jersey installer v1.1 released!

by **Cameron** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:59 am

a little tip - you should put the team names in the place of the team IDs

I was going to do this... but then Nick suggested that some people would want to use their custom teams. I just want to release a version so I'm going to leave out a built in list for now (just include a list in the readme) but hopefully in further versions there will be a list AND custom team support.

I'm actually almost done. There's just a few bugs I have to work out (for example, the program freezes when you give it an invalid directory, and error messages disappear almost as suddenly as they appear). I'm going to send it to a relative of mine who is a pro programmer and see if he can help me out.

Just be patient. I'm hoping Monday.

by **Metaphysical3** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:09 am

Just be patient.

I dont think i can :shock:

You should release a BETA version first...like how Untalkative Bunny did with the NBA Live Toolkit...and then release a final version with all the bugs fixed later.

by **Cameron** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:56 am

Metaphysical, I'm thinking about releasing the BETA, but there's like 2 bugs I want to fix first, and I know they can be fixed pretty easily once I figure out how. If these are fixed I will probably skip the BETA and go right to version 1.

I have made another page with new screenshots.
Look at all the stuff I've added! And it all works perfectly! :cool:

Tell me what you think of this.
http://himheru.tripod.com/jersinstall2.htm

BTW the file size of the exe is 96kb.

by **Phil3k** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:43 am

damn im loving the idea cant wait for the release great job man

by **Cameron** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 12:43 pm

Alright I fixed the bug where it freezes when it can't find the teamgear.dbf file... I just have one other bug to fix and a readme to write and this puppy should be ready for release!

Meanwhile if you haven't done so check out my above links.

That's all for now.

by **poorch** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:48 pm

awesome work u've done so far qweet..
cant wait for the realease... finally theres a program like this,
editing the team.dbf file is confusing...

by **Deft** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:20 pm

Looking great... Can't wait...

by **Mad_Game** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:19 pm

now that is what i like to see.. :lol:

your recent version is more user friendly, drop down menus with all the available options, thats just perfect.

a few more minor bug fixes i think and maybe this installer's ready for release?? :roll:

by **Cameron** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:11 pm

I think I've fixed all the major bugs! :lol:

Now I'm just writing a help file.

I want to wait until I get WinXP in the mail so I can compile this thang properly... with no annoying pop up boxes... so in the meantime I think I'll add some more functions such as a way to delete the jersey at the bottom of the list, like if you mess up the information or something you can try again. If WinXP doesn't come soon though I'll release the one with the popup box.

Let me tell ya - this thing works great! I've already installed 3 jerseys that I couldn't install before.

by **Metaphysical3** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:47 am

Uhh Ill Take the one with pop ups................

I need this thing fast.

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:47 am

Why are you in such a rush metaphysical?

Just curious.

by **Metaphysical3** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:13 am

Cause i have like 50 jerseys sittin on my HD and i get tired of DBF editing. Plus...im just not a patient person. :evil:

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:54 am

OK metaphysical... Sorry to keep you waiting.
I didn't mean to piss you off or anything... :oops:

Anyhoo, as soon as I write the readme file I will release J.I. version 1.0!
The problem is the popup box when you open the program. Also, I haven't added all the features I want.

After this initial release, I will go up to version 1.1 when I can get my new compiler and i will add a way to delete the last jersey in the file... in case you mess up it can be deleted without dbf editing.

Will make another post when I upload the program.

Chow

by **FriarFan** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:36 am

Qweet,
First, thank you for making this program. It sounds like it is going to help a lot. I noticed something on your webpage that drew my attention

I filled in the directory. The program searches in c:\my documents\nba live 2003 automatically. All I had to do was add "saves\004". This tells the program to look in the saves folder, and go into 004.

I know that you are not working with Windows XP, but the saves path is different for people who have XP. It is NOT just c:\my documents\nba live 2003. Instead, it is something like c:\documents and settings\default\my documents\nba live 2003. That is not exactly right (I am not on my computer right now), but I know it is not the same as previous Windows versions.
So, you may want to just let the user input the entire file path.

Also, is there any possbility that this could be used in a batch file to be distributed with patches? For instance, can I made a custom jersey for a team and include a batch program with the patch that could automatically edit the teamgear.dbf to include the new jersey? Maybe in a future version?

