February 10, 2010
How To: Replace the Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All Stars music with the Character Themes from CGoH
VIDEO
By popular demand, a tutorial that shows you how to change the music in the new TvC to the music in the old one.
What you need:
[Obvious stuff]
- a Nintendo Wii
- a PC running a Windows OS, your PC needs about 10 GB of free hard disk space to do this safely
- a television
[Hardware]
- an SD card (need at least 4GB IF you plan to rip your disc to SD) and obviously an SD card reader for your PC
- DVD burner and a blank DVD-R (if you don’t have one, you need a USB device)
- USB storage device, like an external hard drive or flash drive at least 4GB in size (if you don’t have one, you need a DVD burner)
- Hitachi LG GDR 816x DVD ROM drive (optional, this is only for a specific method. It’s hard to find nowadays.)
- Wireless Router; your Wii and PC must be on the same network (optional; again, only for a specific method)
[Software, Wii side]
- TvC CGoH game disk
- TvC UAS game disk
- The Homebrew Channel
- a USB Loader; “Configurable USB Loader” is recommended. (needed if you don’t use DVD Dump/SuperDump, USB method is preferred however)
- SuperDump 1.3/DVD Dumper 1.2 (needed if you don’t use USB Loader)
- NeoGamma R8 beta 15 (if you don’t use USB Loader)
[Software, PC side]
- WiiScrubber 1.4
- Partition Builder 1.1 (should come together with WiiScrubber)
- wbfs_file Simple Gui (if you used USB Loader)
- RawDump 2.1, requires .net Framework 2.0. (if you used the LG drive)
- any DVD burning software, “IMGBurn” is recommended. (only if you need to burn your game)*important*: It is my understanding that some newer Wii’s cannot play DVD-R’s at all. In that case, your only option
is USB Loader. IMO, its the better option anyway.and now for the tutorial proper.
STEP 1: ENABLING HOMEBREW ON YOUR NINTENDO WII
(if your Wii is already homebrew enabled, skip to STEP 2)
things needed for this step: the Wii, the SD card, access to your PC
- The first step is to install the Homebrew Channel. http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel#Installation
The instructions there are very detailed, and I shouldn’t have to go into them here.
- I recommend that you install BootMii and make a backup of your Wii’s flash memory (included in the HBC installer).
- Next would be to install cIOS 249, since most of the apps you will be using on the Wii require it: http://gwht.wikidot.com/ios249
those instructions are good too.At this point, you should decide how you want to run TvC:
a) On a DVD-R; if so, skip to the next step (STEP 2B or 2C or 2D)
b) On a USB device (hard drive, flash); go to step 1A)STEP 1A: SETTING UP USB LOADER
http://gwht.wikidot.com/usb-loader
instructions here are very clear.
STEP 2: RIPPING YOUR TVC:CGOH AND TVC:UAS DISCS
there are 4 ways to rip your discs:
a) through USB Loader (on Wii) – go to step 2A
b) using the LG Drive (on PC) – go to step 2B
C) using Super Dump (on Wii) – go to step 2C
d) using DVD Dumper (on Wii) – go to step 2D
note 1: I will only be going into detail with step 2A, because that is the method I used.
note 2: the USB Loader method assumes that you will install your games to a FAT partition.
Installing to a WBFS partition isn’t much different, but it won’t be covered here.STEP 2A: RIPPING THE DISCS ON YOUR WII USING USB LOADER – this is the fastest method
- Start up USB Loader from the HBC
- insert the TvC Cross Generation of Heroes disc and press the + button on the Wiimote, wait for it to finish installing, eject the disc
- insert the TvC Ultimate All Stars disc and press the + button on the Wiimote, wait for it to finish installing
- turn off your Wii, and unplug your USB device, and plug the USB device into your PC
- open up the USB device in Windows Explorer. There should be a folder called “WBFS” on the root of that drive.
