TUTORIAL : Working with alternate hidden entrances with a manager in WWE 2K19

[BlindedByTheGrace]

Hi,

I am putting up this tutorial to highlight a few issues and fixes for alternate entrances. I had put up a tutorial on the evt_data file in the 2k18 forum, but I suspect most uses will probably not look at the 2k18 forum for tutorials on modding 2k19. So here we go.

You might have realised some entrances are hidden in the game. Some of these are special character entrances with separate manager motions, called Alternate single entrances with a manager.

The entrances listed below fall into this category :

The Miz and Maryse entrance

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman Entrance

Jinder Mahal with the Singh Brothers

Mike and Maris Kanellis

Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega.

Now these entrances are not tag entrances and cannot be set as such. One thing you will notice is these entrances cannot be assigned in the game as they are not programmed to be assigned by default.

Now let's go back to 2k18 and review some workarounds which were used.

If you wanted to use the Miz and Maryse entrance in 2k18, you will create a new team , set Maryse as a team partner to the Miz , set the entrance in data editor as it can't be set in the game and it will work. This was not the perfect scenario as the method had it's flaws.

In 2k19, you can't set two characters of a different gender as a team anymore, so that method doesn't work as it should. Besides, If you wanted to use these entrances for other characters of your choice in universe mode, it wouldn't work as the game will not assign a single match using that entrance.

So let's sort this out once and for all.

Every character has a single entrance. Some have alternate entrances. Let's pick Brock Lesnar.

If you select Brock Lesnar without a manager, he comes out to his single entrance. If Paul Heyman is selected as his manager, the entrance used is the Heyman/Lesnar Entrance which is hidden in the game. If you select a different character other than Heyman as Brock's manager, the game uses Brock's single entrance with the generic manager motion.

The same goes for the Miz and Maryse, Andrade & Zelina with the others I listed above.

The game reads the data controlling alternate entrances from the evt_data.pac  file located in the pac/evt folder. There are a few other entrance parameters in the file, but we will be looking at alternate entrances in this tutorial.

1.First you will need to locate the evt_data_p30.pac file in the pac/evt folder, make a backup copy, open the file with Pac Editor and click on the MASS EXTRACT function button to decompress the file.

2.  You will need to click on the folder created , locate the folder @19D3B3737E1F9ABB.pac and open to view it's contents. The file you want to locate is the 01.1024 file. This is the file we will be modifying. You can open the file in a hex editor, but I will recommed you open the file with notepad on your PC. You will find the following :

102400 102400 102400 102400 0 0 0 8
42402 43002 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
42402 43012 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
42402 43022 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
34302 37402 102400 102400 343 443 0 0
21802 29102 102400 102400 218 217 0 0
21802 29112 102400 102400 218 217 0 0
31802 76002 76102 102400 441 1813 0 0
31802 76002 76102 102400 1026 1027 0 0
68702 76202 102400 102400 165 1370 0 0
73102 12702 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0
73102 12712 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0
102400 102400 102400 102400 0 0 0 0

I will breakdown the data in each row for better understanding

42402 43002 102400 102400 424 424 0 0 -  This refers to the Rusev / Lana entrance. This is invalid as it refers to their 2k18 entrance which has been removed from the game, as Lana’s voiceover was removed. This is probably due to the Rusev/Aiden English entrance  which I will mention later.

42402 is Rusev's character ID, 43002 is Lana's character ID, the first 424 is Rusev's single entrance. The Second 424 replaces the 427 Which was Rusev's 2k18 entrance with Lana. This entrance was removed so the developers just placed 424 in it's place. 

42402 43012 102400 102400 424 424 0 0   -  The difference between the first row and the second is the 43012 I have highlighted. This is Lana's manager attire. It simply means the game will use the same alternate entrance when the manager attire is selected in-game. Same as with 43022

34302 37402 102400 102400 343 443 0 0   -  This is Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman's entrance. 34302 is Brock Lesnar's character id, 37402 is Paul Heyman's ID , 343   is Brock  Lesnar's single entrance, while 443 is Lesnar's  alternate entrance with Paul heyman

21802 29102 102400 102400 218 217 0 0            These two refer to the Miz and Maryse. 28102 is the Miz ID, 29102 is Maryse ID, 218 is the Miz entrance, 217 is the Miz & Maryse entrance
21802 29112 102400 102400 218 217 0 0             The 29112 here is Maryse manager attire.