Again, thanks for everything.

FriarFan

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:13 am

Hey FriarFan, thanks for the heads up! That WindowsXP problem would have been a major pain in the ass!!!!!!!!

I think what I'll do is make the default (when the user starts up the program) path filled in the textbox (like c:\my documents\nba live 2003\saves) but if the path is different the user can change it. Maybe in later versions I will have a settings file that can save the directory.

About the batch file, I'm not planning on including that with this version. Maybe in later versions I will make automation possible (and it probably won't be a batch file method anyway). I'll keep that in mind. For now, you can just include a text file with your patch that has the info that needs to be filled in.

by **Metaphysical3** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:26 am

::Biting nails in extreme anticipation::

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:11 pm

Alright everyone, I've released version 1.0

http://himheru.tripod.com/jersinstall3.htm

Tell me what you think.

by **Metaphysical3** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:41 pm

"I Love You Like A Fat Kid Love Cake"

by **FriarFan** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:16 pm

Qweet,
Excellent job, thank you very much for making this program. I noticed a few things that I wanted to point out to you.

1) In your jersey type selection, you left out the option for a classic or practice jersey. From Andrew's dbf editing doc:
home: Home jersey
away: Away jersey
serd: Alternate jersey
cl01: Classic jersey
prXX: Practice jersey

2) For the neck type selection, it would probably be easier if you listed the types of jerseys that they could be, instead of just their corresponding numbers. From Andrew's dbf editing doc:

0: Round Neck
1: V-Neck 1 (eg Hornets 2002-2003)
2: V-Neck 2 (eg Mavericks 2002-2003)
3: V-Neck 3 (eg Sixers 2002-2003)

3) For the lettering type, the field should be:

0: Name arched over number
1: Name horizontal over number

Hope this is helpful. Thanks again.

FriarFan

by **Cameron** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:16 pm

Thanks FriarFan...

1) In your jersey type selection, you left out the option for a classic or practice jersey. From Andrew's dbf editing doc:
home: Home jersey
away: Away jersey
serd: Alternate jersey
cl01: Classic jersey
prXX: Practice jersey

These letters correspond to the last 4 letters in a jersey file (eg toCL02.fsh). For the jerseys in the game originally, these letters describe what you wrote above. But when you are creating your own jerseys, these letters can be whatever you want them to be. In my example, I wrote "new1".

For the other two fields you mentioned, I will probably add what you suggested into the next version. (Although in the readme I do sort of explain the difference with the lettering, but I'll probably add it anyway).

BTW i've made a new site for everything, it is
http://qweet.bigmoron.com

Please check it out and keep downloading. I'd like to know what everyone thinks.

by **sq322** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:55 pm

Qweet
You are the man
Thx for the release

by **Cameron** on Wed Mar 26, 2003 7:35 am

NP sq322...

I was hoping for more positive feedback though..

More than just one comment... :lol:

by **Bredrin** on Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:34 am

it doesnt work for me it keeps saying wrong directory even though i have the directory set perfectly

by **Cameron** on Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:28 am

that doesnt make any sense... are you positive? just go to the end of the default directory (the one that is in there when the program is started) and add the 3 numbers of the save slot (eg 000). Do not add a slash, or teamgear.dbf to the end.

For example, mine would look like this:
"c:\my documents\nba live 2003\saves\000" (without the slashes)

the program automatically adds "\teamgear.dbf" to the end of it.

Hope this helps... :oops:

by **Bredrin** on Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:51 am

Qweet wrote:that doesnt make any sense... are you positive? just go to the end of the default directory (the one that is in there when the program is started) and add the 3 numbers of the save slot (eg 000). Do not add a slash, or teamgear.dbf to the end.

For example, mine would look like this:
"c:\my documents\nba live 2003\saves\000" (without the slashes)

the program automatically adds "\teamgear.dbf" to the end of it.

Hope this helps...

nope tried that like 10 times when i just downloaded the installer ...after that didnt work i tried deleting it and typing in the directory myself all the time using "002" at the end. stil says "invalid diectory"

jersey installer v1.1 released!

Qweet...A little problem

Nice job

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