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This page is a part of the Custom Track Tutorial. Back to the main tutorial page.

Introduction

This page describes several tricks to do in BrawlBox.

The Creating a BRRES with BrawlBox page contains mainly information regarding how to create the BRRES from scratch using BrawlBox, but which also might be useful when editing an existing BRRES.

Make Sure BRRES Works

Sometimes you may have a bit of trouble getting a BRRES made with CTools to open with BrawlBox, namely getting the MDL0 to open. There are multiple possible solutions to this problem:

If you have 3ds Max or a similar powerful modelling program, delete any "default material" meshes using 3ds Max, then export using its OBJ exporter.
Re-open your new BRRES with the CTools BRRES Editor. Save, and it should now open with BrawlBox. Remember that you will need to re-import any textures that you want to use mipmaps in BrawlBox, because CTools creates TEX0 files that refuse to display anything but the first mipmap.
If for any reason the above methods failed, then you can open the SZS with your BRRES in it with the SZS Modifier. Open the Model with the SZS Modifier Model Editor, save, and the model should now work in BrawlBox.

Important! Sometimes the SZS Modifier will cause texture to become doubled in game after saving them. To resolve this issue, set every non-doubled texture's Texture Coordinate scale to (1,1), and every doubled texture's to (2,2).

If you use 3ds Max, you can add XForm UVW for all meshes with U and V 0,5 (Make sure "Apply to entire object" is ticked) to fix this problem. If you use SketchUp, just scale the materials for twice. (For example 2000 to 4000.)

Fix: Facepoint descriptor does not match linked nodes

When you want to open a model made with CTools and fixed with SZS Mofidier with newer versions of BrawlBox you will get the following error when you try to open your MDL: http://prntscr.com/a3mvcd BrawlBox will auto fix some issues in your BRRES, but this will make your textures distorted or solid color in game. To repair your textures open the UV folder inside your BRRES and set in EVERY reference "Force Float" and "Force Rebuild" to True. (Don't worry if one of the settings reset itself after you saved your file). Afterwards you still have to set your texture scale to (1,1) in your materials.

Material Related

Redirecting Materials

Sometimes, if creating a BRRES with CTools, there are duplicate textures. This can create extra materials, adding unneeded strain on the Wii. You can fix this using BrawlBox.

Open your course_model.brres in BrawlBox and open the textures folder.

Find the file name of the duplicate texture. Copy down the original texture name.

$Mat-Redirect-Dup-Tex-2.png$

$Mat-Redirect-Dup-Tex.png$

Go into the MDL0 and into the Materials Folder.

Find the material with the duplicate texture.

Using the original texture's name, open the material and rename the texture node to that.

Optional: You can delete the duplicate texture(s) now.

Save the course_model.brres and import it into your SZS.

Opacity

Enabling opacity on a mesh/polygon: see this section.

Mipmaps

A mipmap is a smaller, more pixelated version of a texture which is stored in most TEX0 files. In a 3D display, smaller mipmaps are rendered at farther distances. The bigger a texture is scaled, the farther you must go to trigger a smaller mipmap. Mipmaps may help reduce GPU load, reduce moiré pattern, and can also create the effect of textures changing based on distance. This is used on Rainbow Road on the road, and Lunar Spaceway on the stars which change color based on how far away you are from them. Mipmap 1 is the closest and biggest, and mipmap 4 or 5 is usually the smallest and farthest, however a TEX0 file can store any number of mipmaps as needed.

Set mipmaps to display in the material: Browse to the "Materials" folder in the MDL0. Under each material's subfile(s) you will find the setting "MinFilter". Set it to Linear_Mipmap_Linear instead of Nearest.
Make sure the TEX0 file the material uses actually has mipmaps. If it doesn't, you can add them in BrawlBox by right clicking the texture and selecting "Re-Encode".

→ See more information here.

Model Related

Optimization

It is possible to optimize a track's face-point count using BrawlBox's Tripstripper.

Open the course_model.brres in BrawlBox and go into MDL0. Right-click and click Optimize Meshes.

