MVC2 MODIFICATION TOOL

MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2 MODDING TOOL

INSTRUCTIONS

What will you need?

- The raw files for the US Dreamcast release of MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2

- Basic knowledge on how to turn those files into an image that you can play or burn to CD

[Preppy's Guide on Burning DC Games]

Steps:

1. Click "Use Stock 1ST_READ" to start from scratch OR upload a previously modded 1ST_READ.BIN to edit it
2. Select whatever modifications you want
3. Download updated files to use in game!

Upload 1ST_READ OR MVC2MODS.BIN

FEATURES

- REMATCH MOD!
+ QUALITY OF LIFE MODS
  - All unlocks without a memory card
  - Better stage random select
  - Disable the Handicap option
  - More background music options
+ CUSTOM STAGES
  - Enable, download, and rename custom stages in one step
  - See pictures of the custom stages
  - Creates a SELSTG.BIN with custom stages icons
+ COSMETIC CHANGES
  - Setup a list of local players
  - Expaned character palettes
  - Change various in-game text
  - Updated Character select screen
- Ratio Mod with ability to customize ratios
- User friendly! No Hex-editing required, only need to know how to unzip a file!

CHANGE LOG

08/17/2024
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- Changing of Mods of uploaded 1ST_READ.BIN files is now disabled.  You can only edit the text, stages, and windows

+ 7 NEW STAGES!
   - 2 Versions of CVS2 Rooftop, 1 MSH Chaos Dimension  - Thanks TVIndustries!
   - Mega Man Rooftop, Golden Gate Bridge  - Thanks MESSIAS_FONE!
   - A SF4 Style TEXMOD for the Training Room  - Thanks Neofantomu!
   - A TEXMOD for the normal Clocktower to make it snowy!  - Thanks RoBdude!

- NEW: 2 small mods to change the name of the Bone Wolverine  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- NEW: A fix for Juggernaut not flashing during power-up  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- NEW: A "SET ALL" button to the Player Name colors, to set all the colors to the first color

- NEW: The ability to change the "HIT" counter text

- UPDATE: Lots of small changes/updates in the background to help performance

05/21/2024
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- UPDATE: Updated the Colors of the default 12/16 files!  - Thanks Spider-Dan!

- FIX: The Handicap shadows will be hidden if Handicap text is manually cleared.  - Thanks DJ Clayface!

05/19/2024
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- NEW: Enhanced Training Mode V1:    - Thanks TVI!
    - Adds Dizzy, Unfly, and Flying Screen info to the Training mode info
	- Taunting while Attack Info is displayed will reset unfly, no longer need to use 2 player mode for unfly combo
	- Text takes up less space

- REMATCH UPDATES:
     - No longer need to select rematch option, just hold A1 or A2
	 - Slightly Faster

- UPDATE: Always Show "WINS X" now a separate mod (moved out of Player Names)

- FIX / UPDATE: Cammy 16 color character files no longer crashes the game sometimes

03/02/2024
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- NEW: Alternate HUD and CAPCOM logo Extras!  - Thanks neofantomu!

- UPDATE: Japanese Mode mod now has an option for English assist types

- Storm FP Sound Effect replacement mod!  - Thanks Preppy!

10/04/2023
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- NEW: Japanese Mode mod!  Japanese character names, assist names, and "Aerial Rave" instead of "Air Combo" popup

- NEW: Aerial Rave mod!  For people who want Aerial Rave but don't want Japanese names

- NEW: Hide Match Summary mod!  Hides the versus mode post-match summary (time, wins, combo) that overlaps with the Rematch Mod menu

- UPDATE: Added an image to the header bar  - Thanks Thrillah!

09/21/2023
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- Fix / Clarification for the required mods for Rematch

- Removal of the handicap boxes no longer requires a modified SELSTG.BIN file

- Small tweak to the new Random Stage mod for easier editing by users

09/16/2023
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- Rematch Mod added!  Thank you TVIndustries and bankbank for the many many hours of work, and of course huge thanks to everyone who donated or did testing!

09/13/2023
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- .ZIP files now contain an "!MVC2MODS.BIN" file; this is a data file that you can upload to continue to work on your 1ST_READ.BIN.  In the future the ability to upload 1ST_READ.BIN files will be removed since it caused so many problems

- New Custom Stage "Little Tokyo" thanks Neofantomu!

- Better support for dragging and dropping .BIN files

- Added option to edit the game name in the IP.BIN file

09/06/2023
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- UPDATE: Random Stage Select now won't select repeat stages for 8 matches!  - Thanks mountainmanjed!

