[MOD] Disgaea PC HD Sprites

[DulceDeClown]

!!! PLEASE REDOWNLOAD THE MOD IF YOU DOWNLOADED IT BEFORE THE 23TH OF DECEMBER 2019!
I have fixed some animations issues regarding non-hd characters, such as Thursday , Rozalin, etc.

UPDATE 9/12/2019 : I updated SUBDATA.DAT and removed the RES granted by staves, heal skills are calculated with INT in Disgaea 1, and I forgot about it, whoops!

Hello everyone.
I've been working on this MOD for years, before D1 Complete was released, but in the end I have decided to finish it and post it :)
This is a mod that will replace all the sprites of generic humanoid classes and generic monsters classes with a HD version.
Not all Disgaea 1 humans and monsters have a HD sprite counterpart, so I had to choose some sprites to replace others
EXAMPLE : I have replaced the Man-Eater (Treant) with the Shroom, I have replaced the Imp (Flying) with the Mothman, etc.
I did not create this mod completely from scratch. I have continued (and modified/fixed) a never-completed disgaea pc HD sprites mod, which you can find here : https://steamcommunity.com/app/405900/discussions/4/282992646974911959/
So.. Laharl is now Laharl-chan! Since I started the mod from that incomplete one, I left the characters that were already HD, even though I did some adjustments to them.
With that being said, here are the characteristics of this MOD :D

• HD SPRITES! All generic humanoid and monster classes are now in HD! Plus, the main characters trio, Laharl , Etna and Flonne!
  
• NEW COLOR PALETTES! All humanoids and monsters now have new color palettes to better represent the ones from Disgaea 1!
  
• MONSTER WEAPONS NOW GIVE [INT]! Magic/Int based monster classes are now not so useless as before!

!!!THIS MOD DOESN'T CHANGE ALL THE SPRITES IN THE GAME!!!
For example, Gordon, Thursday and Jennifer DO NOT have an HD sprite.
Also,most of the story sprites (before/after a fight) are not in HD
!!!THIS MOD DOESN'T HAVE WEAPONS HD SPRITES!!
For the same reason why this mod doesn't have all the HD characters sprites.
!!!THIS MOD ALSO REMOVES CUT-IN PICTURES DURING DOUBLE/TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE ATTACKS!!!
All of this is because of a known problem regarding disgaea pc modding, and it is the reason why the original project that I linked before was never completed.
If SUBDATA.DAT goes over 180MB in size, the game will crash at launch :(
I am no programmer, so I never found a solution to this problem.
Because of this problem, I had to do some cuts and couldn't import every character in the game.
So, if you see a character which is not HD, that is the reason.
If someone knows how to fix it, then I can complete this mod even more and add all the characters sprites in HD :)

BIG UPDATE : A huge enormous thanks goes to Maide, from the Requiem discord server! Maide fixed the 180mb subdata limit problem! Such a legend <3

I can now start to work again and complete the mod even further, importing characters such as Pleinair, Gordon, Thursday, Jennifer and much more!

!!!BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE MOD!!!
Please, create a backup of your savedata! This MOD is not compatible with other mods such as the Netherworld Content Pack! Please be careful!

As I said, I did not create this mod from scratch, as I continued a WIP project that has never been completed, so I never really worked "alone".
I used a WIP mod, I created this MOD with the Disgaea PC tools ( which can be found here : https://github.com/ProgSys/pg_disatools ) and many people helped me and supported me during the creation of this mod :) and I would like to thank them!
Here is the invite link to the discord server where I found this beautiful community! : https://discord.gg/7HcwYyA
They have always been very nice and helpful ^^ it's also thanks to them if this mod exists.

Here are some random screenshots ^^

https://i.imgur.com/YS7NjSD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/i7qxll1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Q7ad5fb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZlrlMEb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0rTHsSi.jpg

And now, here are the download links!

The main and completed patched file is a SUBDATA.DAT file.
You have to remove the SUBDATA.DAT file you have in your Disgaea PC directory, and replace it with the one you will download, which contains the mod.
I hope you will like the mod and enjoy using it! :D

DOWNLOAD SUBDATA.DAT : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gHcW8ow1K_mhs_F7P-XWct6IT6ZDxtsl

If you want to keep and use you main subdata.dat, maybe because it's already modded, you can download "anm00.dat", which contains all the sprite files, and you can patch your own subdata.dat.
You will also need to download the patched .exe of the game, dis1_st.exe, patched by Maine ,to make sure your game will work and launch properly.

DOWNLOAD ANM00.DAT : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Thclokq-2sFzhC-T_08QwO1QdV3aNHhy

DOWNLOAD DIS1_ST.EXE : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kqfl00p2382k8-XVLQiI4ynyaw9aK83h

You have to use the disgaea pc tools ( which can be found here https://github.com/ProgSys/pg_disatools ) in order to replace the anm00.dat of your subdata :) so that you can use your subdata but also have HD sprites!
Regarding the .exe, you just need to delete your old .exe and replace it with the one you will download up here.
Now, to patch your own subdata, you will have to :

1. Download the tools, open the "Disa PC File Manager"
   
2. Open your subdata.dat
   
3. Extract start.dat
   
4. Open start.dat
   
5. Replace the anm00.dat you find with the one you downloaded
   
6. Save start.dat
   
7. Open subdata,dat
   
8. Replace start.dat with the start.dat you have extracted and saved.
   
9. Save subdata.dat

All done! :) It should work!

