Addy Mills
Black Label Society - Retribution Rock Band 3 Custom Preview
updated
All videos (unless found in the references below) were recorded by me. Game footage was obtained using World Tour Definitive Edition and the Debug Modes on consoles.
Link to Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=w_LjbLqVzss
Link to Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=fNc_qVNu4gs
References
@BIIIIGBODDY's video: youtube.com/watch?v=RhEEH6tLiUc
My Twitch: twitch.tv/addymillhouse
Thanks to @Mickelraven for the thumbnail!
Chapters
Intro - 0:00
Medium - 2:05
Hard - 4:26
Expert - 7:31
Electro Rock - 12:38
Outro? - 14:04
One More Song - 14:29
Outro (For Real) - 17:17
Join me as I try to FC all the songs in Guitar Hero!
Join me as I try to FC all the songs on Guitar Hero Aerosmith!
Join me as I try to FC all the songs on Guitar Hero III!
If you haven't seen Part One, please do so here! youtube.com/watch?v=w_LjbLqVzss
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Overkill Pt. 2
4:41 - GH5 Drum Bug Revisited
5:40 - 4-Lane Mode
10:19 - Warriors of Rock Pt. 2
13:55 - Outro
Videos Used
GHWT Trailer (Re-Upload): youtube.com/watch?v=4TCUZIljLn0
BIIIIG BODDY's 4-lane Renegade FC: youtube.com/watch?v=hSZlzJzru0M
4-lane X+ and Note Shuffle Videos by MrElectricNick. Follow him on Twitter and Twitch!
https://x.com/MrElectricNick
twitch.tv/mrelectricnick
Credits
Canada National Anthem (Audio)
Music By: Free Beta Records
Link: goo.gl/peHHCX
Canada Flag (Video)
Vecteezy.com (User thoif)
#guitarhero #broken #glitch
Download Honeycomb here: github.com/AddyMills/Honeycomb-GUI
Honeycomb User Guide: addymills.com/honeycomb-user-guide
Honeycomb compiling tutorial for PS2: addymills.com/compiling-with-the-new-toolkit/#ps2-compilation
Join the NeverHax community to chat and collaborate on GH Modding: discord.gg/FcZ7yX3rNY
Download Link (all consoles): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jGNMHqNQYcJTZY_lyQ30mnuyW0Sm2Gd2?usp=sharing
Clone Hero: drive.google.com/file/d/1EKYwdGznxcS3Mpf0eYlbahB_aOD-1jmY/view?usp=drive_link
Add to your custom cache as usual!
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - What are Guitar Hero charts?
2:07 - Broken Notes
5:25 - Guitar Hero: World Tour
8:10 - Guitar Hero: Metallica, Smash Hits (& probably Van Halen too)
10:35 - Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero
14:13 - Another Issue...
15:09 - Warriors of Rock
Check out my Missing Exports: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Nmk4-LrcjwiK1v9zYu1w9MfkBIg8wcA
References
Websites:
5Frets (through Wayback Machine)
web.archive.org/web/20120107130215/http://5frets.com/262/guitar-hero-5-bass-drum-glitch-expert-players-fail-songs
web.archive.org/web/20120317034213/http://5frets.com/264/guitar-hero-5-expert-drum-glitch-will-never-be-fixed
IGN
ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce
ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-sends-memo-to-staff
Videos:
PS3 HfT FC WT (Beatstruck): youtube.com/watch?v=KJYJLpRsRnM
Antisocial Sustain Bug (Specules): youtube.com/watch?v=b_3mdDP3TIA
Overkill Busted Notes (HayateSnake): youtube.com/watch?v=yev8WaUaOuU
Overkill Drums FC (Beatstruck): youtube.com/watch?v=6qhoiWTlxEs
Hit the Lights FC (Machete Squid): youtube.com/watch?v=OXdSny9qT0g
DWEDFN/DYFLWD FCs (dayzeed): youtube.com/watch?v=whxJISvZ3hU
GH5 broken notes drums footage (cdylan13SH):youtube.com/watch?v=xGGtt0hc-kI
GH5 PS2 Footage (Rzapp06): youtube.com/watch?v=U7eKwzI_UQQ
Laser Cannon Deth Sentence Expert/Expert+ Comparison (non_zero): youtube.com/watch?v=tQBysykDF2k
522/521 Notes Streak (Tade\n): youtube.com/watch?v=5ukQy0VJ5eA
WoR Trailer (HERO Europe): youtube.com/watch?v=GDDKsaguHxI
The Shortest Straw (GH:WoR) Drums FC (BIIIIG BODDY): youtube.com/watch?v=bqz8Ua1o96g
Source-less Videos were recorded by me through World Tour on PC and RPCS3
Entered for a submission to JJJreact
SneakCoot's playthrough that inspired this custom: youtube.com/watch?v=wLpsjLMj9S8
Next video will be something completely different... Stay tuned for that!
