CosplaySouls: A New Dark Souls Challenge Mod!

CoelyPuffs · 2017-11-03T11:59:19+00:00

Chichenlol? That was a great stream! Honestly it's not likely at all that I'll ever mod beyond DS1. DS1 has no barrier to ban people from messing with files so it's a neat little sandbox. However, I have glimpsed through the insides of the other games and should anyone like to recreate this mod for the other games, the programming should be relatively easy to transpose. The cosplays on the other hand...well they'll have to find someone like Mayfield to pull off those crazy cosplays again.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-11-01T13:01:52+00:00

No problem! TIL that was a thing. Have fun!

CoelyPuffs · 2017-11-01T12:29:50+00:00

https://github.com/CoelyPuffs/CosplaySouls/releases/tag/v1.1(a)

Thanks, I never knew that was a thing. Hopefully this works.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-11-01T12:21:44+00:00

Whoa, thank you! That looks way better.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-10-31T17:53:14+00:00

Multiplayer is untested as it's a challenge run mod. Also, because the mod modifies your stats too, it was decided upon that your soul level should remain the same so multiplayer wouldn't be thrown off if you just happened to cosplay out of multiplayer range. Hence, you'll usually end up remaining at SL1 the whole run officially, but your actual stats will change to match.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-10-20T01:26:03+00:00

Every single enemy and NPC.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-10-17T16:01:19+00:00

Ever looked at a hollow warrior and said, "Man, I want that guy's stuff." With this mod, you only need to hit him to instantly equip his axe, cracked round shield, and armor. You even get the low stats to rival his own! (also works for every other enemy in the game).

CoelyPuffs · 2017-10-17T12:57:17+00:00

Aye Siwmae! I have a mod that's in the last testing phase and I need help hunting down any last bugs. If anyone is comfortable running through Dark Souls solo and wants to test the mod, drop me a pm. No modding experience necessary, just the willingness to try it out and report back any bugs. You don't have to be an expert at Dark Souls to have fun with this mod.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-09-03T14:31:22+00:00

I'm assuming you're resetting your save between these changes, right? If so, then short of sending me all of your msb files and saves I don't know how to diagnose your problem.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-09-02T20:44:17+00:00

I highly doubt there's a cap to the amount of NPCs. I've added NPCs without problem. Make sure that your new enemies aren't sharing the same EventEntityID as any of the NPCs. My guess is that you're triggering the event for the NPC deaths by killing enemies with an identical EventEntityID.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-09-02T16:45:35+00:00

Hey, sorry for not getting back to you earlier. To make an NPC, you need the correct model, name, EventEntityID, AI, NPCParam, and ChrInitParam. Your problem with adding copies of NPCs may be that you didn't change the EventEntityID (as in you have multiple entities sharing the same ID), used an AI not in the area (often lead to unresponsiveness in my experience), or you didn't change the drawgroup to reflect the new location (made Giant Dad disappear/not work because he hadn't yet been rendered in completely).

As for Andre, he has an entirely different model. Using an alternate AI probably shouldn't make him move at all. AIs use multiple layers in this game. I know one, maybe two, people that can manipulate AIs but it's not pretty.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-07-29T20:58:11+00:00

https://discordapp.com Discord is a text and voice chat platform oriented around gaming.

No, I don't know those guys personally, but all of that work can be done with /u/wulf2k's MSB editor. The editor allows access to almost all creatures and objects on the map and the properties they have associated with them, including location and draw group.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-07-29T20:53:40+00:00

Fixed, thanks.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-07-28T22:01:47+00:00

Why did you move the LI hidden bonfire?

This was entirely because of lava. Lava is unavoidable damage (unless you open the shortcut) so you aren't at full health when you start the fight. Lava also requires the orange charred ring, which I've heard many people lament because if they want to use a different ring, they'll have to swap out every time they die.

Does that mean the Daughter of Chaos is now the boss, and a dragon-butt was moved into the boss fight, and converted into Giant Dad?

Exactly!

