Superstar Thumbnails 'Zlib error' - fix not working.

[LordBarker]

Hi all,

So have replaced Gabriel in my game with Neidhart. All the main renders work fine, however I get the good old 'Zlib must be the same size as the original cannot compress file enough message'.

My process is this:



Ctrl + X - Open MenuHD
Extract SSFD
CTRL + 3 - Open SSFD.pach
Uncompress
CTRL + 3 - 000.zlib.uncompressed
Locate 0417 (Gabriel's selection pic) and inject my new anvil .DDS and it goes in fine (worth mentioning I tried this with both DTX1 and DTX5 saved DDS pics).

However the problem comes when I try to compress and inject the 0000.zlib.uncompressed back into SSFD I get the above error message. As I mention I've tried saving my selection box as both a DXT5 and 1 and still no joy, I don't have generate mip maps selected either. I've tried using Taker's 0000 fix and still get the same issues - so the usual fix doesn't work.

Also worth noting that if I do the above and simply extract and re-inject Gabriel's original selection box render into the 0417 slot I also get the error - which seems weird, since that's where it came from.


Any ideas gentlemen?

Cheers

Edited October 2, 2014 by LordBarker

[El Guapo]

Ah, well I got the same message and put it back in without compressing and it kind of worked

 

kind of

 

The game would load but on the wrestler-select screen half of the thumbnails were replaced with a brown square (although the one I injected was there looking ok) and all the wrestler renders (which are of course saved in the same file) were gone. The game crashes when you move the cursor about a bit.

 

Couldn't find a solution and instead focused my efforts on that dlc-replace-thing I was asking you about instead.

 

I briefly toyed with the idea of replacing all of the thumbnails in one go (the replaced one worked, remember) and then re-injecting all of the wrestler renders as well, but it seemed like too much work considering that it might not even work!

 

 

Hope you can figure it out mate!

[Red Rooster]

Here what I did that works :

Ctrl + R - Open MenuHD

Extract SSFD

Ctrl + 3 - Open SSFD.pac

Extract 0000.pac

Ctrl + 3 - Open 0000.pac

Inject DDS

 

 

You dont need to uncompress or recompress SSFD and 0000 are not compressed.

[LordBarker]

Extract 0000.pac

Ctrl + 3 - Open 0000.pac.

These steps are the issue. It only extracts a 0000.zlib (which is compressed I believe), not a pac. Do I need to rename anything? As nothing seems to work.

Edited October 3, 2014 by LordBarker

[Red Rooster]

Ah ok I remember what I did,

Uncompress 0000

Inject your dds into 0000.zlib.uncompressed

Inject 0000.zlib.uncompressed back into SSFD (this makes it a pach file)

Update arc Non Wrestler

Inject SSFD back into MenuHD

[LordBarker]

Hmm, that nearly worked.

I now get the selection thumbnail - but all of my main renders (i,e, the big pictures!) have disappeared!? 

 

But my CDLC renders are there - so obv a menuhd issue

 

EDIT: tried with a fresh MenuHD pac just in case that was the issue. Loads the screen and the thumbnail - the main renders flash up then the game freezes

 

Also I assume these are round the other way: 

Update arc Non Wrestler

Inject SSFD back into MenuHD?

 

Since I need to update after injection.

Edited October 3, 2014 by LordBarker

[Red Rooster]

Ok try Update Arc Non Wrestler with MenuHD.pac open. Its been a couple of weeks since I did it so I cant remember exactly but I think that should work.

 

Open MenuHD 

Inject SSFD

Update Arc Non Wrestler

 

Just dont compress 0000

Edited October 3, 2014 by Red Rooster

[LordBarker]

'Fraid that's not working either. It loads the thumb, just not the rest of the bloody renders after updating the arc. And if I don't update the arc I get a load of brown boxes. 

 

Just tried a fresh PS3 MatchHD as well, and same issues.

 

So I did:

 

Uncompress 0000

Inject your dds into 0000.zlib.uncompressed

Inject 0000.zlib.uncompressed back into SSFD (this makes it a pach file)

CTRL + X open MenuHD

Inject SSFD back into MenuHD

Update arc Non Wrestler

 

And I get the thumb but no main renders - although no freezes etc  Have just checked and all the renders for main superstars are gone. However when I go over to Orton a picture of Lawler the commentator appears - I assume the problem is with the arc? Redirecting the renders somehow?

Edited October 3, 2014 by LordBarker

[LordBarker]

Figured it out

 

Took a look at some bits in HxD and figured it.

 

For the last step you must CTR+R to open the MenuHD file (not +X) and update so it updates the locations of the renders too. First time I did this it crashed oddly, so thought I did it wrong. On the second time it was fine

 

Full process is first bit above then:

 

Uncompress 0000

Inject your dds into 0000.zlib.uncompressed

Inject 0000.zlib.uncompressed back into SSFD (this makes it a pach file)

CTRL + R, open MenuHD

Inject SSFD back into MenuHD

Update arc Non Wrestler

 

Thanks for the help and patience Rooster!

Edited October 3, 2014 by LordBarker

[Red Rooster]

Sweet bro, glad you got it working.