for example: X:\WBFS, where X is the drive letter for your USB device
- open up wbfs_file Simple GUI and open up the first .wbfs file in the WBFS folder and save it to someplace easy to remember,
like C:\game\, click convert. Save your CGOH file as “tvc_cgoh.iso”
- repeat that for the next .wbfs file in your USB device’s folder. Save the UAS file as “tvc_uas.iso”
There should now be two ISO files, tvc_cgoh.iso and tvc_uas.iso in your C:\game\ folder. Go to Step 3.STEP 2B: RIPPING THE DISCS ON YOUR PC USING THE LG DRIVE
http://wiki-scene.com/Wii_Disc_Backup/
good tutorial here. Just rename the .iso files you ripped to “tvc_cgoh.iso” for the CGOH file and “tvc_uas.iso” for the UAS file,
save them someplace easy to remember, like C:\game\, and then proceed to step 3STEP 2C: RIPPING THE DISCS ON YOUR WII USING SUPERDUMP – this is faster than using DVD Dump
http://forum.redump.org/topic/5367/nintendo-gamecube-and-wii-dumping-guide/
you will find instructions for ripping under the heading: DUMPING disc from your softmodded Wii to SD card
Just rename the .iso files that resulted from merging the .bin files to “tvc_cgoh.iso” for the CGOH files and “tvc_uas.iso” for the UAS files,
save them someplace easy to remember, like C:\game\, and then proceed to step 3STEP 2D: RIPPING THE DISCS ON YOUR WII USING DVD DUMPER
- start up DVD Dumper from the HBC
- select the DVD dump mode, this can dump to SD, over Wifi (which is why the router is required if you choose to do this)
or to a USB device (though I’m not sure why you’d want to, since USB Loader is so easy to use). Press right on the d-pad to make a
selection; press A to confirm
- choose Wii single layer disc, press A to confirm
- insert the TvC CGoH disc, press A to start dumping
- if you chose Wifi, you need to point your PC’s browser to the Wii URL that is shown on screen, and click the link, save as.
- if you chose the other options, when the dump is complete, turn off your Wii and plug the SD/USB device into your PC and copy over the iso
- rename the iso to “tvc_cgoh.iso” and put it some place easy to remember like C:\game
- repeat this process for the TvC UAS disc, rename the iso to “tvc_uas.iso” and put it some place easy to remember like C:\game
- move on to step 3*for the following steps, I will assume that you have 2 iso files, “tvc_cgoh.iso” and “tvc_uas.iso” in a directory called C:\game.
STEP 3: EXTRACTING THE MUSIC FROM CROSS GENERATION OF HEROES
- Open up WiiScrubber 1.4 on your PC. Click “Load ISO” and navigate to C:\game\tvc_cgoh.iso, and click Open
- Now in the main part of the window, there should be a tree view displaying the contents of the iso file.
- Click the + next to “snd” and you will see “se” and “stream”. click on “stream.” This is where the character themes are located.
They are all contained within .ssd files. Here is a list of the files we care about:
s_bgm_01.ssd: Ken the Eagle’s Theme
s_bgm_02.ssd: Casshern’s Theme
s_bgm_03.ssd: Tekkaman’s Theme
s_bgm_04.ssd: Polymar’s Theme
s_bgm_05.ssd: Yatterman-1’s Theme
s_bgm_06.ssd: Doronjo’s Theme
s_bgm_07.ssd: Ippatsuman’s Theme
s_bgm_08.ssd: Jun the Swan’s Theme
s_bgm_09.ssd: Hakushon Daimao’s Theme
s_bgm_10.ssd: Karas’s Theme
s_bgm_11.ssd: Gold Lightan’s Theme
s_bgm_12.ssd: Ryu’s Theme
s_bgm_13.ssd: Chun-Li’s Theme
s_bgm_14.ssd: Batsu’s Theme
s_bgm_15.ssd: Morrigan’s Theme
s_bgm_16.ssd: Alex’s Theme
s_bgm_17.ssd: Viewtiful Joe’s Theme
s_bgm_18.ssd: Rockman Trigger’s Theme
s_bgm_19.ssd: Roll’s Theme
s_bgm_20.ssd: Saki’s Theme
s_bgm_21.ssd: Kajin no Soki’s Theme
s_bgm_22.ssd: Soki – Oni Mode
s_bgm_23.ssd: PTX-40A’s Theme
s_bgm_24.ssd: Character Select
s_bgm_31.ssd: Title Screen
s_bgm_32.ssd: Yami’s First Form
s_bgm_33.ssd: Yami’s Second Form
s_bgm_34.ssd: Yami’s Final Form
s_bgm_35.ssd: End Credits
- Now right click each file and choose extract (you can do it for all of them or just some, its up to you).
Extract them to C:\game\cgoh. (make a new folder there if need be)
- We’re done with the tvc_cgoh.iso file. You can delete it, if you’d like.STEP 4: REPLACING THE ULTIMATE ALL STARS MUSIC WITH MUSIC FROM CGOH
- In C:\game, make a new folder called UAS so you should have C:\game\UAS
- Open WiiScrubber 1.4 again, but this time, open up c:\game\tvc_uas.iso
- Right click where it says “PARTITION:0 – DATA”. then go to Unencrypted partition -> extract.
Navigate to the C:\game\UAS folder and extract the files there. This will take a few minutes.
