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1. HOW DO I
CHANGE NAMES
Okay, it can be
done. First you need to get a hex editor (search warez
sites, not mine). You'll use the hex editor to open up
the .exe file located in the main c:\...\WCW Nitro PC\
folder. It should look something like this.

In this example,
we'll be changing the name Saturn to Kidman. Since
both consist of six letters, it shouldn't be too hard.
Okay, click the cursor over the S in Saturn. Before
you start typing, make sure the hex editor is in
"overwrite" mode. Why? Because overwrite
mode will replace the letters and values, keeping the
same byte size of the .exe. Byte size? Huh? Alright,
take a look at the picture up top again. See where it
says "Size: 348160". That's the byte size
and it needs to stay at 348160 in order to work. Are
you in overwrite mode? You'll have to check the hex
editor to be sure. If you start typing
"Kidman" and you still see
"Saturn" right after "Kidman" then
you are in insert mode, not overwrite. When in
overwrite mode, you should be able to fit Kidman right
over Saturn and make it look like this.

You with me so far? Okay, next lesson. Let's say we
want to turn "Kidman" into "Billy
Kidman". Here's the big trick: as long as you
start all the names where they normally start, you can
use all the blank dots up until the next name provided
you leave one blank dot in between names. I hope that
made sense. Take a look at the picture up top again.
All what I said mean as long as you start the name you
want at the K in Kidman, you can use all the space up
to the dot before the B in Bill Goldberg. Tons of
space to fit Billy. Okay, let's first type in
"Billy " over "Kidman". Notice I
left a space after Billy to make it an even six
characters. When you run out of characters to type
over (in this case after you type over the n in
Saturn), you'll want to switch your hex editor to
insert mode. This way it will continue reading the
name. When you switch to insert mode, type in Kidman.
You notice all the dots and "Bill Goldberg"
will move over in space. It should look like below.

You also notice about the above picture that the byte
size has gone up. There are six more bytes because we
added six letters for Kidman. What we'll want to do
know is move "Bill Goldberg" back where he's
supposed to be. While still in insert mode, move the
cursor to the B in Bill Goldberg. Then simply
backspace six spaces or however many it takes to get
you back to 348160. It should look like this.

Now if you were actually doing this example in your
own hex editor, I want you to do one of two things. 1)
Trust me that this works and close the hex editor
without saving or 2)"Save as" under a
different file name than the one you opened...let's
just say Gary.exe. That way you'll still have your
original to edit the way you want and if it doesn't
work and you still haven't figured out how to fix it,
I haven't totally screwed you over. Some of the names
get pretty tight, so try to plan accordingly and just
keep experimenting. One last thing. If you happen to
use the blank dot spaces and want to regain the blank
dots again, you can't type a period. You'll get a
period in your game. To get rid of the period, you'll
have to cursor over to the left hand side
corresponding to where the period is and type
"00". The hex value for empty space is
"00" whereas the value for a period is
"20". Once you start doing it it will make
sense. Have faith.

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