Overwhelmed When Trying To Install Angel Garza

[CyberOcelot]

Hi All,

Is Angel Garza really this difficult to get installed or is it just me? I just hit another brick wall while learning to install mods, and this one is really overwhelming me. I hope someone here can help me out by pointing me to a tutorial or guiding me through this? Google hasn't been my friend on this one... 

Here's the play by play... 

I'm trying to get this Angel Garza model working with this PoFo/Moveset in the 717 slot to replace AJ Styles Gold.

I install the CH file via CCT so I don't have to worry about pointing the file to 717 and whatnot.
I load the pofo and moveset into Data Editor 2019 and change Wrestler ID to 717 for both, and make sure it's ticked to have the character unlocked and in the default roster. When I load up the game, I don't see Angel Garza anywhere on the roster, so I check the instructions on the pofo/moveset page and see this...

"NAME MAY NOT SHOW UP & MAY NEED TO BE ADDED IN VIA WRESTLE MINUS. LOOK IN POFO TO FIND THE STRING NUMBERS USED."

Now, here is where I get totally overwhelmed because I can't find literature or a tutorial anywhere for installing and using WrestleMINUS...

I try to install WrestleMINUS, but I never used github before. I see a list of pre-requisites, but do I really need ALL of those programs to be installed first? I move on and see WrestleMINUS as a link to download, but also source code in zip file? Do I need that too?

I decided to just download WrestleMINUS and see what happens, and got an error message pop up. I quickly cancelled and deleted the program when the error pop up came [LOL]

Anyone willing to help me out here? 

[CyberOcelot]

UPDATE: 

I've gotten WrestleMINUS to launch and pointed it to the game directory. But, despite the creator mentioning the existence of tutorials, I can't seem to find them anywhere. I found a YouTube video of how to change names in a pofo, but nothing on how to add a character to the roster that isn't appearing. In fact, in the YouTube video, he skips that whole part at the end of the video.

TIA for any help.  
 

Edited January 18, 2021 by CyberOcelot

[cosmiccryptid]

Hey there!

So, first thing -- this isn't necessarily something you did wrong, but more of a limitation/quirk of the game itself: the AJ Styles Gold slot is a bit special where (I believe) you cannot unlock it properly simply by modifying the Pofo file, you will still need to go through the in-game Million Dollar Challenge tower and complete it to properly unlock the AJ Styles Gold slot. I'd recommend trying to use a different slot to save the hassle.

Second, the warning that the name may show up alludes to the fact that Angel Garza is not a default entry in the game's string file, which the Pofo pulls from to display names. Normally, this can be edited using WrestleMinus. However, there are modified string files available here on Smacktalks that do include Angel's name, so if you still run into issues we can help you with that.

Also, if you would like a tutorial on how to add and/or change names in the string file using WRESTLEMINUS, here's a short and sweet one on Youtube:

 

 

[CyberOcelot]

Thank you!!!

From that video, it looks like using an empty slot could actually be a simple thing?  

I'm just not clear on some things...

How do you determine the slot ID of the empty slot you just filled? Will CCT automatically reflect the change in its list?

I can't tell what is happening in the end of the video. Is he deleting the .bak file?

Also, will the changes I made to AJ Styles Gold cause any harm if I just leave them there or should I load a backup? 
 

Edited January 18, 2021 by CyberOcelot

[CyberOcelot]

1 hour ago, cosmiccryptid said:

the warning that the name may show up alludes to the fact that Angel Garza is not a default entry in the game's string file, which the Pofo pulls from to display names. Normally, this can be edited using WrestleMinus. However, there are modified string files available here on Smacktalks that do include Angel's name, so if you still run into issues we can help you with that.

Not being sure how this all worked, I decided to back things up and give it a go. My brain is mush now, so please excuse me if what I did was dumb. But, I couldn't get it working, so I must have misunderstood some things. Please let me know if you see what I did wrong...

I previously installed ALiyah who wasn't in the game, so I followed the same basic steps and used the Stevie Richards/Santino 930 slot. I imported the CH, and the pofo/moveset already pointed to that slot, so I imported those as well while the game was running, made the typical cheer/boo change and saved. No dice (as expected). 

As the video guided, I used the first available empty hex (5031), named it Angel Garza, saved changes, and removed the .bak file.
I loaded the 930 pofo into Data Editor, and changed the name settings to all point to 5031. I inject the new pofo while the game is running. Typical cheer/boo save. And, nothing. Still no Angel Garza on the roster.

Any idea where I went wrong?   

[Danilepez]

did you open wrestleminus while the game was open? if so that's the problem

[mattfick]

did you inject the pofo and moveset while the game was running? did you regen the chunk0.def? did you force a save?