How do I get my faces into the game?

[Pextara]

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know how to get the faces I've created into the game. I've used CM07 to load a specific head and the tectures I've created, but after a few times the game crashes. It also crashes as soon as I try to add the second face. I've also tried to create a CMP patch but the game still crashes. How do you guys get your faces in the game?

 

[mattrans]

ok, CM07 is the best program to import your faces, so your ok for that, make sure the faces are the right size, ie 1gk = 512 x 256 (i think !).

also, have a look at the z_data60 folder and make sure everything is getting compressed, this is an issue I have told rinaldo (creater of CM07) about.

The way I import faces with CM07 is :

1..find player
2..if he already has face texture, remove is this order - hair, face, head model.
3...load new textures.

This is just my way, but I did have a few problems with CM07, and since I now do everything in this order, I have had no problems lately...

 

[Pextara]

Hey mattrans, thanks for responding. I did go into z_data60 folder and compressed the files first and that didn't help. Then I tried your method of removing the files in CM07 and then loading the new textures and still no luck. I tried creating a new player and applyng my head model and face textures to him and it worked once and then it didn't. If I uninstall and reinstall fifa it will work a couple of times and then not. I am not sure what to do?

 

[e.p-il]

1gf is 256X128
2gf is 512X256

 

[Pextara]

Hey Guys, I am trying to trouble shoot this problem of bringing my faces into the game. What I have discovered is that after a fresh install of Fifa07 and CEP 3.0 I can successfully load my models and textures in CM07, and the game will start with my changes. If I shut down the game and go to windows I cannot restart the game without it crashing, even after deleting the Fifa folder on My Documents. If I am in the game, and finish the game, and then play a new game, everything is fine. So what I am thinking is that Fifa is saving a file somewhere that is causing the game to crash the next time i go to play. Any ideas?

 

[Tizmo]

Could it be CEP? Try reinstalling again, but then do not install CEP and see if it will work.

 

[Pextara]

Well I am still troubleshooting and this time I tried just installing Fifa07 and not CEP and I was able to successfully play once, shut down, then lanch a second time. BUT, when I went back into CM07 and loaded a new model for a player that I had previously laoded a specific head model for, and then try to play it would crash. So, It will accept one removal and load of model, face and hair texture but when you try to remove and load twice for the same player, the game will crash, it seems? Any comments?

 

[Pextara]

Hey guys, I think I figured out why FIFA has been crashing when I try to load my created faces into the game.

What I would do, is find the player I created the face for, then remove his hair, face and head model, in this order. Then I would load my new model, face and hair maps right away. Then I would save, launch Fifa and after picking teams and advancing to game, it would work.

But, if I made a change to either the model or maps I made, and try to load them in the process described above, it would make the game crash. What I found out was that in order re-load a face or map I made that has changes, i would first have to remove the hair, face and specific head model THEN save, re-start CM07 and then proceed to load my Specific head model, face map and hair map the save again, launch FIFA and then it would work.

So , basically if I am correct, the problem I was having was that CM07 would not let me remove my own models and maps, reload them, save and start the game. It would require me to save the removed state and then after re-opening CM07 it would accept new files for the areas left removed.

I am definately not criticizing CM07, it is THE editing program and I am so gratefull to Rinaldo for creating it. Perhaps if he is working on a new version, he can look into this problem so that you can instantly remove and re-load files in regards to the head models.

Thanks Mattrans for your help.