Porting 2k16 mod to 2k17

[Freon]

I'm trying to figure something out which must be really easy but has me stumped.  Yesterday i went ahead and imported @LouEvil76 's Million Dollar Man in his Business suit to replace WWE 2k17's default Dibiase. I went ahead and opened it up in Hex-Edit and changed the pac number to 13602.  Everything went fine.  Works perfectly.

However, @LouEvil76 has an attire pack which also includes Ted Dibiase in his ring attire.  This file is bigger than the Business Suit one. 80mb as opposed to 60mb's.  I opened it up in Hex-Edit and did the same thing i did with the Business Suit model, (Changed internal pac number).  I went ahead and removed the 13602 i had imported and replaced it with this one, yet it did not work.

 

What is the difference between these two model's files besides size that would cause one to work but not the other?  Studying them in Hex-Edit they both begin PACH at line 4000, and the header's both begin with EPK8.  Any hints are appreciated.

 

Also, is this something that can be accomplished using Cheat Engine copy pasting or is X-Packer needed?  Would like to know if i can do this or not so i can give up because my head is about to explode.  Thank You.

[kim666]

If a pach file is bigger then 80MB it won't work in 2k17. 

Here is a fixed dibiase ring attire:

 

[Freon]

Thank you for this @kim666.  So apparently the problem was the size after all?  Compressing it somehow would not have worked?   80mb is the cutoff?  Did you make the 13604 file and if you did, was it using blender or did you chop up the 80mb file to get it smaller using HXD or none of the above? Just curious about this.  Again thanks for the file.

Edited March 22, 2017 by Freon

[shanafan]

1 hour ago, Freon said:

Thank you for this @kim666.  So apparently the problem was the size after all?  Compressing it somehow would not have worked?   80mb is the cutoff?  Did you make the 13604 file and if you did, was it using blender or did you chop up the 80mb file to get it smaller using HXD or none of the above? Just curious about this.  Again thanks for the file.

Good luck with Dibiase. Would love to see a release if you get his wrestling gear working in 2K17!

[Freon]

The file Kim posted works perfectly.  It's Dibiase's black gear. Basically you just replace the one in the CH folder with 13602 and 13604.  No need to inject pofos or movesets. Just unlock Dibiase using Cheat Engine or the NPC unlocker.  The game announces him and you even get to stuff dollar bills in people's mouth's when you win. 

[shanafan]

1 hour ago, Freon said:

The file Kim posted works perfectly.  It's Dibiase's black gear. Basically you just replace the one in the CH folder with 13602 and 13604.  No need to inject pofos or movesets. Just unlock Dibiase using Cheat Engine or the NPC unlocker.  The game announces him and you even get to stuff dollar bills in people's mouth's when you win. 

So it will replace Dibiase wearing a suit in the game then? I can't set it as an alternative attire?

[Freon]

1 hour ago, shanafan said:

So it will replace Dibiase wearing a suit in the game then? I can't set it as an alternative attire?

It would replace the current/generic suit Dibiase with the one with Gold linings which would be pack (13604-Entrance) and then in ring attire would be 13602 which is the black trunks gold dollar sign bottom pic.  As opposed to now which is Dibiase black generic suit entrance, black generic suit in ring attire.

However, if you wanted the black suit generic attire as Attire 1, black suit with gold linings as attire 2, and black trunks as attire 3, i believe it could be done.  You could use the Data Editor to assign extra attires and then name the files accordingly or use Cheat Engine which is a little more complicated & remove the ability from one wrestler (for instance Emma) and give the ability to Dibiase.  Saw a topic about that a while back just can't remember where.  I did that with CM Punk who didn't have that ability by taking it away from Emma.  As far as Dibiase is concerned, the White Suit and Green Suit also work, but not the White trunks or green trunks as those are over 80mbs & i have no clue how Kim did it, only speculation.

[shanafan]

Dibiase worked out great tonight. Glad I could see him wrestle in his traditional gear.

Even went as far as extracting his moveset from the game so I could edit his entrance music and titantron. He all good now!