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'''File Replacement''' is a general term used to describe replacing various elements of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', including textures, music, and even [[moveset]]s. Phantom Wings is credited to expanding its popularity, as he made file replacement available to users using SD cards, as initially music and textures required ISO hacking. Notable texture hack programs include [[BrawlBox]] and [[Open SA]].

==Textures==

A texture hack is a hack used through the Homebrew Channel that alters a [[character]]'s [[palette swap]] colors into different designs. This process was pioneered by Pharrox, a user on [[Smash World Forums]]. The hack involves the individual coding of the characters being changed to fit the design wanted. There are several websites dedicated to texture hacking.

 

The basis of most textures is to make a character appear similar to something else. Examples include changing a [[Pokémon]]'s appearance to its shiny form, or making characters appear similar to newer characters from other games, such as making {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} appear as Galactic Knight from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', or [[Link (SSBB)|Link]] as Fierce Diety Link, seen to the right.

The project has eventually grown to incorporate stage textures, [[item]] textures, [[Final Smash]] textures (e.g., the artwork seen during [[Peach (SSBB)|Peach]]'s [[Peach Blossom]]), and [[non-playable character]] textures. Over time, the popularity of texture hacking has caused several other kinds of hacks to become available, such as music hacks, moveset hacks, and, eventually, model swapping, vertex hacks, custom animations, and even the insertion of completely new models.

Initially, blank DVDs were necessary in order to use texture hacks, but Phantom Wings managed to create a hack, exploiting ''Brawl'''s use of data created and saved on an SD Card, that allowed for texture hacks to be stored on and loaded from folders on SD cards, making them much more popular and accessible. Now, the only thing required is an SD card, the Homebrew Channel, and program to load the codes and textures, commonly Gecko OS or Riivolution.  

===Primary Texture Hacking Teams===

Similar to Textures, music was initially limited to ISO users, although much later than textures. Custom music was popularized by GHNeko (One of the main developers of [[Brawl+]]), who made a video displaying various stages with custom music, although it was with ISO [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJ2WAsolGQ&feature=player_embedded]. Eventually Phantom Wings continued his file replacement code used for textures to incorporate music (the first post about it can be seen [http://board.gscentral.org/showthread.php?t=30533#22 here]). Custom music was initially very confusing to make, as users had to make the music into a .brstm file, loop in an acceptable manner, and have the proper settings, although Bionic Sonic created a tool that only required simple editing to accommodate various personal settings, mostly volume, in a music editing program, such as Audacity. A newer version was released by Dantarion and a video can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-IT_-ULXc&annotation_id=annotation_781800&feature=iv here].