SlyMods

Guide:Replacing strings: Difference between revisions

Guide Discussion

Guide:Replacing strings (view source)

Revision as of 19:33, 13 September 2023

240 bytes removed ,  8 months ago
Changed wording, fixed typos
VisualWikitext
(Added navbox)
(Changed wording, fixed typos)
Line 7:
This tutorial will walk you through the steps of using [[Sly String Toolkit]] to make mods that replace strings in Sly 2.
 
'''Note:''' The toolkit currently only works with Sly 2 (NTSC and Sly 2 PAL). It will be updated in the future to work with Sly 3.
 
{{To do|Add instructions for how to use Live Edit to update the strings in real time.}}
Line 29:
</pre>
 
This will generate a <codett>.pnach</codett> file in the <codett>out</codett> folder for the NTSC version. If you are playing on PAL version, add <code>--region pal</code> to the command. Then copy the pnach file to your <code>pcsx2/cheats</code> folder, enable cheats, and start Sly 2. You should see the new textstrings on the title screen.
 
[[File:String Toolkit screenshot.png|480px]]
Line 36:
 
=== Making a CSV file ===
To make your own string replacement mods, you will need to make a csvCSV file (a spreadsheet) with all the custom strings you want. Each row should have the following format:
 
<code><string id>,<string>,<optional target address></code>
Line 43:
*<code><optional target address></code> is the address to write the string to. If not specified, it will be written with the rest of the strings in a block at the address specified by the <code>-a</code> option.
 
Everything after the third column is ignored by the script, so you can use them for notes if you want. You can use the csv file from the example projectCSV as a basetemplate, or make thea filespreadsheet in Excel or Google Sheets, thenand export it as a CSV.
 
You can use the <code>test.csv</code> in the exampled folder as a template if you want.
 
==== String IDs ====
Every string in the game has a unique ID. You will need to know the ID of any string you want to replace. Fortunately, the game stores all these strings in a large table, which we have compileddumped into [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W-20RZ1hBz7ZtgRBKCNkH84MxkYsoqesDEBGv8l5BdA/edit?usp=sharing this spreadsheet]. However, the sheet is incomplete and will be expanded in the future.
 
Find the string in the string table you want to replace, and in your spreadsheet put that ID in the first column. In the second column, put the string you want to replace it with.
 
For example, if you want to replace the string "WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!" on the pause menu (which has ID 309) with "SLY MODDING IS FUN!", your csv should look like this:
 
<pre>
309,SLY MODDING IS FUN!
</pre>
 
==Generating the mod PNACH==
 
OnceWhen you are ready to generate the PNACPNACH file for the mod, run the script with the following command:
 
<pre>python main.py <path_to_your_csv_file></pre>
 
The default region is NTSC. If you are playing on PAL, youYou can specify the region with the <code>-r</code> option aslike followsthis:
 
<pre>python main.py <path_to_your_csv_file> -r pal</pre>
Line 78 ⟶ 76:
</pre>
 
Your PCSX2 folder directoryfolder probablyis looksprobably something like this: <tt>C:\Users\Yourname\My Documents\PCSX2 1.6.0\cheats</tt>. So, you can run the script as follows (with quotation marks around the directory):
 
<pre>
Retrieved from "https://slymods.info/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/2773"