NPC_Tool - Animal Villager Customization

[MRDSBOY]

I tried following the steps, but I get confused.

I have the SD card in my PC, I press import (without pressing save and exit)
When I check the npcwiirdlog, this is all that's in it:

upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC04/new.lz 90E517C0
upload NPC09/new.lz 90E60900
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC03/new.lz 90E4E780
upload NPC04/new.lz 90E517C0
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC09/new.lz 90E60900
upload NPC09/new.lz 90E60900
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC01/new.lz 90E48700
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC02/new.lz 90E4B740
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC08/new.lz 90E5D8C0
upload NPC06/new.lz 90E57840
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC07/new.lz 90E5A880
upload NPC10/new.lz 90E63940
upload NPC04/new.lz 90E517C0

[DsPet]

Take the last one "upload NPC04/new.lz 90E517C0" and copy it to the clipboard, then paste it in the WiiRD command line input.
If you are running WIIRD in a different folder, you may need to change the path name (eg: upload C:/MYFOLDER/NPC04/new.lz 90E517C0")
Check to make sure WIIRD reports success.

Then: Enter a house and immediately exit. The new texture take effect.

[Ice2]

I've been having loads of fun making custom characters. I currently have Nook, Pave', Daffy, and my version of Ms. Piggy. Fun that is until I switched over to Windows 7. It seems that the Paint program saves info differently and now I can't customize over even reinstall my current one, should one move out, without starting up my old PC. Any ideas that would help is greatly appreciated.

Ice
Rose Bay

[Area51_Hacker2]

New paint saves as png by default I think - try saving it as a bitmap or whatever you chose in old paint.

[Ice2]

I tried that before coming to the experts for help. I have been working with the NCP program well over a year and understand that it uses BMP files.

[DsPet]

NPC Tool is picky on bitmap formats.
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Try the older MSPAINT from XP - http://www.aibohack.com/a/ms_paint.zip
From Windows XP, but it runs under Windows 7 (you've paid for Windows already)
FWIW: I prefer it to the new one, especially for bitmap editing (not photo editing)

[Cheat5]

Say have there been any new hacks on how to have more neighbors? I use this tool the other day, and I have like 4 sleep Animals waiting to move in. We can only have what 8 to 10 in a town at once still?

[lisalub]

I've been using the NPC tool for several months to switch out villagers, but I have not tried to drastically change any of them. I stumbled across a website today which allowed me to download files for Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donkey Kong, etc. but I have no idea where to put them so that they can be imported into and recognized as viable choices in the NPC tool. How can I do that? Also, is there a way to have more than 10 villagers? I see that there's actually 20 slots, but only 10 are being used. Thanks so much!!

[fangirl squee]

lisalub, there's a tutorial on how to change the textures for your villagers, it's located here. Sadly 10 is the max amount of villagers per town. The 11-20 slots of for frozen animals. Ones that are either moving in (if you have space) or moving out.

[x66x66]

I've been using this program with no issues for a while. Suddenly today, I can't escape the "Missing or bad dll" error. I've re-downloaded the program and I've tried downloading a new dll both multiple times and I still get that error. Any help?

UPDATE: After talking to the maker, I know what my issue is. It does not run on Windows 7 with Service Pack 1.