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I've lost control of my life. I managed a Pac-Man based art account on that OTHER site once. I mod Pac-Man World (1) Re-Pac now.

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screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have made a tutorial for decompressing Re-Pac's main data file.
Before installing the patches that I am about to upload and share, you must follow the instructions here.
I apologize for the poor quality of the footage; I didn't realize the screen recording was low-resolution until it was too late.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 1d

i always found that a bit fucked up

do you realize how unsettling it would be to see a deformed clone of yourself wearing a recolor of your mother's favorite hat

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 2d

Zephyr Heights from Pac-Man World 3.
The opening shot of World 2 Re-Pac's version of The Bear Basics vaguely reminded me of that locale, so I used that song as a music import test.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

The voice I want lies somewhere between those two examples. PMW3 Ms. Pac's line delivery perfectly reflects off her husband, but I also like the higher energy and pitch of Hanna-Barbera's Ms. Pac.

Pac-Mom's voice does not sound like someone with an adventurer's background like Ms. Pac.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

If I had the skill, patience, time or collaborators, I'd make the damn Maze Madness Re-Pac myself.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

i never liked that design
it looks like pac-man in drag
i know that's a very old joke, but here, it LITERALLY looks like that, with the larger mouth and pointy eyebrows

if it's the color scheme you want, i'll think about it later
I need to focus on the main model first

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

*.emips OR .xdelta

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

Furthermore, the Re-Pac 2 family restoration mod will require voice sample replacement (Pac-Man needs to say Pac-Jr./Pac-Baby instead of Pac-Boy/Pac-Sis, Pac-Mom's voice needs replacement, etc.), and those will require total file replacement. You can't easily patch the audio in this game. (2/2)

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know yet if the mod will use .emips of .xdelta patches, because Re-Pac 2 runs on a much more recent version of Unity that older Unity modding programs don't support as well. We'll just have to see how things pan out when I get to that step. (1/2)

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

I have zero interest in Crossworlds, so someone else will have to put her in it, but whoever that person may be is free to ask for the Ms. Pac-Model in my DMs once I'm finished with her.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 4d

yes
but there's a LOT of Spooky lines, and it's going to take an excruciatingly long time to replace each individual one, due to the amount of conversions to HCA I'll have to do

in the meantime, here's an audio sample

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 5d

I briefly considered it, but I didn't want a model without lipstick, and I HAVE to use the lips if I want to maintain style consistency with Nova and... the creature...

I might make an alternate model that's closer to her 1980's Japanese design, but not now.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 5d

currently in the process of re-pacing the missus to be updated to Re-Pac 2 standards

Front view of a work-in-progress Ms. Pac-Man model for an upcoming update to Re-Pac 1's Pac-Family restoration mod / a Pac-Family restoration mod for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.

Rear view of a work-in-progress Ms. Pac-Man model for an upcoming update to Re-Pac 1's Pac-Family restoration mod / a Pac-Family restoration mod for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.

Side view of a work-in-progress Ms. Pac-Man model for an upcoming update to Re-Pac 1's Pac-Family restoration mod / a Pac-Family restoration mod for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.

Angled view of a work-in-progress Ms. Pac-Man model for an upcoming update to Re-Pac 1's Pac-Family restoration mod / a Pac-Family restoration mod for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

In the meantime, all I can offer is this dump of the audio / video files with the corrected file names and a list of what scrambled names they correspond to.
I had to make this package in order to receive help.

don't look in the movies folder if avoiding spoliers
drive.google.com/file/d/1ICAp...

PMW2-RP StreamingAssets with true filenames.7z

drive.google.com

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

They're in the StreamingAssets folder with scrambled names.
I intend to write up an audio replacement tutorial in the future that includes some batch scripts to convert them back and forth between the jumbled mess of letters and numbers they come as and the REAL file names the game refers to them as

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

now before anyone starts expecting me to rapid-fire mods I just want to point out
it's still REALLY annoying to replace audio in this game and it requires juggling a whole new slew of programs

it also requires a hex editor

Re-Pac 2 audio replacement is not for the faint of heart, even with the key

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

Now that Re-Pac 2's audio can finally be modified, let's start with the simplest mod that everyone probably wants.

this replacement file makes Pac-Man stop saying "TASTY" and "YUMMY" constantly while leaving all his other voice lines intact

have fun
drive.google.com/file/d/1mYon...

PMW2RP No Tasty or Yummy.zip

drive.google.com

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

This is the person who found the key.
I don't know if you're on this website, but if you're here and you find this post, THANK YOU.

A post on the HCS (Halley's Comet Software) forum by one "SuperMoonKnightSMK" replying to another user (screw) with the a file containing the CRIWARE decryption key for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, allowing the game's raw audio files to be played and modified with external programs.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 6d

THE CRIWARE KEY HAS BEEN FOUND
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
THE DOOR TO MODDING RE-PAC 2 IS NOW FULLY OPEN

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 11d

i'm so god damn sick of bluesky's character limit so fuck it i'm putting what I want to say in image form

"I've resorted to breaking out Ghidra and attempting to decompile Re-Pac 2 just to find that god damned CRIWARE encryption key. I STILL can't find it. I NEED to find it. Several of the mods I want to do rely on being able to replace the audio. I'm getting desperate. I'm almost willing to spend money to pay a guy to find this fucking key... ALMOST.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 13d

also what's the point of the jetpack if you can't even fucking use it

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 13d

In fact, do I even need to make such a thing? Does it already exist? If it does, please tell me. I need people with experience modding Unity games. More people with experience working with CRIWARE. More people with modding experience in general. I need help. I'm not smart enough to do this alone.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 13d

I need connections, and Bluesky is proving to be insufficient for making them.
If I were to make a Discord server dedicated to modding Pac-Man games, how many would join? It wouldn't just be limited to Re-Pac 1/2. World 1/2/3 Classic, the PC games, the old arcade titles, etc. would be on the table.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 13d

I can't keep doing this alone. I've once again hit a brick wall in the form of a CRIWARE audio decryption key that I cannot find. Despite all my searching online, I can't find this cursed key, which is required just to LISTEN to Re-Pac 2's audio out-of-game, let alone replace any audio.

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 13d

WHERE IS THE FUCKING AUDIO DECRYPTION KEY?
WHERE IS IT?
WHY IS GOOGLE USELESS?
WHY ARE ALL THE CRIWARE UNITY DECRYPTION KEY DETECTORS MADE FOR ANDROID ONLY?
WHY AM I ALWAYS ALONE IN THESE TASKS?
I CANT EVEN FUCKING PLAY THE AUDIO, LET ALONE REPLACE IT
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE FUCKING GAME YET

screw @mrmcscrewup.bsky.social · 14d

Furthermore, the video files appear to be USM files, but I can't seem to convert them to something watchable by standard video players. It's possible that they're encrypted, which adds a whole new level of pain to modding this game.
It's all CRIWARE stuff, but in forms that are hard to crack.