New to P+EX modding and have some questions about it.

[EllenWitch]

Hello, I'm brand new here. I've only recently gotten into modding my Smash bros Brawl(P+EX is the one I'm using) on my dolphin emulator.
I'm not sure if this goes here, so let me know if I need to post elsewhere.

I've gotten down how to edit portraits, Stock icons, battle portraits, etc.
But recently I've wondered if its possible to edit the effects of a character based on what skin/costume it is.
I know someone has made it to where Dry Bowser has blue fire effects instead of Bowser's default, I've wanted to do this as well with some characters.
It's something to do with editing the fit.pac of the character I want, but I have no clue how to edit the colors, nor get it to only show on a specific costume.
Can anyone assist me or at least guide me on how to do this?

 

[Deleted member]

You have to make costume specific moves in psa compressor, look for pm Mario's fire ball via article selection. That will give you the blueprint to see how it is done.

 

[EllenWitch]

You have to make costume specific moves in psa compressor, look for pm Mario's fire ball via article selection. That will give you the blueprint to see how it is done.

I know that part somewhat, I get confused on the coding section since I don't want to mess something up and cause my game to break and I don't exactly know which part of the code to edit.

 

[Deleted member]

First create a copy of the pac you want to edit. Open Mario pac in psa compressor, there should be a tab for articles. One of the articles should have a subroutine. Double click routine, the data for the doc b and original Mario b is there. Just copy the data via the compressor, then open the psa you want to have the data on, paste it. From there you can edit the move and costume limitations you want from there.

 

[EllenWitch]

First create a copy of the pac you want to edit. Open Mario pac in psa compressor, there should be a tab for articles. One of the articles should have a subroutine. Double click routine, the data for the doc b and original Mario b is there. Just copy the data via the compressor, then open the psa you want to have the data on, paste it. From there you can edit the move and costume limitations you want from there.

Okay now I'm lost. Do you mean the specific tab that says articles or a thing inside the events tab or something.
And I don't know where to find all that, I've looked through and I still have no idea where that coding would be and if I need to be on a specific offset on the compressor. Sorry, I'm totally bad at coding stuff and I don't wanna break something.

 

[Deleted member]

I don't know if you are using psa compressor or regular psa. You can't edit articles easy in psa, you need psa compressor. If you had arcade I could have assisted you easier, but you need psa compressor. If you have then, there are 5 tabs compress, events, attributes, articles, data. Articles is what you want for Mario. That is where his blasters are located.

 

[EllenWitch]

I don't know if you are using psa compressor or regular psa. You can't edit articles easy in psa, you need psa compressor. If you had arcade I could have assisted you easier, but you need psa compressor. If you have then, there are 5 tabs compress, events, attributes, articles, data. Articles is what you want for Mario. That is where his blasters are located.

Yeah I have compressor. I head into the articles tab and wondering if its the sub actions I click on or the actions. I do see the flame article tab here. Is this what I'm supposed to change?

 

[Deleted member]

No do not change anything, if this is pm Mario the gfx file should have a subroutine, click it. Copy the data there or examine the data to learn how pm was able to get fire balls for Mario alt and pills for Dr Mario alt. That should teach you everything you need to know about costume specific moves.

 

[EllenWitch]

No do not change anything, if this is pm Mario the gfx file should have a subroutine, click it. Copy the data there or examine the data to learn how pm was able to get fire balls for Mario alt and pills for Dr Mario alt. That should teach you everything you need to know about costume specific moves.

I think it's PM? P+ex is technically a mod of project M itself I believe, so I'd think it'd work the same way considering Dry bowser has blue fire instead of Bowser's default. And I'm still lost since the article tab does not have a subroutine tab in it, it has actions, sub actions, parameters, data offset and compress.

 

[Deleted member]

I am sorry, sub actions, then gfx. Article 1, sub action is where you want to look. Double click on goto address in the gfx list.

 

[Deleted member]

Copy the address and paste it at: events tab and then click sub routine.