31802 76002 76102 102400 441 1813 0 0     This refers to Jinder Mahal and the Singh brothers. 31802 is Jinders ID, 76002 and 76102 are character ID's for the Singh brothers. 441 is Jinder's solo entrance, 1813 is Jinders entrance with the singh brothers

68702 76202 102400 102400 165 1370 0 0    refers to Andrade Almas and Zelina Vega , 165 is Andrade's entrance ID. 76202 is Zelina’s Character ID, 1370 is the Andrade and Zelina Vega entrance ID
73102 12702 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0     Refers to Mike and Maria Kanellis. 73102 is Mike's character ID, 12702 is Maria's character ID. 200 is Mike's solo entrance ID, 1369 is Mike and Maria's entrance ID.
73102 12712 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0     This is the same as the previous but the 12712 is Maria's manager/alternate  attire.

As outlined in the explanation above, the format is written this way 

(Main Character ID) (manager/Valet ID) 102400 102400 (Main character solo entrance ID) (Main character/manager entrance ID) 0 0.

ADDING ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:

We can add additional data to this file without removing any entries. The game just reads all the data in the file. You can use the same entrances for as many characters as you wish. Let's look at two scenarios.

1. Using Rusev and Lana's 2k16 entrance with the flag when Lana is selected as manager. This will not affect the entrance his entrance with Aiden English. Let's say the 2k16 entrance has been ported and assigned  evt ID 1127.We know Rusev and Lana's character ID already. We we will add the following using the formula above, before the last row.

42402 43002 102400 102400 424 1127 0 0   - You can see adding 1127 here set's this as the new alternate entrance for Rusev and Lana.

Scenario 2. Assigning Mike and Maria's entrance to Jimmy Uso and Naomi.In this case the entrance is used when Naomi is set as Jimmy's manager and selected in the game.

Jimmy Uso's character ID is 33202, Naomi's character ID is 35502, Jimmy Uso's solo entrance id is 460. Mike and Maria's entrance id is 1369. We will write it this way

33202 35502 102400 102400 460 1369 0 0.

We can add these extra rows to the evt_data.pac file as shown

102400 102400 102400 102400 0 0 0 8
42402 43002 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
42402 43012 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
42402 43022 102400 102400 424 424 0 0
34302 37402 102400 102400 343 443 0 0
21802 29102 102400 102400 218 217 0 0
21802 29112 102400 102400 218 217 0 0
31802 76002 76102 102400 441 1813 0 0
31802 76002 76102 102400 1026 1027 0 0
68702 76202 102400 102400 165 1370 0 0
73102 12702 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0
73102 12712 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0
42402 43002 102400 102400 424 1127 0 0
33202 35502 102400 102400 460 1369 0 0
102400 102400 102400 102400 0 0 0 0

We add these rows before the last one and save.

To inject back, Open the 19D3B3737E1F9ABB.pac  file in Pac editor, Highlight the 01.bpe in the window, click on the INJECT AS BPE function, locate the 01.1024 file (not the 01.bpe) and inject.

Inject the 19D3B3737E1F9ABB.pac.pac into the evt_data_p30.pac file using the INJECT FILE function in Pac Editor. 

Place the modified file in the pac/evt folder. 

When using universe mode, to enable the alternate entrances to work, you will need to edit the characters profile in Universe mode and set the manager. For instance , If I wanted to use Jimmy Uso and Naomi in Universe mode with the Mike and Maria entrance, I will edit Jimmy's profile and set Naomi as his manager. You will notice in any singles match with jimmy, Naomi will be assigned as his manager and the entrance will work in gameplay. to resort gback to the normal entrance, Naomi will need to be removed as manager. That's how it all goes.

Lastly , I did say I will mention the Rusev / Aiden English entrance. This is a tag entrance which is also used when one team member is set as the manager during a match. You will notice that Rusev and Aiden English are part of a team in the game as Rusev Day. As two superstars of the same gender can be selected as a tag team, the entrance will work. Alternatively, If Aiden English was not set as Rusev's tag partner but was set as a manager , you can set the entrance in the evt_data.pac file.

The entry will be written as : 42402 57202 102400 102400 424 1377 0 0

  24202 is Rusev's id, 57202 is Aiden English's ID, 1377 is the Rusev Day tag entrance ID while 424 is Rurev's solo entrance.

   And that's all folks.

