2007-08 BIG PACKAGE by Mel_Fox_76

[Mel_Fox_76]

...more data...

[Mel_Fox_76]

...finally the the sneakers.

[Paulisu22]

Nice work dude

[Kbryant8]

That isn't possible! I spent so many hours with editing player attributes to make the game much more realistic than ever before. I can't do this once again for the 08-09 season. My goal is to optimize my 07-08 patch as good as possible.
Actually, I think I've finished almost everything that's important to me...except the super Tattoos for Chris Andersen made by KBryant8, but he probably doesn't find his old patch file for the birdman...
What ever!
Here's probably the last picture of new players until I'm gonna upload my newest patch version 1.03!!!

C ya

Mel

Oh lol, sorry, i will get my 04 copy soon and then i will start it all over again with the birdman, can`t find my old patch of him

[jettdaking!]

HOW BOUT A SCREENSHOT?

[Ziggo]

Guys were i need to put all downloaded files ???

[Mel_Fox_76]

Hi folks!

Here are four new players:




Kobe --> new hair
Jameer Nelson --> new face, beard, hair...
Tyrus Thomas --> new face, hair, eyes...
Chuck Hayes --> new

+

few Roster updates

Enjoy it!

Mel

[youvalss]

Can I use these faces and shoes for Live 2005? Will it work?

[butongman]

cool

[Mel_Fox_76]

Hi folks!
It's been a long time since I uploaded my last updates...
now I've started to work on my files again.
Here are some new files...

Updated faces:
Kevin Garnett
Delonte West
Devin Harris

newly created faces:
Nate Robinson
Russel Westbrook
Derrick Rose (forget this one! You'll find an improved version of him below!!!)



+ roster update ver 1.05 (still for 2007/2008!!!)


Enjoy it!

C ya

Mel

[kingrjames]

it looks good!!!!,hope you'll release new shoes and jeseys........tnx a lot 4 this patch dude.....

[Mel_Fox_76]

Next updates:

Here are again 4 new player updates:

Gilbert Arenas
Anderson Varejao
Ronnie Brewer
Monta Ellis (2007-08 --> without Tatoos!)



So I hope, you're gonna enjoy it

[Mel_Fox_76]

New day, new faces!

Here are three updated players:

Chris Paul
Earl III a.k.a J.R. Smith
Rashad McCants


Enjoy 'em!

[kingrjames]

Hi good to know that some people like you are still making updates for this game...great job
could you also work on this seasons updated rosters?

[Mel_Fox_76]

Once again I spent a weekend with eagraph's editor...

Here are four more ballers:

BETTER Derrick Rose (changed position of mouth + nose + hair...)
Caron Butler
David West
Gerald Wallace




Enjoy 'em...I'll do so


C ya

Mel

[Darkthrone85]

thanks a lot for the hard-work!

[zxider]

i think a it is

AWESOME!!

[Mel_Fox_76]

Another BIG update:

Here are 20 (!!!) new and improved players:

- Chuck Hayes (--> improved nose and hair)
- Marc Gasol (new)
- Aaron Brooks (new)
- Elton Brand (--> improved hair)
- Kevin Love (new)
- Gerald Wallace (--> mouth improved)
- Chris Duhon (new)
- Mario Chalmers (new)
- Tyreke Evans (new)
- Michael Beasley (new + special hair but not perfectly done, looking how to fix it…)
- Jason Thomson (new)
- Spencer Hawes (new)
- LaMarcus Aldridge (--> updated hair and beard)
- Eric Gordon (new)
- Wilson Chandler (new)
- OJ Mayo (new)
- Brook Lopez (new)
- Danny Granger new)
- Brandon Jennings (new)
- Dwyane Wade (--> improved skin colour)



Enjoy them all



Addition:
1. My newest portraits (SELFMADE and much BETTER THAN BEFORE) do you find here:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=71468

2. Another update is my SELFMADE title-screen with LeBron James. I really like it. So if you like to download, go to
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=71666

CU soon


Mel

[shakoy69]

looks awesome! i'm downloading it right now.. Thanks!

[Mel_Fox_76]

Hey guys!
It's uploading time....
here are some new ballers:

updated players:

- Kevin Love (skin color, hair...)
- Eddie House (mouth)
- Jason Maxiell (hair, beard)

new players:

- Sebastian Telfair
- Arron Afflalo
- Anthony Morrow
- Andrea Bargnani
- Stephen Curry




AND:

My 2007-2008 ROSTER patch ver. 1.07
with NEW and real BIDs. To use them, you need to download 2 more files:
Birthstate.dbf and birthtown.dbf. Then overwrite the original files in MY DOCUMENTS\NBA Live 2004\database in the folders workingdb, originaldb and currentdb.
You ‘ll find the dbf file below in my next comment.





