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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is created in Unity, which makes it a particularly good target for modding. This page aims to serve as a public repository of knowledge for new and experienced modders alike.

Installing Mods

Quick Start

PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE

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Skin Mods

EASY INSTALL PLACEHOLDER

Usage:

PLACEHOLDER

Popular Skins Repositories:

PLACEHOLDER
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PLACEHOLDER

Creating Custom Skins

Manual Installation:

PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE

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Music Mods

Manual Installation:

Get the BepInEx zip pinned in the NASB discord #modding channel. It has BepInEx 5 and the unstripped Unity libraries.
Extract the BepInEx zip into your game's install directory
Download the latest release zip such as NASB2CustomMusicMod-9.9.9.zip
Extract this zip into your BepInEx folder, and the mod should be installed!
1. Your BepInEx folder should now have a CustomSongs folder, and you should have the plugins in your plugins folder

Download NASB2 Custom Music Mod

Usage:

Your BepInEx folder should have a CustomSongs folder
Place .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 files into the CustomSongs folder corresponding to the stage or menu you want to change.
1. For example, if you want to use a different song for the Jellyfish Fields stage, place the audio file in BepInEx\CustomSongs\Stages\Jellyfish Fields
2. If multiple audio files are in the same folder, one is randomly selected each time that stage / menu / victory theme is loaded!

Creating Custom Music

Voice Mods

EASY INSTALL PLACEHOLDER

Usage:

PLACEHOLDER

Creating Custom Voice Packs

Manual Installation:

PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE

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Other Helpful Mods

Name	Info
Training Mode v1.3 Update (Sanji)	CPU blocking mode, 2 players in training mode (if you want it), advanced HUD shows frame data for both characters, better frame counter.
Direct Steam Links (Sanji)	Create links that will directly launch NASB2 and join your lobby! This is the fastest way to get someone to join your game. To use this mod, just tap the Invite Friends button in the Lobby. A link will be automatically copied to your clipboard.
Rotation Mode v11/25 Update (Sanji)	3 or more people all enter one game but play 1v1 with 2 stocks. When someone runs out of stocks, the next player in the queue instantly spawns into the game and playing continues! The "winner" gets their health and stocks restored. To activate this mod, make a game in Timed mode with at least 3 people in a lobby (not spectating, act like it's a FFA with everyone playing). Everyone playing needs to have the mod.
Unlock West (Sanji)	Adds a new server option to the left of Best. The USA option to the right of Best will be US East. The USA options to the left is US West. Note: Password lobbies will not work on US West when someone without the mod tries it but it should work if both people have the mod.

Necessary files

These files are required by most mods if you manually install them outside of QUICK START PLACEHOLDER.

BepInEx:

To install this simply put the contents of the .zip into your root NASB 2 folder then start the game once so it can generate the necessary files.

PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK:

PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE

PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK:

PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE

Creating Mods

Skin Creation

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON GETTING STARTED WITH SKIN CREATION WITH THE GENERAL TOOLS NECESSARY

Textures

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON SIMPLE SKINS SUCH AS BASIC COLOR ALTS

Advanced Textures

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE GOING MORE IN DEPTH FOR TECHNICALLY UNNECESSARY STEPS BUT WOULD MAKE SKINS LOOK BETTER

Models

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON EDITING MODELS

Model Swaps

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON MODEL SWAPS

Custom Music Creation

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON CREATING MUSIC FOR THE MOD

Custom Loop Points

To define a loop start and end point, create a JSON file in the same folder as your audio file, and give it the same name as your audio file.
A JSON file is just a regular text file, but instead of .txt it is .json
1. You may need to turn on file extensions on Windows to be able to see and edit the .json extension.

JSON file contents:

Samples are more precise than seconds, but the NASB1 version of this mod used seconds, so this mod allows both for backwards compatibility.

Using samples:

{
"loopPoints": { "start": 199665, "end": 21977555 }
}

When 21,977,555 samples have elapsed in the song, it will loop back to 199,665 samples!

