HD Sprites & Netherworld Content Pack

An unholy combination of the Netherworld Content Pack + DulceDeClown's Disgaea PC HD Sprites + Dexter's HD Sprites rework. Also an Asagi crash fix.

title

It's exactly what it sounds like. Just a combination of mods so you don't have to do it yourself. And how would you do it yourself? I honestly don't feel like detailing that right now, but I might in the future.

Installation

Backup your dis1_st.exe & SUBDATA.DAT files before installation, especially if they've been altered in any way.

The download's setup to be as easy as possible to install. Just enter the installation folder and drop its Disgaea PC folder's contents into your game directory (e.g.: C:\x\Steam\steamapps\common\Disgaea PC). The other two folders--DulceDeClown's [MOD] Disgaea PC HD Sprites & Netherworld Content Pack (v1.2.10-Easy)--can be completely disregarded unless you're interesting in extra info and screenshots.

Downloads:

• https://mega.nz/file/0FBEECLK#KW15hXv0uV7Cu1wZZJt4wLYvcogCeNWezgcCUJ3DNC4
  
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fAtIMjxnyMtmx6PnMPSIRzRrYgBlAMdT/view?usp=share_link
  
• https://www.moddb.com/mods/hd-sprites-netherworld-content-pack/downloads/hd-sprites-netherworld-content-pack-v10

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original Netherworld Content Pack [NCP] download:

For those who just want the original download for v1.2.10-Easy, here you go. Those who want the "unholy combination" this guide was made for, skip the below links.

• https://mega.nz/file/AZIzDZYA#mrrWJRfgYasE5ZoC7pmPgRx58iLXfqIFUp3skGl4Vpo
  
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uS_4sq0ZacnowaQyUVcQBUNNJgbHXk1H/view?usp=sharing
  
• untested direct download found on Reddit: https://web.archive.org/web/20190508233305/https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/3/eyJhIjoxLCJwIjoxfQ%3D%3D/patreon-media/p/post/16830752/95e189505f854944b0f8c22dd29c7725?token-time=1557532800&token-hash=6KB7CPaNfcBFrhqTkbxyCOo2tsQa1MkiemrmQIa_9Gw%3D
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VirusTotal: 0/46[www.virustotal.com]

Questions:

Unless they pertain to my combination process, send 'em to the respective mod/tool creators or hope somebody else spots your question in the comments below. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Mod Index (WIP)

Krisan Thyme's Disgaea PC: Mod Index (WIP) post is very helpful, but it hasn't been updated since Feb 1, 2019. Below are the things I personally use from it with updated links. Pretty Prinny is the only one I generally recommend for this Guide, but Unofficial Disgaea Tools [UDT] will be needed if you wanna make changes or replicate this.

• Netherworld Content Pack [NCP]. (File Manager basically required)
  
• Unofficial Disgaea Tools [UDT]'s latest version is v0.9.8 alpha per the ProgSys /pg_disatools[github.com] GitHub page: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b9hr5rtc42rp9x7ggtbvu/Disgaea-Tools-v0.9.8-alpha.zip?rlkey=tsu3fgzowyickizq1fzyqe5m3&dl=0
  
• Pretty Prinny [PP]'s latest release is v 0.5.5 and (for testing) v 0.7.x[github.com]. Here's the Hub post of sorts.

(from Pretty Prinny guide)

DulceDeClown's HD sprites vs Dexter's

This chart is based on comments in the thread and my own experience.
Want to read details on Dexter's? Scroll through pages 5-6, but be aware that most of their links are dead.

subject	DulceDeClown	Dexter
cut-in portraits	none	most(-ish?)
Previews of Next Episodes bug	present? [imgur.com]	fixed [imgur.com]
total HD sprites	40	36?
missing late-game HD sprites	🗸	🗸
some HD sprites use different set	11 image 1 [i.imgur.com] image 2 [i.imgur.com] image 3 [i.imgur.com]	6 not these 5 [i.imgur.com]
Pleinair	stays NG+ exclusive	in party by default
Laharl	-chan [www.spriters-resource.com] 🗸 (optional)	🗸 [www.spriters-resource.com]
Flonne [i.imgur.com]	Disgaea 5	D1 Complete Trainee [www.spriters-resource.com]
Jennifer	original	D1 Complete [www.spriters-resource.com]

(from Dexter's comments)

sprites that should be others

If you're curious to see the originals, see this Disgaea: Hour of Darkness[www.spriters-resource.com] page for something close enough.

should be	currently
BRAWLER_MALE [web.archive.org]	D4 Bouncer [www.spriters-resource.com]
MAJIN [www.spriters-resource.com]	D4 Armor Knight [www.spriters-resource.com]
SCOUT_MALE [www.spriters-resource.com]	D4 Gunner [www.spriters-resource.com]
RECRUIT [www.spriters-resource.com]	D4 Android [www.spriters-resource.com]
ROGUE [www.spriters-resource.com]	D4 Masked Hero [www.spriters-resource.com]
WARRIOR_FEMALE [www.spriters-resource.com] ?	D5 Armor Knight [www.spriters-resource.com]

sprites that i switched back

I'mma be real with y'all. I'm not about dat fanservice with D5 Armor Knight[disgaea.jp]'s sprites. The game has 4 angles to view the map from. She's one of the very few units I've noticed to have two idle views. Both being the same shot of her ass. 😐 I'm not 'bout it. Y'all might be fine with it, but I'm not. So it's been removed from this combined mod. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Deal with it.

But why isn't the BRAWLER_FEMALE[www.spriters-resource.com] replaced with the original, you ask? Well, da boobs don't jiggle and the cleavage is barely there.
In comparison, the Zombie[vignette.wikia.nocookie.net] has a booty too, but it's only visible from two angles. They knew what they were doing.

Hour of Darkness	Dexter & DulceDeClown	currently
WARRIOR_FEMALE [www.spriters-resource.com]	D5 Armor Knight [www.spriters-resource.com]	WARRIOR_FEMALE

Netherworld Content Pack

The Netherworld Content Pack has 10 extra sprite (.SH) files that needed to be imported to the HD sprites' ANM00.DAT file. They're Index #'s 00216-00225 (just click the Index column in the Disa PC File Manager to sort them). All 10 were imported one at a time in original order with their respective file name's four digits as the ID when prompted.
The labor's already been done in this combined mod, so this section is purely informative.
Consider this an Asagi crash fix, btw.

[Argenti]

Vulcanus and Seraph dont have HD D1Complete sprites?

[Andreas [Linux]]

thank you

[yarow12]

updated Mod Index (WIP) section's Unofficial Disgaea Tools [UDT]'s latest version from v0.9.4 alpha to v0.9.8 alpha and adjusted for Steam's linkfilter problem just like before
PSA: Steam's linkfilter seems to completely break certain Dropbox links 🤷🏿‍♂️

[yarow12]

done fixing aforementioned subsection's linkfilter problem
PSA: Steam may semi-break archived download links in that users will need to navigate 2 more pages to actually initiate the download.

[yarow12]

added original Netherworld Content Pack [NCP] download: subsection to the title section
@randoomdude

[randoomdude]

the original nethworld content pack is gone, can you offer a version of this without the HD sprites for those who just want the mod that keeps it closer to the original?

[yarow12]

@Arthur To my recollection, some sprites are still the originals. I don't recall how often the switching should happen in the first cutscene, though, so I might check later. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[Arthur]

Is it normal for not all sprites to be in HD? In the first cutscene with Etna and Laharl the two flip back to the original sprites quite often.

[Vivi Ornitier]

My game crash after 10' playing :(

[yarow12]

added ModDB link and bullet points to the title section's Downloads