Download Links:
1x - rhythmverse.co/songfile/477b088a201140ddb6f0b9cdede18fcb
2x - rhythmverse.co/songfile/5dfd5d9eb14e4a6eb1406f9e37260d9b
Clone Hero - drive.google.com/file/d/1qXQquhJbXS7GNptl_6kgxDRD3FxgRa8v/view?usp=drivesdk
Download - rhythmverse.co/songfile/de1c986109c04fbcb91ad94b78011a3f
Audio is from the 360 GH3 DLC, with some separation used to chart the drums, vocals, and keys. This is one of the few rhythm tracks in GH3 that had a completely separate bass stem for some reason!
I hope you all enjoy!
Download:
1x - rhythmverse.co/songfile/cd048366f9414205a9adbffd5b8ac5a1
2x - rhythmverse.co/songfile/d786584f090047bb8d740d895229d6cd
Links:
Blendartrack:
iOS - mega.nz/file/0SQg2KxZ#JoNcWpsGaf8Upghd-kvlCdyexpL0ZuIsMc2xTqa2Lfk
Android (Play Store) - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgtinker.Retargeter
Android (APK) - drive.google.com/file/d/13Qx1tJA81Mz-CxLRDshS2mSoUySWrUnN/view
Blender Things:
Blender - blender.org/download/lts/3-6
Blendartrack Plugin - github.com/cgtinker/blendartrack/releases/tag/v2.2.0
GHTools Plugin - gitgud.io/fretworks/ghtools/-/releases
.blend file and scripts - drive.google.com/file/d/1CgJtawGAeg5CUiwy-ffOhlt4wM6NdgWw/view?usp=sharing
My Site:
Compiling Songs with the new Toolkit - addymills.com/compiling-with-the-new-toolkit
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:44 - Blender
3:50 - Editor break
4:31 - BlendarTrack
7:05 - Import to Blender and Export
11:17 - Syncing to Audio
14:14 - Outro
Welkom in Europa, baby!
Download Link: rhythmverse.co/songfile/7643972c7efc4f19829fe5a1aa435f5c
Video tutorial for fully making GH customs is next, I promise
Download Link: github.com/rjkiv/rb3_plus/tree/main
Get the new toolkit which will allow you to animate Guitar Hero 3, Aerosmith, and World Tour customs in full!
Toolkit Download: github.com/AddyMills/GH-Toolkit-GUI/releases
Text user guide here: addymills.com/compiling-with-the-new-toolkit
This contains instructions on how to use the toolkit to import the SGH file you download here!
Inspired by Chris Vance on @LoreHeroPodcast when he mentioned that they wanted this song in Band Hero 2. Perhaps I'll use this as a template for future GH Toolkit releases
Download Link (RhythmVerse): rhythmverse.co/songfile/685809088d834f30903eab65a3828945
It's still far from perfect (I don't know why his mouth hangs off to the side, probably a conversion error somewhere), and definitely not user friendly to implement. However, I'll keep working on it to make it as user-friendly to add to a custom disc and release the method with a future update to the .NET Toolkit!
I realize I haven’t been publicly active lately. I’m still working on things in the background, but I just don’t have anything that I can publish yet. Lots of unfinished things that don’t quite make a good update yet. As always, please check out my GitHub for the .NET toolkit for the latest updates: github.com/AddyMills/GH-Toolkit-NET
It's been a while since I've made any sort of update! I've been working on a new version of the toolkit that's been coded in an entirely new language. Which is why it's taking me so long to make another update. It's because I am rewriting the whole program! That's also why I haven't made any tutorials like I said I would, as they would be outdated the minute the new program gets released. I hope to have an update for you all soon! Until then, please enjoy this custom for Unsane. This was originally planned for the 2023 Chart-a-Thon, but had to cancel my pack due to time constraints.
Download: http://rhythmverse.co/songfile/5d4f91c3db2b4c1cbc565874e23ef228
I will be using this song to show you how to convert an RB song to GH in the near future. Stay tuned for that!
