Hiding Raw nameplate (or if you want to change it)-Uploaded

[sidkaramat]

Check last post, it has the link to file

 

Well another useless alteration . After noticing the size of file 374 megs i dropped the idea of uploading it. However if someone need it i can try to upload as my up-link is exceptionally bad.

WWE 2K19 installation folder\pac\menu\win\Assets\wwe19_singleread\anime\ltag_nameplate_win.pac           file has the raw nameplate files in inner archive starting with F9550D...

There you need to replace 2nd dds file (for me i had to make it transparent). Then you need to replace file 8, which is bik. I replaced it with a transparent bik.  Rad tools will help you in that.

By the way it has many others like MITB, smackdown live, nxt and some wrestler specifics like kane etc. 

You can get blank BIK file from https://github.com/esc0rtd3w/blank-intro-videos/blob/master/blank.bik and then use Rad Tools to make it same resolution. For this archive Pac editor works like a charm or you can use XPacker. However XPacker has a restriction on file sizes, but pac editor handles all this. Besides as per my experiments e.g. cut scene imports, prop imports from games upto 2k15, at least starting from 2k18 size doesn't matter and you can inject a pretty large file instead of small one or small file instead of large one. Perhaps pac editor handles offset fixing internally.

 

But Xpacker has it's other remarkable powers, and i find it pretty useful in my useless and stupid alterations ;). 

 

My only useful  alteration is a bit messed up and that was hiding timer bar and time in cut scene preview. I was also able to hide all controls in free camera mode allowing me to record with custom camera angels without 30 seconds restrictions etc but currently that file is messed up due to some other effects i was trying to achieve. I will fix it when i will have time. Obviously that alteration is of no charm to players and only for content creators. Because at least for me creating a clip from selected area in window mode is better than encoding 30 sec clip and resolution is almost near to 1080, something around 960 i believe.

 

Edited November 14, 2018 by sidkaramat

[Cave Waverider]

6 hours ago, sidkaramat said:

Well another useless alteration . After noticing the size of file 374 megs i dropped the idea of uploading it. However if someone need it i can try to upload as my up-link is exceptionally bad.

FYI, if you want to reduce the file size, go to 7zip.org, you could try and compress the file as .7z file with ultra compression with LZMA2. You'll have to play around with dictionary, word and block size to see which works best in the case of this file(s). The more files they are the more efficient it will become, but you should be able to save a bit of space with the compression after all.

[Smacktalks]

This can be quite handy for content creators like myself as I hate the nameplate popping up when i'm trying to record entrances clips for a compilation, cheers

Removing the controls in previews sounds really useful too. Were you able to do the same thing in Highlight Reel?

[sidkaramat]

Well i am positively sure it can be done on the same lines because I got rid of VC on top the same way. I will try soon for Highlight reel controls and will let you know as well as upload the file if i will succeed as it will be quite a small file. But I will target preview area rather than controls.

Issue is that the little time i had, I  am always exporting old cut scenes etc. Where how to fix characters, buried in ground or floating in air when on stage or romp when arenas are featured in pre 2k17 games, is still an unsolved mystery  . Still trying to figure out how to play tag team entrances in cut scene viewer (only plays the start). If you choose game option of entrance, it give you option to choose area to view (Stage, Romp, in ring etc) and for that it is updating some numbers (which i  doubt is using advanced entrance files)  Not sure because that day i was trying to accomplish multiple things. Since Tag entrances are similar to easy creations so it might not be possible in the end.

Trying to do this because this way may be i may get custom camera angle feature. But don't know how to refer to Romp, in ring portions etc.  

After this alteration, my entrance preview only has nagging Back [CAncel] option which i will work on. I still need to hide team name text but for now one can use . to get minimum impact.

 

 

Important note : When making this sort of changes, i noticed def file or arc is not a restriction. Also game don't need to be closed for that e.g. while working on nameplace i changed the bik file noticed a line is still present, exit entrance preview changed dds file i mentioned and re-injected. Again selected Tag team Entrance settings from the team screen and change was there. Keep in mind however if you are using WrestleMinus, it don't auto-update so you will have to reload home again.

 

 

 

[sidkaramat]

Please backup the original file before injecting following file.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kr79h07ucgr5x5q/F9550D11A7DFD7BA.SHDC/file 

Get this file. Then download Pac Editor from the forum. Open up the file mentioned in the first post. Important : Find and Select the file F9550D11A7DFD7BA in the list, then press button INJECT FILE, (Its important you just press inject file, and not any other option). In the Browse file dialog select this file you downloaded from media fire and inject it. It will replace the raw name plate. 

 

The main file has so many other nameplates, so this way only RAW nameplate will be overwritten . 

[KarotaKid]

The file is no longer available... Does anybody have it and can reupload?