- NEW: Shuffle Music mod!  Every stage will randomly select a song from a bank of 32 different songs!  - Thanks to mountainmanjed for the help!

- NEW: A Snowy Clocktower texmod by Alan Jesse!

- Updated the "Expanded Palette Files"!  Thanks Spider-Dan!

- By request added a Paypal donation button

08/16/2023
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- NEW: 5 new Custom Stages by MESSIAS_FONE!

- NEW: Another Desert texmod by MESSIAS_FONE!

- NEW: A Clocktower texmod by Alan Jesse!

- NEW: A new (old) Dragon Ball Z Custom Stage by TVIndustries!

- Coral Cave stage was slightly updated by rob2d!

- UPDATE: Added a date added/updated column to the custom stages

- Custom Stage Downloads table is now sortable

- NEW: Added Dark Theme for the in match elements, life, super bars, etc.  - Thanks Blindfire604!

- UPDATE: Added a flag for stages that have had lag reported, please let us know if you find others!

08/10/2023
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- UPDATE: 1ST_READ.BIN files can be dragged on top of the button to be uploaded

- NEW: Added Texture Replace Stage of Desert stage "Stormy Desert"  - Thanks Toan!

- NEW: Added Dark Theme Loading Tunnel  - Thanks Blindfire604!

- UPDATE: "Expanded Palette Files" so that 12 of the 16 colors are unique.  Ready to play for a 12 Color mod!  - Thanks Spider-Dan!

- FIX: Editing Rematch Mod doesn't report ratio mod partially installed and other improvements to how uploaded files are handled.

- NEW: Added an Extra Option to download all of the 37 Reloaded Custom stages/graphics  - Thanks Blindfire604!

07/16/2023
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[!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!! ]
Many of the newer mods increase the size of the game file and the normal IP.BIN will not work.  The IP.BIN is supposed to be edited when the files are being patched, but during testing we found that some of the common tools are not patching the file correctly.  The included IP.BIN will be patched, if you have trouble burning/running the game, use the included IP.BIN
 [!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!! ]

- NEW MOD: "Player Names" - Set up your mix with your local players!  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- NEW MOD: "Hold Start to Pause" - Start needs to be held for 1/2 a second to pause, no more accidental pauses! - Thanks TVIndustries and bankbank!

- NEW MOD: "12 Color" version of the "Expanded Palettes" mod.  This mod uses Start as a modifier to select colors 7-12.  This uses the same files as the 16 color version, it just ignores the last 4 colors.  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- NEW MOD: "Increase Copyright Screen Duration" - This just shows the copyright screen for about 20 seconds for the people that edit that screen to show shout-outs  - Thanks bankbank!

- UPDATE: Site will let you know when trying to add mods that conflict with eachother

- UPDATE: More options added to "Turbo Loading Tunnel" mod

- UPDATE: The GDI/CDI binhacks were moved into one mod  - Thanks rob2d for the suggestion!

- NEW MOD: "Fix Ruby Heart's Ghost Bug" - Fixes the Assist 2 snapback bug for Ruby  - Thanks TVIndustries

- UPDATE: "All Unlocks" mod also defaults to Mono sound  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- UPDATE: Faces in the High Tier Donut mod face the correct direction  - Thanks DJ Clayface and TVIndustries!

- UPDATE: Pushing Left/Right with the "Disable Handicap" Mod no longer makes a sound  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- FIX: Date in the file download should always match the date of the user and not the server

06/29/2023
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- FIX: "Restore Guile Glitch" glitch has been fixed and now works how it did in the arcade  - Thanks Deathwish, TVi and everyone else who pointed this out!

- UPDATE: Custom Stages Tab will do a better job of ensuring that the Stage Hacking is not accidently done for TEXMOD stages  - Thanks Magnetro!

- UPDATE: Mods that have options will have the option selected in the "!MVC2MODS.TXT" file  - Thanks Magnetro!

06/28/2023
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- Added Texture Replace Stage of Cave stage "Coral Cave"  - Thanks rob2d!

- NEW MOD: "Remove Gambit Glitch" - Fixes the Gambit glitch, removes his abilty to fly away [See Extras Section]  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- NEW MOD: "Restore Guile Glitch" - Restores the Guile Assist2 glitch that was fun [See Extras Section]  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- Updated the "Halloween Land" to final version!  - Thanks rob2d and Magnetro!

