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Originally posted by culo
I've been trying a bit of team editing also and have a few problems.
1) I've created a few .dat files for some teams and then edited the player attributes using the convert program but don't know how to get the .dat file loaded into ISS.
2) When editing strips, do you have any idea what the Captains Armband, Flag and Referee pallete things are all about...I just put in random _TXT files for them and have no idea what effect they have....the flags never seem to deviate from the correct national flag.
3) If you've got the full EPL .dat files and stuff, I'd be interested
Thanks
Chill out!
1) Right to put them in to the game you are going to need another program call isspro2edit. In fact this program is much better than the attribute converter youre talking about, It allows you to create them using a full graphical interface. You should be able to get this from
http://www.we2000diy.net/en_index.htm
There isnt much explanation on how to use it but it should be easy enough.
Note that you will probably need to run the dao.zip program too, otherwise you will not be able to see any players. (I know it says you dont need it but I did!).
Be warned this program can be flaky! So always Write to CD Image regularly.
Hints:
1) If you change a team name remember to click Update Team Name and then Write to CD Image. Otherwise youll lose the change.
2) To edit a particular player simply double click on him.
3) Always Remember to Write to CD Image.
For culo if you already have some teams in dat files then it is dead simple, open isspro2edit choose the team you are going to replace i.e. England. You will notice that they are Team no 5 on the list. Make sure that your dat file says "id=n5", otherwise it doesn't work properly. Copy your dat file to the isspro2edit directory.Then click "Import Team" choose the name of the dat file you want to import, and double click. Your team has now been imported.
You can ask me if you need specific help after reading this!
2) Yes they do make a difference. Basically each team strip file (.bin) contains 2 goalie shirts, referee shirt, flags, and the actual kit.
Now this is the complex bit
Say I want to create a new Southampton Kit.
Home Kit is Red&White stripe, Black Shorts, White Socks.
Away Kit all black with red stripes.
Player Shirt Texture 1 needs to be stripes, like Juve Home Kit.
Players Texture Shirt 1 - Tex_71.bin - P1 tells it to choose the Juve home kit pattern.
Players Palette Shirt 1 - Tex_81.bin - P1 tells it to choose River Plates home kit colours (red & white, black shorts, white socks)
Players Texture Shirt 2 - Tex_22.bin - P2 tells it to choose the Slovenia away kit pattern.
Players Palette Shirt 2 - Tex_81.bin - P2 tells it to choose River Plates away kit colours (black & red trim, black shorts, black socks.)
Now Goalkeepers get there shirt pattern from the players shirt pattern above. So to make sure you dont get problems you need to tell it to make the shirt colours the same as those for the players shirt. (Basically problems come about with goalkeepers shirts because if you choose different palette to the original shirts palette it can make it transparent)
Therefore:
Goalkeepers Palette Shirt 1 - Tex_71.bin G1
Goalkeepers Palette Shirt 2 - Tex_22.bin G2
Remember if you set the Players shirt above to P1 (to use the home kit of a team as your away kit), then you need to make sure it says G1 for that shirt and not G2.
Ok with the captains palette strip it is to do with the captains sleeve and armband, all it means in reality is make sure it matches the colour palette of your shirts above or he will look stupid or you wont be able to see his armband (it'll be blue on blue!)!
The same goes for these as the GK kit make sure you set P1 and P2 correctly !
Captains Strip Palette 1 - Tex_81.bin S1
Captains Strip Palette 1 - Tex_81.bin S2
Right Flags!
Basically you can make any flag you want for any team from those provided, so say we decide that for Southampton we want them to have a flag which three vertical stripes, with white and red on. A team that has three vertical stripes on their flag is Nigeria (Team 35 which is Tex_34.bin), and a team with red and white on their flag is Austria (Team 21 or Tex_20.bin).
Mini Flags Texture - Tex_34.bin
Mini Flags Palette - Tex_20.bin MF (MF is for mini flag palette in theory you could use any type of palette but I havent tried it)
Unfortunately this wont change your big flags
Finally Referees...
I havent spotted it but I think this there to stop your teams kit clashing with the ref.
therefore you should probably set it to the same as the home kit Texture:
Referee Texture Shirt - Tex_71.bin
Jesus I am knackered after all that typing.
Things to note when kit editing..
1) Never apply a 2 colour kit palette to a 3 colour kit shirt texture, you will end up with transparency or weird colours... Though you can apply a 3 colour shirt to a 2 colour kit (be careful of weird colour changes though
)! The same happens on shorts and socks for example, Arsenal have red and white socks if you apply this to the dutch home kit (completely orange) parts of their legs will be missing!
2) Before you create make sure that you have set up the P1, P2, G1, etc correctly!
Phew...