Dialog:

[CheckBox] - Use Tripstrips - This enables the usage of the tripstripper. Have this on.
[TextBox] - Cache Size - This often lowers the face-point amount, however it might not. Set this to a lower number.
[TextBox] - Minimum Strip Size - This says how low BrawlBox can strip the face-point amount. Don't bother changing this one.

Click ok when done. Now save your BRRES and import into the SZS file. Test in-game.

Custom Track Tutorials

Main Tutorials
Introduction – Textures – Scale – Modeling ⇒ Using Blender – BRRES: CTools
BRRES: BrawlBox – BRRES: RiiStudio – Minimap – Solidity – KCL: Wiimms Tools – KMP Editing
Object Editing – Cameras – Cannons – Post-effects – Videos

Battle Arenas
Battle Arenas – Enemy routes in battle arenas ⇒ Using Wiimm's Tools – Coins

Misc. Tutorials
Getting Files – BrawlBox Tricks – Animations – Shadows – Mipmaps
Custom Effects – Moving Terrain – Music – Ports – Paint Remakes – Tutorial Archive
Extended presence flags: Track Tutorial – LE-CODE Track FAQ

Testing and Reviewing
Testing a Track – Visual Review – Track Transformation – Fixing Errors

Software
3D Tools – BrawlBox – CTools Pack – KMP3D – KMP Cloud – KMP Modifier
Lorenzi's KMP Editor – MagicY – Material Tool – Post-Effect Editor – Wiimms SZS Tools – Wiimm's Tool Manager

