Portraits problemo, need expert advice.

[UncleMo]

I could use some expert advice. My problem is with fixing this blank portrait showing up in my game:

And the reason I want to have it fixed is related to this:

http://www.mvpmods.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=...c/start=30.html

What I did: Opened the default fsh file for the generic portraits via nfshtool. I edited the bmp images so that the portraits will match the facial hair mods, and then I repacked the fsh files using nfshtool.

Torement was kind enough to use his spare time to create the installer for me to install the portraits back into the game. I installed them, went into the portrait.big file and noticed that they were not compressed and so I compressed them using BIGGUI. I started my game up and went to review the portraits I had installed during DRAFT REVIEW and the above picture is what I saw-my mod not working. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Without help, I can not release this mod.

[krawhitham]

eazip -c *.fsh

[UncleMo]

Thank you very much Kraw. Can you expound on your answer?

The inside of the install.bat says this:

"@ECHO OFF

CLS

Echo This will install the portraits from UncleMo's Facial Hair and Portrait mod

Echo.

Echo CAUTION: This will update your portrait.big files

Echo.

pause

Echo Please wait...

gfxpak -p -real data/frontend/portrait.big aadc.fsh aadd.fsh abdc.fsh abdd.fsh acdc.fsh acdd.fsh addc.fsh addd.fsh aedc.fsh aedd.fsh afdc.fsh afdd.fsh agdc.fsh agdd.fsh badc.fsh badd.fsh bbdc.fsh bbdd.fsh bcdc.fsh bcdd.fsh bddc.fsh bddd.fsh bedc.fsh bedd.fsh bfdc.fsh bfdd.fsh bgdc.fsh bgdd.fsh cadc.fsh cadd.fsh cbdc.fsh cbdd.fsh ccdc.fsh ccdd.fsh cddc.fsh cddd.fsh cedc.fsh cedd.fsh cfdc.fsh cfdd.fsh cgdc.fsh cgdd.fsh dadc.fsh dadd.fsh dbdc.fsh dbdd.fsh dcdc.fsh dcdd.fsh dddc.fsh dddd.fsh dedc.fsh dedd.fsh dfdc.fsh dfdd.fsh dgdc.fsh dgdd.fsh eadc.fsh eadd.fsh ebdc.fsh ebdd.fsh ecdc.fsh ecdd.fsh eddc.fsh eddd.fsh eedc.fsh eedd.fsh efdc.fsh efdd.fsh egdc.fsh egdd.fsh fadc.fsh fadd.fsh fbdc.fsh fbdd.fsh fcdc.fsh fcdd.fsh fddc.fsh fddd.fsh fedc.fsh fedd.fsh ffdc.fsh ffdd.fsh fgdc.fsh fgdd.fsh gadc.fsh gadd.fsh gbdc.fsh gbdd.fsh gcdc.fsh gcdd.fsh gddc.fsh gddd.fsh gedc.fsh gedd.fsh gfdc.fsh gfdd.fsh ggdc.fsh ggdd.fsh hadc.fsh hadd.fsh hbdc.fsh hbdd.fsh hcdc.fsh hcdd.fsh hddc.fsh hddd.fsh hedc.fsh hedd.fsh hfdc.fsh hfdd.fsh hgdc.fsh hgdd.fsh iadc.fsh iadd.fsh ibdc.fsh ibdd.fsh icdc.fsh icdd.fsh iddc.fsh iddd.fsh iedc.fsh iedd.fsh ifdc.fsh ifdd.fsh igdc.fsh igdd.fsh jadc.fsh jadd.fsh jbdc.fsh jbdd.fsh jcdc.fsh jcdd.fsh jddc.fsh jddd.fsh jedc.fsh jedd.fsh jfdc.fsh jfdd.fsh jgdc.fsh jgdd.fsh kadc.fsh kadd.fsh kbdc.fsh kbdd.fsh kcdc.fsh kcdd.fsh kddc.fsh kddd.fsh kedc.fsh kedd.fsh kfdc.fsh kfdd.fsh kgdc.fsh kgdd.fsh ladc.fsh ladd.fsh lbdc.fsh lbdd.fsh lcdc.fsh lcdd.fsh lddc.fsh lddd.fsh ledc.fsh ledd.fsh lfdc.fsh lfdd.fsh lgdc.fsh lgdd.fsh madc.fsh madd.fsh mbdc.fsh mbdd.fsh mcdc.fsh mcdd.fsh mddc.fsh mddd.fsh medc.fsh medd.fsh mfdc.fsh mfdd.fsh mgdc.fsh mgdd.fsh nadc.fsh nadd.fsh nbdc.fsh nbdd.fsh ncdc.fsh ncdd.fsh nddc.fsh nddd.fsh nedc.fsh nedd.fsh nfdc.fsh nfdd.fsh ngdc.fsh ngdd.fsh oadc.fsh oadd.fsh obdc.fsh obdd.fsh ocdc.fsh ocdd.fsh oddc.fsh oddd.fsh oedc.fsh oedd.fsh ofdc.fsh ofdd.fsh ogdc.fsh ogdd.fsh

PAUSE

del *.fsh

CLS

Echo Successful! Enjoy......."

