes in handy!
To find what the VALUE is, you must follow the first two steps of the equation - subtracting 32 from the # of palette lines, and multiplying that resulting number by 8. As I was following a 20 palette line example:
32 - 20 = 12
12 * 8 = 96
While 160 colors was the MAX colors... the VALUE is 96. So as noted in this example, in the VALUE, you insert "96"... and press OK.
The values of the selected data should change, sometimes drastically.
Then Save. (The program will ask if you would like to create a .BAK back-up file; say YES if you want to.)

Now your texture has adjusted to the newer, smaller palette size.
Now simply copy-paste the x260 data into the DAT file, and copy the same number of lines as the DAT file has in your TPL file, instead of copying 32 lines. (Takes a little diligence on your part to find where the lines may start, if they're all periods.)
And with that... _9 textures are through!!

Congrats! You've conquered the + textures of Melee.
 

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steelia, i am so very serious about donations!
 

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@jason_voorhese: Google it...or PM SleepyK, I think he mentioned something earlier.

I updated the guide to include S.'s post on editing +textures with palettes and all. I didn't color it in, add to it, or anything, since I have to go now. I also added a LINKS thing at the end of my section (it's the last yellow header) that has a Pinstripe C. Falcon and the ones by Chadd provided by SleepyK

edit: btw, THANK YOU SO MUCH S. . That + section of the guide really helped round it off. That was absolutely huge. Great work, as always.
IF you don't mind, I'd like to format it a little. Add color, quote tags on the code snippets, etc, and make n official-looking table of contents for it. I'd gladly update it for whatever changes you make, I just want to make this info easily available (aka, first post), and good-looking.
 

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@jason_voorhese: Google it...or PM SleepyK, I think he mentioned something earlier.

I updated the guide to include S.'s post on editing +textures with palettes and all. I didn't color it in, add to it, or anything, since I have to go now. I also added a LINKS thing at the end of my section (it's the last yellow header) that has a Pinstripe C. Falcon and the ones by Chadd provided by SleepyK

edit: btw, THANK YOU SO MUCH S. . That + section of the guide really helped round it off. That was absolutely huge. Great work, as always.
i downloaded a thing called Super_Smash_Brothers_Melee_USA_PROPER_NGC-STINKYCUBE

and it wont open on my dolphin, none i get do it says its not an iso file, but i download things that are called ssbm iso
 

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I don't think that's the proper subject (legally) to talk about on this thread...but if it's a .rar, or set of .rar files, you have to extract it(them) to one file that ends in .iso
btw. Don't ask for iso files here, but rather PM people for them, or Google for it until you get one that works for you. Here isn't the place to ask.
 

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The three MU links i provided are just the .tga files for
green marth
Red ganon
and dark fox/orange fox.

also murarengan didn't provide those texture files '-'

passwords for the textures are ssbm

i'll make that full texture pack yet, i've just been busy.
 

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if you had a fairly decent computer by today's standards you definitely can.
by decent i mean dual core and above at 2.7 ghz +
4 gb of ram or more
8800 gt or higher, preferably more than 1 sli'd
 
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