Replacing graphics in pigg files

[Moonrazor]

So I used to play like mad, now Im pushing 50 years old.. I used to mod all the billboards and store fronts- but I can be damned if I recall how to do it. PiggViewer is fail for me in Win 10 and I dont recall how to do it past that. Can someone explain how easy this is again? Sorry if this post is in wrong place

Edited August 25, 2019 by Moonrazor

[merrypessimist]

Based on my experiences with other graphical mods for City, you could probably just add a new graphic to the Data/* subfolders.  If it's named the same way as the base file, the data folder will override the .pigg base art assets.

 

I don't mod billboards or storefronts so I don't know which data/* subfolders you'd need to create and fill.

[Oubliette_Red]

Perhaps it was CoHSplasher, which I think was the same tool some of us used to replace things like the launch/login screen with our own art. I do not believe the tool has been updated.

[Moonrazor]

Yeah I can un pack and repack pigg files but I duno what to replace it with as I have graphic formats *.graphicextentions   and it is *.texture

      

 

[OminousVoice]

Rename .texture to .dds. Once you're done editing, make sure to resave the dds in the same format as the original (DXT5, etc). Then rename back to .texture

 

EDIT: CohSplasher v1.25 works fully with Homecoming. v1.30 won't work with login screens.

Edited August 27, 2019 by OminousVoice

[Moonrazor]

Thank you so much for reply. My problem is still that I cannot open a dds file after I rename from *.texture.....I also duno where the F to find the stuff Im looking for. Wanted to change ogg files as well. I used to do it, so it must be easy.

[Moonrazor]

Ok check that I CANT repack pigg files...is there a way to change billboards and boombox in splasher? guide? thanks all

[Saiyajinzoningen]

would this technique  work to switch power animations?