Badger's NBA Live Fixes/Renovations - NEW Widescreen Update Released

[Murat]

Hello everyone,

As I mentioned here, it is possible to fix aspect ratio for widescreen in NBA Live series. This way the players will not stretch anymore. There was another solution that involved hex editing the aspect ratio but this time FOV was not adjusted. Now it is possible to avoid clipping.

I also found a way to change available resolutions without hard modifying the executable. Big thanks to Dmitri from FIFA forums who helped me to code this stuff. I will continue to make fixes and improvements over executable functions as I learn C++ and reverse engineering.

Here are the releases so far.

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Windowed Mode
NBA LIVE 2005-08 Widescreen & Resolution Support
2X Crowd Update
Net Model Patch
NBA LIVE 2005-08 Widescreen Intro Videos

[Murat]

Update: There is still some clipping but I am looking for a solution. However the changes will not require any hex editing anymore and the install will be pretty easy. Just stay tuned.

[MadbaLL]

top class work @murat

[Murat]

Players clipping on widescreen looks like a deeper problem than I expected. But I am working on other things.

Such as, creating a windowed mode in NBA Live 2005-08 without any external application.

Here are the previews for 2005, 06 and 08!

https://imgur.com/a/XI2QkHF

[MadbaLL]

Players clipping on widescreen looks like a deeper problem than I expected. But I am working on other things.

Such as, creating a windowed mode in NBA Live 2005-08 without any external application.

Here are the previews for 2005, 06 and 08!

https://imgur.com/a/XI2QkHF

amazing, simply amazing

three questions:

1. could you share windowed mode fix?
2. could you also fix issue when .exe file stays in the background after exiting the game?
3. are you going to make this also for live 07?

[Murat]

1 - yes when it is done
2 - I have to get there
3 - probably yes

[MadbaLL]

1 - yes when it is done
2 - I have to get there
3 - probably yes

thanks for the feedback

[Murat]

Windowed Mode for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07 and 08 is released. Check it out!

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Windowed Mode

[MadbaLL]

Windowed Mode for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07 and 08 is released. Check it out!

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Windowed Mode

thank you very much!

it works like a charm

[Murat]

I fixed player clipping issue in NBA Live 2005. It needs to be worked upon but I found the function that disabled players
For comparison, check the videos.

https://youtu.be/IFwQeIIkqlA
This is without fix and a fictional resolution of 1600x600

https://youtu.be/k_1o-n3rE1k
This is with fix

Btw, this is WIP

[MadbaLL]

I fixed player clipping issue in NBA Live 2005. It needs to be worked upon but I found the function that disabled players
For comparison, check the videos.

https://youtu.be/IFwQeIIkqlA
This is without fix and a fictional resolution of 1600x600

https://youtu.be/k_1o-n3rE1k
This is with fix

Btw, this is WIP

amazing work, my friend.

[Murat]

Widescreen and Resolution Support for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07 and 08 is released. Check it out, and here is a preview in NBA Live 06.

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Widescreen & Resolution Support 1.0

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[MadbaLL]

Widescreen and Resolution Support for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07 and 08 is released. Check it out, and here is a preview in NBA Live 06.

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Widescreen & Resolution Support 1.0

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@murat, this is by far one of the greatest mods ever released for nba live 2005-08. hats down and thank you so, so much my friend

few questions though:

1. i assume this can't be used in nba live 2004, so do you plan the same for that game too?

2. is it somehow possible that, in the future, antialiasing setting could be improved/added?

also i wanted to share you something, that might be useful for you. this is the nhl 2004 launcher made by nhl 04 modding community member "vod". with this, nhl 2004 runs like any other newer game, also aliasing setting is included. take a look at this and see if you could have any use out of it:

https://github.com/vod04/launcher/raw/m ... uncher.zip

[Andrew]

Awesome work, Murat! Great perseverance to make this happen, it's great to see these classics receiving new mods and fixes to help them run and perform better on modern systems.

[Murat]

I also updated the aspect ratio of UI for NBA Live series. Here is a preview for NBA Live 2005. My new plugin will also allow users to set custom resolution for menus too. No more 640x480! This is still work in progress, as I need to update movies and loading bar too.

Sadly menus are designed to be 640x480 for 2005 and 06.



06


07


More previews here.
https://imgur.com/a/2x7obYL

[Andrew]

Loving how it's all coming together!

[MadbaLL]

truly outstanding work @murat, things for nba live pc series are getting better and better thanks to you

[Murat]

We have new updates ladies and gentlemen!

I fixed aspect ratio for UI components and provided a custom resolution for the menus. Therefore you don't need to run the game in 640x480 as you can change the resolution. Please re download both windowed mode and widescreen plugin, as their contents are merged into one ini file instead of separate ones.

NBA LIVE 2005-08 Windowed Mode
NBA LIVE 2005-08 Widescreen & Resolution Support

Here is a video for NBA Live 06 to demonstrate the updates

https://youtu.be/ZM0w1UImbfo

[Andrew]

Fantastic! Excellent work being done here.

[Murat]

One of the things I wanted to improve was the quality of 2x crowds. Recently I succeeded at this by some hex editing.

Here are some previews;

1x crowd, default


2x crowd, improved


what I did was upscaling crowd textures by AI tool.

Download!

[Andrew]

Great to see some fixes that are compatible across the last few PC releases of NBA Live. Once again, good job!

[Murat]

Last year I created modern basketball net model for NBA Live 06. Sadly it was not working with NBA Live 2005. Therefore I created something similar for NBA Live 2005. Enjoy!

Net Model Patch

[MadbaLL]

Last year I created modern basketball net model for NBA Live 06. Sadly it was not working with NBA Live 2005. Therefore I created something similar for NBA Live 2005. Enjoy!

Net Model Patch

it looks awesome.

thank you @murat.

[Murat]

Right now we are working on adapting UI's for widescreen. Here is a preview. This is still WIP, but we will try to make sure that the authenticity remains.

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[Andrew]

Keep up the great work! Seeing this stuff definitely makes me want to play and mod those old games. The former is definitely something I'll do; the latter is something to think about, at least!