Download Link: db.c3universe.com/song/aortic-desecration-34982
Watch @aWiseMoose's full FC video here: youtube.com/watch?v=GcG8LIzUwMw
See the "quick and dirty" guide to animating customs here: addymills.com/2023/09/14/quick-and-dirty-guide-to-animating-guitar-hero-3
Download the latest version of the toolkit here: github.com/AddyMills/Guitar-Hero-III-Tools/releases
Download the Green Grass and High Tides custom here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Sc4a57xzf1p5pDNX3mYA4nXpgM6wh66?usp=sharing
Anim loops DL link: drive.google.com/file/d/1RsqDNadajKtpGZQRYrlfkmOorShnU_IL/view?usp=sharing
Visit the GH Toolkit GitHub page to download the latest version of the program: github.com/AddyMills/Guitar-Hero-III-Tools
Time stamps:
0:00 - Guitar Hero 5
8:12 - Warriors of Rock
23:38 - Animation Loops
No download yet as the full song isn’t ready.
How I did it was that I needed to record my facial movements with Blendartrack, import it into Blender, sync it up with the song, export for GHWT, convert the file for gh3, and add it to the song package.
I hope to make this as simple as possible with a future toolkit update
Stay up to date with my toolkit! github.com/AddyMills/Guitar-Hero-III-Tools
Main features include X+ charts with ghost notes, camera FoV effects (like doing a zoom out in the middle of a camera cut), and direct to WoR compilation!
See full feature list here: github.com/AddyMills/Guitar-Hero-III-Tools/releases/tag/v1.1
See my written guide on compiling for WT and WoR to see how it's done: addymills.com/compiling-guitar-hero-world-tour-style-songs
Custom DL links
WoR: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1aiOImSxCMJ398g5StyKYX8XcKys9Or7j
WTDE: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1UWkI5QEPx-WhsZh0LggnJyEeIoZgn5JP
Enjoy!
Converting it to WoR then ended up being pretty similar to my Missing Exports conversions. This doesn't have any band clips, as they are kind of hard to put in, but I will probably update this down the line. For now, enjoy this proof of concept with cameras, lightshows, custom lipsync, and instrument animations!
Download Link:
WoR: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1aiOImSxCMJ398g5StyKYX8XcKys9Or7j
WTDE: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1UWkI5QEPx-WhsZh0LggnJyEeIoZgn5JP
This contains links for World Tour Definitive Edition, as well as Warriors of Rock for both 360 and PS3. For consoles, add it to your custom cache. For WTDE, unzip it and add it to your MODS folder.
Update: To add a song to a custom cache, you need to use Onyx. Watch this @aWiseMoose video starting at 8:07 youtube.com/watch?v=qqvfdWhNpgA&t=487s
Enjoy!
When I push the next update to my tool, I will also show you how to do this yourself. It'll be much more streamlined at that point I would think.
Released to coincide with my compiler I released! This song was fully compiled using my toolkit: github.com/AddyMills/Guitar-Hero-III-Tools
See also my new guides on how the compiler works! addymills.com/authoring-world-tour-style-songs
Download Link: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1ASgfjAuLjhuZV5SL-B2V_8A6n09Ik9rl
There are some minor graphical issues. They are fortunately not a result of the compiler, but because of the different skeletons being used. It's being worked on, but I wanted to show off a song I had ready to go.
I will make another talking video soon to show you how to convert any custom from World Tour to Warriors of Rock using the toolkit.
Here we go, the final piece of the Export puzzle! Complete with added X+ charts where applicable! I did not want to just release the songs and leave those sweet animations behind, so I spent a few months researching and reverse engineering the SKA animation system to figure out how it all worked.
If you didn't know, despite looking similar, the Guitar Hero games completely changed how their animation system worked starting with Guitar Hero Metallica. Every game afterwards used the same system, so porting those animations were relatively simple. However, with World Tour, they were in a different format that caused the animations to go very glitchy if just plopped into the game.
I knew there had to be a way to port them, as the folks at World Tour Definitive Edition were able to bring back some of those animations into World Tour. Lucky for them, WT doesn't care too much about how the data is laid out. That wasn't the case for Warriors of Rock so more time had to be spent getting the animations to work (if they weren't glitching, the game straight up crashed).
I took some time figuring out how the animations worked by porting some Guitar Hero: Aerosmith animations into World Tour. It was during this conversion process that I learned more details about the system and could eventually manage to get a SKA file from World Tour to work in Warriors of Rock. In the future, an update to my toolkit will be released allowing you to port any custom from WTDE into WoR allowing customs for all!
Without further ado, the download links for the World Tour Missing Exports!
360: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
You WILL need to update your custom cache by re-downloading it from that folder.
A huge thank you to the following people:
Freg for putting together this trailer!
@BIIIIGBODDY for testing every single X+ chart to make sure nothing was broken!
