[Request] Model Swapping For Dummies

[SanguinuS9]

Can you swap shield and dagger models? I.E i wanna have dagger instead of shield in my left hand.

I managed to do it. Now my MK has sword and dagger.Thx a lot for all of these tutorials. And sry for necroing the old tread.

Edited June 6, 2016 by SanguinuS9

[NIVRI]

Is there any way to replace sounds as well? For example I wanted to change Iraklis longsword sound to a warhammer sound or any other sound?

[kumaloco]

I tried swapping out the model of the chimeric helmet for the tiara of enlightenment following the guide changing the locations as need and only my face and the tiara are displayed now. How can I fix this? I want to replace the look of f_a_helm0600.arc with the look of f_a_helm8201.arc and not have most of my head missing. please and thank you.

[Rhyderk]

If someone who can help reads this, i have a question.
I swapped devil's bane model with ascalon's, and it went well, but i want to make a version of it with the glow effect from ascalon, because the one i made doesn't have it and i want to give people the option to choose. Is it possible? If so, how can i do it?

[powerunleash]

 

It's not that hard (though I had some trouble with it too xD).

 

Let's say I want to swap the Carnation appearance with the bastard sword appearance.

 

First you download ArcTool.exe and the Batch files here : http://residentevilmodding.boards.net/thread/481/arc-unpacker-repacker-v0-26

 

Then you locate your items in the game folder (the reddit post you linked has information on the game folder structure) :

 

We want to swap weapons from DD, so we look in SteamApps\common\DDDA\nativePC\rom\wp (For Dark Arisen weapons it's in the dl1 folder I think, I'm not sure where exactly edit : nope the weapons are in the same place as the other).

and with https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YVYdahFlTlA5arybKzezbLZclKb4rSaMQEwL_Czzjo4/edit#gid=0

you can know which weapon is which arc file.

We want the Carnation, the one we will change so it is : one009.arc and we want Bastard sword, the one we will be taking models and texture from : one008.arc

 

You copy the 2 weapons arc files in the same folder as Arctool.exe and the batch file (pc-dd).

Make a backup of the one you want to change, in our case the carnation file : one009.arc.

 

Drag and drop them, one at a time on the batch file. You will have 2 folders and 2 .txt who will appear.

 

Go in the one008 folder : "one008\model\wp\one\one008" From here you coppy the .mod and .mrl files.

 

Put them in the one009 folder at the same place. Delete the one009.mod and one009.mrl rename the one008.mod and one008.mrl that you just paste here to be one009.mod and one009.mrl (here is the swapping).

 

Now, go one folder up : "\one009\model\wp\one" create a Folder named one008 ( you should have 2 folder there now, one009 and one008).

Paste from the original one008 folder ("one008\model\wp\one\one008") all the .tex files in the new one008 folder ("\one009\model\wp\one\one008")

 

Go back where the arctool.exe is, open the one009.arc.txt and add the location of the files you added in "\one009\model\wp\one\one008".

you shoul dhave this :

 

model\wp\one\one009\one009_NM.tex

model\wp\one\one009\one009_BM.tex

scr\sky\DDCube2_CM.rtex

model\wp\one\one009\one009_CMM.tex

model\wp\one\one009\one009_TM.tex

model\wp\one\one009\one009.mrl

model\wp\one\one009\one009.mod

model\wp\one\one008\one008_CMM.tex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_TM.tex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_NM.tex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_BM.tex

Edit (thank to Bakedlcookie on reddit) :

You need this (if the .arc isn't repacked in the right order the game will crash):

model\wp\one\one008\one008_NM.tex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_BM.tex

scr\sky\DDCube2_CM.rtex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_CMM.tex

model\wp\one\one008\one008_TM.tex

model\wp\one\one009\one009.mrl

model\wp\one\one009\one009.mod

And yes, you can flat out delete the unused files (so old textures basically)

You know just have to take the one009 folder and drop it on the batch file to repack it in one009.arc, and place it in the game folder (by replacing the original one).

And that should do the trick. At least it did for me and those 2 weapons.

 

Thank you!! It's work! now I can change every Two-handed sword into a Flamberge.