Custom Character Mod For Strive

ATTENTION - PLEASE READ THIS PASSAGE BEFORE DOWNLOADING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is a custom character mod, made to test the feasibility of making a custom character mod using original assets. while it is in a stable state, there is inherent jank present in it due to my inexperience with developing these kinds of mods.

this mod is my first time both designing a fighting game character, as well as animating one. this character, while able to play against the rest of the cast fairly well, is missing several moves (throws, dust attacks, supers, post-season 2 universal mechanics) due to my lack of experience with strive's bbscript system.

I've held onto this mod for too long, i want the strive community to know that you CAN do fully custom characters using original assets, and I generally want to move onto making another custom character with a much higher bar of quality due to my newly gained experience. as such I'm releasing it in this state, as well as all the assets used to create this mod, in case anyone wants to learn or attempt what I'm doing.

TLDR; EXPECT SOME LEVEL OF JANK WHEN PLAYING THIS.

Features

-fully custom, animated character that replaces sol's slot on the character select screen

-fully custom moveset, 4 special moves (236P, 236K, 236HS, j.236HS), 3 command normals (6P, 6K, 6HS), chainable blazblue style normals

-online support (if both players have the mod installed)

- 10 alt colors

Installation

place the GNG.pak and .sig files in your ~mods folder. remove any other mods you have active, they might mess with how this mod loads assets.

If the game crashes during loading this character, check your Paks folder for ANY SORT of mod other than the base GGST pak files. any pak file, outside the ~mods folder or not, WILL be loaded by the game if placed in the Paks folder; the ~mods folder just tells the game "hey, load this first".

I have not tested using this mod with unverum, so I can't vouch for if it works with that program or not. mod works with unverum!

Notes

-this mod overwrites the game's UI to replace grey's name over sol's. when strive inevitably updates, newer characters and gamemodes wont be recognized by the UI file, and will appear weirdly.

-cutscenes in arcade mode crash the game, dont play it.