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Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:47 am

Firstly, is there some toggle for a global.iff being tested to see its effect being turned on and off in real time?
And then can someone recommend a video or tutorial for attempting to make my own cyber for a player and also for creating a scoreboard for the MSG network?

Re: Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:10 am

not sure about the global... just drag, drop and restart game maybe.... exit application maybe... dunno

google has tutorials about stuff ... dunno what is on the interwebs.... google knows

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... n+tutorial

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... d+tutorial

Re: Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:38 am

bongo88 wrote:google has tutorials about stuff ... dunno what is on the interwebs.... google knows
https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... n+tutorial
https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... d+tutorial

Thanks. I mean, I can search myself, I was more asking if there is something as often with modded games where people say, "this person has the definitive tutorial or method for creating cybers". But thanks, every little bit helps.

Re: Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:04 am

haha, i wasn't being mean :) sorry :) lol

i had just searched it and the videos by shuajota could be good ( i haven't watched them. i haven't tried to make a cyberface... ever)

anyways, and my old scoreboard tutorials should cover all the scoreboard steps

don't know about the global question... maybe restart game? i've never made a global

Anyways, didn't mean to be snarky.... the google videos are a good list to start

one resource --- the goods has years of tutorials/guides on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPydhZ ... PeRSmEVynQ you can browse there

anyways, didn't mean to be snarky or pretentious in any way. hope you are able to find information

oh, and each 2k year forum here on nlsc has a tutorial section: viewforum.php?f=280 but you probably noticed that

anyways, i'm not arround much, but the 2k20 scoreboard tutorial should answer all your scoreboard questions ... making scoreboards for 2k17 - 2k23 is the same process as outlined in the 2k20 tutorial.

hope you find what you need

have a good day

Re: Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:24 pm

bongo88 wrote:haha, i wasn't being mean :) sorry :) lol

No, no, it wasn't that, all I meant was that I wasn't looking for someone to show me what could be found online, I was hoping somebody might say -- as I said before -- you just need to read "this"... but it's not a problem. As far as the globals go, I was under the impression that tons of people use them and all I've gotten here and elsewhere is, "umm... i dont know, delete it? I don't use them..." so now I'm wondering whether all the people on youtube are just making these and nobody is actually using them. :lol:

Now, what are the chances some of those 18 scoreboards work now in 23? Has the score bug changed that drastically? I didn't know you had scoreboard tutorials, though, that's good to know, I'll have to try and find them. I'm not a good 3d designer or anything but I'm really good with Photoshop (I studied graphic design, among other things) so I'd love to have a shot.

Re: Questions about global.iff and creation tools

Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:12 am

18 scoreboards don't work outta the box with 23 .... but you can use the dds textures and build a new one .... sometimes you can take newscorbug.vcuielement and drag them from different years, and the scoreboard will work ..

you would need the blender plugin TGsoGood has a tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... kfgODTBMbm

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... d+tutorial the first link is to the complete scoreboard workflow ...

if you are interested, you can make a panel ... viewtopic.php?f=279&t=114253 .... if you play franchise .... sometimes the panels pop up in other modes .... moving the words around was way tooooooo difficult, but the panel is just one texture

about globals.... one trick is open the global.iff and to sort by last modified ... you can see what files are edited ... the original files are timestamped 2014 ... see image: https://i.imgur.com/yJh1dor.png

i'm not great at photoshop .... but you can look at my msg psd for reference... think it's a bit old, cant remember ..... i usually just take a screenshot and build the scoreboard in photoshop

psd attached to this post

Anyways, it's not that there is one person, or one tutorial.... just that lots of information from 2k17 - now ... anyways, modding usually slows down in spring/summer and picks up in the fall with the new game

i don't know anything about lots of modding... never made a cyberface, dunno about stadiums or jerseys, but they are all modded by excellent people here. just send them a pm and they are usually very helpful

anyways, psd attached to this post
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