Since I got JoeJames' permission to apply this year's Miracle shading on his jersey textures, I started thinking how I could go around doing this easily. First thought would be to use a hex editor that has scripting support (such as XVI). But then I thought, why not make this even easier for newbie modders or for users that grab mods that don't have the shaders applied?
So I made my decision. I'm going to make an easy-to-use tool, that will apply the lighting changes you want to any jersey file. It will include Jao's Miracle lighting profiles by default, but it will allow you to change the values to whatever you want, and allow you to keep different profiles for home and away jerseys. It will have jersey auto-detection (whether it is home or away based on the filename), it will have batch processing (so that you don't have to go through each file one by one), and will keep automatic backups if something goes wrong.
If we discover more lighting values later on or new tricks, or get some new good lighting profiles, I will make sure to add them in the tool.
Release
Miracle My Jersey is ready! The second tool by me, Leftos, is finally here to help you get the Miracle Jersey effect (or any lighting effect you discover for that matter) on any jersey you want, from any modder, without any manual editing! You just select the jersey, or the folder that contains the jerseys you want to modify, click on Do Magic, and you're done! The tool even detects which jerseys are home and which are away, and has different preset profiles for each one. It also comes with 2K's presets for lighting, in case you don't like the effect or just want to get the jersey back to its original state.
Since v0.2, the tool supports stadium files (s###.iff) and allows you to apply edits to the shaders easily.
Disclaimer
The tool is still in beta. I've tested it in my environment, added the lighting effects to all 30 teams on JoeJames' updates, and went into the game to test that they work. Your mileage should be good, but may vary until I iron out any bugs. I do need your help in testing this tool as well. If something goes wrong, you can always revert the jersey to its original state, by using 2K's profiles, which are provided with the tool.
Screenshots
The tool's main window, showing the different profiles and the settings you can alter.
The tool's Batch Processing window ("Do Folder") which allows you to apply the lighting edits to all jerseys inside a folder with a single click.
2K's default Pistons away uniform, color corrected and with Miracle Jersey lighting effects ("away" profile).
JoeJames' updated uniforms with MIracle Jersey lighting settings ("home" and "away" profiles)
Screenshot after applying the shadow stadium profile on the Pistons court. Further edits were done using the Global Editor.
Download
Latest version
- Installer
Version History- 0.2 - Feb 29
- Added support for stadium shaders
- 0.1 - Jan 6
- Initial release
- 0.2 - Feb 29
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If you enjoy using my tools and want to show your appreciation, all you have to do is say a hello and a thank you in a reply here. If, however, you want to show a little more appreciation, you can always consider making a small donation towards my everyday and studies expenses. Any donation, no matter the amount, will give me even greater incentive to develop these tools and helping the community.
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After learning how to edit courts with hex its not that hard its just really annoying. But great work Leftos all your tools really help alot!
