Mod help for newbie modder

[zefie]

I'm trying to mod the Genki MOM Hard mission. I originally wanted to extend the timer, but when I found the xtbl that contained the Genki target data, it didn't have mission duration. So I decided to be really lame and edit it down to only one target in the first area. I found the file is "_a_gt_sw_03.xtbl", and is located in "da_tables.vpp_pc", "misc_tables.vpp_pc" and "_a_gt_sw_03_modal.str_pc" under "sr3_city_0.vpp_pc". I updated it in da_tables and misc_tables, but it still had all 4 targets. I noticed that when I had an invalid xml markup in misc_tables.vpp_pc, the mission vanished completely. I fixed that.

However, when trying to apply it to sr3_city_0, I have a problem. I edited the xtbl under str_pc folder from my recursive extract, repacked the str_pc, then normal-extracted sr3_city_0, and dropped the new str_pc file over the original. There is no asmpc file for this specific file, so I just went ahead and repacked sr3_city_0.vpp_pc. Without compression, the resulting file is about 50mb less than the original, and causes an eternal loading screen when I try to load my save.

What did I do wrong?

Edit: File size is right, but still eternal loading.

 

[[V] Knobby]

The asm file for the world stuff is stream_grid.asm_pc. It has all the str2 file's data inside it. You need to update that file and then you should be good to go.

Tulip_sniper might be able to help with the original request of duration, but it could be in world data.