User:Pixloen/FPANModding/UnpackMBTL

Unpacking the game

First, download the MBTL BIN Tool. Extract the zip and locate to the folder that contains MBTL.Unpacker.bat, MBTL.Unpacker.exe and the 0.10.2.0 folder. Copy and paste these items into the MBTL directory, which will be this in most cases C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MELTY BLOOD TYPE LUMINA. Once you have done that, download the updated Cache files needed, and replace the ones that you placed in the MBTL directory earlier. Now, in order to unpack the game, right-click on MBTL.Unpacker.bat, Right Click -> Edit. Add the folder path of the MBTL Directory and the folder path of the unpacked files separated with "" respectively. (Example shown below)

Example → MBTL.Unpacker "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MELTY BLOOD TYPE LUMINA" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MELTY BLOOD TYPE LUMINA\Unpacked_new"

If everything is done correctly up to this point, double click on the MBTL.Unpacker.bat file and watch your game start unpacking (This will take a few minutes to complete)

If you check files in Notepad and it comes up with random Chinese characters... It means the cache is outdated. The current cache works for Update 1.45.

Making your first mod

Now it is time to get the DLL files needed in order for mods to load, as well as some extra files needed for Palette Color modding if needed. First, download FateUpdate.exe (courtesy of the MBTL Palette Gallery Discord server) and place this anywhere. Run the .EXE and a prompt should show asking where you want to extract the files. Use the tab to navigate to your MBTL directory mentioned above and click Extract.

This is what the prompt should look like. Click the "..." button to select a directory.

To check if this worked successfully, we can make a test mod which changes the Singleplayer description at the bottom of the Main Menu. First, create a folder named str_jp in MBTL Directory → System. Then, get this file from your directory of Unpacked Files → ___English\System\str_jp\MainMenuCSText, and check that opening the file is in English characters. Copy and paste it in that new folder created earlier, then Right Click → Edit on the file. Change the text listed in "" to anything you want. After that save the file and run the game. Hover over to the Singleplayer section and check if the text is changed.

We've made our first MBTL mod!

Removing or Changing Mods

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