Superstar Abilities - Not ALL Ratings

[strider]

I am not sure if this has been posted anywhere yet...

I have been doing some investigation about superstar abilities in Live06 and the way they work with the roster patch....here's my findings...

PLAYERS.DBF - SUPERSTAR

PLAYERS.DBF field SUPERSTAR get a value from the lists below...the value is the sum of the players assigned superstar abilities...there are 6 offensive abilities and 2 defensive abilities (stoppers) - each player can only have 1 offensive and 1 defensive ability assigned (provided they have the ratings for it of course).

The individual values...

1 - Playmaker
2 - Scorer Outside
4 - Highflyer
8 - Shooter
16 - Stopper Outside
32 - Power
64 - Scorer Inside
128 - Stopper Inside


Combined values...some of these seem unlikely (**) - but not impossible I guess...

17 - Stopper Outside + Playmaker
18 - Stopper Outside + Scorer Outside
20 - Stopper Outside + Highflyer
24 - Stopper Outside + Shooter
48 - Stopper Outside + Power **
80 - Stopper Outside + Scorer Inside **
129 - Stopper Inside + Playmaker **
130 - Stopper Inside + Scorer Outside **
132 - Stopper Inside + Highflyer
136 - Stopper Inside + Shooter **
160 - Stopper Inside + Power
192 - Stopper Inside + Scorer Inside


PLAYERS.DBF - VALIDSTAR

It seems the VALIDSTAR field in PLAYERS.DBF contains a value which identifies which superstar abilities a player can have....the value is a combination of the values I posted earlier.


eg. Here are some players in the EA rosters with their superstar abilities they can have...

Amare Stoudemire: validstar(228) = highflyer(4) + scorer inside(64) + power(32) + stopper inside(128)

Richard Jefferson: validstar(22) = highflyer(4) + scorer outside(2) + stopper outside(16)

Samuel Dalembert: validstar(128) = stopper inside(128)



I added 1 (playmaker) to Amare's VALIDSTAR value (228 + 1 = 229) - then went into the game, loaded the patch, went to edit the superstar abilities and tada I can now make Amare a Playmaker.

So - the valid superstar abilities a player can have seem to work off this VALIDSTAR field ... I assume the game probably calculates this field IF (and only IF) you edit the player's ratings WITHIN the game....patchmakers will need to change the field manually IF they change the raings OUTSIDE the game.

On the good side - it maybe means that superstar abilities can be based on something other than a player needing 80+ FG and 85+ FT etc.....altho subsequent editing of ratings WITHIN the game may adjust the validstar field value.

[shadowgrin]

Really interesting strider. Good post.

Earl Boykins as a High-Flyer? YEA!

[BBBBBlockMe]

Really interesting strider. Good post.

Earl Boykins as a High-Flyer? YEA!

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[Mikki]

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaa,.... http://media.putfile.com/ipwnu1

That wasn't funny. That was annoying. Especially having a basketball video with white guys flying and 'Forgot About Dre' background music.

[Andrew]

Interesting discoveries. I'm still investigating the dbfs. I think the safest adjustments to ratings as usual will be made from within the game.

[gut]

thanks ~~

It could solve the bug i found here :
http://www.nbaliveforums.com/sutra412740.php#412740

actually I did tried to manually configure the SUPERSTAR column before I read this but I didn't knew the function of the VALIDSSTAR column.

PS. I found that there will be two records for every players in you team in Dynasty Mode.

[OldFoolStyle]

Bump.

Can someone sticky this please?.

[OldFoolStyle]

Again, bump.

And again, this should be stickied or at least add this information to the '06 main page. This is importaint information here.

[Ruff Ryder]

I'm gonna bump this up, someone move it to patching issues, I think it should be stickied or merged with another thread.

[Andrew]

Done.

[Jing]

oh nice very cool stuff

[Cable]

If anyone cares, VALIDSTAR - 255 gives you all the Superstar abilities

[fulgenciense]

I updated the roster, and I couldn't believe that Gasol didn't have the inside stopper ability (he averages over 2 blocks per game in the nba!!!) Correct it for future updates!
At least I will edit my players.dbf to make him properly.

[fulgenciense]

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaa,.... http://media.putfile.com/ipwnu1

That wasn't funny. That was annoying. Especially having a basketball video with white guys flying and 'Forgot About Dre' background music.

what's the matter with white guys? Didn't you see the film "White guys can also fly to the basket"?

[Andrew]

I updated the roster, and I couldn't believe that Gasol didn't have the inside stopper ability (he averages over 2 blocks per game in the nba!!!) Correct it for future updates!
At least I will edit my players.dbf to make him properly.

You know, considering how hard I worked on the roster despite not having much time and the fact I released a fix (albeit one that missed a few players) I consider that quite a slap in the face. If you feel the need to make a post with that tone again...don't bother.

[Cable]

You tell him Andrew