Other
KMP Objects – Custom Objects – Model Database – Tutorial Archive

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-{{under-construction}}
+This page is a part of the '''Custom Track Tutorial'''. [[Custom Track Tutorial|Back to the main tutorial page]].
-This page describes several tricks to do in [[BrawlBox]]. For many parts in this article, it is assumed you created the BRRES with [[CTools]]. If you want to know how to create a BRRES with BrawlBox, look here: [[Creating a BRRES with BrawlBox]]
+== Introduction ==
+This page describes several tricks to do in [[BrawlBox]].
-==Material Related==
+The [[Creating a BRRES with BrawlBox]] page contains mainly information regarding how to create the BRRES from scratch using BrawlBox, but which also might be useful when editing an existing BRRES.
-===Redirecting Materials===
-Sometimes, there are duplicate textures. This can create extra materials, adding unneeded strain on the Wii. You can fix this using BrawlBox.
-You need:
+=== Make Sure BRRES Works ===
-* A course_model.brres with duplicate textures
+Sometimes you may have a bit of trouble getting a BRRES made with CTools to open with BrawlBox, namely getting the MDL0 to open. There are multiple possible solutions to this problem:
-* A copy of [[BrawlBox]]
+*If you have 3ds Max or a similar powerful modelling program, delete any "default material" meshes using 3ds Max, then export using its OBJ exporter.
+*Re-open your new BRRES with the CTools BRRES Editor. Save, and it should now open with BrawlBox. Remember that you will need to re-import any textures that you want to use mipmaps in BrawlBox, because CTools creates TEX0 files that refuse to display anything but the first mipmap.
+*If for any reason the above methods failed, then you can open the SZS with your BRRES in it with the SZS Modifier. Open the Model with the SZS Modifier Model Editor, save, and the model should now work in BrawlBox.
+'''Important!''' Sometimes the SZS Modifier will cause texture to become doubled in game after saving them. To resolve this issue, set every non-doubled texture's Texture Coordinate scale to (1,1), and every doubled texture's to (2,2).
+If you use [[3ds Max]], you can add XForm UVW for all meshes with U and V 0,5 (Make sure "Apply to entire object" is ticked) to fix this problem. If you use [[SketchUp]], just scale the materials for twice. (For example ''2000'' to ''4000''.)
+=== Fix: Facepoint descriptor does not match linked nodes ===
+When you want to open a model made with CTools and fixed with SZS Mofidier with newer versions of BrawlBox you will get the following error when you try to open your MDL: http://prntscr.com/a3mvcd
+BrawlBox will auto fix some issues in your BRRES, but this will make your textures distorted or solid color in game. To repair your textures open the UV folder inside your BRRES and set in EVERY reference "Force Float" and "Force Rebuild" to True. (Don't worry if one of the settings reset itself after you saved your file). Afterwards you still have to set your texture scale to (1,1) in your materials.
+== Material Related ==
+=== Redirecting Materials ===
+Sometimes, if [[creating a BRRES with CTools]], there are duplicate textures. This can create extra materials, adding unneeded strain on the Wii. You can fix this using BrawlBox.
 Open your course_model.brres in BrawlBox and open the textures folder.
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 Save the course_model.brres and import it into your SZS.
-===Opacity===
+=== Opacity ===
-To enable opacity on a mesh/polygon, browse to the mesh's material, found in the MDL0.
+Enabling opacity on a mesh/polygon: see [[Creating_a_BRRES_with_BrawlBox#Materials|this section]].
-Set the following settings:
-* Ref0 and Ref 1: 0
-* Comp0 and Comp1: Always
-* EnableBlend = true
-* XLU Material = true (Will become true when you enable blend automatically, so dont worry about this)
-* EnableAlphaFunction = false (This is for stuff with alpha that doesn't use EnableBlend)
-* EnableDepthTest = true
-* EnableDepthUpdate = false
-You can also make a material (more) transparent by setting Constant Alpha Enabled = true and the Value to the value of transparency(0 = opague, 255 = fully transparent).
-===Mipmaps===
+=== Mipmaps ===
 A mipmap is a smaller, more pixelated version of a texture which is stored in most TEX0 files. In a 3D display, smaller mipmaps are rendered at farther distances. The bigger a texture is scaled, the farther you must go to trigger a smaller mipmap. Mipmaps may help reduce GPU load, reduce [[moiré pattern]], and can also create the effect of textures changing based on distance. This is used on Rainbow Road on the road, and [[Lunar Spaceway]] on the stars which change color based on how far away you are from them. Mipmap 1 is the closest and biggest, and mipmap 4 or 5 is usually the smallest and farthest, however a TEX0 file can store any number of mipmaps as needed.
-You need to do three things:
+*Set mipmaps to display in the material: Browse to the "Materials" folder in the MDL0. Under each material's subfile(s) you will find the setting "MinFilter". Set it to Linear_Mipmap_Linear instead of Nearest.
-* Set mipmaps to display in the material: Browse to the "Materials" folder in the MDL0. Under each material's subfile(s) you will find the setting "MinFilter". Set it to Linear_Mipmap_Linear instead of Nearest.
+*Make '''sure''' the TEX0 file the material uses actually has mipmaps. If it doesn't, you can add them in BrawlBox by right clicking the texture and selecting "Re-Encode".
