DBF Editing Guides

With created players, you usually have to decide between a face patch or audio nicknames.

Damn, that is a shame, especially since this wasn't a problem last year. In some ways it seems as though this year EA has gone out of their way to make 2004 patcher unfriendly (intentionally or not I don't know).
thanks anyway

I don't know if it effects anything else, but I know that PRIRGB in the teams.dbf sets the color for the menu backrounds when you select your Favorite Team in MY NBA LIVE.

Thanks for the info sinisterslick.

I found in the database directory the file named names.dbf. In this
file are inserted the first and last names of every rookies that the game will generate randomly at the end of the season, after the
finals. This is what I experienced customizing it:

DELETED 0
ID automatic number
ISFIRTST -1 if the name inserted is a first name, 0 if it's not
ISLAST -1 if the name inserted is a last name, 0 if it's not
so if I insert a name, isfirst will be -1 and iflast 0, if
I insert a surname, isfirst will be 0 and islast -1
ISWHITE it indicates if the player will be a white player:
0 for never, 3 for sometimes, 2 often, 1 always
ISEURO it indicates if the player will be an european player:
0 for never, 3 for sometimes, 2 often, 1 always
ISBLACK it indicates if the player will be a black player:
0 for never, 3 for sometimes, 2 often, 1 always
ISAFRICA it indicates if the player will be an african player:
0 for never, 3 for sometimes, 2 often, 1 always

I tried some and now it works fine, the game generates quite right
white, euro, black and african players.

Example for a white italian/european player, this is if i want more
italian player than other european or black or african:

0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 Massimo
0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 Bulleri

Example for a white european player:

0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 Toni
0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 Kukoc

Example for a general black player:

0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 Michael
0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 Jordan
Anyway Jordan could also be a name, so we can do this:
0 -1 -1 0 0 2 0 Jordan

Example for a general black african player:

0 -1 0 0 0 2 2 Dikembe
0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 Babatunde

I choose "2" for isblack and isafrica to let the game generates more
european players than african (this is for the Italian Mod) if I want more african than european, black or white players, I'll put "1" on isafrica and "isblack".

Anyway I edited a copy of the original file, if I edit a copy deleting all entries and add new first and last names, the game crashes when it generates players. I'll check for more realism for the name generated.

If you have more infos about this file, you're welcome

Sorry for my english

Interesting discoveries ilpez. Great work!

I researched all the headbands and this is all thier numbers:

.: NBA Bands (NBA Logo) :.

0: No headband
1: NBA Black
2: NBA White
3: NBA Blue
4: NBA Light Blue
5: NBA Grey
6: NBA Turquoise
7: NBA Yellow
8: NBA Purple
9: NBA Magenta/Red
10: NBA Lighter Green
11: NBA Navy Blue
12: NBA Gold

.: Team Bands (Teams Color and Logo) :.

13: Atlanta Hawks
14: Boston Celtics
15: Charlotte Bobcats
16: Chicago Bulls
17: Cleveland Cavaliers
18: Dallas Mavericks
19: Denver Nuggets
20: Detroit Pistons
21: Golden State Warriors
22: Houston Rockets
23: Indiana Pacers
24: Los Angeles Clippers
25: Los Angeles Lakers
26: Memphis Grizzlies
27: Miami Heat
28: Milwaukee Bucks
29: Minnesota Timberwolves
30: New Jersey Nets
31: New Orleans Hornets
32: New York Knicks
33: Orlando Magic
34: Philadelphia 76ers
35: Phoenix Suns
36: Portland Trailblazers
37: Sacramento Kings
38: San Antonio Spurs
39: Seattle SuperSonics
40: Toronto Raptors
41: Utah Jazz
42: Washington Wizards

.: Multicolor Headbands (in order from top color to bottom) :.

43: Black, Grey, White
44: Red, White, Blue
45: Lime Green, White, Black
46: Purple, Yellow, White
47: Blue, White, Light Blue
48: Light Blue, Yellow, White
49: Black, White, Red
50: Blue, White, Orange
51: Red, White, Red
52: Blue, White, Black

.: Solid Color Head Bands :.

53: Choose your own color (in the field next to it you put one of the colors from the Color Chart)
54: Team Colors

Awesome work lilrepole. I'll definitely add that information to the guide (giving you full credit, of course). Many thanks!

no problem, you'll find i make things for myself first, then for others

colors in dbase

Find the color that you'll use with an image editor.(hex format)

White =FFFFFF
Black =000000
Yellow =FFFF00 etc...



Then open calculator. Press F5. Write the color in hex format. Then press F6. That' s all.

FFFFFF =16777215
000000 =0
FFFF00 =16776960

Excellent work nbaliveturkey! Do you mind if I add that info (including the image) to the Colour Chart in the DBF Guides? Just making sure you're submitting that info for the Guides.

Excellent work nbaliveturkey! Do you mind if I add that info (including the image) to the Colour Chart in the DBF Guides? Just making sure you're submitting that info for the Guides.

sure

Thanks! I'll add that info ASAP.

ok i know that wen i make a change to the dbf file using db commader it should save auto. but it isnt. can u please help me figure out why and how to change,
i am editing a created player, editing anything dosent work. i have xp. um i dunno please help its so annoying

This may sound like a stupid question, but are you reloading the roster after you've made the changes?

do u mean closing the file, not hole program then reopening to see if it has changed then yes y???

never mind i closed the whole thing down and it worked thnks for the not so stupid question, i think i must be the stupid one. thnks

Ah yes, you have to close DB Commander before the changes take effect. I wouldn't have thought of that, it's a step I do by habit. Glad you've got it working.

A few time ago i posted something about names.dbf in this thread, but i don't understand why if i edit all the file the game doesn't crash when calculating the new rookies, but if i edit all the file then the game crash at that point (at the end of the playoffs, after viewing the stats of the team who won the championship, when it calculates the new rookies).

Andrew, I have questions...

1) How do I change the name of colleges, and universities so they will be displayed in the view player window.

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2) How do I make a legend player, into a coach? I know how to edit the coaches.dbf, and when I load the patch I get the changed name, however I do not get the playerface file.

Hope you can help

Greg

1. It looks like we can't. Changing the names of the colleges would require hex editing another file, but no one has been able to successfully change the names without causing crashes.

2. You would have to use a cyberface patch; the PLAYERPKG attribute in coaches.dbf won't recognise faces in xplayer.viv, same as the PLAYERPKG attribute in players.dbf won't recognise faces in xcheads.viv.

If you're going to extract a legend's face file and place it in a CustomArt folder, remember that player head models cannot be used for coaches.

iam new making patches and i have trouble understanding the FACEPATCH in dbf when do i need to change it to TRUE or what it is?

Yes, if the patch is going to be installed using CustomArt.

MY question is the following: Is there a way for me, using the roster patches, to "copy" stats from the 04 class (dwight, meka...), so they'll be the rookies for my next season?