Please Make Art. You Don't Have To Bare Your Soul Or Make A Masterpiece, You Can Be Silly And You Can

Please make art. You don't have to bare your soul or make a masterpiece, you can be silly and you can be derivative if you want. You don't even have to show it to anyone. Just please make something, it's so good for you

I mostly followed instructions from here. It's a bit involved, more difficult than the small handful of other games I've tried, but very possible. Search engines are your friend if you get stuck on anything! Some notes -

This is specifically for 3DS Capcom games, not any ports or other console's/company's games - they might need a different process.

The post suggests using Citra Emulator to get to the ROM's filesystem. Because both development and distribution of Citra has stopped, it's a pinch more inconvenient to get it installed and working. If you need an alternative and have a working+hacked 3DS, then you can just yoink the real files out of your copy of the game with Godmode9 and transfer the files over to your computer (either with your SD card or any other transfer method that works). This is what I did

It says to use a whole other program to convert textures/images into a usable PNG, but Kuriimu2 can also do this - double click to view a .tex and then there's an export button right there. (However, Scarlet can do them in bulk. The post suggests one at a time but I've had no issues with selecting a bunch of textures and putting them through at the same time with it.)

3ds max is a 1500+ quid professional program. I can only assume this contributed to making it a bloody pain to install even for the free trial. I wanted to avoid using this but alas, seems it is the only option short of learning how to reverse engineer this stuff yourself. But know that even if your first shot at installing it gets stuck (like mine did. at 97%. augh) there are Ways

When it comes to importing the models, check the "Import meshes" box or else you will just get bones. In my experience you don't need to check anything else if you're just after models.

Then, much like the original person who wrote this up, I did the rest in Blender because it's free and I know how to use it

I don't know if you're familiar with the workings of 3d modelling programs, but if you're not, I can write a post about that too?

Really hope this helps!! It's really interesting and fun digging into the guts of beloved games so I'm always willing to help :D

SUCCESS 2 🎉

It was a pain to get there but now I can also rip models from 3DS Capcom games, which means Ace Attorney and 3rd+4th gen MonHun characters/creatures/locations!! Although i've only done Ace Attorney Dual Destinies as of yet. (some screenshots of the courtroom under different lighting, and some of FFVII characters in there because of course there will be, under the cut)

I noticed that when not lit as it is in the game, Dual Destinies' courtroom actually looks quite a lot like the earlier parts of the series. Moody lighting always made it feel super different to me so it's surprising how alike it really is. I ended up leaving it like this for now lol

And you know what else! Creacher on the witness stand!! (also my lads are too dang tall for law unless I squish em down apparently)

Camera tests turned out great! Not 100% accurate but I am having fun

I will use this power very responsibly (I won't)

It's so funny being a shipper when you're aroace it's like you're an anthropologist, like hey fictional blorbos who live in my head let me study your bonds under a microscope and take notes on what happens when I throw Valentines Day into your enclosure

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smile for the fans!

I did not know this was what Apollo's voice training sounded like but thank you to this (Japanese) decade-old audio of him and Klavier talking about Gyakuten Orchestra stuff for introducing me. I don't know what I expected haha

anyway i spent like 2 weeks figuring out how to somewhat animate it and that was a journey and a half but I learned a lot!!