[Question] Am trying to give Monika things like clothes. What am I doing wrong?

[bringerofstorms]

So I've read the gifting guide on the wiki, which was for what it is very helpful, but I've found that it doesn't really apply when trying to give her wearable things like clothes etc. (ribbons are still okay). I have downloaded the spritepack and have been trying to use that to give her some new clothes, but even though I'm copying the files in them to their correct (I think) locations under the Mod Assets > Monika folder, she can never read them for some bizarre reason. I've looked online for guides to help me through this, but the closest I've gotten is some guy on YouTube who thought uploading a guide in maximum 240p (making text illegible) with gunshot sound effects in the background that drown out all instructions was a good idea. Would somebody please walk me through the process of getting gifts from the spritepacks into the game itself?

[20RaVen23]

Can you send the your spj.txt file, please?

Go to the folder log/ and send the file spj.txt.

[bringerofstorms]

spj.txt

I managed to get the green hoodie and blue shirt working yesterday but so far nothing else has worked.

[20RaVen23]

Where did you put the folders with the sprites exactly? Can you send a screenshot of your game/mod_assets/monika/c folder, please?

[bringerofstorms]

I copied everything in the spritepack into its corresponding folder. Everything from /a went to /a, everything from /c went to /c etc.

[20RaVen23]

It's strange. The spj.txt file you sent didn't read nothing more than the two outfits you mentioned working. You had MAS closed while you were adding the sprites? If you didn't, reopen MAS and try to gift them again.

[bringerofstorms]

It worked! Thank you mate, I appreciate it!! :D

[20RaVen23]

No problem! ^^

[Ix-30]

I've been having problems as well, My spj only detects the Sakuya outfit, the sweater, the shell bikini. Only the Blue, Emerald, Ruby, Red Ribbon too. spj.txt

I've tried to put the blue shirt for example and added the Json sprite and she can't read it, I only do this when it's off and she can't read it.

Thanks in advance, I'm sorry for bringing this up bit I didn't want to open another topic, thank you.

[20RaVen23]

you had MAS closed while adding the json file and the gift?

[20RaVen23]

try to make sure you installed them properly

https://github.com/Monika-After-Story/MonikaModDev/wiki/Adding-Sprite-Objects#file-locations

[Ix-30]

Yes, I always have the Game closed as I install. In the A Floder Should I unpack all A objects o the whole mod assets folder? Also the Json object needs to go in j right?

[20RaVen23]

In the A Floder Should I unpack all A objects o the whole mod assets folder?

yeah, you only have to unpack the A objects there, not the whole mod_assets folder

and yes, the .JSON files need to go in game/mod_assets/monika/j

[Ix-30]

Thanks I solved it. Thanks a millon friend. Wind guide you. Just a last question where does the thumbnail go?

[20RaVen23]

Oh, good to hear that. I actually don't know how I helped here, but no problem! ^^

Oh and, thumbnails goes in game/mod_assets/thumbs.

[ineedlotsofhelp]

i cant even gift her ribbons

i mightve done something weird when trying to get the mod to work or its some weird thing with my laptop

[ineedlotsofhelp]

i need lots of help

and i need a usb to move the mod to a different computer

[ghost]

You don't need a USB cable to move data. Flash drive medium or internet connection would do, too.

Edit: make sure you have unpacked spritepacks and that you have file extensions visible in explorer/finder/your file viewer.

[ineedlotsofhelp]

thats what i meant i talked to my friend about what those where called for 10 minutes and we just gave up

[ineedlotsofhelp]

thanks for the edit

[ghost]

On Windows file extensions are hidden by default (sorry, I can't really explain how to enable them, I don't use english locale and I don't know what are parameters called in english), so you need to enable them, otherwise .gift files become .gift.\<additional extension> when you create them, so the mod don't recognize them.

[Ix-30]

The file extensions: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/show-file-extensions-in-windows I think that explains it better than I could.

For the sprites I've broken it down into simple steps(I followed) So take it with a grain of salt. for this example we'll take the miku outfit.

1.) See that in each sprite pack, there is a "c" and a "j" object right? well, move the folder in to it's own place. The route where you have to paste them is(the names vary according to your computer): DDLC---->game-----mod assets------>Monika----the letter where you put these.

