Undersized Generated rookies
Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:56 am
Good day,
is anybody else sick of all the undersized rookies in this game? How about we try to solve the problem ourselves? Today, after going through the draft with all the 6'1 SGs and all what not, I decided to take things into my own hands. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly versed enough with batch files and cdbflite, so I'll need all the help I can get.
To solve the problem, using a batch file, we somehow have to:
1) select all the upcoming rookies: player ID = 39
2) Check if player is SG or SF: Position = 3 or 2
3) Save his Player ID in a .txt file
4) Open appearance.dbf and use saved player IDs in .txt file as if they were appearance IDs
5) Check if player is smaller than, say, 6'5. If so, set his height to 6'5
6) repeat steps 2-5 for for different positions i.e PF and C and set appropriate heights.
I've gotten my batch file to perform steps 1-3 and I have another that can do steps 5 and 6. The difficulty I'm facing right now is to perform step 4. I'm not familiar with using batch files and don't know the necessary commands, but how can I get a batch file to read the heights that have been saved in the .txt file in step 3 and equate them to appearance ID?
is anybody else sick of all the undersized rookies in this game? How about we try to solve the problem ourselves? Today, after going through the draft with all the 6'1 SGs and all what not, I decided to take things into my own hands. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly versed enough with batch files and cdbflite, so I'll need all the help I can get.
To solve the problem, using a batch file, we somehow have to:
1) select all the upcoming rookies: player ID = 39
2) Check if player is SG or SF: Position = 3 or 2
3) Save his Player ID in a .txt file
4) Open appearance.dbf and use saved player IDs in .txt file as if they were appearance IDs
5) Check if player is smaller than, say, 6'5. If so, set his height to 6'5
6) repeat steps 2-5 for for different positions i.e PF and C and set appropriate heights.
I've gotten my batch file to perform steps 1-3 and I have another that can do steps 5 and 6. The difficulty I'm facing right now is to perform step 4. I'm not familiar with using batch files and don't know the necessary commands, but how can I get a batch file to read the heights that have been saved in the .txt file in step 3 and equate them to appearance ID?
Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:28 am
Hmm, judging from the activity in this thread, seems like this isn't a major issue, so I won't go through the trouble of creating a rapidshare account to upload my solution to the problem. Yes, the problem's been solved... kiss good bye to all the undersized generated players. Now, all generated SGs are at least 6'6 tall, PFs at least 6'9 and Cs at least 6'11.
If anybody is interested, then PM me and I'll send you my solution. Or maybe I could send the files to Andrew, who could upload them amongst the patches, if he and lots of people are interested.
I'm out
If anybody is interested, then PM me and I'll send you my solution. Or maybe I could send the files to Andrew, who could upload them amongst the patches, if he and lots of people are interested.
I'm out
Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:10 am
Why don't you post your solution as a patch in the Releases and Previews section. Besides, I thought that some rookies end up getting taller as the dynasty progresses.
Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:37 pm
Do I have to create an account on some filesharing site like rapidshare to upload the files for it?
Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:23 am
No, you can upload anything to rapidshare without an account. Once you are done uploading, it will give you a link to the download and a link to use when/if you want to delete the file from their servers.