Color Patching CPS2 Games



Heres how to make your own custom colors!

How to change in game colors for CPS-2 games and share them.
(This also works for many other games but i have only done this for CPS-2 Games)

Needed:
1. Rom for the game you want
2. RGB_W2N.exe -> a program that converts the neo-geo/capcom color codes to windows RGB codes.
3. ips2.exe ->(the program i recommend) or any other program that creates patches(by comparing a unmodified file to a modified file)
4. Hexworkshop -> or ANY hex editor program (i reccomend this one becouse it has a replace all featuer to work fast adn lazy XD)
I also Recomend KAWAKS its a mame emulator that u can take screenshots with.
And i also reccoment PHOTOSHOP, bc its easy to design your character bc of the "replace color feature"

(Works Great if you set "fuzziness" to zero)

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If you dont have photsoshop you can use iDraw for free, here how to use it:

1. Go to http://www.irfanview.com/

2. Go to the downloads section and download the first one

3. Once you have it, install it and do whatever to get it all setup.

4. Get IDraw here.

5. Unzip it do whatever, now get your screenshot or whatever it is your wanting to edit and open it in Irfan View.

6. Go to, Image ---> Decrease Color Depth ---> and select the one that says "256 Colors (8BPP)" and click OK

MAKE SURE YOU SAVE IT SEPERATELY OR IT WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT

7. Now, your image is in 256 color mode and IDraw will accept to open it. So open up idraw, find your image and open that mother fucker that you converted.

8. Before you can do anything, go to View ---> And click Show Tools and Show Palette.

9. Here we do the editing, in the tools box thingy, click the 5th tool on the left column

10. RIGHT click the color on the image of what your editing and the color will be shown on the palette, there you can edit it with RGB

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ips2, a trial version of hexworkshop, and RGB_W2N.exe, and Kawaks are found HERE

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Here are the files that you need to edit for each game

SFA 2 = sz2u.07 for sprites and sz2u.08 for the portrait

SFA 3 = sz3.09c for sprites and portraits

X-Men C.O.T.A. = xmn.05a

Marvel Super Heroes = Sprites are in msh.05
= Portraits are in msh.06b

X-Men vs Street Fighter = xvs.05a

Marvel Vs Street Fighter = Sprite and VS Screen portrait are in mvs.06a
= Win screen portrait is in mvs.7b

Marvel vs Capcom = USA file is mvsc.06a
= EURO ggpo file is mvsc.06

Super Gem Fighter Mega Mini Mix?? I think thats what its called. its file is pcf.07

MegaMan PowerBattles/Fighters (Whatever the 2nd one is called) = sprites and portraits are in rm2.05

NEOGEO Games = Every rom zip has a file that ends in p2.bin. if it doesn't, then edit the file that ends in p1.bin. But most of the time it has the first one

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I will use X-Men VS Street Fighter(Euro 960910) as an example.

Open kawaks
Select the character you want (you can change the primary or seconday costume) and pause it mid game.

Take a screenshot now by going to "Tools" -> "Screenshot (unfiltered)"
(The Picture will be in your "capture" folder in yoru kawaks directory)

optional: Open in Photoshop and make you design. Then put the before and after next to each other.


Open RGB_W2N.exe and click the top box on the bottom(this actually cuts it on)

x

Open a text editor like notepad/wordpad/etc to keep notes on what to change to what heres what my wordpad looks like:

7F 00 -> DF18
2F 02 -> 9C 64
2D 02 -> 45 73
29 02 -> 00 01
15 61 -> 00 01

The left colum is the left Cyclops (original colors) and the right colum is the right Cyclops (new colors).

Ok im done with RGB_W2N.exe.

Open your hex editor (Hexworkshop is the one provided)

Open the file xvs.05a in the xmvsf.zip in your hex editor.

Go trough the xvs.05a file and locate the color values of your character. Most charaters values are grouped together.

( A tip would be Typing in the color Values from lightest to darkest in the box using "Edit" -> "Find"[Ctrl+F]

like this 7F002F022D0229021561

there may be more than one if so try each section and see what it affects!)

Once you find these you can change these from the original value to your new value.

(I do one at a time and then check it in the game to make sure i change ONLY the characters colors. You DO NOT want to change the wrong thing)

(If you think you will do the same character again make notes in a text file telling you what hex location they are on)

Ok now save the xvs.05a file and rezip it along withe the rest of the files name it xmvsf.zip and add it to your roms folder
(again i HIGHLY recomend keeping a backup of the original file)

Now test it you may need to do it again for frames with unique colors or the character will change back to the normal colors, that means you need ot take a screenshot there and chang those also.
Dont forget you will prolly need to do it to the profiles also.

SHARING your Patch
take a unmodified xvs.05a and your new modified xvs.05a and open the IPS2.exe
that program is pretty self explanitory. save the patch exe file and send it ot a friend. all they have to do is take htat program and patch there xvs.05a file rezip and enjoy!

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