hello!
1) for the "blank" faces, which roster are you loading where this is occuring? the option when you run
"Install->UserAddons->Upgrade Faces"
should map most of theplayers faces unless some were missed in a particular roster like the MJ(??) , etc. that u mention. they are time sensitive faces and imagery, so different faces for many players that change over the roster years like that.
2) for basic roster crashes & missing voices, this is the result that the nba live2003 engine "caches" data from previous rosters that you load. so when you load a new roster, it doesn't really load it,and causes some crashes or mess ups.
so to fix this you have to
a) exit the game!
b) run the Tweeks->Fix Roster and Voices! menu option
c)then reload your game andreload the roster, and it should be working better.
2a) for other crashes this is most likely due to that:
render\xoverlay
folder not being properly created on your system. so go into where your game is installed, and see after you do the install if the folder
render\xoverlay
is there with a bunch of logo files in there.
if it is not or is messed up, you may have to manually create that folder, and then re-run the install to get it up with the files that you have already downloaded, till i can make a fix for that (if that is the problem?).
also check the
render\xcourt
and other folders to see if they are properly created.
3) yah i know about seaon and franchise mode problems. i never run it that way so i need people who do to help let me know how to run it that way so i can check that. in the Tweeks menu, see that option called
"Tweaks->Play Mode->All Game Mode"
or
"Tweaks->Play Mode->All Playoff Mode"
this should set up the rosters for single game play or best Playoff mode!
the patch is really geared for the playoff mode,
in playoff mode, the teams are setup with the actual seating of those years you are loading, but... you can click on the arrows and rotate thru all the teams! (that is a first to get that to work using custom teams!)
so as i said tho, for franchise and season mode, try setting those options in the menu tosee if it works for that?
also please join us on the nba2kstuff forum, so when we isolate and figure out a technical problem if we can,we can share it's solution for everyone!
plus to help out with fixing some of the glitches and enhancing it to make it more fun for everyone!
http://nba2kstuff.nba-live.net/phpbb/index.php
thanks and hope you can get the chance to get it up and check it out!
it is tremednous fun, if you can get it to work right on yourcomputer!
peace!