- now open up the UAS folder in Windows Explorer. Navigate to C:\game\UAS\snd\stream\us ;
there are more .ssd files here. Here is what they correspond to:
stage_01.ssd: Wasteland
stage_02.ssd: Yatterman’s Workshop
stage_03.ssd: Washinkyo, Amehon
stage_04.ssd: Galactor Base
stage_05.ssd: Burning Wasteland
stage_06.ssd: Les Vagas
stage_07.ssd: Daigo Temple (Cherry Blossoms)
stage_08.ssd: Gesellshaft (Clear Skies)
stage_09.ssd: Aensland Castle
stage_10.ssd: Uncharted Region of China
stage_11.ssd: Daigo Temple (Moonlight)
stage_12.ssd: Gesellshaft (Storm)
stage_13.ssd: Orbial Ring Systems Cargo Bay
stage_14.ssd: Willamette Parkview Mall
stage_17.ssd: Training Stage
s_bgm_19.ssd: Roll’s Theme (note: English version, only in credits)
s_bgm_24.ssd: Character Select
s_bgm_31.ssd: Title Screen
s_bgm_32.ssd: Yami’s First Form
s_bgm_33.ssd: Yami’s Second Form
s_bgm_34.ssd: Yami’s Final Form
s_bgm_35.ssd: End Credits
- Now what you want to do is navigate to C:\game\cgoh, and rename those files according to the music you want replaced.
So say, for example, I want to replace the Orbital Ring music with the Tekkaman theme. In C:\game\cgoh, I find “s_bgm_03.ssd”
and rename it to “stage_13.ssd”.
- Then you copy all of the songs you renamed in C:\game\cgoh over to C:\game\UAS\snd\stream\us
- Now back in WiiScrubber, right click and extract the following files to C:\game
partition.bin
boot.bin
bi2.bin
apploader.img
main.dol
fst.bin
- Open Partition Builder 1.1, and click the browse button next to each field and open the appropiate file in each field.
These are going to be the files you just extracted to C:\game. For “source file directory” point it to C:\game\UAS
- Click “build” and save the result as “partition0.img” in C:\game
- At this point I recommend making a copy of “tvc_uas.iso” just in case you make a mistake.
- When that is finished, go back to WiiScrubber and right click where it says “PARTITION:0 – DATA”, and go to Unencrypted partition -> Load.
Select “partition0.img” from C:\game and click open. This will load the modified files into the iso.
If after you loaded the files it says “PARTITION: 0 [BAD]“, you messed up somewhere along the line, so try again.
- You should now have the finished iso.STEP 5: PLAYING YOUR HACKED COPY OF TVC
you have two options from here:
a) if you have USB loader go to step 5A
b) if you have used any other method (which will require a DVD-R) go to step 5BSTEP 5A: PLAYING USING USB LOADER
*assuming that X:\ is the drive letter of your USB device
- Connect your USB device to your PC, make sure there is enough space on it. The TvC UAS iso is about 1.5 GB.
- Open up wbfs_file Simple Gui on your PC, and open c:\game\tvc_uas.iso, and under “save to”, navigate to X:\WBFS
It should save as a .wbfs file with the game name already there.
- when the transfer is complete, unplug the USB drive from your PC and connect it to your Wii.
- load HBC and then your USB Loader.
- GO. PLAY.STEP 5B: PLAYING VIA DVD
- open up your DVD burning program, navigate to c:\game\tvc_uas.iso, and burn it on a DVD-R
Wii games burn best at low speeds like 4x. Anything too fast is just asking for a coaster.
- put the DVD-R in your Wii, load HBC and choose NeoGamma R8. Choose load from DVD.
- GO. PLAY.FAQ:
Q: Some of the music sounds “fuzzy,” can you fix this?
A: Yeah it does suck, but I’m not sure how to fix it.Q: The music loops strangely at points. Fixable?
A: Again, I’m not really sure how to.Q: I heard you can run games from the SD card.
A: That is true, I didn’t research it much, but I think it can be done with NeoGamma also.Q: Does this work online?
A: It does, and plays the same.Q: Any chance for a custom soundtrack?
A: Until I can find out a way to write to the ssd format, no. If somebody knows how, kindly let me know.
I think that the loop and “fuzzy” audio issues would be fixed if ssd was writeable.Q: Can you make the music change when a character tags in, like in Cross Gen?
A: No, that would require modification to the game code. I would love to see someone prove me wrong though
(no sarcasm intended).Q: How can I ever thank you?
A: Pay my plane ticket to EVO this year. j/k. Subscribe to my youtube channel http://youtube.com/onemoregamedotnet.special thanks: DrClipper for his informative wiki, and authors of all of the programs used
Filed by Viewtiful Dru at February 10th, 2010 under Capcom, Nintendo, TvC, Wii
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