CGT is now compatible and safe to use with Rocksmith 2014 Remastered ...

Special thanks to Biermeister 44 for help with beta testing CGT in RS14R user environment.

 
Check back here for new version of Custom Game Toolkit (CGT).  NEW Features ...
 
NOTE:  Avast AV and other AV programs may interfere with CGT's installation and operation.  Please add the CGT installer and CGT application to your AV program's exclusion/white list if you receive unexpected results or error messages.  Always make sure you are logged on as master Admin when using CGT.
 
CGT Version 2.2.2 released,  Net 4.0.30319  is required.  (NOTE:  Win10 and Win8 users must install this version of .Net)  New features, Advance Repair Options, support for CDLC Playlists, error checking, and performance improvements.  Automatically identifies and quarantines corrupt CDLC so custom game saves can be fully repaired and synced.
 
New Custom Colors feature ...

 

Customize string, note, chord, and tuning peg colors.   Special thanks to coldrampage for feature POC and development assistance.

• Image Injector supports modding the Loft and most other images
• Added drag/drop functionality to String Colors
• Fixed Custom Color tuning peg colorization issue
• Added Expert User checkbox inject a modified file
• Easily customize any in game image with Image Injector (here's just a few examples)
• Inno Setup Installer
• Fixed Image Injector source path bug
• Fixed bug in Remastered Intro Screens
• Guitar Inlays now produces working custom inlays for left handed players
• Improved GameSaves user profile transfer tool for better compatibility with Rocksmith Remastered
• NEW Player Progress with Song Stats and Game Stats
• Fixed Delete Duplicates index exception and added 'Duplicates', option 'Reset View' to default
• Added AutoUpdate feature along with toolstrip menu checkbox so feature may be enabled or disabled
• Complete rewrite of Profile Transfer feature
• ProfileBackup feature expanded for improved interface with Remastered and Steam
• Added methods to automatically detect storage locations of User Profile files
• Added new CDLC Organizer feature to FileManager - Sort CDLC into ArtistName folders
• Updated CGT to work with Rocksmith 2014 Remastered version
• Updated IntroScreens and ImageInjector to work properly with RS14R
• Updated GameSaves to adjust date/time LastModified in LocalProfiles
• Applied newest version of RocksmithToolkitLib to project

Please PM me with your feedback for this latest version.
 
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So after reading many post about problems with corrupted game saves or just backing up localprofiles.json and *_prfldb files.  I developed Game Saves Gigbox to make backup, transfer, repair, reset, snyc, and create new game saves much easier.  The official release is here  towards bottom of page, included as part of the Custom Game Toolkit program.  Just look for the Game Saves menu tab when you run the program. 
 
Feature List

• Backup - make a backup copy (*.bak) of game save files before you have problems.  (Hint: remove .bak extension to restore.)  Backup option now includes support for creating CDLC playlists.
• Transfer - move game save from one computer to another.
• Repair - auto fix corrupt game saves.  I do personalized game save repairs if auto fix does not work.  You can send a games save repair request along with the link to your corrupt game save here ... I have a 100% repair success rate.
• Reset - selectively restore game save settings to defaults or clear them all together.  Use it to reset DD and others.
• Sync - synchronize the game save with currently installed CDLC.  Removes references to CDLC in the game save that are no longer installed, speeds up loading and reduces crashing.  Be sure to remove unused CDLC before running this.
• New - Create a new default game save, or split an existing multiplayer save into separate single player saves.

New features - Look for the "Statalog" tab menu

• Custom Song Catalog (CDLC File Manager) - catalogs CDLC files by File Name, Author, Title, Album, Year, DD, GUID into CSV file format.  Check the GUID field to find duplicates that can cause game crashes.
• Player Stats and Song Stats - in CSV file format (Excel compatible).  Improved error checking and performance.

Latest upgrade - Look for the new "CDLC Manager" tab menu

• CDLC _File Manager GUI (with advanced CDLC corruption detection and reporting)
• Improved processing of CDLC songs
• Quickly find and delete duplicate CDLC files that are causing those pesky game crashes and hangs. 
• Added option to move or delete duplicates.

