Replacing .PACs in the DLC Issue

[OverTheEdge]

Yeah, it's one of these again.

For the past week or so, I've been trying to replace the Undertaker that's in the second DLC pack. It never looked quite right to me and I thought it'd be nice to retexture it. I've got the .pac working fine, as I've imported it into the game over other guys with no problem. It's replacing it within the DLC where I'm running into an issue. I've been reading around about others trying it, and I know brienj was saying not to bother with this stuff and to just wait for his program, but that's clearly not the case anymore. I'm not even sure if anyone's been able to successfully do this (I know Miztah Raza updated Cesaro, but you could easily just replace any other model with another to show it off/test it out like I did with this one, without actually replacing it in the DLC), but if there is someone who has, here's what I've been doing and hopefully you can point out where I'm going wrong.

I'll open the entire DLC file (9FAF6...) in HxD.

I'll locate where the ch71.pac data is (EPK8,....Hv...) and manually replace it with the modified one within HxD.

Since the file is inevitably larger (originally 7.41 MB; post-modification 8.09 MB), I'll then update the catalog_hd and _sd .arcs in the DLC file within HxD.

Then I'll bring it into Le Fluffie only to do the dev live fix.

The DLC as a whole will load and read properly when I start up the game, but if I try and select 'Taker for a match or in Superstar Threads, it just crashes. Everyone else is fine, though, so the problem is definitely isolated to replacing his .pac.

So, yeah. If anyone's been able to do this and knows where I'm going wrong, I'm all ears and would seriously appreciate it.

[Miztah Raza]

First of all, edit your pac file and inject the texture using brien's archiver.

Are you familiar with LeFluffie? If so, just open the DLC with LeFluffie, go to the contents tab, collapse the root folder, collapse the pac folder, collapse the ch folder, find the undertaker's pac in there, right click, select 'replace' replace with your edited taker pac. Then, go to the general tab and click 'rebuild' after that's done, click the security tab, check the 'Sign for DevLIVE' option and click 'fix'. After that, transfer the DLC file back to the xbox and it should work.

BTW, I did get it to work from the DLC

[canaus]

First of all, edit your pac file and inject the texture using brien's archiver.

Are you familiar with LeFluffie? If so, just open the DLC with LeFluffie, go to the contents tab, collapse the root folder, collapse the pac folder, collapse the ch folder, find the undertaker's pac in there, right click, select 'replace' replace with your edited taker pac. Then, go to the general tab and click 'rebuild' after that's done, click the security tab, check the 'Sign for DevLIVE' option and click 'fix'. After that, transfer the DLC file back to the xbox and it should work.

BTW, I did get it to work from the DLC

where can I find brien archiver?

this post is gold for me

Edited February 22, 2013 by canaus

[OverTheEdge]

First of all, edit your pac file and inject the texture using brien's archiver.

Are you familiar with LeFluffie? If so, just open the DLC with LeFluffie, go to the contents tab, collapse the root folder, collapse the pac folder, collapse the ch folder, find the undertaker's pac in there, right click, select 'replace' replace with your edited taker pac. Then, go to the general tab and click 'rebuild' after that's done, click the security tab, check the 'Sign for DevLIVE' option and click 'fix'. After that, transfer the DLC file back to the xbox and it should work.

BTW, I did get it to work from the DLC

Oh, believe me, I am and have been using his Archiver. As far as Le Fluffie goes, I'll have to give that a shot. I've always read, and from past experience could say, that it doesn't rebuild things properly. But, hell, if that's what you did to get it working, I'll definitely try it out. Thanks, dude.

[Mathayus]

where can I find brien archiver?

this post is gold for me

Yukes Pac Archiver. I think that brienj didn´t release it. But some guys have a beta version, If I´m not confused.

@OverTheEdge, you could to try with Xlast to rebuild the DLC. Maybe that works.

