Mini Star Viewer
A tool that I created to view the board layout in a more convenient way. The tool currently does not support editing the board
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Table of Content
- Tools / Software & Files needed
- Understanding the filesystem
- Extract the files
- Open the file and export to JSON
- Import to viewer
Tools / Software & Files needed
- BrawlCrate
Required for using plugins. - Dolphin Emulator or other ISO file extracting tools.
- A ROM of Mario Party 9 (Use a legitimate version, downloading free ROMs are strongly discouraged and may be illegal.)
Prerequisite: Install the plugin
A plugin is required to use the viewer.
- Download the repository at GitHub
- Move the folder `MP9BoardExporter` from the downloaded folder to BrawlCrate's plugin folder (In BrawlCrate > Tools > Open API Folder > Plugins)
- Reload BrawlCrate plugins (Tools > Reload Plugins)
Knowing the file system
The files you are looking for are usually called "mass.brres.lz". They are usually located in "DATA/files/common/bd0*", where * = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 or 7.
| Number | Board |
|---|---|
| bd00 | Early Toad Road |
| bd01 | Toad Road |
| bd02 | Bob-omb Factory |
| bd03 | Boo's Horror Castle |
| bd04 | Blooper Beach |
| bd05 | Magma Mines |
| bd06 | Bowser Station |
| bd07 | DK's Jungle Ruins |
1. Extract the files
Extract the content of the ISO first.
For Dolphin Emulator,
- If Mario Party 9 is not on the main screen, go to Option -> Configuration -> Paths -> Add. Select the path containing the Mario Party 9 ISO.
- Right Click the Mario Party 9 logo -> Properties -> Filesystem
If the Filesystem tab button is not showing, click the arrow button. - Navigate to the respective board folder (refer to above), and right click "mass.brres.lz" -> Extract file
- Choose a location. This will be where your extracted "mass.brres.lz" stores. (It is recommended to store these files in a seperate, new folder.)
2. Open the relavent model
- Open the "mass.brres.lz" file that has just been extracted with BrawlCrate
- Double click the "3DModel (NW4R)" Folder. You will see different "mdl0" files. Each file represents different paths.
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Select the root node (the item labeled BRRES) and select Plugin > MP9BoardExporter > export_board. Choose the folder that the JSON file will be exported to.
- Alternatively, select the individual mdl0 nodes to export only that mdl0 path.
e.g. In Toad Road, mass01 is the main path, mass04 is the bonus area, and mass05 is the Captain Event path.
3. Import JSON and visualise the board
- Open Mini Star Viewer
- Click "Load JSON File", and select the JSON file that was just exported. Wait a few moment for the board to show