the host site housing the nba2kstuff stuff is down for maintaince 24 or so hours i was told. my apolgizes for the delays in fixing and making links!
in the interim, i have put togther a brief tutorial instruction for one way to create a jersey patch installation using some new tools from nba2kstuff this year for 2003 nba game!
the DT8889 jersey example is the model that can be easily customized to support your jerseys (such as additional sunday jerseys (like white lakers)) or the classic retro jerseys (which are the best lol!)
a few steps are required to be done to make your own similar install. Basically, you need to create your graphic jersey. then edit 2 TEXT files (MYPATCH.BAT, .\DB\TEAMGEAR.TXT). then copy your graphic files (named correctly) into the proper folders in your patch. zip it up, and done!
here are the detailed steps:
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1 - create your graphics jersey (HOME,AWAY,CLASSIC) FSH files! good luck! for example let us use, PDCL03.FSH, PDCL03_NUM.FSH for Philadelphia classic!
2 - extract the DT88 patch, remove the jersey graphics located in .\render\xteam, and replace with yours. it should appear like this:
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.\bin
.\db
.\render\xteam <- remove graphics files here, and replace with yours
3 - you must select a unique ID for your new TEAMGEAR database ID for this jersey. in our example let's pick 130. examine your TEAMGEAR.DBF for these ID fields to find one unique.
4 - edit the .\db\teamgear.txt. be very careful editing this file. it is a TAB delimited text file. you must edit it with MS Excel or a special editor like UltraEdit. notepad will not work!
a) edit the first record, and replace the ID field with your unique ID. our
example is 130.
b) make sure TEAM is set to your TEAM id to add this jerset for. 20 = PD = philadelpha in our example
c) make sure SHPNAME is set to the name of your jersey file. here it is CL03 for PDCL03.FSH in our example.
you final edit shuld be like this:
5 - edit mypatch.BAT, and put in your jersey ID as follows:
<< edit mypatch.BAT
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set JERSEYID=130
call .\bin\dojersey
<< done editting mypatch.BAT
that is it. zip up your patch and post.
users need only download, unzip, and click on INSTALL to insert your patch. UNISTALL should remove it also!
pretty easy when you get the hang of it! users don't need any big or complicated programs to install and run your gfx now in the game!
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Andrew, you can make this a sticky if you wish and i will post back here to answer or help if anyone wishes to learn how to use the new tools & setup like this. i hope others who can figure it out and wish to help others will do it!! i am very busy, but can try to help a few people, who i hope can help & teach everyone else who wishes to learn!
i will look into making other simple installations to automate other graphics patch types when time and if interest!
thanks and continue the excellent patching all!