MODDING PROGRESS!

[CrossTrash]

So instead of playing the game like a normal person, my first instinct was "how do i mod this thing though"
and after an hour of fiddling around I have made a few developments, eventually ending in a roadblock.

1. Sound effects can be extracted.
Through the use of bnkextr.exe and vgmstream. If you want specific guides on using those, Im not the person to make them. Make good use of google!
Use those programs on the EXE1-6.bnk files in the
\steamapps\common\MegaMan_BattleNetwork_LegacyCollection_Vol1\exe\audio
or
_LegacyCollection_Vol2\exe\audio
folders.
2. Music modding might be possible, but Ive hit a roadblock.
I think ive narrowed down the location of music files to be in the Vol1.pck/Vol2.pck files in the audio folder.
I think they are wwise audio files, and thus require a program that can extract that specific type of .pck file. The only app I have found gets picked up (hilariously) as a virus and I dont wanna screw my computer up for this.

If you are a braver soul than me and wish to take the plunge, heres the tool.
https://github.com/Vextil/Wwise-Unpacker

These are my findings to start, and I hope this helps to kickstart the beginning of modding these wonderful games!

Update; the Rockman EXE Zone has a discord server where some of the communities top modders are trying to crack this game wide open. They have already implemented sprite replacement, script changing, are already well on their way to font replacement. This is an exciting time!

[Crashed]

Any hope for a font fix?

[CrossTrash]

Not sure yet. My expertise is more in audio modding than actual programming. The Noesis.dll file seems to be a good place to start, as Noesis GUI seems to be a text program?
Maybe start there.

[Vesper]

I will watch this thread with great interest.

What I want to see most of all is for someone to figure out how to mod / edit the MMBN4 tournament RNG seed generator for this remake of the game.

BN4 is already the lesser game in this series as far as the story goes, but the fact that the navis / bosses and plot scenarios you encounter within any given playthrough are completely randomized actively makes the game much worse than it needs to be.

Doesn't help that the Double Soul transformations you gain from the version exclusive bosses are among these: you think you're choosing between two versions with six unique bosses & respective transformations each, but what you don't know upfront is that the game lets you access only three of the version exclusives on your initial playthrough based entirely on RNG (other than the first being non-randomized; Aquaman.EXE for Blue Moon, and freaking Gutsman.EXE for Red Sun).

At the absolute very least, I would want to have some measure of control over that system, in order to ensure that my Blue Moon playthrough has the least amount of navis which are already in the other games. I have zero desire to have an encounter slot wasted on Protoman when I can already fight him in literally every single other game in the series.

[Crashed]

Can the border be removed or would I need ReShade?

[ValHam]

We have the same brain, huh?

[ValHam]

Oh yeah, I was able to extract the Vol2.pck's .wav's, yet they don't play (Foobar2000 says about a missing ACM codec). Any help?

[Malkavia]

Originally posted by CrossTrash:

Not sure yet. My expertise is more in audio modding than actual programming. The Noesis.dll file seems to be a good place to start, as Noesis GUI seems to be a text program?
Maybe start there.

Might you be interested in helping out with the MMX Rebirth mod project for 30XX? We could use more audio people.

[Hyourinnmaru]

It would be great if we could atleast update the battle themes with these ones
Edit: he has all the music remixed on his channel but please ask for his permition first if you make a soundtrack mod... that would be awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNtikjXZYc

[LamExodia]

Ooh, you should should make it so you can sell chips for zenny

[ShowOfTimes]

Not sure if this is possible, but I would love to see a mod that allows all the Souls/Crosses in the other versions. If possible could even make it a Patch Card.

[『 CÐ-RØM 』]

Dude if we can get different songs in our PVP matches omg that would be so fire.

[Siracco]

Originally posted by Kyriarch:

At the absolute very least, I would want to have some measure of control over that system, in order to ensure that my Blue Moon playthrough has the least amount of navis which are already in the other games. I have zero desire to have an encounter slot wasted on Protoman when I can already fight him in literally every single other game in the series.

But then you don't get double soul proto soul. I think you need all double souls to play post game

[raziel_louis]

Any hope for someone to mod the game so you can play it in others languages if capcom doesn't add more than the english, japanese and chinese? I was gonna play in english anyway but a few friends and my little brother all speak french and the lack of french support on the game broke their motivation. The translation already existed on the gba when i played them a long time ago so why not here?

[Succubus Nirriti]

> YES for font modding please!
> YES for modding frames (make it black borders please?)