Creating a player from scratch?

[UNC_2002]

Is there any way to edit the player u created in the game. If not I am trying to make players like Rodman in there with their real-life tattoos, just to add some more fun to this already great game. I managed to make cyberfaces pretty damn easy, but there is nowhere to put them. How do u make a new player from scratch ie: Head, Body , accessories. Please explain in easy steps, cause I think I am confused some, from the tutorials. Thanks. I will share all my players as soon as they are done and we figure this out. thanks.

[UNC_2002]

Bottom line all I wanna do is put my face onto my created player. Is there a way to do this. I have researched, but dont see a way. Can anyone please help on how to go about this? I can believe EA took import face option out!

[Ceasar121]

Actually it's pretty easy... Get a database editor like DB commander. Save your created player to a roster. Go in that roster folder, and open players.dbf with DB commander. Scroll down until you see your created players name, then scroll to the playerpkg field and replace the letters there with the name of your fsh file. Next find the iscreated field, and set it to false. If you don't, you player's face wont showup. Finally make sure you have the customart 1 line at the bottom of your xstartup.cfg. If not, change this immediately. the, inside of the render folder, make a new folder called xplayer. Place your fsh file for your player in it, and start live. Reload the roster and his face should show!

[UNC_2002]

Bless u man! Finally a response!

[UNC_2002]

question man how do i save in DB Commander? for the player dbf file changes...I didnt manage to see myself in there , but just got rid of an existing player no harm done.

[Rykar]

Me too, can't figure out how to save once I've edited.

[UNC_2002]

Me too, can't figure out how to save once I've edited.

Man honestly all I did was close it...then reload my roster when the game started....works great!

[Andrew]

That's all you need to do with DB Commander - when you edit the DBF file, the changes are saved automatically.

[Nick]

UNC,
I'll show you the readme of my Pat Burke patch. Follow these steps and you're custom cyberface should work...but of course, you'd rename the appropriate files .

IMPORTANT: The patch will only work if...
1) You enable the custom art feature
2) You have Pat Burke created in you roster.
3) You have a DBF editor of some sort.


Installation:
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For this patch to work properly you must follow these instructions:

1. ENABALING CUSTOM ART:

First, you have to enable the custom art feature. To do this,
Go to C:\Program Files\EA SPORTS\NBA Live 2003\main\cscripts,
open xstartup.cfg with notepad, replace the last line with this
one:

customart 1


Note: enabaling the custom art feature will make loading screens
take longer to load.

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2. CREATE PAT BURKE:

Open your roster that you want create Pat in. Go to 'create
player' and create him. Save your roster and exit NBA Live 2003.
Keep note of the save file number the next step.
(eg. 000, 001 etc.)


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3. EDIT PAT WITH YOUR DBF EDITOR:

This is very important. Please don't ignore this step or the
patch will not work properly.

a) with the DBF editor open 'players.dbf' from your saves folder
(eg. 000, 001 etc.) which will be located at
C:\My Documents\NBA Live 2003\saves.

b) Find Pat Burke, He will be at the bottom if he was the last
player you created.

c) When you scroll right, you will see a heap of differnet fields,
find the ISCREATED field and change it from from 'True' to
'False'.

d) then a couple of rows along there is the 'PLAYERPKG' field,
change it to PABURKE. Then exit the DBF editor.

NOTE: if you don't have a DBF editor then you can get one
at www.dbcommander.com
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4. INSTALLING THE PATCH:
Lastly...

1) Extract these files into
C:\Program Files\EA SPORTS\NBA Live 2003

2) Double click on 'NB- Pat Burke.bat'.

3) Load your roster with Pat Burke in it.

[nmje2k1]

in the players.dbf what does the field careerpkg stand for?