Tips to avoid game save corruption:

• Do not exit, quit or abort the game in any way other than following the in-game prompts to quit .
• Never shut off your computer while the game is loaded.
• Never attempt to modify/add CDLC files while the game is loaded.
• Never attempt to modify any other game files (such as *.ini) while the game is loaded.
• Never be the first to try new untested CDLC.  75% of corrupt game saves are caused by CDLC that are already on the List of Crashers, jammers, dead toners, and MISC problems.
• Minimize the number of CDLC files that are installed.  Do you really need over 1500 CDLC arrangements loaded?  Backup and remove ones that are not played then use the Game Saves Gigbox - Sync feature.
• Be patient while the game loads and shut downs properly. 

 
Thanks to @pcsmith for his detailed post at http://rsmods.oakey-dev.eu about file formats.  Special thanks to all the CST developers and to cabalistic for inspiration.  Additional, thanks to all the CGT beta testers ... you know who you are.
 
_{Personalized Game Save Repair Service for:
multiplayer for @@sZXZ  Donor
multiplayer for @@Tysylio  Donor   
singleplayer for @@squallexe Donor
multiplayer for @@comp Donor}
and many more ...
 
A big THANK YOU to all the CGT supporters who donate on the Official CGT Website 

Wow this tool sounds great!  @@cozy1 have you released the source code for this anywhere?  I'd love to compile it with Mono so I could use it on my Mac like we can do with the Song Creator Toolkit.

The Custom Game Toolkit uses the "RocksmithToolkitLib" and  @cabalistic's "RocksmithToTab" libraries which are open source code and graciously credited in CGT.   CGT is not open source.  That being said, some CGT code is included in CST which is open source.  So take a look at CST if you are interested in the code.

Hey cozy,

 

Thanks for your efforts to bring up this app to us. Sorry to bother you, I'm having this error when I try to do any operation under Game Saves". Is there any other user that have reported it? 

 

I'm using CGT 1.5.5 and .NET 4.5.51209.

 

Thanks!

 

http://fmonteiro.com.br/pub_img/CGTError.png

Looks like you are trying to use CGT on RS1 game save.  You should be selecting the 221680 folder.  Also you should be using Net 4.0.30319  Correct these two things and it should work.

Looks like you are trying to use CGT on RS1 game save.  You should be selecting the 221680 folder.  Also you should be using Net 4.0.30319  Correct these two things and it should work.

 

Dumb me.  :huh:

 

Worked fine, thanks!  :D

umm... where does it unpack image files from Image Injector?

The Custom Game Toolkit, Image Injector gives you the ability to add your own images to the game.  It was not intended for saving the in game images.  You might find what you are looking for by poking around in your \local settings\temp\CGT folder while Image Injector is still active.  You can also use CST Packer/Unpacker if you want to save images to a folder that you specify.

Thanks for the answer. Knowing properties of a source image (such as resolution) is vital for injecting custom ones.

Also, thanks for the tip about using CST Packer/Unpacker - i found localization file so maybe I will be able to localize R2014 to my mother language.

Actually, CGT will show you the correct image size when you click on "Your PNG Image Goes Here, Click to Select".  The file selection dialog popup has a header message that contains this information.  Most images are 72 to 96dpi.

Hi my question was if there is a way to view the songs from Rocksmith 2014 in music score notes instead of tabs like they have them on the web. I was thinking if the Game Song Creator Toolkit had such feature. XD

Check out RSTabExplorer if you only want to produce music score with notes (does not require GP5 or GP6). 

 

You can also produce nice GP5 output with the toolkit or RocksmithToTab by cabalistic, and then produce score with notes in GP5 or GP6.

Check out RSTabExplorer if you only want to produce music score with notes (does not require GP5 or GP6). 

 

You can also produce nice GP5 output with the toolkit or RocksmithToTab by cabalistic, and then produce score with notes in GP5 or GP6.

Thank You!, I will give that a shot. 

New CGT version 1.7.3 info is here.

Bump ... CGT version 1.8.5.1 is released with new features and Inno Installer package.

https://gyazo.com/cc5773b6904613c2f4f78d82182855fd I get this when I try to run this as admin or not, really need the help. Have both installer and app itself on my av whitelist as well.

@Kiefy Wonder

I PM you for more info.  Will work this through PM until solved.

Great tool !

i'ld like to use the song stats export...

with 1.9.1 i get

 

System.NullReferenceException: No stats available: index out of bounds
parameter name: index
   at CustomGameToolkit.GameSaves.frmWorker.StatsSongs2Csv()

 

I've added cdlcs which i have not played yet

Just before the exception i got the warning that i've got more pids in the profile than in the dlcs, but i'm sure i never deleted any dlcs.

There are no problems loading the profile in Rocksmith.

Maybe these are from the training lessons?

