How to get started with arena modding

[Cerb]

I love arenas and the arena creation suite is pretty limited. I think replacing textures and maybe even LED board animations would be a good place to start. For example replacing WM31 LED board with one that is actually accurate, or replacing it with WM32's board so that I could make a realistic WM32 arena. I have tons of experience in texture and graphical work but zero in modding, so can anyone tell me a good place to start?

Edited May 7, 2016 by Cerb

[Kopmeister]

My guys would be digging around in arena folder in pac, I see folders called 'ledapron' but its 88kb so I have no idea what could be in there

[Cerb]

Yeah I get the LED thing might be hard because not a lot of people have found it and played around with it yet, but what about basic texture replacing?

[Adm King]

When u want to mod arenas Lord Justice & Skeeno are the guys to go to...Lord Justice even had a tutorial uploaded on his google drive...which I couldn't find anymore...but these guys will surely help u!!!

[Cerb]

When u want to mod arenas Lord Justice & Skeeno are the guys to go to...Lord Justice even had a tutorial uploaded on his google drive...which I couldn't find anymore...but these guys will surely help u!!!

For 2K16? I know Skeeno did stuff for 2K15 but I haven't seen anyone with any mods for 2K16.

[Adm King]

When u want to mod arenas Lord Justice & Skeeno are the guys to go to...Lord Justice even had a tutorial uploaded on his google drive...which I couldn't find anymore...but these guys will surely help u!!!

For 2K16? I know Skeeno did stuff for 2K15 but I haven't seen anyone with any mods for 2K16.

Lord Justice has an arena mod pack WIP...saw it in some of Pozzum's videos...

but if u want to edit LED board movies.,..those are in the mov/bg_apron folder & mov/ar_apron folder...it's the same process as replacing minitrons

but i have no idea how to change apron textures...I just know the file locations...

In the ar_apron folder

000000.pac is SD

000001.pac is Raw

...2.pac is NXT

...3.pac is Superstars

....15.pac is WM 32

....17.pac is Main Event

....18.pac is Again Raw

....27.pac is Elimination Chamber

....71.pac is Again NXT

....93.pac is Again Raw

Edited May 8, 2016 by Adm King

[Cerb]

When u want to mod arenas Lord Justice & Skeeno are the guys to go to...Lord Justice even had a tutorial uploaded on his google drive...which I couldn't find anymore...but these guys will surely help u!!!

For 2K16? I know Skeeno did stuff for 2K15 but I haven't seen anyone with any mods for 2K16.

Lord Justice has an arena mod pack WIP...saw it in some of Pozzum's videos...

but if u want to edit LED board movies.,..those are in the mov/bg_apron folder & mov/ar_apron folder...it's the same process as replacing minitrons

but i have no idea how to change apron textures...I just know the file locations...

In the ar_apron folder

000000.pac is SD

000001.pac is Raw

...2.pac is NXT

...3.pac is Superstars

....15.pac is WM 32

....17.pac is Main Event

....18.pac is Again Raw

....27.pac is Elimination Chamber

....71.pac is Again NXT

....93.pac is Again Raw

Right, well I am completely new to this thing so I don't even know how to open .pac files. The only reason I want to get into it is because I'm experienced in graphical work so I can make textures good, but I don't have to learn everything by myself I would love to collaborate with people who may not be so experienced with making textures etc.

[Adm King]

 

Right, well I am completely new to this thing so I don't even know how to open .pac files. The only reason I want to get into it is because I'm experienced in graphical work so I can make textures good, but I don't have to learn everything by myself I would love to collaborate with people who may not be so experienced with making textures etc.

Open the files in mov/ar_apron in Xpaker...suppose u open 000015.pac...which is WM31...u will get a file called M000015.pac...extract that...change it's extension to .bk2...

Now assuming u have your wm 32 apron graphics with u in .bk2 format...

Open it in Rad Video Tools...change the width to 512 & height to 128...those are the dimensions of the LED apron movies...once it's done..rename it to...M000015.pac

Open 000015.pac in xpaker ...& inject your newly made wm 32 apron graphics in the file...do the same with bg_apron...& u will have it in game

 

[Cerb]

Yeah, is there a free program that does the same as x-packer? Kudos to the guy who made it and all but I'm not really looking to buy a software if I haven't even started attempting to even mod.

[Adm King]

Yeah, is there a free program that does the same as x-packer? Kudos to the guy who made it and all but I'm not really looking to buy a software if I haven't even started attempting to even mod.

u can try xpaker 8 ...or u can send me the graphics I can inject it for u

This is the original wrestlemania LED board graphics do yours based on this

http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/MquRPmTn/file.html

& I found this tutorial by Lord Justice...this will help u learn about editing arena textures https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B021x9Eoc8bPfjBNaHJzeENWYXQyQWdwRWJjRDVzUExqY1lDREMxZm5xMF9ka0licHhMRG8&usp=drive_web&tid=0B021x9Eoc8bPfnRCWi1fZVdsZC12XzdKR1NYV044bjVxQngtWFpaYzhneW5QTTdhVWlIMUk

 

Edited May 8, 2016 by Adm King