Enjoy 'em all


@ shakoy69:
Please read my message inside this topic which begins with ''that's a very global question..." I answered there the same question.
+ Most important software is EAGRAPH. Download it here: http://download.nba-live.com/index.php?act=view&id=14



C ya


Mel

[Mel_Fox_76]

As I mentioned before here are the .dbf-files to realize realistic hometowns.
Enjoy them, too

Mel

[Mel_Fox_76]

Next update:

This time SNEAKERS!
Some have been added, for example:
-White + blue Adidas
-Blue + black Adidas
-reintegrated Converse Classics
-White + gold Adidas
-Gold + black Adidas
-Adidas Agent Zero blue + white ...

[kyle0391]

ryff is better

[JKers]

ryff is better

lol... compare ryff studious where many people works together and i think they are patching for a longer time copmared to Melo_fox.. who works alone and does a great job by himself... soo i don`t think you should post soo disrespectfull comments..

[Mel_Fox_76]

@Jkers:
That's it! Thanks man!
@Kyle0391:
I can just add that there are different styles of patches. Some are doing great patches in their own style. I'm trying to create patches that are looking like the Originals in the game (other's patches are often looking like NBA Live 2006 Players integrated to the 2004 version).
But anyway, I named my Thread '... what do you think about it'... it's allowed to prefer other patches:-)
In my opinion the best way would be to take best parts of different patches to combine for the ultimate patch.
For example, I think my Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Matt Barnes, Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Thompson, Drew Gooden (hair!), Andre Iguodala, Kevin Love, Kendrick Perkins, Danny Granger, Andrea Bargnani and OJ Mayo are the best face patches of these players that are available. Moreover I have never seen better sneaker patches than mine (some are just using those 06 Sneakers by Xiaoju and don't edit them for 04. The result are sneakers where textures are not perfectly matching), all my face patches can open their mouth when celebrating a score (many others look ugly because of a wrong combination of textures and 3D-Raw-models, the .o-files!), I spent a lot of time with adjusting colours for player skins, I looked at many pictures on the web with some reference players to create them in perfect balance to each other. The same for jerseys. Many patched jerseys are nice looking, but much more colourful and with much more contrast than the Originals. I've fixed that for Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Indiana, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Toronto and Utah. Moreover my exclusive Starting screen with LeBron and the more than 180 current portraits for xprtteam.viv are not bad as well.
The most special thing in my patches are the savegames --> ROSTERS. If you select my rosters and simulate a season with Original NBA schedule, without Fantasy draft, without injuries and trades and afterwards look at EVERY PLAYER ON EVERY TEAM (!!!!) they will give you the ORIGINAL STATS of the 2007-2008 season in a relatively way, that means for example:
Amar’e Stoudemire’s Stats in 0708 were (per game) 33.9 min, 2.3 OR, 6.8 DR, 0.8 St, 2.1 Blk, 25.2 Pts on 59% fg with 31 attempted treys (79 Games).
In my patch (you can’t determine the time a player is playing) he plays about 39.5 min. So just take out a calculator and divide 39.5/33.9 that’s the factor for all stats by Amare. If he will give you then 2.7 OR, 7.9 DR, 0.9 St, 2.4 Blk and 29.4 Pts on 59% fg with 37 attempted treys (82 Games) you should understand that the quality of patches can have many faces……………………………………..
By the way, I did that for almost ALL players (that takes time, man), so Jkers was probably wrong when he thought RyFF studios would invest more time. Except Assists (more than 99Drib +99Pass impossible --> more than 9 As in 36 min impossible), attempted free throws (offensive weak players always get more ft than in reality and good players get less than in reality) and to much offensive rebounds for starting five players with less than 0.8 OR per game (less not possible!) the STATS are very close to the ORIGINALS.
Another part of the stats is the TEAM orientation. Simulate a season and look at the TEAM STATS. You will find out, that most teams come close to the real stats (logical when looking at same player stats), especially in the way of being a defensive or offensive team. Consequently players of teams like Phoenix, Golden State, Lakers or Indiana will score more points when playing for defensive orientated teams like Cleveland, Boston, Portland or Philly (player will get more shots). The last 1.5 years I spent much more than –I think- 300 hours for all my patches, sometimes more than 10 hours a day. That’s a waste of lifetime for most people, and impossible for those who are not students;-), but if you enjoy something, you can’t stop doing it (just my girlfriend can stop me doing patches;-).
On the other hand Jkers was right to say I’m working alone. That’s why I can’t patch every face like my bests. Other updates need more time that I don't have, but I'm continueing with lower speed.
So here is my overall message: On one hand it's a question of taste. On the other hand you need to think about what's important for you. Some patches are changing many graphic details and create kind of a new game. Mine is trying to let the game like it is and just to bring this as close to reality as I can.

Good night