The .pac Fixing Thread (new project time!)

[Yeroc]

Ok, so after discovering that the dreaded filesize bug that caused CSS crashing and inoperable character files was actually related to the switchable character .pac loading bugs, I've decided that we should probably go ahead and do a clean remake of all our pac files to clean things up a bit. Basically a /fighter/ defrag if you will. Magus has agreed to help me out where he can, since he's awesome at hex editing and dealing with raw data in general.

With 34 .pacs (PT, DDD, and Olimar should be ok) to recreate and probably close to a Meg of incomplete changelists floating around, this is going to be a huge research project. Volunteers to recollect all the data and help us organize it so we can then get started on rewriting files would be greatly appreciated. People interested in learning how to do the actual hex editing and wanting to help out would be appreciated even more. Whatever you can do is awesome though, this project is mostly just housecleaning and a way to pass the time while RC1 is playtested.

I started with characters I knew had immediate issues that also happened to be ones I knew a thing or two about: Samus and ZSS. I still need to finalize their changelists and post them, but they're already done and ready for shanus to upload to the site. Here's the rest of the list:

Key: Not Started, Changelist Ported, Finished.
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Yoshi
Wario
DK
Diddy
C Falcon
Fox
Falco
Wolf
ICs
Link
T Link
Zelda
Sheik
Ganon
Kirby
MK
DDD
Pit
Samus
ZSS
Ness
Lucas
Pikachu
Jiggs
Lucario
Squirtle
Ivysaur
Charizard
Marth
Ike
Olimar???
ROB
G&W
Snake
Sonic

 

[Yeroc]

Reserved for posting character changelists.

 

[shanus]

a lot of characters here don't need theres remade. An example is wario who literally only went through 1 revision.

Wario
DK
Kirby
Lucario
G&W

 

[Revven]

Wolf's refresh stuff on Up B (whoever decides to do him) needs to look at it and try to fix the bug it has currently when used on the ground when all the hits don't connect.

 

[goodoldganon]

I have a complete changlelist prior to RC1 sitting on my computer, I can update it to a total changelist today. Will that help with this?

 

[shanus]

I have a complete changlelist prior to RC1 sitting on my computer, I can update it to a total changelist today. Will that help with this?

very much so

 

[goodoldganon]

This changelist stuff sucks monkey ****. I'll be on IRC all day while I update so send me a tell if you can help.


UPDATE: I got up to Ness done. 16 more characters to go. Someone will need to double check it, I think a few things might have been removed at one point or I missed a change or two. Here's the link to what I have so far:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2a7a290714633cd57f7ec40ada4772a6e04e75f6e8ebb871

The RC1 changes are in the boxes. It's a .docx document so you'll need the newest Word to open it.

The file is call brawlplussery 4

 

[Yeroc]

GoG, any new progress yet? I suppose I'll get started on making some pacs tomorrow since between your file and shanus's I should have everything. This should be fun.

 

[goodoldganon]

I ended up starting Assassin's Creed over this weekend, the plot hooked me. Sorry. I have a test tomorrow in both classes but I should finish it up late Wednesday night, early Thursday afternoon. I'm sorry.

 

[goodoldganon]

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2a7a290714633cd57f7ec40ada4772a6e04e75f6e8ebb871

Complete changelist. Needs to be double checked, I think I'm missing a few changes.

 

[Isatis]

Officially on the B+ site, if anyone with editor powers wants to edit it for whatever reason, go ahead: http://brawlplus.net/changelist/