-* Make '''sure''' the TEX0 file the material uses actually has mipmaps.
+&rarr; See more information [[Creating_a_BRRES_with_BrawlBox#MipMaps|here]].
-<br>
-'''Note:''' If you are using Sketchup to create your model you should read this tutorial: [[Mipmaps for Sketchupmodels]]
-===Harry Potter Effect Fix===
-Open your BRRES in BrawlBox, open the MDL0 subfile, and then open the ''Materials'' subfolder. Browse to the material that represents a transparent texture that needs fixing, and set the transparent material's ''ZCompareLoc'' to ''True'' (In newer versions of BrawlBox, the option is called ''CompareBeforeTexture''. Set it to ''False''). Next, select the ''+'' button beside each material. Select the file that appears under the current selected file, and set the ''Scale'' to (1,1) and the ''Translation'' to (0,0), as this will avoid your texture from becoming a solid color in game. Repeat the step with each material.
-'''Important:''' If you are using a texture with opacity (a texture that is partially but not totally transparent), a different fix is needed, which is described at the top of the page; this fix is not necessary.
-For more information, see [[Harry Potter Effect]].
-===Culling===
-Special Culling settings are mostly used for transparent materials like fences. It makes you see this texture from both sides instead of one side. To set the culling, edit the CullMode setting in the material. Cull_none=you can see it from both sides.
-==Model Related==
-===Optimization===
-With the newest BrawlBox, v0.71, It is possible to optimize a track's face-point count using BrawlBox's Tripstripper.
-You need:
+== Model Related ==
-* a course_model.brres
+=== Optimization ===
-* the newest [[BrawlBox]]
+It is possible to optimize a track's face-point count using BrawlBox's Tripstripper.
 Open the course_model.brres in BrawlBox and go into MDL0. Right-click and click ''Optimize Meshes''.
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 Click ok when done. Now save your BRRES and import into the SZS file. Test in-game.
-===Creating a Minimap===
+{{Custom Track Tutorial}}
-Since some may have trouble with properly creating a [[Minimap]], here is a guide to teach you how to do so with BrawlBox.
+[[category:Tutorials]][[category:Custom Track Tutorial]]
-Import your Map model into the CTools BRRES Editor. When importing, make sure to select "Map Model". Name it map_model.brres Save in an SZS, and export export your new map model.
-Minimaps need to be adjusted to appear correctly in-game. This can be achieved with [[Wiimms SZS Tools]] or BrawlBox.
-With BrawlBox, select "Preview" on the map model. A window with four buttons should appear. Select the one on the right, on the left, & on the bottom. Select "PosLD", which should be all the way to the right.
-Now open the SZS containing your map_model.brres with the SZS Modifier. Open the BRRES, then select the model. The SZS Mod's model editor should open. Press "Tools > Minimap Control". Copy the number number from "Left Down". In BrawlBox, look down at the bottom panel, and paste this number into "Translation X". Now copy the second number from "Left Down", and paste it into "Translation Z".
-Next, select "PosRU" in BrawlBox. Look at "Right Up" in the SZS Modifer's Minimap control. Do exactly what you did in the previous step; First number goes into "Translation X", and the second number into "Translation Z".
-Experiment with editing the Y Translations & both PosLD & PosRU to give your Minimap depth. This allows you to use different Y values in your model.
-===Make Sure BRRES Works===
-Sometimes you may have a bit of trouble getting a BRRES made with CTools to open with BrawlBox, namely getting the MDL0 to open.
-Luckily, there are multiple possible solutions to this problem:
-* If you have 3ds Max or a similar powerful modelling program, delete any "default material" meshes using 3ds Max, then export using its OBJ exporter.
-* Re-open your new BRRES with the CTools BRRES Editor. Save, and it should now open with BrawlBox. Remember that you will need to re-import any textures that you want to use mipmaps in BrawlBox, because CTools creates TEX0 files that refuse to display anything but the first mipmap.
-* If for any reason the above methods failed, then you can open the SZS with your BRRES in it with the SZS Modifier. Open the Model with the SZS Modifier Model Editor, save, and the model should now work in BrawlBox.
-'''Important!''' Sometimes the SZS Modifier will cause texture to become doubled in game after saving them. To resolve this issue, set every non-doubled texture's Texture Coordinate scale to (1,1), and every doubled texture's to (2,2).
-If you use [[3ds Max]], you can add XForm UVW for all meshes with U and V 0,5 (Make sure "Apply to entire object" is ticked) to fix this problem. If you use [[SketchUp]], just scale the materials for twice. (For example ''2000'' to ''4000''.)
-===Fix: Facepoint descriptor does not match linked nodes===
-When you want to open a model made with CTools and fixed with SZS Mofidier with newer versions of BrawlBox you will get the following error when you try to open your MDL: http://prntscr.com/a3mvcd
-BrawlBox will auto fix some issues in your brres, but this will make your textures distorted or solid color in game. To repair your textures open the UV folder inside your BRRES and set in EVERY reference ´"Force Float" and "Force Rebuild" to True. (Don't worry if one of the settings reset itself after you saved your file). Afterwards you still have to set your texture scale to (1,1) in your materials.