Using Seconds:

{
  "loopStartPointSec": "4.462",
  "loopEndPointSec": "49.803"
}

When 49.803 seconds have elapsed in the song, it will loop back to 4.462 seconds!

Making Song Packs

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON CREATING SONG PACKS FOR THE MOD

Custom Voice Pack Creation

PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON CREATING VOICES FOR THE MOD

Other Creation Tools

Name	Category	Platforms	Notes
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE
PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK	CATEGORY	PLATFORM	NOTE

External Modding Resources

NASB2 Navigation

Gameplay

Information

Characters

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 === Skin Mods ===
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 === Music Mods ===
-EASY INSTALL PLACEHOLDER
+Manual Installation:
+# Get the BepInEx zip pinned in the NASB discord #modding channel. It has BepInEx 5 and the unstripped Unity libraries.
+# Extract the BepInEx zip into your game's install directory
+# Download the [https://github.com/megalon/nasb2-custom-music-mod/releases/latest latest release zip] such as ''NASB2CustomMusicMod-9.9.9.zip''
+# Extract this zip into your BepInEx folder, and the mod should be installed!
+## Your BepInEx folder should now have a ''CustomSongs'' folder, and you should have the ''plugins'' in your plugins folder
-Usage:
-PLACEHOLDER
+[https://github.com/megalon/nasb2-custom-music-mod/releases/latest Download NASB2 Custom Music Mod]
-[[#Custom_Music_Creation|Creating Custom Music]]
+Usage:
+# Your BepInEx folder should have a CustomSongs folder
+# Place ''.wav'', ''.ogg'', or ''.mp3'' files into the CustomSongs folder corresponding to the stage or menu you want to change.
+## For example, if you want to use a different song for the Jellyfish Fields stage, place the audio file in ''BepInEx\CustomSongs\Stages\Jellyfish Fields''
+## If multiple audio files are in the same folder, one is randomly selected each time that stage / menu / victory theme is loaded!
-Manual Installation:
-PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE
+[[#Custom_Music_Creation|Creating Custom Music]]
-DOWNLOAD LINK PLACEHOLDER
+----
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 === Voice Mods ===
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 === Other Helpful Mods ===
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 | [https://pixeldrain.com/u/suEGsGqa Unlock West (Sanji)] || Adds a new server option to the left of Best. The USA option to the right of Best will be US East. The USA options to the left is US West. Note: Password lobbies will not work on US West when someone without the mod tries it but it should work if both people have the mod.
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 === Necessary files ===
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-* PLACEHOLDER HYPERLINK:
+* [https://gamebanana.com/tools/15310 BepInEx]:
-PLACEHOLDER INSTALL GUIDE
+To install this simply put the contents of the .zip into your root NASB 2 folder then start the game once so it can generate the necessary files.
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 PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON MODEL SWAPS
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 === Custom Music Creation ===
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 ==== Custom Loop Points ====
-PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON HOW TO LOOP MUSIC AT A SPECIFIC POINT
+# To define a loop start and end point, create a JSON file in the same folder as your audio file, and give it the same name as your audio file.
+# A JSON file is just a regular text file, but instead of .txt it is .json
+## You may need to turn on file extensions on Windows to be able to see and edit the .json extension.
+'''JSON file contents:'''
+Samples are more precise than seconds, but the NASB1 version of this mod used seconds, so this mod allows both for backwards compatibility.
+'''''Using samples:'''''
+<pre>
+{
+"loopPoints": { "start": 199665, "end": 21977555 }
+}
+</pre>
+When ''21,977,555'' samples have elapsed in the song, it will loop back to ''199,665'' samples!
+'''''Using Seconds:'''''
+<pre>
+{
+  "loopStartPointSec": "4.462",
+  "loopEndPointSec": "49.803"
+}
+</pre>
+When ''49.803'' seconds have elapsed in the song, it will loop back to ''4.462'' seconds!
+==== Making Song Packs ====
+PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON CREATING SONG PACKS FOR THE MOD
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 === Custom Voice Pack Creation ===
 PLACEHOLDER GUIDE ON CREATING VOICES FOR THE MOD
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 === Other Creation Tools ===