 

Thanks for checking :-)

System.NullReferenceException: No stats available: index out of bounds

parameter name: index

   at CustomGameToolkit.GameSaves.frmWorker.StatsSongs2Csv()

 

I've added cdlcs which i have not played yet

Just before the exception i got the warning that i've got more pids in the profile than in the dlcs, but i'm sure i never deleted any dlcs.

There are no problems loading the profile in Rocksmith.

Maybe these are from the training lessons?

 

Thanks for checking :-)

 

You need to play some of the newly added CDLC before you can get any song stats.  The exception message is telling you that "No stats available" probably because the CDLC have not been played.  Let me know if it CGT song stats works for you after you play some of your new CDLC.

 

Also make sure you are manually selecting a destination directory for the output.

 

(Issue is fixed in CGT v 1.9.2 - the initial default destination directory is auto set if the user does not manually set or modify it.)

Hi Cozy,

 

with version 1.9.2 it's the same for me.

The output directory was set,

but when i press the button to choose the PFRLDB the first time i get an exception that the path was not set.

The second time i can choose the correct path and file.

The first error says :  the statPid count is greater than the songPid count.

Then i get the NullReferenceException: No stats available.

Is there a way to just extract the _PFRLDB ?

 

Thanks

"Is there a way to just extract the _PFRLDB ?"  No.

 

Make sure you completely uninstall CGT and then delete the CustomGameToolkit folder from the Program Files directory.  Then reinstall v1.9.2.   When you start CGT for first time you should see a "welcome message".  If you do not see the "welcome message" then you did not completely uninstall/delete the previous version. 

 

"Then i get the NullReferenceException: No stats available."  This error is thrown when the "Output Folder" has not been properly set or when there are "No stats available".  Try manually setting the Output Folder to just a folder.  Make sure you are not setting it to a file.

 

Let me know if you are still having trouble.  I will need your full paths to: 1) Game Save Profile Database File, 2) CDLC Folder, and 3) Output Folder.

no luck..., i even tried different folders, i can generate the player stats and song catalog without problems.

 

The folders are

D:\portable\Steam\userdata\204524116\221680\remote\60D4F38CF7DD492B81816A611EF18609_PRFLDB

and

destDir=D:\portable\Downloads
dlcDir=D:\portable\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rocksmith2014\dlc

 

I have the _m.psarc and _p.psarc in the dlc folder.

 

I think the error window stating the pid counts holds the clue to the problem.

It is for the backup file 599 > 588, after playing some new songs 604 > 593,

then i did a sync of the PRFLDB with all sync options, 27 % size reduction

then tried again... now the message was saying 327 (stats) > 316 (songs)

The difference is always the same (11).

I've not deleted any files from dlc folder.

 

The song catalog lists 2681 rows with 1886 different GUIDs.

In the catalog i have an Artist name starting with a blank space

and some names containing non ASCII characters, UTF8 encoded.

An Ö, an Ä and a special apostrophe, maybe more.

Also all kinds of special characters including ; : + / ? ! '

And there are filenames with spaces.

 

Any idea?

Start by removing all _m.psarc files then try Statalog again.

 

Does the "D:\portable\Steam\userdata\204524116\221680\remote\" folder also contain the localprofiles.json file?

 

Do you have the two dlc compatibility files in the 'dlc' folder?  These can account for differences in the PID count.  The PID count messages are just messages, these are expected and not errors.

 

What happens if you run File Manager menu tab option?  Does File Manager find any corrupt CDLC?

 

Fixed a bug that occurs in rare occasions when the  statsPid count is greater than the songsPid count that may occur with some user profiles.  Also added a catch for user profiles that have no stats yet, e.g., the user used the Game Saves Reset tool and clears or restores defaults for Stats .  

 

Give CGT v 1.9.3 a try.  Your feedback is appreciated.

Hey :-) now the song stats file is created.

And once it worked the initial exception when pressing the choose button is also gone!

 

but the columns do not line up...

... the values are decimal and contain commas instead of decimal dots in the csv,

which is most likely because of my windows language/country settings...

 

Somehow I had hoped to find the score attack highscores in the table.

 

I also checked the stat output of the "synced" profile,

compared it to song stats of the full profile and found that there are some stats missing.

It looks like the missing stats belong to rs2014 and rs1compatibility dlc arrangements.

 

Keep up the good work!

Bump ... new version released.

Windows defender removed the file after download claiming it'd found a virus.

 

Anyone else had that?