Banners

[yl-smash]

Hi, so I have a question about game banners. From what I've read already I understand that the banner of a game comes from the save file. I have a SSBB iso (that has a save file) and SSBB iso injected with Project M (SSBB mod) that has no save file. Is there a way to put in a custom banner for the Project M iso? Do I need to change something to the iso itself? Is this done while building the iso? Is this done by inserting a file into the wii save folder and then creating a save file? JMC47 I'm asking you in particular because you seem to know everything regarding Project M. Thanks.

[JMC47]

I don't know if there's a way to put a banner somewhere in the folder system to link to a game, maybe there is? Someone who's done more work with configuration would probably know.

[LPFaint99]

does Project M use a separate title id? if not that is the first thing that needs to be changed, otherwise they will both share the same banner.

The banner in SSBB is in <Game Partition>/system/banner0.bin
it may be worth a shot to try replacing that with a custom banner, as it may just be a copy there, and the actual one that is written to the save folder is in another location (or archive)

[yl-smash]

(05-22-2014, 01:53 PM)LPFaint99 Wrote: does Project M use a separate title id? if not that is the first thing that needs to be changed, otherwise they will both share the same banner.

The banner in SSBB is in <Game Partition>/system/banner0.bin
it may be worth a shot to try replacing that with a custom banner, as it may just be a copy there, and the actual one that is written to the save folder is in another location (or archive)

Yes it uses a different title ID (RSBEPM) What do I need to do?

[LPFaint99]

with an iso editor, replace <Game Partition>/system/banner0.bin with your custom banner and see if it works

[410172]

Here is the solution given by Thethiala in the other topic:

RE: Game Banners and Titles

(Yesterday 16:41)410172 Wrote: Wait.... Theithiala did you say you found the solution for changing the banner image by changing the savebanner.tpl file from the Mario Kart iso?? Tell me more! Big Grin
That title and notes information must be hidden somewhere...

If all you want to do is changing the banner image, that's fairly easy (albeit rather cumbersome) to do.

First you need a couple of programs: Wiimms ISO Tool (http://wit.wiimm.de/download.html) and Wiimms SZS Tools (http://szs.wiimm.de/download.html). In each of those you'll find a file called windows-install.exe you have to run first to be able to use them. Neither of them have a graphical user interface, so you're gonna have to work in command prompt.

Next you're gonna use WIT in order to extract the ISO (this can also be done in Dolphin, but since you're gonna use WIT to put the ISO back together again you might as well learn how to use it Tongue). In Wiimms ISO Tool navigate to the "bin" folder and find start wit-console.bat. Then drag the file wit.exe into this newly created command prompt and press enter. Type in "wit extract", drag your Mario Kart ISO and then the destination folder where you want the extracted files to end up into the command prompt. It should look something like this: "wit extract "D:\Wii Games\Mario Kart Wii.iso" "D:\Mario Kart Wii Extracted"". Press enter, and the program will extract the ISO for you.

After this you're gonna swap out the image. Navigate to the folder with the extracted Mario Kart ISO, and find the "boot" folder. There should be a file called savebanner.tpl. To convert this we're gonna use WIMGT, a part of Wiims SZS Tools. Launching this is done the same way as launching WIT: Find the "bin" folder within WSZST, run szs-console.bat, then drag wimgt.exe into it and press enter. Type "wimgt decode", and then drag the savebanner.tpl into it and press enter. It should look something like this: "wimgt decode "D:\Mario Kart Wii Extracted\boot\savebanner.tpl"". Two .png files should then appear in the same folder as savebanner.tpl, which you can freely edit. Delete the original savebanner.tpl, or rename/move it if you want it as a backup. When you're done modifying the new images, find your wimgt command prompt again and type in wimgt encode, then drag the two new image files into it. It should look something like this: "wimgt encode D:\Mario Kart Wii Extracted\boot\savebanner.tpl.png D:\Mario Kart Wii Extracted\boot\ savebanner.tpl.mm1.png". A new savebanner.tpl will then be created.

The next step is creating a new ISO from the extracted files. Open WIT again, the same way as before. Type in wit copy, then drag the folder with your extracted files into the command prompt, followed by the folder you want the ISO be saved to. Add the name of the new ISO at the end. It should look something like this: "wit encode ""D:\Mario Kart Wii Extracted" "D:\New Mario Kart ISO\Modified Mario Kart.iso"". Press enter and wait for the ISO to be built.

The last step is changing the ID of the ISO. This is also done in WIT, so you can just keep the last window open. Type in "wit edit --id=###### (Insert your new ID here, consisting of four capitalized letters and two numbers. The letters must be different from the ID of Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart Fun, which are RMCE and KMCE)", drag your new ISO into the window and press enter. It should look something like this: "wit edit --id=THET37 "D:\New Mario Kart ISO\Modified Mario Kart.iso"". Your modified ISO is now complete, having changed both the save banner file and the game ID. To check that the ID has been correctly changed you can type in "wit dump" and drag your ISO into the command prompt. Various information about the ISO will appear, with the line "Disc & Part IDs" being the relevant one.

I'm not particularly good at explaining stuff though, and it's a fairly long process the first time you do it. If you're having trouble at any of the steps I might explain them further, or maybe include some screenshots to make it simpler.


That's it.

Good luck.
410172

[Thethiala]

Uh, that solution doesn't work for Project M, it only works for the games that keeps their banners in raw image formats on the ISO. <.<

[410172]

O sorry I did not know that.