• Petz LNZ/Resource notes

Notice I will soon host this on its own site so keep checking back on the main page for when the move will happen.
Warning before you go opining your resource files let alone touch them make sure you have a back up. I wont be responsible if you mess up your game.

Changing the default name

Finished a breed file but hate the name Spot here is a guide to change it.
Soon

Changing the splash screen

You will be needing resource Hacker and will be editing the Petz4 .EXE file. Keep a back up.
First of all you need to be conferable using resource hacker. If you never used it before its navigates similar to LNZ Pro. Navigate to the Petz install folder and open up Petz 4.EXE. Here you can see a drop down tree of various part of your pet game such as cursors, icons and various BMP files that make the game run, Were going to drop down the Bitmap folder and look, for depending on what game you have, 501 (Dogz) 502 (Catz) 503 (Both). I'm going to be working with both .

Right click on 1033 and click save BITMAP and save it somewhere you can remember such as the desktop then open it up in photoshop or GIMP (a free program you can edit BMP). Pro tip when editing your file you might want to leave the loading bar white so leave a space on the bottom unless thats the look you are going for. Keep in mind since this is a BMP layers aren't supported so copy and paste in a new file make your design then copy it back to the original file. Also it will be limited to the petz color chart so keep that in mind when designing.
Right click on on Replace Resource. A window will pop up with a Open File with new bitmap. Click it chose your file then hit replace at the bottom. Don't mess with the 503 on the bottom.

Then hit save and open up your Petz game.. It you get a error with Petz A try useing a older version of Resorce Hacker.


You should have your new splash screen.

EXE file extended

Just like changing the intro screen you can change other aspects of your game just by swapping out the BMP's such as the adoption/birth certificate and the travel scrap book. I would not mess with anything beyond Cursor, Bitmap, or icons.

Changing the play scene hosts.

Basically in any travel  scene there is a lnz file containing both a Dogz and a Catz host . If you look at the name its basically base breed initials and the name of the play scene so for example in the Gypsy Circus scene its DH-CIRCHOST meaning its base breed is Dachshund and RB-CIRCHOST is Russian Blue. Once you open the file it looks like a normal .pet LNZ. It helps if you have the same base breed I'm sure you can use other base breeds the behavior might be weird. 
Go down about 3 lines to  {256 Eyelid Color] and highlight but stopping before the [flat clothing] section.
Open your pet file copy from the same spot and paste in your play scene file.  

Petz Voice commands and training

When Petz 4 came out back in 1999 mine came with a free microphone to try the newly added Via Voice a novel concept of being able to talk and train my dogz. I for one could never get the Via Voice to work probity because it couldn't understand my speak Nintendogs is the exact same way). I don't know how many times I started screaming in frustration "sit damn it SIT!"
Years later I was poking around with the resource files in one of the Babyz toyz and noticed a extra text file tacked on to the end  VOICEREC_GLOBAL. In Babyz it's in the toy file itself but in Petz its in the resource files. For people uncomfortable in opining the resource files I listed the list of recognized toyz and commands hopefully it will help somebody. Here is a text file copied and pasted from the  Petz 4 Rez.Dil