[OverTheEdge]

Beyond confused now. I tried what you said, Miztah Raza, and it worked... sort of. It'll load up the modded one in Superstar Threads, but when I try and go into a match it crashes. So I went into Story Designer to try it there, and it'll load up in cutscenes and even in matches if you choose the 'start match immediately' option. But once you win and it goes to the winning animation, it crashes. If you try and go into create-an-entrance with it, it crashes there too. I'd say maybe something's up with the entrance attire, but then that wouldn't explain why the winning animation caused it to crash as well. I'm making progress, though, I suppose. Thanks again, dude. I'll keep experimenting.

@Mathayus: if I keep running into trouble, I'll look into that one. Thanks.

Edited February 22, 2013 by OverTheEdge

[Mathayus]

Ok, when you find where is the trouble come here and explain to help more people to short it, mate.

I´m not trying to do nothing at this time cause I´m in other things.

[OverTheEdge]

Yeah, definitely. If I can figure it out, I'll be glad to share what I did to get things working.

[canaus]

Yeah, definitely. If I can figure it out, I'll be glad to share what I did to get things working.

I'm very interested

[Twistedmisery666™]

I'd like to know too how to do it

But we can't only the ppl with the

Beta PAC archiver can.

[Miztah Raza]

Alright OTE, go into the contents tab, collapse the info folder, there will be 3 files, extract the 2 .arc files. update them using xpacker, then, replace the arc files in the DLC using LEFluffie, replace the pac file using the method I mentioned in my previous post. Now rebuild it, sign for devLIVE, click fix, transfer back, DONE!

[brienj]

First of all, edit your pac file and inject the texture using brien's archiver.

Are you familiar with LeFluffie? If so, just open the DLC with LeFluffie, go to the contents tab, collapse the root folder, collapse the pac folder, collapse the ch folder, find the undertaker's pac in there, right click, select 'replace' replace with your edited taker pac. Then, go to the general tab and click 'rebuild' after that's done, click the security tab, check the 'Sign for DevLIVE' option and click 'fix'. After that, transfer the DLC file back to the xbox and it should work.

BTW, I did get it to work from the DLC

Ah ha, no wonder the shit never worked for me. I never noticed the rebuild function. I know that if you just replace the file and resign the DLC, it won't work, and why I would always just manually do it in a hex editor and then resign or I would build it with XLAST if it was bigger. But I may have to try LeFluffie again, it may not suck as bad as I thought it did, as far as DLC is concerned.

[brienj]

where can I find brien archiver?

this post is gold for me

In a van down by the river. Good luck on seeing it for a while, I believe anyone that may or may not have it, isn't stupid enough to leak it, because then there would be absolutely no chance in hell of me EVER releasing ANYTHING again ...

As it is now, after I've been on vacation from the WORK I was doing with WWE13 for a good while, I will probably go ahead an actually release it for everybody, but early leaks will kill any chance of that happening ...

[Miztah Raza]

Ah ha, no wonder the shit never worked for me. I never noticed the rebuild function. I know that if you just replace the file and resign the DLC, it won't work, and why I would always just manually do it in a hex editor and then resign or I would build it with XLAST if it was bigger. But I may have to try LeFluffie again, it may not suck as bad as I thought it did, as far as DLC is concerned.

It turns out that my Google-fu is indeed better than yours, well atleast in some cases.

[OverTheEdge]

Alright OTE, go into the contents tab, collapse the info folder, there will be 3 files, extract the 2 .arc files. update them using xpacker, then, replace the arc files in the DLC using LEFluffie, replace the pac file using the method I mentioned in my previous post. Now rebuild it, sign for devLIVE, click fix, transfer back, DONE!

Ah, okay. Funny, because I was trying that originally when the file size of the .pac was off but didn't think I'd need to using the Archiver, because they were identical. I'll give that a shot now. Thanks once again, my friend. I truly appreciate the help here.

In a van down by the river.

Love that reference.

