User blog:Buddyfight Unified Universe/An Easy Way to Customize Your Buddyfight Area Sim

Just a few easy things you can do to customize your experience on the Buddyfight Area Sim.
I'm sure many already know how and have done much more. I simply took a little time last night to get a Star Dragon Theme Playmat with my son's Buddy on it with the Standard Star Dragon Sleeves and even corrected errant text on a card so that even though the opponent will never see it, my son will. I am not an artist with the pencil or brush, so forgive the images, but it passed his test.

There are many ways to do this, but I will simply go over what I did.

1. Download the latest version and/or update.

2. Unzip the folder and open the "Sprite" folder.

3. Copy the file "Field1.png" and paste it into another folder or location. I created a new folder for the new files and just used that.

4. Import "Field1.png" into your favorite image editor (while I have Photoshop and Illustrator, I actually prefer Affinity Designer). Creat your different layers while keeping the original file in the background so that when you play, the cards will go to their proper places.

5. Export your file making sure it is in the "PNG" format.

6. Move the original "Field1.png" file out of the Sprite Folder and insert your new one, making sure that you named it "Field1.png".

7. The sleeves are the same process, except you need to replace the original files in both the "Sleeves" folder and the "SleevesMini" folder. As of version .94, there is only one file in both of these folders, so just make sure that your edited version is named the same, "s0.png"

8. If you find that there is an error in the text box of a card, and it doesn't match the writing on the actual card, simply open the "Text" folder, then open the ".txt" file that the card is in. For the error we found, it was in Star Dragon World. Go to the card name, replace the errant text with the correct text and save the file.

9. Remember that when you do this, since the program uses the files on your computer, only you will see any of these changes, including the card text that you change. If you use that card, and the other player mentions the discrepency, just tell them what happened and if the English version of the card is the image used, they'll be able to confirm your change, or they can look it up themselves.