- Updated all of the in-game thumbnails [again!] of the Custom Stages to better account for the game streaching them out

- Beta of a new mod "Turbo Tunnel" cuts the VERSUS loading tunnel in half (for fast systems)  - Thanks bankbank!

- FIX: Fixed one song that wouldn't play on Random8 Mod  - Thanks Pablo for finding this bug!

06/15/2023
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- Added Support for Texture replacement stages created with rob2d's awesome tool! [ https://modnao.vercel.app ]

- Added Texture Replace Stage of Circus stage "Halloween Land"  - Thanks rob2d!

- Added Texture Replace Stage of MVC2 Training Stage "Training Red"

- Added red version of the SFA3 Evil Ryu Stage "Mysterious Cave"  - Thanks TVIndustries

- Better support for Custom Stages without custom Thumbnails

05/26/2023
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- New Stage SFA 3 - Evil Ryu Stage!  - Thanks TVIndustries!

- Fixed "Vereses" typo  - Thanks Magnetro!

- The Abyss stage is displayed but disabled

- IP.Bin file is included by default  - Thanks lazyreaper808!

05/18/2023
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- Completely remade the Custom Stage screenshots and in-game stage select icons  - Thanks Magnetro!

- Various small tweaks under the hood to make things quicker

- Fixed foggy Onslaughts World stage  - Thanks MESSIAS_FONE!

- 2 New Stages!  Thanks TVIndustries!

04/15/2023
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- Updated some of the custom stage images  - Thanks Magnetro!

04/14/2023
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+ 1.5 New Stages!
	   - Temple of Fists from Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter!  - Thanks TVIndustries
	   - A red colored version of the Red Earth stage Greedia  - Thanks HyperBeast / TVIndustries

+ Updated to Window Modification Section
	   - Added ability to change the White Border
	   - Added a few more colors to the presets
	   - Presets will now show which value is selected or stock
	   - Fixed the Stock preset color for the Pause Screen Selection Box  - Thanks Dj Clayface!

- Added Sub-sections for the Text Modifications section

- Added Download option to get a IP.BIN file

- FIXED: Shadow under Handicap text won't be removed if user changed the Handicap text  - Thanks Insidi0usZ!

- FIXED: When uploading a 1ST_READ with partial mods, fixing them is easier  - Thanks lazyreaper808!

- UPDATE: Various tweaks to the layout of the site, trying to make it not so ugly!

10/04/2022
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+ New Random Music Mods!
	   - Game will randomly select between 2/4/8 songs for each stage
	   - Select the "Random Song - X" Extra Options to get the file names of the new music files

+ Added Text changes for most of the pop-up messages
	- Also has the ability to change the size and color of the messages that pop up during the match

- Added BETA Mod to disable the Blue Screen pop-up

- Updated "Hide Assist Recommendations" mod after minor issue found  - Thanks Dj Clayface!

- Added two new options to the "Reorganize Character Select" options, one for the Arcade Layout and one for the "High Tier Donut" layout

- New Stage "Training Cube" added, this was the first custom stage created!

- Changes under the hood to make everything load and process faster

- Website uses tabs for the the different sections, so less scrolling

09/11/2022
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- Added text changes for the Training Menu display

09/09/2022
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- REAL HOSTING THANKS TO PREPPY!!

- Added option to use a reorganized character selection screen
 - Several text fields now allow for longer inputs
 - Added option to hide the Assist Recommendations
 - Added section to customize the box colors

09/01/2022
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- Added an option to apply the binhack value for GDI files

08/27/2022
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+ Ratio Mod Added
	- Also with the ability to customize the ratio list

+ EXTRA OPTIONS section added
	- Small cosmetic options

- Change Log added to main page
 - Added a Author column for the GAME MODIFICATION section
 - Moved the "Default Turbo 1" to be part of the All Unlocks mod
 - Many small cosmetic tweaks to this site to make it less fugly

OLD CHANGES
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- Added the updated 16 Color Palette Mod to fix the "sometimes allows same color" issue
 - Disable Handicap Mod Added

[BROWSE CUSTOM STAGES] to download files manually

CREDITS

Thanks to the MVC2 modding community for creating and discovering the game modifications, including but not limited to: mountainmanjed, Anotak, TVIndustries, bankbank, Magnetro, Preppy, rob2d

Special thanks to Preppy for hosting this site!

Website created by Paxtez [Discord: Paxtez, Reddit: Paxtez]. Please let me know if there are any issues or questions!

MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2 MODDING TOOL