PES Modding Tutorial #1

How to modify the game database (players, teams...)

Preview of PES Editor by ejogc327, the main tool

What do you need?

Game: 

- A PES2021 CPY or Steam Version in your PC.

Tools:

- Sider 7.3.2 by Juce

- CRI File System Tools v2.40.13.0 (Optional but recommended for modding)*

- PES Editor by ejogc327

Other content:

- A PES2021 database extracted from dt10_x64.cpk and DT36.cpk from the Data folder of the game using the CRI File System Tools*.

* To avoid having any trouble extracting the files, I recommend download the PES2021 DB instead, therefore you don't need the tool.

1. Opening PES EDITOR by ejogc327

First of all, let's open the most important tool for this guide, the PES Editor. In this tutorial I'm going to use the PES2021 DB mentioned before. 

i. Open PES Editor by ejogc327.

ii. Select 2021 version (or 2020 if you are using PES2020).

iii. In folder, insert the path of the PES2021 DB (the parent folder of the "common" folder !!!).

iv. Click "Assign URL".

When you have everything configured like in the picture, you will be able to access the editor by pressing OK.

2. Searching players and teams

Inside the editor you will see different tabs, we will focus now on the "Players" and "Teams". In both cases you will see a search bar, we can search players by their names or their IDs. This is a useful way to check a player's ID or check if an ID is being used. 

Search by ID

3. Editing existing players and teams

When you search and select a player or a team you will be able to edit the parameters that you would be able to edit in the Edit Mode inside the game, but in a more confortable and fast way. 

You can do all the changes you desire, in this tutorial I will edit something simple, I will change Messi's name from L. MESSI to LEO MESSI. 

After making all the changes that we want to make (in a single player or team, not for multiple) is important to click "Apply" and double check that the changes have been actually applied.

Once you apply the changes for every team or player you want to edit, press Save and wait until the Editor says that the data has been saved successfully.

To apply the changes and see them in the game, you will have to copy the PES 2021 DB folder inside the livecpk folder and then add the following line in the sider.ini file:

cpk.root = "livecpk/PES 2021 DB"

I recommend to use this folder for open the PES Editor for further editions and keep a backup somewhere else just in case.

Now we can play the game using sider.exe and we will see that our changes have been applied.

IMPORTANT!!

You need to create a new EDIT file each time you modify the DB because it overwrites it and the changes won't be visible. You have to delete EDIT00000000 file, inside save folder in Documents/eFootball PES 2021 Season Update !!

Next Tutorial (PES Modding Tutorial #2)