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terrible modding guide for dead estate

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terrible modding guide for dead estate

Beginning

The Video That Made Me Make This Guide:

I'm gonna teach you ♥♥♥♥♥ ass horny stupid mother ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ how to mod Dead Estate (sorry, i didn't mean those insults)

This is gon be like any other modding guide for games that were made on GameMakerStudio but I wanna see people ♥♥♥♥ around with mods in this small community so I'm making this. (GB/GJ page when?!?!)

Requirements

UndertaleModTool (For modding basically everything): https://github.com/krzys-h/UndertaleModTool/releases

VLC (To check the codec info for the audio files): https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Any Audio Software that allows you to change bit rate and file formats. (FL Studio recommended): (just pirate fl or something lol)

Xdelta Patcher (To patch the data.win file): https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/

Delta Pather (To extract mods into your game): https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/704/

Getting Started With Ripping


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To get started, you'll need to download UndertaleModTool[github.com] from the Github page. (Note: The Bleeding Edge is test build so DON'T download that if you want a stable build, scroll down until you see "UndertaleModTool v0.5.1.0 or later" and download that!)

Make sure you install "UndertaleModTool-SingleFile," and once you install that, open the program. (Be sure the read the README.md file to get a better understanding of this tool.)

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There's a lot of ♥♥♥♥ you can mess with but I'm gonna focus on the main things people will mostly be focused on which are the Sprites, Code, Text, Music, and Sounds/Voice lines.

To access the game, first you'll need to locate where Dead Estate is. (let's be real, 90% of us know how to access game folders on steam but search it up if you don't.)

You'll see 8 files (excluding the Axel sprites) but the main 3 we'll need are:

Data.win: The file that makes the game be the game and holds everything besides audio.

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Audiogroup1.dat: Music.

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Audiogroup2.dat: Sound effects and Voicelines.

Ripping And Editing Sprites


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terrible modding guide for dead estate image 28Image Example:
terrible modding guide for dead estate image 30OG Image If Anybody Is Curious:
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Now with the UndertaleModTool still opened, head over to file, open, locate Dead Estate, and open up the "data.win" file. (should have a funny undertale logo on it.)

After it's done loading, you should see that arrows appeared on a lot of the ♥♥♥♥ on the side. (great, you're doing good!!!!!)

Now searching for specific sprites may look difficult at first since there's a lot of sprites to scroll through but I'm sure you saw the search bar which counters that issue. (the only issue is that you kinda have to guess what a texture may be called, for an example a lot of Cordelia sprites will either start with "sprCordelia" or "sprWitch")

After finding what you wanna edit, either click "Export all frames" (don't include the padding) or click the 3 dots on the texture path and export from there to get the sprite. (I'd recommend doing the second option since it allows you to import the edited sprite from there.)

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Now let's say, "what if i want ALL the sprites at once" WELL SHI I GOT YOU COVERED (please laugh)

Right where you opened the data.win file, there should be text that says "Scripts" and there will be a lot of ♥♥♥♥ that looks overwhelming but a lot of the scripts are meant for Undertale and Deltarune so we don't gotta worry about most of them.

Head over to Resource Unpackers and click "ExportAllTextures" or "ExportAllSprites" (Textures will give you every single sprite/texture and Sprites will only give you the main sprites which is what most people want {what a shocker!})

♥♥♥♥ around with the sprite in your preferred art software of choice (best choice is Aesprite for pixel art.)

Go back into UndertaleModTool, Search for the sprite you just edited, click the 3 dots on the sprite, import it, and save.

That's all we got for ripping and editing sprites, gng. (Quick reminder, saving the game can take a minute so wait until it's fully done saving before reopening the game.)

Ripping And Editing Music/Sound Effects And Voice Lines


terrible modding guide for dead estate image 45Now This Is VERY IMPORTANT, You Can't Just Simply Replace A File And You're Done. A Lot Of The Files Need To Fit The Codec Info Of The Original Audio File.
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terrible modding guide for dead estate image 48Cutscene Example:

Gamplay Example:

Audiogroup files are the files that contains the music and sounds (as i said before)

As before, you open the files like you would with the data.win file but the issue is when you click "Embedded audio"

You'll see all of the sounds are named "EmbeddedSound X" which will make it really hard to find which sound is which but I GOTCHU AGAIN.

Open UndertaleModTool again so you'll have 2 to work with, open the data.win file, and look for "sounds"

It will have all the named sounds and upon clicking on one, it will tell you the number for the audio file (Example: bgmHeavenmart = Audio File 44)

Once you found what you want to rip, double click on the sound, export it, and name it whatever you want.

I know most of y'all are like "wtf is this nerd emoji talk" and imma be real, i didn't know what the ♥♥♥♥ was this ♥♥♥♥ either.

Basically, UndertaleModTool says all the files are WAV files but that isn't the case for Dead Estate.

The audio can be silent sometimes and that's because the original audio files is a OGG file.

With VLC, choose your selected ripped audio file, press CTRL + J, and you'll see the codec info.

The main thing we want to focus on here is "Codec" and "Bits per sample"

Those 2 have to match up with the ripped audio codec.

For FL Studio users, I know a lot of you probably don't ♥♥♥♥ with the export settings but when you export the FLP, you'll be able to change everything through there to match the bit rate (it should be self explanitory)

ignore the color palette

Ripping And Editing Code/Text

Code:Text:Video Example:

So, you can literally change everything with the game but ♥♥♥♥ is mad confusing and isn't gonna be people's main focus.

Imma still give a brief explaination on both but it ain't gonna be as detailed.

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Self explanitory; it consists every line of code in game that you can ♥♥♥♥ with.

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In game text can be edited through strings, you can either find the string you want to edit and just rename the content text or you can export the strings via using the "ExportAllStrings" (similar to exporting all sprites.)

Exporting the strings into a txt file will makes thing easier to navigate through especially if you're using something like Notepad++ or Visual Studio Code.

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Not much to explain since most people might not care about this and most people would prolly want to change how much damage a weapon can do or the range. (Just search up the weapon of choice, look for the "PreCreate" at the end of the name and ♥♥♥♥ with the values there.)

Installing A Mod/Patching The Game


terrible modding guide for dead estate image 82Patching Mods Aren't Difficult Either.

Installing a mod isn't difficult.So if mods do start coming out after this guide, you'll most likely see files end with "xdelta" if they're a sprite/script mod.

(If it's an audio mod, it's as simple as dragging the audiogroup.dat file into your game files but make sure you make a backup of your files before you mod them)

Download Delta Patcher, Extract it, and open it.

i hope this screenshot explains what you need to do.

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This is for if you want to share a mod without giving out the whole source code for people who don't own the game. (me with my complied version of aesprite)

To respect the devs, we're gonna patch the game for "privacy" reasons even though Steamunlocked exists.

You'll need xDelta but I'm not gonna sit here and explain what you need to do.

Watch this really good guide on how to patch the game:

Conclusion

It ain't that hard to mod the game but I still wanna make a guide on how to do it since people are interested in modding.

Happy modding, squad!

istg if one of you ♥♥♥♥♥♥ make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nsfw nude mod or some ♥♥♥♥ like that, im killing myself and im haunting yo ass

(i also spent all day on this guide so like, please mod the game)

SOMEBODY MAKE THIS


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Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998196977

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