OLD: Tutorial: How To Custom Songs Guitar Hero 3 PC :OLD

**TomPudding** · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 97

OK this is by no means finished, but it should allow you to play about with altering the note charts. I've uploaded it athttp://www.savefile.com/files/1276179.

You'll need to have python installed, I recommend activestate python which you can grab at http://www.activestate.com/store/productdetail.aspx?prdGuid=b08b04e0-6872-4d9d-a722-7a0c2dea2758
You'll also need a midi file containing the notes of the song you're going to put in the game, it's the only format currently supported, and that not very well.

The tutorial

is as follows:

extract the archive into your guitar hero III directory
make a backup of the pak.xen file corresponding to the song you want to replace in the DATA/SONGS directory. Give this backup the same name as the original, but with .bak appended (we'll use this backup in a minute)
run the included batch file from the guitar hero III directory with 2 arguments, firstly the name of the song you're replacing (and by name I mean the part before the first underscore in the name of the pak.xen file, so the name of slow ride is just slowride. The second argument is the name of your midi file
Replace the sound for that song as described at the start of this thread
Don't blame me if this buggers up your game

As I said, this is not finished. I fully expect that if you give it a multi track midi file the notes from both tracks will bleed together. Star power sections are not updated, and I don't understand time signatures or beats so I'm afraid that's all rubbish as well. All these will be fixed probably this weekend.

Zelda:
I'm afraid I wasn't involved in any Tony Hawk editing so I'm not familiar with any of those tools. I came here by way of the Frets on Fire forums; I wrote the multiplayer mod for it a while back.

**Gouzy** · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 40 Location: PARIS - FRANCE

Thanks a lot! But Python Langage.... Waoooouw! Did'nt knew that it existed yet.
Lot of work... I'll post later (Time to learn Python

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**terminator** · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 189

Tom, you are a FREAKING GOD !!!!

**LnKK** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 28

first of all, great work guys! just one thing, i changed to open the xen files with notepad, and they dont have more .xen on the name, so i cant add .bak to the end (dunno if u guys understand me, my english sucks, so sorry. if i add .bak i think the mid injection search for slowride.pak.bak.xen), but if someone have one alternative, please just answer.
Thanks again.

**MaXKilleR** · Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 771

**JaJaGuy** · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 18

I can't get it to work

I used the tool, and replaced the new midi into the file.
Whenever I try to launch it ingame, it just exits the game

**skidz** · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 8

Nice tool Tom, works a treat!

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**Vengance517** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 38

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**JaJaGuy** · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 18

I actually got it to work, I figured out what I did wrong. What kind of midis are I technically supposed to use. It seems to me that every midi I use creates the same notes.

**terminator** · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 189

It seems that whatever song I try to replace besides barracuda crashes while loading and I cant get the audio for barracuda to change. It says I need some sort of passcode...
Edit: I managed to replace Sunshine Of Your Love and I hear my prieview mp3 but it never finishes loading...Any Ideas?

**JaJaGuy** · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 18

**terminator** · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 189

Um, it is 128kbs. It still doesn't work. I did read the whole thread...

**freeqaz** · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 541