 

[EllenWitch]

I am sorry, sub actions, then gfx. Article 1, sub action is where you want to look. Double click on goto address in the gfx list.

So I did that, and I saw all of this. Is this where I change the colors and set a specific costume?

If Compare: LA-Basic[29] >= 20.0
And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 30.0
If Roll A Die: 3
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=1, Graphic=C, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.1, Terminate with Action=true
Else:
If Roll A Die: 2
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=1, Graphic=E, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.1, Terminate with Action=true
Else:
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=1, Graphic=10, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.1, Terminate with Action=true
End If:
End If:
Else:
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=1, Graphic=F, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.0, Terminate with Action=true
End If:

 

[Deleted member]

LA basic 29 is the costume that is specified, meaning if LA basic 29 is x number that is the costume used to activate the next function. The rolling of the dice is a randomizer, ignore the dice roll for now focus on LA basic 29.

 

[Deleted member]

LA basic 29 = 20 is Dr Mario's costume set going to 30.

 

[EllenWitch]

LA basic 29 = 20 is Dr Mario's costume set going to 30.

Okay so am I in the right place? And if so, what would I want to edit if I wanted to change the fireball color for Mario's second costume for example?

 

[Deleted member]

The second costume for Mario would be LA basic 29 = 1. Now you entered the realm of hours and hours of trial and error. Always save a backup.

 

[EllenWitch]

The second costume for Mario would be LA basic 29 = 1. Now you entered the realm of hours and hours of trial and error. Always save a backup.

Will do. So If I wanted to do the same thing with Bowser's second costume I'd also put 1?

 

[Deleted member]

0 is costume 00 which is costume 1. 1 is 2. Also to change the color of the flames is a totally different thing all together.

 

[EllenWitch]

I know the second part is doing stuff in BrawlCrate. I just figured I'd set it up to be only on a specific costume first.
I'm wanting to make the second Bowser costume(the black one) firebreath purple. I think I know how to do the color editing part? I know making a PTCKoopafireBreath is where I'd start. So I figured I'd have to do this in order to make that work only on that specific costume.

 

[Deleted member]

Cool, alright then.

 

[EllenWitch]

Cool, alright then.

So I think to do that in PSA all I have to do is add something like this?

If Compare: LA-Basic[24] >= 1

 

[Deleted member]

Don't forget to add And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 2. That limits the function to only the second costume. 2 is the third costume.

 

[EllenWitch]

Don't forget to add And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 2. That limits the function to only the second costume. 2 is the third costume.

So what would the full code look like if I were to do this correctly? (Also without messing up any other costumes firebreath since Dry Bowser has his own color of firebreath.)
Sorry I just wanna be thorough with this.

 

[Deleted member]

If Compare: LA-Basic[29] >= 1
And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 2
(Function to be used)
Else:
(Function not to be used with costume)
End If:

 

[EllenWitch]

If Compare: LA-Basic[29] >= 1
And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 2
(Function to be used)
Else:
(Function not to be used with costume)
End If:

Thanks so much! I'll see how this goes.

 

[EllenWitch]

If Compare: LA-Basic[29] >= 1
And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[29] < 2
(Function to be used)
Else:
(Function not to be used with costume)
End If:

Okay I think I have the code correct.

If Compare: LA-Basic[24] >= 1.0
And Comparison Compare: LA-Basic[24] <= 2.0
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=C, Graphic=1, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.1, Terminate with Action=false
Else:
Graphic Effect (Attached): File#=C, Graphic=2, Bone=0, X Offset=0.0, Y Offset=0.0, Z Offset=0.0, X Rotate=0.0, Y Rotate=0.0, Z Rotate=0.0, Size=1.1, Terminate with Action=false
End If:

But now I'm stuck on how to make it purple, I know its gotta be done in BrawlCrate, do I have to name the PTCFireBreath a certain name to give it to the second costume?

 

[VGBC_P3rs0na]

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