Complex guide to play franchise using tweaked rosters
Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:04 pm
This is a guide to fix, in a complex way, the tweaked-franchise problem. If you do this, you should be able to play franchise mode using tweaked rosters: Players ratings won't decrease strangely in off-season, salary will be correct and superstars won't be signed by the minimum, rookies will be generated and then tweaked... It's intended only for expert users and requires the Toolkit editor (or any DBF editor capable of global editing).
1. First of all, you should have a save slot with the same roster file you'll use for playing the franchise, so load the tweaked rosters and save it again into another slot, which we call "BASE".
2. You should use Tooklit to Un-Tweak the "BASE" slot. Try MegaModifier and divide all the ratings affected by the tweaks by the same amount they were multiplied for the tweak. (i.e., FG tweaked *0.6, then do FG /0.6). Now you have a "BASE", untweaked roster.
3. Play your franchise season using the tweaked file (load it first).
4. When the season ends, SAVE the franchise into another slot. We'll called it "EOS" (means End-Of-Season). Make sure you download it BEFORE continue to off-season.
5. Exit the game. Go to the Toolkit and select files to edit those that you saved as "EOS". Enter Import/Export menu, select Import Ratings then enter the path to the "BASE" (untweaked) files.
6. Toolkit will advise you that some records will be updated, accept it. Now you'll have turned your "EOS", tweaked roster into "EOS", untweaked roster.
7. Start the game again, load "EOS" savegame and you'll recover the last screen of the playoffs. Continue game and enter off-season normally. Notice you have untweaked ratings at this point (this avoid recalculating ratings and salary problems). Rookie will be generated with normal, untweaked ratings.
8. When you start the new season, save the game TWICE: Call the first savegame "SOS" (Start-Of-Season) and call the second "BASE" (same as the original BASE saved in step 1, but this one is more updated and include the generated rookies). Exit and run Toolkit, select files to edit those saved as "SOS" and use the MegaModifier to apply the tweaks you were using. Now you have tweaked rosters again.
9. Run the game and load the "SOS" rosters to continue your franchise.
Second Franchise season will continue with tweaked ratings and correct salaries for all the players.
You should repeat steps 4-9 every time a season ends.
Hope you'll find a way to make it easier.
1. First of all, you should have a save slot with the same roster file you'll use for playing the franchise, so load the tweaked rosters and save it again into another slot, which we call "BASE".
2. You should use Tooklit to Un-Tweak the "BASE" slot. Try MegaModifier and divide all the ratings affected by the tweaks by the same amount they were multiplied for the tweak. (i.e., FG tweaked *0.6, then do FG /0.6). Now you have a "BASE", untweaked roster.
3. Play your franchise season using the tweaked file (load it first).
4. When the season ends, SAVE the franchise into another slot. We'll called it "EOS" (means End-Of-Season). Make sure you download it BEFORE continue to off-season.
5. Exit the game. Go to the Toolkit and select files to edit those that you saved as "EOS". Enter Import/Export menu, select Import Ratings then enter the path to the "BASE" (untweaked) files.
6. Toolkit will advise you that some records will be updated, accept it. Now you'll have turned your "EOS", tweaked roster into "EOS", untweaked roster.
7. Start the game again, load "EOS" savegame and you'll recover the last screen of the playoffs. Continue game and enter off-season normally. Notice you have untweaked ratings at this point (this avoid recalculating ratings and salary problems). Rookie will be generated with normal, untweaked ratings.
8. When you start the new season, save the game TWICE: Call the first savegame "SOS" (Start-Of-Season) and call the second "BASE" (same as the original BASE saved in step 1, but this one is more updated and include the generated rookies). Exit and run Toolkit, select files to edit those saved as "SOS" and use the MegaModifier to apply the tweaks you were using. Now you have tweaked rosters again.
9. Run the game and load the "SOS" rosters to continue your franchise.
Second Franchise season will continue with tweaked ratings and correct salaries for all the players.
You should repeat steps 4-9 every time a season ends.
Hope you'll find a way to make it easier.