[OverTheEdge]

So I tried what you said, Miztah Raza, and everything seemed to be working perfectly--even the entrance attire/animation and all, it'll even load and play fine throughout matches. Unfortunately, it's still crashing with the winning animation. I'll try extracting that .pac and replacing it in the rebuilding process to see if that works. Otherwise, I'm not really sure why it's happening.

[canaus]

So I tried what you said, Miztah Raza, and everything seemed to be working perfectly--even the entrance attire/animation and all, it'll even load and play fine throughout matches. Unfortunately, it's still crashing with the winning animation. I'll try extracting that .pac and replacing it in the rebuilding process to see if that works. Otherwise, I'm not really sure why it's happening.

release you method and tool via pm for me? , I would try bro!

[Miztah Raza]

IDK why the winning thing happens, I've got nothing else to suggest, lol

[OverTheEdge]

release you method and tool via pm for me? , I would try bro!

Yeah! Totally, dude!

What method? Anything i've tried you can read in this thread, and, if you had, you'd see that I'm still trying to figure it out. As for brienj's Archvier:

IDK why the winning thing happens, I've got nothing else to suggest, lol

Yeah, I get what you mean. It makes absolutely no sense since everything else works perfectly. Regardless, thanks for the help, man. I had no idea Le Fluffie properly did rebuild things and have been doing the manually hex editing that brienj was mentioning. So even any future work that I do with the DLC will be way easier anyway. So, again, thanks a ton.

And things get even more confusing. Just went in and noticed that with the updated 'Taker working (minus the winning animation) AJ is screwed up now, and crashes the game. This is fun.

Edited February 23, 2013 by OverTheEdge

[OverTheEdge]

So I was able to get AJ working again after all of the changes. Strange thing is, I went in and tested out all of the other winning animations and every one but the Undertaker's works. Definitely odd.

brienj, even using your method of manually replacing it with a hex editor and just fixing it in Le Fluffie won't work, as the modded .pac (done with your archiver) is only 769000 lines in length, while the same .pac within the DLC file is 774000 lines, despite being the same file size when extracted.

In terms of manually hex editing, though, I just tried replacing everything from after 'Taker's .pac with the data from the original DLC file, and instead of it just crashing after the match, it just doesn't progress--it doesn't go anywhere after you win and the graphic goes by. This happens for everyone in the second pack too, not just the Undertaker. I feel like I'm getting somewhere. Definitely wasn't expecting to spend two (and probably more) days on this, though.

[canaus]

update catalogSD.arc and catalog HD.arc with x-packer 8.2 , this file found in catalog004/info

[OverTheEdge]

I've already done that. That's not the issue. The problem is that other files are getting screwed up when I do the rebuild part with Le Fluffie, and I'm just trying to sort everything out. Thanks for the advice though.

[Twistedmisery666™]

I've already done that. That's not the issue. The problem is that other files are getting screwed up when I do the rebuild part with Le Fluffie, and I'm just trying to sort everything out. Thanks for the advice though.

Did you ever fix it ?? I'd like to add alt attires to

The dlc guys too.

[brienj]

I've already done that. That's not the issue. The problem is that other files are getting screwed up when I do the rebuild part with Le Fluffie, and I'm just trying to sort everything out. Thanks for the advice though.

If you have it, and can use it, I advise rebuilding it with XLAST, or you can change the references to the model in the DLC to be the second attire, this includes INSIDE the actual pac file in the header, as well as the arc files in the DLC, and then add your new model as the first attire on your HD, and add the information to your game arc files. This is the way that I do it, as it's the easiest and less time consuming method of them all.

[Twistedmisery666™]

If you have it, and can use it, I advise rebuilding it with XLAST, or you can change the references to the model in the DLC to be the second attire, this includes INSIDE the actual pac file in the header, as well as the arc files in the DLC, and then add your new model as the first attire on your HD, and add the information to your game arc files. This is the way that I do it, as it's the easiest and less time consuming method of them all.

I"ve never heard of this XLAST before what

Does it all do?, so you can rebuild it and

It will work cuz lefluffie don't work with

Rebuilding the files at all.