-==Animation Related==
-===[[SRT0]]===
-====Port an Existing Animation====
-{{youtube-box||rYwNMtk51oc|Video Tutorial}}
-To port an existing animation, such as water, you will need to first export a base SRT0. First, extract a Nintendo track's SZS and then export the course_model.brres, then open it in [[BrawlBox]]. Then find AnmTexSrt(NW4R) and open it and export the SRT0 file. Next go into the MDL0, and go into the materials folder and find the water's material. Export that material. Then click on the material and look which shader it is linked to. This is important, because layered materials need a different shader than normal materials (otherwise skip the Shader steps). Export that shader. Then go to the textures folder and export the textures with the same names as the references (I.E. yo_wave_tex, ef_prj_glow) as a TEX0 file. Then open your course_model with [[BrawlBox]]. First right click on the BRRES and go to Import then Texture Animation. Import the SRT0 you exported earlier. Then open the MDL0 (If BrawlBox can't open it then it's corrupt) and go to materials and find your water. Now import the material we exported earlier.
-[[File:Link shader to material.JPG|270px|thumb|none|Linking a material to shader]]
-Then replace your water texture with the other one you exported as TEX0 and import the others. Make sure they link to the references in the material. You may have to rename your water texture.
-[[File:Link reference to texture.JPG|270px|thumb|none|Linking a texture to reference]]
-Then copy the material name and rename the SRT0 entry to the same thing.
-[[File:SRT0 Animation Tutorial BrawlBox Tricks.jpg|270px|thumb|none|Rename the SRT0 entry to the name of the texture name you copied down from MDL0 → Materials]]
-Save and import back into your SZS. '''Do not save your SZS with BrawlBox!''' It messes up the file locations and makes the track crash.
-===[[CLR0]]===
-''Yet to be done''
-===[[PAT0]]===
-PAT0 files control swapping textures, like a computer GIF. It swaps through textures to simulate animation.
-To do this, you need:
-* Multiple textures to animate
-* a course_model.brres
-====Importing Textures====
-Open up your copy of Brawlbox and open your course_model.brres.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-brres-imported.png|none|400px]]
-Right-click the image of the BRRES file in BrawlBox. If you have a folder with all your textures, click Import → Folder and browse for the folder. If not, click Import → Texture and import them one by one. Make sure they have the correct [[Image Formats|Image Format.]]
-====Creating a new [[PAT0]] animation====
-Once done importing new textures in Brawlbox, you'll want to create a new PAT0 animation by Right-Clicking the BRRES image and clicking New → Texture Pattern.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-pat.png|none|400px]]
-Go into AnmTexPat(NW4R) and click on NewPAT. Change the version number from  3 to 4. This is necessary because Mario Kart Wii uses a different version PAT0 than Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-pat-version-4.png|none|400px]]
-You are free to rename the PAT0 to a different name. This will not effect the actual animation.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-pat-rename-pat0.png|none|400px]]
-Set the FrameCount, as this dictates how long each texture will be on screen.
-:* '''NOTE!''' Depending on how many textures you have, this number will be different. For example, If I have 5 textures I want to animate, I'd need 60 frames, because texture 5 needs frames also, or else the animation will skip the fifth texture and go to the first (if you have it set to loop, if not, it'd just stop)
-====Creating and Linking Entries====
-Now we'll get into the actual animating. To start off, right click the newly created PAT0 and click "New Entry".
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-entry-create-ent.png|none|400px]]
-Click the + and you should see a node called "NewNode". Now, go into the MDL0 (it should be in 3DModels(NW4R))
-Now go into MDL0 → Materials. You should see some materials. Find the one that has your texture first texture. Copy down the Material's name.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-ent-mdl0-material-node.png|none|400px]]
-Go back to your PAT0 animation and rename the "NewNode" to the Material Name. This will link the Animation entry to the texture.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-ent-rename-ent.png|none|400px]]
-Now open the entry and Texture0. You should see a node called "NewTexture". Rename it to the actual texture name.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-ent-newtex-rename.png|none|400px]]
-Take notice of the Option "Key". This dictates when the texture will start.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-entry-key-tex.png|none|400px]]
-Now, right-click "Texture0" and click "New Entry". Do this for how many textures you have for animation. Rename those to the correct texture name.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-entry-new-tex0-ent.png|none|400px]]
-Set the Key Frame Start for each one.
-[[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-entry-key-2.png|left|400px]][[File:pat0-anim-tut-create-new-entry-key-3.png|none|400px]]
-Save the BRRES and import it to your SZS. Test in-game to see if your animation works.
-==Links==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)]
-* [[PAT0]]
-* [[CLR0]]
-* [[CHR0]]
-[[Category:Custom Track Tutorial]]