To clarify, here are all the added animations:
- All of WT Exports
- All of WT DLC
- All of SH Exports
- All guest songs from GHM except Ace of Spades
Download Links (they should all be installed in the Guitar Hero 5 Content folder, not your Warriors of Rock folder)
360: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1dFDc3Z_Ybvho506n_eqPOkDD9DDfTtcl
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1WuR7hqYlyQhxYTaMa3XRu21GQt1iSERH
Links to @aWiseMoose's videos:
360 Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=dJGubv1gqMk
PS3 Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=uxiFmHJi3L4
Download my files and use his guide to install them.
We re World Tour Missing Export? It's Saturday June 10th!
Songs Showcased:
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock 'n Roll
Sworn - Electro Rock
The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Ice Cream Man image taken from Jloe01's Performance Mode video (0:11) youtube.com/watch?v=KyRtTvvKXRU
Eagle-eyed viewers may see some visual issues. Although currently it will show up like that, I do hope to be able to fix it with script mods in the future. All of these songs contain the necessary files to enable left-hand animations.
The Jimi Hendrix DLC songs were the only DLC songs to not be playable in Guitar Hero 5 and beyond, which was a shame, because they are good! If you can ignore some of the drum charting decisions. Foxey Lady is the only song not also playable in Rock Band due to it being a live version.
This wonderful trailer was brought to you by my man, Freg! He's been awesome with making these emulate the official DLC trailer style.
Download Links:
360: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
Fun fact: The game actually always reads the Jimi Hendrix content from World Tour, but it just never puts the songs in any setlist! Therefore, I've made this pack to be similar to the official Compatibility Patch. Where this download only has the charts.
Install Instructions:
- Install this Export Pack to your Warriors of Rock DLC folder (or for PS3, install the pkg)
- Install the custom cache provided in the Drive link for your console to your Warriors of Rock DLC folder
- You must also have the official Hendrix DLC for World Tour installed in order for these songs to show up and be playable
I'm getting near the end of my releases! I think I have one more surprise for you all before my World Tour Exports release.
I originally was planning to just convert the chart, but the animations they put into this version were way better than the SH version! The files the Wii used to animate their avatars were completely different from 360, so I couldn't just plop them in. However, they used the same names as files found on the 360/PS3. So I found all animations in other official songs and added them to this one. Luckily, the file that tells the game to play animations/cameras cuts does transfer, so that part was pretty easy to bring over.
As this is a custom, I did make one small modification, and that I added two kick lanes at the very end. WoR supports it, so why not?
Download Links
360: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
Did you know that with the release of Guitar Hero Metallica, the DLC chart of All Nightmare Long got overwritten by the GHM version? This meant that the version that came with the rest of the album could only be played in Guitar Hero: World Tour. As such, I present to you the version with the WT chart available to play with full animations! The only modification I made was adding Expert+.
Please also see Moose's video comparison of the GH3, GHWT, and GHM guitar charts: youtube.com/watch?v=S5Y_ccp0dDc
I've also got great news. Animations from World Tour can be completely converted to Warriors of Rock now! This video is one such showcase. This means that the World Tour Missing Export is very close to completion.
There may even be some other goodies that comes out of this ;)
Download Links
360: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
This is considered a custom, so to play it, add it to your custom cache. Or, if you do not care about other customs, feel free to use the custom cache in the Google Drive.
This is what I've been working towards the last few months. I originally planned to just get these songs playable, but when I discovered halfway through porting Guitar Hero Metallica's songs that the animations just worked, I hoped that Van Halen's animations would transfer as well. Even though in GHVH, the animations were in two separate files on-disc, simply merging them into one song package worked just fine! Therefore, let me present to you all 44 songs previously unexported Guitar Hero Van Halen songs with full motion capture animations!
Trailer by Freg
360: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
Not all of PS3's export contains mocap, but the majority does
Join Addy's Playpen on MiloHax for updates regarding this project! discord.gg/Q6PxzYEefT
World Tour Exports may come in the future, if I can figure out how to export its animations. If not, it may be an export pack like the official ones, just the songs and charts, but no special animations.
This release took a bit as the drum animations from GHSH were not great. So I remade them all! The video shows the drummer the way the animations were originally, the download has them fixed.
Video compiled by Freg
360: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
Join Addy's Playpen on MiloHax for updates regarding this project! discord.gg/Q6PxzYEefT
I guess you could say these exports are a notch above the exports Neversoft provided for the World Tour style games (if I could add them back, how come we didn't get them originally?)
Thank you Freg for making this awesome trailer once again!
360: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yktIkFIMybE8R2aX1XsDn-hnizMF1HhS
PS3: drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Cu64fbtfdtBPQQtM5_6S4e4v_kcNdKn
Join Addy's Playpen on MiloHax for updates regarding this project! discord.gg/Q6PxzYEefT