[UncleMo]

In case you meant that I should download eazip and enter that command, when I downloaded EAZIP from that NBA2K website I found on google, I extracted the EAZIP file, the rfshtool and the readme and toyed around with it. Everytime I double click on EAZIP in comes up and goes away in a flash. It won't start up for me!..Other than me being stupid, what am I doing wrong?

[Hory]

just make a batch file with the eazip and place it in a folder with eazip and the fsh files you want to compress

here's the batch files I use

[big shmooz]

@ECHO OFF

CLS

Echo Cyberface

Echo.

Echo CAUTION: This will compress your cyberface.

Echo.

pause

Echo Please wait...

eazip -c *.orl

eazip -c *.ord

eazip -c *.fsh

CLS

Echo Successful!

pause

By.Big Shmooz

That's what your batch file should say (of course you can edit it but make sure to keep the "eazip lines" as is)

[UncleMo]

I'll be reviewing this stuff, learning EAZIP and going at this 100% on Monday. Thanks for the directions fellas.

[UncleMo]

If someone made me a .bat file, is that the same thing as the EAZIP batch file then?

Edit: Because Torement made me an installer. If that is the same, and I installed it via EAGE and compressed via BIGGUI the above blank portrait was my result...

[UncleMo]

Ok, I am to compress them with a batch file, and THEN I can use the .bat that Torement made for me to INSTALL them? Correct?

And, I am to copy and paste the data from Big Shmooz's info above into the batch file that I downloaded from Hory?

[big shmooz]

Yes to the first, not sure about the second. Since I don't know exactly what you downloaded from Hory.

[Hory]

Either one will work - mine was for just portraits - Big Schmooz's is for portraits + cyberfaces

[UncleMo]

Ok, lemme give this a shot tonight. Thank you both.

[UncleMo]

Ok Hory, this is what I did:

Right clicked on eacompress, added the fsh files in there so that it reads "eazip.exe -c aadc.fsh aadd.fsh abdc.fsh abdd.fsh acdc.fsh....." etc etc etc

After changing the text, I made sure eazipcompress and all fsh files were in the same folder and then double clicked on eazipcompress that I dl from you. But, um, it doesn't look like it is doing anything. It looks like it comes up and then goes away when I double click. I'm doing something wrong aren't I?

[Hory]

ok get your portrait fsh files (65kb in size each)

put them in a folder with the .bat file and eazip.exe

run the batch file

it will take a second or two at most unless you have a lot of portraits

they will now be compressed (less than 65kb each)

now you install the portraits with EAGE and they will show up in the game.

[UncleMo]

Ok I tried this out. For some reason I could not get yours to work (I am kinda dumb). I copied the info above from Hory's post, pasted it into the install.bat that Torement created, and did what yo utold me to do Hory. I put it in a folder WITH eazip and ran the batch file and it showed me a message that it was compressing. I got happy. I then imported by using torement's .bat file and that imported fine. I then opened up BIGGUI to make sure that the files were actually compressed and they were. I then started my game up, simmed the rest of my season, went through the draft, went directly to draft review to review the portraits of the created players, and still got the blank portrait.

I never resized the .bmp's. I assume everything should have worked fine. I'm ready to give up on this mod after all of the weeks put into it or maybe post a new thread "I'll give anyone 20 bucks via paypal if they can install this!". I'm sorry if you can not help me beyond this. If you can I'll do whatever it takes to be done. I feel so close.

[Hory]

If you like zip up the portrait fsh files and send them to me at TotalMVP05@gmail.com and I will compress them for you and/or figure out where you've gone wrong.

[UncleMo]

Thank you sir. I just sent you everything and a note will be inside of the zip file as well.

[Hory]

got it!

I think i figured out your problem!

if you rename the portrait fsh files you have to rename 2 values inside the fsh as well,

so to fix this

decompress them (if needed) so they are 65kb again

download "textpad" or another text editor but NOT notepad as that messes up the fsh files

open the fsh file in textpad - there are two values you have to change

so this file for wexample aedd.fsh (renamed from aedg.fsh) you have to change the two instances of 'aedg' to 'aedd' one at the start of the garbled text,

one at the end

change the 2 four digit values to the new id/name, recompress with eazip (which you had done correctly) and install and you're done!

[UncleMo]

Holy crap I don't even know what to say.

I didn't notice that there were two instances of that and I have never heard of textpad. Whew! I'll download textpad and get back to work. I just hope that solves the problem. I can't believe how much work this has been. Hory, like I said in my email, I'd say thank you, but that doesn't sound like enough.

[UncleMo]

Thank to Hory and Big Shmooz, I present to you: