It's your choice of course. Yes it's faster. And yes some edits might work. But you're playing with fire and you are risking corrupting your files. So like I said, it's not strange, it's what you were told might happen. There are weird bugs in it, and there's no fix for it.
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He's working on a PES project according to regularcat. Guessing when FIFA 19 comes out he will update it. As for the DA/CM, many of the bugs have been it that program since 2014 when EA changed the db table format. So it's not shawminator's thing to fix it necessarily. And since it can all be edited using DBM anyway, there's no real need to fix it.
Sami 1999
Reserve Team
I'm not talking about bugs of CM. I don't edit DB to that extent.
I'm talking about bugs like CG FE crashing when trying to import textures randomly, when trying to export textures as png. And requiring updates like adding higher resolution textures [Which frosty editor can do already].
Also, this we can finally edit cloth wrinkle textures this year. But when I made changes [And yes it does show up in cgfe], nothing changes ingame.
I've noticed a number of people have complained of problems editing with CGFE. I'm writing this so I can just quick-link it next time someone has a question.
NaFer and others have specifically stated NOT TO USE CGFE TO EDIT THE DB TABLES. The CGFE tools that rinaldo created are buggy. If you use them, you risk corrupting your game files. Some edits will work, and some will not. But once your files are corrupted, there is no fix. And if you have not been saving your edits as you go, you will have to start all over with a new db.
Also, be aware that just because you can't see any immediate problems in your db, doesn't mean it isn't corrupted. I edited one player's name. I loaded the db and even played a couple of games. It was two days later that I noticed many of the players names were all messed up.
If you are exporting/importing graphics, you shouldn't have a problem using CGFE. But if you are editing db table values such as players, team lineups, formations etc, use the DB Master/Excel method to edit. The DB Master/Excel method is the only method that is 100% foolproof and safe, it works every time and will never corrupt your game files.
NaFer and others have specifically stated NOT TO USE CGFE TO EDIT THE DB TABLES. The CGFE tools that rinaldo created are buggy. If you use them, you risk corrupting your game files. Some edits will work, and some will not. But once your files are corrupted, there is no fix. And if you have not been saving your edits as you go, you will have to start all over with a new db.
Also, be aware that just because you can't see any immediate problems in your db, doesn't mean it isn't corrupted. I edited one player's name. I loaded the db and even played a couple of games. It was two days later that I noticed many of the players names were all messed up.
If you are exporting/importing graphics, you shouldn't have a problem using CGFE. But if you are editing db table values such as players, team lineups, formations etc, use the DB Master/Excel method to edit. The DB Master/Excel method is the only method that is 100% foolproof and safe, it works every time and will never corrupt your game files.
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Sami 1999
Reserve Team
So changing the kit wrinkle textures does nothing in game.
The array files might contain all the textures, but u can see only one textures on that file, so you can't edit them.
man I thought i could finally make custom kit wrinkles like we could in fifa 09 and 10. If anyone finds a way to edit them, let me know.
eruan99
Club Supporter
Tried looking in other threads but it seems there's nothing on this.
Ter-Stegen appears in the teams but the first "T" is some sort of special character? Anyway, it's glitching. You cannot select Ter-Stegen's player profile. I tried going to him via the club and national team. In both cases, the player profile that opens is usually the player above him in the list. Is there any way to fix this?
Ter-Stegen appears in the teams but the first "T" is some sort of special character? Anyway, it's glitching. You cannot select Ter-Stegen's player profile. I tried going to him via the club and national team. In both cases, the player profile that opens is usually the player above him in the list. Is there any way to fix this?
A few tables scramble when opened in Excel for editing, including some player names. Easiest way to correct that probably is to manually type in his correct name and ID in the editedplayernames table, which is one of the tables in the db. There's a db editing tutorial page 16 of this thread.
Bangus, I'vea few questions for u, cuz I see that you know 'things', if udon't mind ofc.
http://www.soccergaming.com/index.php?threads/cg-file-explorer-18.6465136/page-16#post-6504179
Does this guide works with WC squads? How to see the ID number of the player from WC addon? I wanted to play my tournament and change few things. I have a FIP 3.0 patch from fifainfinity, where all teams have 23 players. It seems that it's easier for me to editing it. Now I'd like to change a few players and their numbers.
I'e a DBM program. I can open appropriate files according to ur guide, but the problem is that I dunno what ID numbers have players from the WC addon.
Thanks. I am already your debtor. Gimme your address and I'll send u a beer.
http://www.soccergaming.com/index.php?threads/cg-file-explorer-18.6465136/page-16#post-6504179
Does this guide works with WC squads? How to see the ID number of the player from WC addon? I wanted to play my tournament and change few things. I have a FIP 3.0 patch from fifainfinity, where all teams have 23 players. It seems that it's easier for me to editing it. Now I'd like to change a few players and their numbers.
I'e a DBM program. I can open appropriate files according to ur guide, but the problem is that I dunno what ID numbers have players from the WC addon.
Thanks. I am already your debtor. Gimme your address and I'll send u a beer.
No problem. And I quit alcohol in 1999... already drank a lifetime's worth by then.Thanks. I am already your debtor. Gimme your address and I'll send u a beer.
Player IDs can be found on sofifa.com, you can search for players and it's pretty easy. Another easy way: If you want to edit one player, go into FIFA, start a game, then look at his player number. Then open the teamplayerlinks table, sort by teamid, scroll down to that team, and look at column E, that's his jersey number. His player ID is at the end of that row.
And team IDs are in the teams table. Not sure if this answers your questions, PM/Convo me if you need help.
Formations/lineups are really glitched. EA changed the formations tables in 2014, rinaldo never updated his tool completely, and so they become seriously borked when trying to edit in CM. That's the year I stopped using CM and switched to DBM, and because of that specifically.
qasar80
Youth Team
But is there something that can be used with creation master safely??? Not even assigning hair does not work, it results in disappearance of the some faces and it never even changes...
So what do you want to edit exactly? 10 players? 100 players? All players and teams? If you tell me what your project is, maybe we can figure out some easy work-arounds. I can already think of one way of editing players in CM -- which is easier -- and then transferring the edited data using DBM.
eruan99
Club Supporter
Thanks for your previous reply. I kinda figured out what was wrong which leads to a new problem.
Going back to basics, I realized that nothing is being saved. So let's say I put Robben into Chelsea, I remove him from Bayern, I save all, I create mod, close the program. Reopen, everything is reset, well in fact Robben is just gone from the database altogether. So something is not saving right. I exported the original fifa db to reload in case of troubles and I exported one with Robben transferred. Well, I can reload the original one just fine, he's back at Bayern and the other one produces the exact same result. So I don't know what else I can try here.
Going back to basics, I realized that nothing is being saved. So let's say I put Robben into Chelsea, I remove him from Bayern, I save all, I create mod, close the program. Reopen, everything is reset, well in fact Robben is just gone from the database altogether. So something is not saving right. I exported the original fifa db to reload in case of troubles and I exported one with Robben transferred. Well, I can reload the original one just fine, he's back at Bayern and the other one produces the exact same result. So I don't know what else I can try here.
qasar80
Youth Team
I edit stats, boots and hairstyle mostly for high potential young players, so yes, over 100.
A way arround would be very appreciated.
Common sense would tell you to untick that crest before you import the mod.
Keep a backup of the database and edit the players then export the edited players table and import it into the backup database.
I'm not picking on you in particular but I am so tired of hearing CM is fucked up, shawminator needs to fix this, yada yada ya.
There are work arounds for everything and if you bothered to put as much thought into finding these work arounds as you do complaining in a post
everyone could be using the work arounds by now.
Bottom line is these men who create these programs do it for free. Spending their time building them why you spend your time playing.
They owe you nothing, realize that and respect them.
God forbid you may have to spend an extra few minutes doing something.
Listen to regularcat's advice about tables. I just tested it out by editing a player in CM, then transferring his values to my "keeper" db using DBM and Excel. It worked fine, all the edits I made in CM saved and showed up in my other db, including face, hair, skin, and name.
FYI, I didn't export the table. I copied the player values from the table I edited in CM, and pasted the values (overwrote the player) in my keeper db. It was pretty quick and easy, just keep track of the players you edit via their id (view their id in CM), and it's easy to locate/overwrite them in the other db.
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