If you have any questions or issues while using the mod, please let me know here!

[Binary]

Keep it up, would be very neat if you could add the HD weapons too

[ProgSys]

Nice work!

[DulceDeClown]

Originally posted by Four Eels:

Keep it up, would be very neat if you could add the HD weapons too

For the time being, I'm not planning on importing them, as I don't know how to do it! It's somewhat similiar to importing a sprite, but at the same time it's quite different! I've tried to do it but didn't succeed :(

Originally posted by ProgSys:

Nice work! :ss13ok:

Thank you very much :D your tools were essential for this mod <3

[JacKV64]

So with the 180mb subdata limit fix the cut-in pictures attacks are back right?

Also, can I use your mod + Netherworld Content Pack + PrettyPrinny together without problems?

[DulceDeClown]

Originally posted by JacKV16:

So with the 180mb subdata limit fix the cut-in pictures attacks are back right?

Also, can I use your mod + Netherworld Content Pack + PrettyPrinny together without problems?

Not sure if they are actually coming back, for colour palette issues, as I have changed A LOT , if not every palette of the sprites.
This means that the cut-in pictures may have weird coloring and not even a white background.
These pictures use the same colours as the sprite,that's why it's kinda problematic.
It's still worth a try tho, and I will definitely try to do it when I'll finish the remaining sprites :) maybe there is a solution regarding the color issue.

Please note that my mod is currently NOT compatible with the netherworld content pack, but, I will soon upload the file that only contains the sprites + the patched .exe, and not the whole subdata, so that you can import the HD sprites without changing your subdata, and so, it should be compatible with the netherworld content pack.
I'm not sure though, I will have to try it ASAP, I'll edit this post and let you know.
If it works, I'll upload the needed files :)

[JacKV64]

Thanks for the amazing work no rush from my part.

[DulceDeClown]

Originally posted by JacKV16:

Thanks for the amazing work no rush from my part.

I updated the main post with the required files, sorry it took a bit!
Follow the little guide and you can patch your own subdata.dat :)
Let me know if something goes wrong
Please, make sure you always do a backup of your savedata before doing all of this!

[AlphaCentaury74]

This mod is amazing, and very easy to install. I really wanted to buy Disgaea 1 PS4/Switch version because of the newer sprites but I only have a PC so brought the Steam version instead. Thank you for doing this!

[Moriibund]

Um, why is Laharl a girl? and is there no way to keep the sprites from switching back and forth in the cut scenes?

[DulceDeClown]

Originally posted by d.brunolorran:

This mod is amazing, and very easy to install. I really wanted to buy Disgaea 1 PS4/Switch version because of the newer sprites but I only have a PC so brought the Steam version instead. Thank you for doing this!

Aw, thank you so much for the kind words :) hope you like it
It's still not like disgaea 1 complete, of course, but it's something! :)

Originally posted by Janellope:

Um, why is Laharl a girl? and is there no way to keep the sprites from switching back and forth in the cut scenes?

Unfortunately, no, I edited the .sh files (sprite files) that only contain battle animations, I don't know where the non-battle animations are located in the game files :(
For example, in the Laharl sprite file, there are no cut-scene only animations, I don't know where are they :(

I wrote in the main post why Laharl is a girl lol, maybe I'll also do a standard version of him when I'll finish importing all the other playable characters

"I did not create this mod completely from scratch. I have continued (and modified/fixed) a never-completed disgaea pc HD sprites mod, which you can find here : https://steamcommunity.com/app/405900/discussions/4/282992646974911959/
So.. Laharl is now Laharl-chan! Since I started the mod from that incomplete one, I left the characters that were already HD, even though I did some adjustments to them."

Laharl ,in that patch, was already in HD, but in his female form, so I kept her that way, as I preferred importing sprite that were not already in HD

[Moriibund]

Ahhh... I didn't catch the -chan. My bad.

[Raven]

Heya, mod's great but just experienced a softlock while fighting Rozalin in DHM, when she performed her counter animation to attack my unit she raised her gun and then froze in place with no way to finish or cancel the animation.

[DulceDeClown]

Originally posted by The Insane Penguin:

Heya, mod's great but just experienced a softlock while fighting Rozalin in DHM, when she performed her counter animation to attack my unit she raised her gun and then froze in place with no way to finish or cancel the animation.

I also had this problem once when fighting Thursday and I was able to fix it easily.
I will also fix Rozalin now , and I'll upload the file asap!

EDIT : I have now re-uploaded both subdata.dat and anm00.dat
The issue should be fixed now
Please, let me know if it works properly now! I can't personally test Rozalin , as I have not unlocked her yet :)

[Raven]

Alright, don't know if I'll next be able to check either tomorrow or Wednesday but next time I'm on I'll give it a go

[Raven]

Awesome, Rozalin doesn't softlock the game anymore