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2019 by squaredcirclefan

[motishow]

suberb tuto

Edited February 15, 2019 by motishow

[AaronXander]

Is it possible to add those hidden entrances with different modded attires for set people? like i have a modded attire for Mike Bennett and Maria but when I have them selected they just use Mike's singles entrance and Maria being a generic manager entrance...

[Cave Waverider]

24 minutes ago, AaronXander said:

Is it possible to add those hidden entrances with different modded attires for set people? like i have a modded attire for Mike Bennett and Maria but when I have them selected they just use Mike's singles entrance and Maria being a generic manager entrance...

You could try putting them in a tag team with Data Editor and setting the entrance for the team. This should have them come out together with their entrance for all attires. But you should be able to add entrances for each attire as well (just use the attire's XXXYZ ID/AttireNumber/AttireType deal).

[AaronXander]

22 minutes ago, Cave Waverider said:

You could try putting them in a tag team with Data Editor and setting the entrance for the team. This should have them come out together with their entrance for all attires. But you should be able to add entrances for each attire as well (just use the attire's XXXYZ ID/AttireNumber/AttireType deal).

I looked into the Data Editor and couldn't find Mike/Maria's tag hidden entrance in it, otherwise I would had lol

[BlindedByTheGrace]

16 minutes ago, AaronXander said:

Is it possible to add those hidden entrances with different modded attires for set people? like i have a modded attire for Mike Bennett and Maria but when I have them selected they just use Mike's singles entrance and Maria being a generic manager entrance...

Hi, yes you can. You just need to add the extra entry. The evt_data works with attire numbers as illustrated in the tutorial. Let's say your modded attire for Mike is ch73112.pac and the modded attire for Maria is 12722, you need to add the following to the 01.1024 file

73112 12722 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0. This will make the entrance work with the modded alternate attires. 

[Cave Waverider]

14 minutes ago, AaronXander said:

I looked into the Data Editor and couldn't find Mike/Maria's tag hidden entrance in it, otherwise I would had lol

Look for Tag: Maria & Mike Kanellis. If you don't have that entry, update Data Editor to the latest version (which you should do anyway).

[Kirux13]

Thanks a bunch for this information. Following your guide, I was able to successfully apply the entrances to existing Superstars, but I haven't had much luck getting them to work with CAWs.

Is there anything specific relating to CAWs that prevents these entrances from working with them normally?

[Cave Waverider]

52 minutes ago, Kirux13 said:

Thanks a bunch for this information. Following your guide, I was able to successfully apply the entrances to existing Superstars, but I haven't had much luck getting them to work with CAWs.

Is there anything specific relating to CAWs that prevents these entrances from working with them normally?

I believe that guide will only work for Superstars or Mods as the game handles CAWs differently. Try to create a Tag Team and assign the entrance to it via Data Editor.

[Kirux13]

22 minutes ago, Cave Waverider said:

I believe that guide will only work for Superstars or Mods as the game handles CAWs differently. Try to create a Tag Team and assign the entrance to it via Data Editor.

Darn. I had success with the tag team method you suggested, so at least that's good news.

The only problem I've run into using that method is that when converting a female CAW into a male CAW so that the tag team can be created properly it ends up messing up their model. It works perfectly fine with two CAWs of the same sex though.

I was inspired to screw around with the settings though and found out how to make it work with 1 Male CAW and 1 Female CAW. I made a stable with 3 members and set the duo entrance to the Maria and Mike in Data Editor for that stable. Than I just set it up in game so that the female CAW was the manager for the other and the Maria and Mike entrance worked. Sorta complicated, but it works. Thanks for the suggestion Cave Waverider.

Hopefully it eventually gets figured out how to make the above method work with CAWS so that it uses an actual manager instead of a tag team.

[BlindedByTheGrace]

On ‎2‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 8:37 AM, Cave Waverider said:

I believe that guide will only work for Superstars or Mods as the game handles CAWs differently. Try to create a Tag Team and assign the entrance to it via Data Editor.

 

On ‎2‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 7:45 AM, Kirux13 said:

Thanks a bunch for this information. Following your guide, I was able to successfully apply the entrances to existing Superstars, but I haven't had much luck getting them to work with CAWs.

Is there anything specific relating to CAWs that prevents these entrances from working with them normally?

Hi,

For the reasons @Cave Waverider has mentioned, it wouldn't work as well with CAW's and wouldn't work with their alternate attires either.

