Spike C 18's Mods & Graphics

[Spike C 18]

Hello everyone, I figured I'd include an introduction here as I couldn't find the correct place to do so. My name is Spike and I am a 31 year old gamer, long time FIFA player. I am very new to the modding scene as I've only moved over to PC gaming in the last few months, however I am already massively interested in the modding side of FIFA and have begun to start of with basic mods

I've been playing FIFA since the very first game on the Sega Mega Drive and playing video games for over 25 years. I have been involved with numerous elements of FIFA the most notable being my input and feedback on FIFA 11 where I was flown out to EA Canada to help with the games testing process. I have also been and am currently still one of the Gamechangers who EA turn to on occasion to help give feedback for future FIFA titles.

I am a massive fan of the game but have spent most of my time as a fan of the "management/career mode" right up until "clubs" was introduced. From there I went on to play in some of the best clubs on the Xbox side and helped as an administrator and designer on http://www.FVPA.co.uk. I have also written for http://www.sweetpatch.tv in the past and as I've moved away from clubs I am back to enjoying some 2 vs 2 and mostly career mode once again.

I have joined these forums looking to not only create and share mods but also to enjoy seeing/using and helping others with theirs to create an even better FIFA game.

Me on the famous EA Canada football pitch:

Me and David Rutter (Line Producer of FIFA)

Spike's Mods:

Bristol City Fan Pack:

Includes:

Bristol City adboards
Authentic Bristol City fan flags
Fantasty 3rd "Purple and Lime" kit
Fantasy home "Robin" kit

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[rizor007]

hello !!

hello spike !!

can u suggest sum ways to change the extreme neon green turfs of fifa 13 at nights to dark green keeping d default 5x4 stripes pattern?it looks kinda dull and me and most of my frnds mostly prefer night games cuz most of the championship games are night specific only...

 

[barrie53]

Welcome Spike

Hi Spike
Do you still have contact with EA Sports and are you able to obtain information that would assist a number of modders on this forum to develop this game further. The main problem is the ability to add additional leagues without overwriting existing leagues. It would be great of EA Sports just release the FIFA 13 engine with no licensed leagues or teams but was able to be fully modifiable. This would allow players from all over the world to customize the game to suit there own personal taste and would release EA Sports from expensive league & sponsorship licences.

Best Regards
Barrie

 

[NeyMar86]

I Love EA Games

 

[Spike C 18]

Hi Spike
Do you still have contact with EA Sports and are you able to obtain information that would assist a number of modders on this forum to develop this game further. The main problem is the ability to add additional leagues without overwriting existing leagues. It would be great of EA Sports just release the FIFA 13 engine with no licensed leagues or teams but was able to be fully modifiable. This would allow players from all over the world to customize the game to suit there own personal taste and would release EA Sports from expensive league & sponsorship licences.

Best Regards
Barrie

I'm pretty certain that EA cannot openly condone modding because of licenses and so on and whenever I have questioned various members of their staff I could tell they wanted to give me answers but were unable to due to legal reasons, in some cases they have said they cannot discuss it for this reason too.

The chances are EA are not going to answer any questions I have on modding if they are related to technical information, it just leaves them open for the leagues not in the game to take legal action.

My involvement with EA is a lot less these days too, they occasionally ask for feedback on ideas they are working on and for some feedback or suggestions to which the gamechangers will reply but we cannot discuss them due to embargoes and agreements we have signed.

hello spike !!

can u suggest sum ways to change the extreme neon green turfs of fifa 13 at nights to dark green keeping d default 5x4 stripes pattern?it looks kinda dull and me and most of my frnds mostly prefer night games cuz most of the championship games are night specific only...

Hi Rizor. I'm very new to PC gaming and a lot newer to modding and so I have no idea how this can be changed as I have not yet modded grass or looked into how it is done.

Recently I have been making the odd mods but mostly Bristol City related as they are my team and most of the interesting kits and so on seem to have been covered on here.

 

[NeyMar86]

Really Agree With rizor007

 

[pao4ever]

Hey Spike, you're the one that found out the FIFA Game Face facial hair bug?

 

[bulkan]

hello spike !!

can u suggest sum ways to change the extreme neon green turfs of fifa 13 at nights to dark green keeping d default 5x4 stripes pattern?it looks kinda dull and me and most of my frnds mostly prefer night games cuz most of the championship games are night specific only...

Totally agreed.
at least EA can make the turfs same w/ fifa 11 console game.
in fifa 11, turfs (pitch dirty, grass , chovmaps & stripes) are much more better & better night textures than both of fifa 12 & 13.

one more point: slider customisations.
it sucks for me. it makes arcade the game. these slider settings kill my game experience. also it should be same as fifa 11. the gameplay dynamics should relative to player attributes, not to slider settings for me.

 

[Spike C 18]

Hey Spike, you're the one that found out the FIFA Game Face facial hair bug?

Yes and I brought it up although in my eyes it's still not good enough and gameface is still bugged giving players an orange skin, a big irritation for me.

Totally agreed.
at least EA can make the turfs same w/ fifa 11 console game.
in fifa 11, turfs (pitch dirty, grass , chovmaps & stripes) are much more better & better night textures than both of fifa 12 & 13.

I can suggest the pitches are looked at although we've all discussed it before and whilst they did make some changes to wear and tear and improved that aspect of it I don't think pitch colour is a priority, it's something the art department would deal with.

one more point: slider customisations.
it sucks for me. it makes arcade the game. these slider settings kill my game experience. also it should be same as fifa 11. the gameplay dynamics should relative to player attributes, not to slider settings for me.

The sliders settings do not have to be changed, the point of the sliders were to allow people to tweak their offline gaming to suit their needs. I personally use them to balance out issues that I have with game but they are not used online so I'm not quite sure how you can say they kill your game experience as you do not have to use them.

The player attributes are used to change the abilities and skills of a player so I'm not quite sure what the issue is. The gameplay dynamics are tailored to the attributes and context, the sliders are just allowing you to change the mechanics of the engine.

Personally I do think inertia, momentum (movement) and foot planting are the three key areas they need to address because these are the fundamentals of football and in FIFA they are still very much broken. For me the arcade feeling comes from being able to turn 90 degrees at a whim without any worry about inertia, momentum, even in some cases gravity. There simply isn't a solid enough core to the games engine and whilst it can do some amazing things it's the foundations of football that it has failed to get right.

 

[Mad Man]

Welcome bro, I hope to see great works from you.