Court modding tutorial?

I'm trying to figure out how to mod courts this year but it seems to be different from earlier years.
I have the template court and that loads fine when I put in an arena iff file, but if I add a logo to it, or change anything, then the court is just black when it loads the game.

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Thank you! I use Paint.net though, with the Photoshop .psd plugin. I can save it as BC7, but not with the addition of "fine" though.

Get the nvidia texture Explorer and try that

Get the nvidia texture Explorer and try that

I didn't use that but I got it to work in Paint.net!
Thanks for the tip, it got me on the right track.

Now I just need to figure out floor id's for retro teams

If I extract a court for a team, how do I then go about modding it? It doesn't have the file "floor_clutchtime_court.32098eb5ced33ec2" in the .iff file.

Get the nvidia texture Explorer and try that

I didn't use that but I got it to work in Paint.net!
Thanks for the tip, it got me on the right track.

Now I just need to figure out floor id's for retro teams

Here's an old list, which will be a start
https://mega.nz/file/flkC2IZS#Oro2aKMRT ... PCY58zx8Vw

If I extract a court for a team, how do I then go about modding it? It doesn't have the file "floor_clutchtime_court.32098eb5ced33ec2" in the .iff file.

That is only the clutch floor, you need to replace the floor name of the iff you are changing

Get the nvidia texture Explorer and try that

I didn't use that but I got it to work in Paint.net!
Thanks for the tip, it got me on the right track.

Now I just need to figure out floor id's for retro teams

Here's an old list, which will be a start
https://mega.nz/file/flkC2IZS#Oro2aKMRT ... PCY58zx8Vw

Thank you! They don't seem to correspond with the Eras floors though. I suspect we will need a new list for this year.

If I extract a court for a team, how do I then go about modding it? It doesn't have the file "floor_clutchtime_court.32098eb5ced33ec2" in the .iff file.

That is only the clutch floor, you need to replace the floor name of the iff you are changing

I guess that's what I don't understand how to do. I can make a new floor from scratch and make it work, but is it possible to extract a floor, say a team from the Jordan era, and then open that floor up in Photoshop? This is what I don't really understand, how to edit an existing floor.

Yes it is.

Yes it is.

Any tips on how to do it?
I really want to contribute to the modding community. I've made a bunch of courts for myself to use for 2K23 but now I want to give back and make and release them here.

Would anyone be so kind to create and post an updated tutorial for making courts? I would love to get involved with the retro court creation.

Is it not the same as previous years? Extract the iff, edit the bits you want and save and add back in.

Get the nvidia texture Explorer and try that

I didn't use that but I got it to work in Paint.net!
Thanks for the tip, it got me on the right track.

Now I just need to figure out floor id's for retro teams

Here's an old list, which will be a start
https://mega.nz/file/flkC2IZS#Oro2aKMRT ... PCY58zx8Vw

Thank you! They don't seem to correspond with the Eras floors though. I suspect we will need a new list for this year.

Most eras floors have different names from the modern floors. For example, the floor for the say modern clippers is arena_006_int_floor.iff. The eras clippers for the 80's floor is called floor_clippers1983_int_floor.iff. Most of the eras floors are named something like that.