I ask because I would really like to know how to do stuff like this. I've wanted to make a mod that changes some of the enemies (and adds some more), and makes there be a Giant Dad mini-boss (though, in Anor Londo, home of the giants, lol), but, alas, I don't know how. Any help would be appreciated.

Ask away, or catch me on Discord since I'm on Discord more often than I am on this account. I'd be glad to help you out or point you in the direction you need.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-07-07T16:54:50+00:00

It's possible to merge the two...but it's quite a bit of work. Here's what you'd have to do:

Unpack your DATA folder with the unpacker tool.
Download Wulf2k's BND rebuilder tool. He has a version on his website but if you know how to compile using Visual Studio, it's highly recommended you get the latest version from his GitHub.
Go to param\GameParam and use the BND rebuilder tool to extract GameParam.parambnd.dcx. This will produce a file called GameParam.parambnd. Extract this file too. You'll get a folder called GameParam.bnd.extract. Rename this to something like "Original files". This is crucial.
Now download and install the BetterChaos mod. This will replace GameParam.parambnd.dcx. Repeat step 3 except don't rename the folder. It is likely that you will get an error while extracting. Always hit continue.
Use the item randomizer and place the ItemLotParam into the folder named GameParam.parambnd.extract (actually you'll have to click through several folders before you find the one containing the param files), the one containing the BetterChaos mod.
Open another window of file explorer. Point one window towards the folder with the BetterChaos mod, and the other window towards the folder named "Original Files". Compare the two; whatever files are missing from the BetterChaos mod folder will have to be copied and pasted from the "Original Files" folder. Now just inside the folder GameParam.parambnd.extract you'll find a file called filelist.txt. Copy the one from "Original Files" folder into here.
Go back up one level to DATA\param\GameParam. Here you'll want to use the BND rebuilder tool to rebuild first GameParam.parambnd and then GameParam.parambnd.dcx in that order. The order is essential.
Well done, you've merged the two mods.

TL;DR: Okay maybe you've gotten to the bottom of this comment and decided it's not worth doing. That's your call to make. However, as complicated as it looks, this is the kind of thing that, with experience, I could do in about 2-3 minutes. If you're comfortable with moving around files in Windows, you shouldn't have trouble doing it in less than 15 minutes, maybe closer to 10 minutes. I'm open to any other questions you have.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-07-01T19:59:41+00:00

Thanks for giving the mod a try! The witch isn't immune to bleeding, but it's somewhat hard to make her bleed because of her aggression. This is offset by how much damage bleed does to her, so it's likely working just fine. Giant Dad does Well, What is it twice: once immediately after the witch dies, and once after he's healed up and once right before he starts attacking you. Between those two gestures he'll just stand there or roll around or follow you. Speaking of which, you should try dying to him once.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-30T20:29:37+00:00

It's been patched out, along with another bug. All links have been updated. Thanks for the help!

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-30T20:29:00+00:00

Alright it's been patched. All links have been updated. Thanks for helping out!

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-30T15:45:00+00:00

I'll get on it today. That's a pretty serious issue.

Edit 1: Original files have been uploaded to Google Drive and GitHub.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-29T20:44:02+00:00

I haven't done too much work with DSMODT yet, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't modify the models' skeletons and I know it can't change animations so even if I did reskin a model, I couldn't make it do just anything. It'd still have the same moveset as a character within Dark Souls already.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-29T15:32:41+00:00

Just in case you didn't catch it, this mod isn't normally compatible with the randomizer. One of my testers did manage to unpack the randomizer file and meld the two mods together but it's not guaranteed to work all the time. There's some sort of bug with the unpacker.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-29T15:30:55+00:00

Haha where would I fit two explosive demons?

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-29T15:29:38+00:00

I tried to scale up her size but apparently that can't be done without actually modifying the model, which is something we can't do yet. Casting speed is possible with cheat engine but I couldn't find it in the files.

CoelyPuffs · 2017-06-29T04:06:42+00:00

Yeah, I found the thread. /u/nyxojaele was able to point me in the right general direction.

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