Soul Calibur 5 Save File Mod Prerequisite Knowledge

modding soul calibur 5 save file is largely the same for both ps3 and xbox 360. because your online stats is stored solely on your save file, I will not cover that, but instead cover how to use the character creation mode to its fullest potential.

btw, for the ps3 version, here's the code to get you level 98 instantly. after applying this code, you just need to do 1 fight in single player modes, and you will get lv 99 instantly. you will be able to unlock all the secret characters, equipments, and stickers. you can't unlock all the weapons with this code unless you complete story mode, but that's not too bad.

just add this code to BSD and then decrypt your save then apply this cheat
[Player Level 98]
20172364 0001F0DF

source: http://forum.thegamegenie.com/viewtopic.php?p=9862&sid=40ff47cc1f1da44167f2bd9dd4a24277

the modders for the xbox 360 version of the game have done most of the work, and DragonX24 already uploaded extensive walkthroughs on youtube already. it is necessary you watch through all 5 of his tutorial videos because there's no need to reinvent the wheel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DragonX24/videos

his videos also link to a very important source that you must visit to obtain the full equipment data list.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55034895/SCVDRESSUP/Mainframe.html

what I will do here is mainly expanding on existing information and clear up some things from his videos and the dropbox site.

before I jump into format explaination of the character creation, a few thinsg I must clear up

the 1st thing is that you cannot fully edit 1P and 2P costumes. technically it's possible, but it's much more limited as opposed to using dlc parts of the same costume. most of the 1P/2P costumes include their own face so you cannot swap their face for other faces. it might be possible to apply body stickers onto only a limited number of limbs that you equip on yourself, but I have not tried that yet.

2nd thing, it is possible to use DLC parts for free as long as you have compatibility packs installed, and you can even use parts from opposite sex, but creation menu will revert the changes because, like dragonx24 said, the game considers it to be an illegit action. so if you made a custom creation full of items that a character is not supposed to wear, do not ever try to edit this character in creation menu

3rdly, swapping equipment parts through hex editing might screw up the position of 3 special item slots, but there are ways to fix that by combining uses of both in game character creation menu and hex editing. I will explain that in the upcoming posts.

4th, recall that dragonx24 said you can apply face paint and body sticker on 3P creations and creation mode will not revert it, that's not entirely correct, the face paint will persist, but if you ever go into color menu to adjust colors, all the sticker will disappear when the game saves the character. you can take pictures with body stickers on as long as you don't go into color menu.

last point, you can swap voice on 1P/2P/3P creations, but creation mode will revert it back to canon character voice. however, if you swap voice of custom creation with canon character voice, creation mode will not revert it. you can even mofidy pitch/tone/malfestatio of 1P voices when it's swapped onto a custom character. so what you do is putting the 1P voice onto a custom creation, edit the pitch/tone/malfestation, then copy back the voice code onto 1P/2P/3P characters.

if you are still with me, I recommend you to check out the whole thing. by the end of this journey, I am certain you will be able to make creations like this,

if there's any error in my posts, please let me know, thx.
if you know something I don't, please share with me too, thx