PSO2 Mod Thread

[preset]

Hmm, well that's cool. I can up that pack next time I'm at my computer. Was it literally just renaming those files or was it more complicated? Either way, getting the names of what music was what would be useful. Also out of curiosity, do the battle tracks activate properly? Would love information on this because it's really not something I've looked a whole bunch at.

The battle tracks do activate. These areas all have PSE tracks that work too. One thing I've noticed, trying to play TuneC on the jukebox will cause it to freak out and repeat the phrase it's currently playing - there is no 'H' variant for these tracks.

You need to repack and rename the .mus file. I've done a few tests and it seems they only works with songs that are similar; eg, trying to put area music on the title screen will cause it to crash, though the emergency lobby theme will work (but later crash it because the title screen has two parts) - if the area you're switching to doesn't have the right sympathy states for the track, it'll probably crash.

I'll add them to the file directory later.

[Tournesol]

PSO music for PSO2 areas (you might want to rehost these files)
Tested for a while and had no crashes or anything.

mother earth of dishonesty		->	Forest
the kink in the wind and the way	->	Cave
empty space out of control		->	Mine
revolution to the origin			->	Ruins
a longing to ancient times		->	Floating Facility
tricktrack					->	Extreme Quest
jungle					->	Skyscape
abysmal ball				->	Seabed
nostalgia in solitude			->	Quarry
entry into the crater			->	Desert
underworld					->	Sanctuary

Also, here's a Lavis Dual Blade over the tri dumpling camo.

quarry is rip for me (no sound at all). others works perfectly <3

[Dammy]

its been 15 years since i heard pso1 mines music and i still think that masterpiece is best bgm ever

[Tymek]

I saved it in whatever format the original was. I'm pretty sure they're DXT5 with mipmaps, but I could be wrong.



Any hopes of viewing them easily again, like noesis used to?



Added a sound tab just for this-- and you've already filled it in. Woo!



It's economic! From back when Sega knew how to recycle things properly.

Anyway. Just thought I'd throw this out here:

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THUNDERRRR RAIN AND LIGHTNIN'

[Shadowth117]

NIFL is not an encryption format. Remember what I said before (like anyone pays attention to my posts), its to do with how the files are structured. Old models use the same VTBF system as a lot of other files do (CML, etc), ie; a tagging system. This is how you find the various specific sections of data in these files.

The new format (NIFL) instead uses a pointer table, which is a series of addresses that refer locations inside the file, which is where specific data is at. The pointers are located inside a nof0 tag usually at the end of the file. So instead of a loop of tag -> data -> tag -> data til EoF, it instead goes something like header -> data -> pointer table.

I've had a lot going on to be honest, you'll have to forgive me for that. -_-; That makes sense though.

The battle tracks do activate. These areas all have PSE tracks that work too. One thing I've noticed, trying to play TuneC on the jukebox will cause it to freak out and repeat the phrase it's currently playing - there is no 'H' variant for these tracks.

You need to repack and rename the .mus file. I've done a few tests and it seems they only works with songs that are similar; eg, trying to put area music on the title screen will cause it to crash, though the emergency lobby theme will work (but later crash it because the title screen has two parts) - if the area you're switching to doesn't have the right sympathy states for the track, it'll probably crash.

I'll add them to the file directory later.

Sounds similar to what I had kinda thought. I don't suppose you've tried swapping the raw sound files for some of these? It might be able to get around some of the issues you get just swapping the .mus files.

In any case, great stuff. Definitely nice to have some information on this and a music mod to put up. The Lavis daggers are pretty cool as dual blades as well.

I saved it in whatever format the original was. I'm pretty sure they're DXT5 with mipmaps, but I could be wrong.

Any hopes of viewing them easily again, like noesis used to?

Anyway. Just thought I'd throw this out here:

Spoiler!

THUNDERRRR RAIN AND LIGHTNIN'

Hmm, if you pass me what you're playing with, I could give setting it up a go, but no guarantees. That seems weird for sure.

As far as Noesis and this, Noesis uses a severely outdated python plugin. Could probably fix it up though to be honest. The one lucky thing with all of this is that aqp2obj and the nifl tool both have sources. I wish I were a bit more comfortable with file formats to tell how to manage translating some of that into stuff noesis can make use of, but for now no. I might give it a go at a point, but it's not exactly on the top of my priorities since we can at least get those files into usable formats fairly easily now.

[Zanverse]

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THUNDERRRR RAIN AND LIGHTNIN'

Is this Tokyo's Skybox in the Yamato EQ???

[preset]

I don't suppose you've tried swapping the raw sound files for some of these? It might be able to get around some of the issues you get just swapping the .mus files.

I haven't tried repacking CPK files yet. I think I've got the tools for it somewhere...
You probably know HCA tracks can just be renamed and work as-is, as long as the track is not currently in use by the game. I made a serviceable bat file to switch them long ago; It's not exhaustive, just things I've wanted to replace often. (note: you need to edit the paths in the bat file.) Kind of surprised no one has made a more elegant solution for this.

[Zanverse]

Out of boredom, I've decided to do a skybox mod project thing for various areas. I'm calling it "Another Time" Project. Instead of creating a whole new thread, I'll keep updating this post whenever I make something new. I'm not sure how these would look in Tier 6, since my PC doesn't handle it very well, so tell me how it looks.

AT Forest

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ARKS have managed to create a colony on Naberius. In order to preserve the wildlife, they built a dome over a large portion of the forest area.

Area 1: Nab City

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Area 2: Bio-Dome

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Link

AT Desert

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Area 1: Desert Oasis

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Area 2: Desert Oasis Sunset

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Link

AT Tundra

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Area 1: Tundra City at Night

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Area 2: Tundra's Summit

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Link

AT Skyscape

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Area 1: Amduscia Sky Mountains

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Fun Fact, I had no idea that the weather changes on the Kuronia Skybox

Area 2: Amduscia Snow Valley

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Boss Area: Frozen Ocean

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Link

[Shinamori]

Is it possible to make a always dark version of stages?

[Flaoc]

Is it possible to make a always dark version of stages?

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this skybox makes everywhere dark more or less.. though the highlight of this picture is the mag (shadowth made it not me)