GUYS WTF .ATA cracked

[jjboybeamer]

Check this out how come I havent seen this shit anywhere ? apparantly a bunch of filipino gamers managed to crack the .ata files ? Therefore they can make extreme changes to the gameplay. here is a readme:
First, the chinese cracked 2ks IFF files and started to create some amazing graphical mods. Now, a group of gamers from the phillipines have broken the .ATA files allwing for some extreme gameplay changes to the players tendencys , abilitys etc.. Heres a readme file of the next big update and game changes! man, i cant waiT!!
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- Added X.ATA components to the existing sliders (totaling 36 Slider Elements)

- Improved Double Team - players will now switch and double based on real life attributes in 'Quickness and Agility' - attributes will be modeled after current stats.

- Improved the CPU Tendency: Teams and players (specific) will now play AI with CPU controlled tendencies based on the new ATA system

- Team Moral implemented based on CPU / Catch Up factor: reduced the catch up factor by allowing the process to run based on attrubuted in Fatique and Stamina brackets. Bad teams (winning %% < .75) will no longer be able to catch up when this process is triggered.

- Post D improvement(s). Based on ATA attributes and defense / guard factor. Stamina and strength will also be pre-calculated in.

- Limited Spin / Go to the Basket exploit: This has been reduced considerably by allowing the ATA to trigger events to prevent a player from 'spinning' or 'driving' to the basket constantly. The trigger is based on 'quickness / reaction / ball handling skills' based on a linearity model. An example would be if Kobe drove to the basket - his QCK / REACT / BH would be reduced by 55 % percentile that would trigger him to lose or turnover the ball. This exploit will no longer be utilized consistently.

- Improved rebounding: Attributes were based on Agility / Ability and D / O RB ratings. An ATA attribute of Quickness was also factored in for a more realistic AVR RB per game
- mproved Balanced Passing based on Bal handling and Passing Awareness attribute

- 3 -2 Zone fixed: PF and C will now play on opposite sides reducing the potential 'driving lane' on one side. Attribute included Awareness / Ability / Quckness to get back / GA

- Eliminated the ridiculous 'take charge foul' on D - but added the GA of blocking charge if players attempted this twice on consecutive possessions. This was based on GA and Tendencies

- Centers and 'Big men' move / husstle back on defense. Atributes included Agility / Awareness / GS and Fatique factor. You no longer need to move Crash the board' slider on zero. CPU will calculate and pre-determine the overall abilities with positive end results.

- Improved Goaltending based on 2 key attributes: GA and rebouding skills
refined the 'Shot / Shootinh in Traffic' process. every player has been added attributes based on real-worl stats. These attributes will factor and / or determine the outcome of the shot (lay up, fadaway etc). Factors to contend on percentile will include defensive rating of plyer (contested based on %% of Blk Shots, STL etc.

-And many, many more fixes. Our goal is to help create the most realistic Basketball game on the planet. We still give thanks to Sega and 2K for the giving us the enviroment to work on. But we give bigger thanks to the gamers that that truely support our industry

[GuCcI08]

oo i guess we dont have to wait fo 2k10 lol

[JaoSming]

where/what in the hell is an ATA file?

[FunkY]

When is this planned to be released?

[iskitoy]

Is this for real? Which forum did you find it?

[jjboybeamer]

nba 2k9 im asking the guy at the moment http://2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213294

[dxjackson]

nice....i can smell a better n drastic changes in up coming 2k9 roster updates!

[Angelo]

Damn if it will really be released ill be glad to edit the gameplay of the game

[Modifly]

Definitely good news, and I feel that the better patching era of 2K9 has yet to come. More and more file extensions will be crack, hopefully.

[eda]

But we give bigger thanks to the gamers that that truely support our industry

Sounds like 2k owner, but too much mistakes.

[Patr1ck]

So, these .ATA files. They really exist, right? I can't find them anywhere.

[GC&Bacon]

Wow, that looks amazing... Keep us posted!

[JaoSming]

So, these .ATA files. They really exist, right? I can't find them anywhere.

Glad I'm not the only one wondering this.....

[jjboybeamer]

Thats what I thought hey guys im not the original poster so u know if they are making this shit up its pretty good shit ! lol man 50/50 chance of being true

[JaoSming]

well, where'd you get the information from?

[jjboybeamer]

I posted it above some guy in nba 2k9 forums posted it im trying to contact him at the moment lol http://2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213294

[domidomdomz]

yep. where can we find those *.ata files? nothing's existing in the nba 2k9 folders

[SkyLine03LT]

I think they are save files

[BrotherJRB]

Yes, this is an issue the boys have been worried about since the proprietary rights of the game are still owned by 2k and VC; this includes the source code and source engine.

The group did change the extension name to .ATA to help offset any type of implication(s) associated with the games .EXE file(s).

Hmmmmm.....

Sure would be nice if we could tune this game from a gameplay standpoint.

[shadowgrin]

where/what in the hell is an ATA file?

So, these .ATA files. They really exist, right? I can't find them anywhere.

+1 here. As sure can't find it anywhere inside my hard drive.

I think they are save files

Like rosters? .ROS
Sliders? .SLD
Settings? .STG
User Profiles? .USR
Replays? .REP


I sure hope this isn't fake just to massage the ego of some "pinoy" gamers/patchers.

[Patr1ck]

The main thing that bothers me is that there is no source link for the copy/paste job.

[FunkY]

I've already given up on it, since this copy/paste is obviously a fraud.

[benji]

Yes, this is an issue the boys have been worried about since the proprietary rights of the game are still owned by 2k and VC; this includes the source code and source engine.

The group did change the extension name to .ATA to help offset any type of implication(s) associated with the games .EXE file(s).

I don't even know what this is supposed to mean.

[Tenjho]

any more word on this?

[wonderBOi]

where's your ATA now dude? hmmm