If you force inject the entrance through assigning it in Data Editor, you will be assigning it in place of their singles entrance. The game will play the same entrance for a singles match and a single match with a manager which is not what you want as the animation looks weird with the managers model missing in the entrance.

Edited February 18, 2019 by squaredcirclefan

[AaronXander]

On 2/15/2019 at 6:06 PM, squaredcirclefan said:

Hi, yes you can. You just need to add the extra entry. The evt_data works with attire numbers as illustrated in the tutorial. Let's say your modded attire for Mike is ch73112.pac and the modded attire for Maria is 12722, you need to add the following to the 01.1024 file

73112 12722 102400 102400 200 1369 0 0. This will make the entrance work with the modded alternate attires. 

So I tried to add that into the file using notepad and save the file but the game doesn't read the new modded pac file. did I do something wrong?

[BlindedByTheGrace]

2 minutes ago, AaronXander said:

So I tried to add that into the file using notepad and save the file but the game doesn't read the new modded pac file. did I do something wrong?

Hi, can you possibly send the file you modded so I can take a quick look ?

I believe you have also set Maria as Mike's manager.

Edited February 17, 2019 by squaredcirclefan

[AaronXander]

1 hour ago, squaredcirclefan said:

Hi, can you possibly send the file you modded so I can take a quick look ?

I believe you have also set Maria as Mike's manager.

Maria is already Mike's default manager and I tried to do Brock Lesnar as well with Paul Haymen. but had no luck with that as well. I sent you a Friend Request on Discord to send you the file... here is the file Download Link

Edited February 17, 2019 by AaronXander

[BlindedByTheGrace]

3 hours ago, AaronXander said:

Maria is already Mike's default manager and I tried to do Brock Lesnar as well with Paul Haymen. but had no luck with that as well. I sent you a Friend Request on Discord to send you the file... here is the file Download Link

Hi,

I've examined your file. You have performed the steps correctly but you need to modify the evt_data_p30.pac file as this now supercedes the others. I mention this in the tutorial. The file you will be  modifying after decompressing  is the 01.0124 file. It's the same file as the 00.1024 file but the game doesn't read this anymore..

[motishow]

Bro, after the last update , the natrural disasters with Jimmy Hart entrance doesn't work in my game

I don't know if you have time to take a look at my files (evt_data , entrance and victory pac files)

https://www45.zippyshare.com/v/BH1Knv4i/file.html

The slots i am using are:
Earthquake----- 62002

Typhon-----------29702

Jimmy------------ 75832

 

thanks

[BlindedByTheGrace]

1 hour ago, motishow said:

Bro, after the last update , the natrural disasters with Jimmy Hart entrance doesn't work in my game

I don't know if you have time to take a look at my files (evt_data , entrance and victory pac files)

https://www45.zippyshare.com/v/BH1Knv4i/file.html

The slots i am using are:
Earthquake----- 62002

Typhon-----------29702

Jimmy------------ 75832

 

thanks

Hi,

You didn't add the ID's for the default tag entrance and victory. the evt data numbers should be 1353 1830 62002 29702 75832 0 0 0 for the alternate tag entrance with manager, 6830 6720 2 62002 29702 75832 for the alternate tag victory with manager . What you had in the evt_data file is 1830 1830 ………. for the entrance and 6830 6830 for the victory. 

I have sent you a pm with the modified evt_data file.

[tateyama17]

It is still loading after I go to the Creations -> Entrance creation ->Team . After that, it is loading on a black screen.

Edited January 29, 2020 by tateyama17

[BlindedByTheGrace]

34 minutes ago, tateyama17 said:

It is still loading after I go to the Creations -> Entrance creation ->Team . After that, it is loading on a black screen.

hi,

What are you trying to do?

 

[roia]

Hi,

Is there like a list of Character ID and Entrance ID?  I'm sorry I am just new to this.

The superstars that I got it working is Zack Ryder (219), Brock Lesnar, The Miz and Andrade (mostly superstars that are listed in your tutorial).

It's like this 21902 29102 102400 102400 219 217 0 0 (Miz & Maryse Entrance) - This one worked.

I'm using this list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S-VkVU9v-hyKr4whSgihbpdhaZuBaCKzDB7H-s3hqLw/edit#gid=1908599897

 

Thank you.

[eggman718]

I saw you mention hidden victories. Then i went and looked, found a natural disaster w/ jimmy hart victory motion.

How do I apply that? Do I enter that information into the evt_data_p30.pac file like I do for the entrance motions?

Thanks for all of this by the way!