C="clothes" any clothes go here, most folders have the author's name, so paste it in the C folder. Therefore, "orcaramelo_hatsune_miku"---->C

*A- "Acs" objects, paste them into the a folder, in this case the objects in "a" go n the a folder, usually these don't have the author's name so paste them all in there.

*H-"Hair" Paste them into the "h" folder. As with A, it's usually a bunch of pics, put them into A.

-J- "Json" objects. In the file you'll see a j "folder" and there should be objects there, in this case since its the miku outfit, there should be four. Move them into the "j folder"

*Finally, move the thumb into the thumbnail folder into the "modassets" this will ensure you see the preview in the "apperance" section of the game. In most, there should be a gift, that gift should be put in the "characters folder" open the game and Monika will detect it and change into it. This has to be done with MAS inactive.

For the usb/computer transfer

• Press the windows button. + R, that should prompt a box.

*write "%appdata" there. You should be taken to a folder.

*Look for the "renpy" folder, open it and there you should see Monika After Story

*Copy all the folder into a USB. This is also how you "back up" Monika, this is her "memory" of the time you spent with her.

You can either copy the game too in the usb, or download a fresh copy and mod it again. Open a "renpy" folder and paste the Monika after story folder there.

Hope I helped, if only for a bit.

[ghost]

I don't quite get the point of manually sorting out those 'a', 'c', and other directories. Isn't it said in guidelines that you need to just merge directories? That will make your OS do this exact thing automatically.

The zip file will contain folders with the sprite pack names, and inside each of those will be a folder named mod_assets. Simply copy the mod_assets folder for the sprite pack you wish to install while MAS is closed and paste it into the game folder that is located in the ddlc directory of your MAS install.

https://github.com/Monika-After-Story/MonikaModDev/wiki/Adding-Sprite-Objects#installing-sprite-packs

[Ix-30]

Not for me, It did try, but somehow, It only merged certain files. Which is why I point it out. Happens to some other players I know too. So just to be safe, I point it out.

[20RaVen23]

there is the video of example about what @scpketer mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QnEdA97iE

[ineedlotsofhelp]

does MAS have to be closed

[ineedlotsofhelp]

because that would explain my problem

[multimokia]

Yes, MAS must be closed to install spritepacks

[ineedlotsofhelp]

i was so confused ok thanks im glad i checked on this issue after going to sleep

[ineedlotsofhelp]

what if i already put the j and c file/folder into the games j and c folders

[ineedlotsofhelp]

but when the game was on

[multimokia]

Then you need to say goodbye and relaunch MAS

[ineedlotsofhelp]

ok thanks!

[ineedlotsofhelp]

im totally giving her the black bow now

[ineedlotsofhelp]

it worked! (it took so long because i was actually eating breakfast)

[SterbeNNn]

okay, could you help me with the same problem? although I read the entire dialogue and all the solutions, I did not understand what exactly needs to be done 😣

[SterbeNNn]

I am Russian, so you may have difficulties understanding me this is how Google translate works ¯ \ (ツ) / ¯

[ghost]

You can go ahead and use Russian, maybe I could help you out?

[SterbeNNn]

Хорошо, буду использовать русский язык. В общем я не могу подарить Монике никакие подарки, а так же у меня выдаёт ошибку из-за некоторых спрайтов и при показе летающих островов

[ghost]

Ну так давай сюда ошибки. Хотелось бы уметь в телепатию, но как-то не срослось.

Edit: даришь как, по гайду? Спрайты устанавливал?

[SterbeNNn]

spj.txt Держи

[SterbeNNn]

кстати я полазил по логам и нашёл, что в логе pnm.txt тоже есть ошибки

[SterbeNNn]

Дарю всё по гайдам, а вот спрайты больше никакие не скачивал, ибо в группе, откуда я взял мод, не было ссылок, или упоминания о том, что надо ещё и спрайты скачивать

[ghost]

Скачай отсюда spritepacks.zip и распакуй то, что тебе нужно (или вообще всё) в game/mod_assets.

Edit: пардон, битая ссылка. Пофиксил.

Edit 2: вот тут подробнее (но на английском) сказано, как что устанавливать.

[ThePotatoGuy]

[closing as resolved]