bctrackboi11 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 As many of the folks who have been around here for a while know, a full NCAA mod has been kicked around a few times with no real progress. Well I am proud to share what myself and Rroy0824 have been working on for the past couple of years. What this mod has: Teams: We have 124 of the top college baseball teams in the country replacing every single playable team in MVP 05. Uniforms: Uniforms for every team in the mod with accurate number fonts, including alternates. (Currently about 90% done) Equipment: Authentic aluminum bats will replace all of the wooden bats in the game. Stadiums: While we can't get every single stadium into the game, we can get the "best of the best", as well as the many neutral sites (Stadium list to follow below) College World Series: Both Rosenblatt Stadium and the new TD Ameritrade Park will be in the mod, and included will be a dynasty save file with the final 8 teams in the CWS. Artwork: Thanks to Yankee4Life we have lots of hi-res photos to use for various loading and background screens. What this mod doesn't have: Rosters: To make the roster making process a lot faster, we imported various teams and players from the Layman Database in MVPedit and renamed the players to randomized names with randomized characteristics. Rroy0824 did lots of research to import teams with similar attributes to their real-life counterparts. The roster is 100% complete. Portraits: To make this easier, we aren't assigning or making portraits for anyone. Everyone will have a portrait ID value of 0. Audio: I know very little about audio. The biggest need is the replace the sound of a wooden bat with an aluminum sound. Everything else is low priority. Stadiums: It is impossible to create a stadium for every single team, so I created a master list of stadiums and which slots they will use (again, see below). This is the biggest area left of the mod and the area we need the most help in. Dynasty: Dynasty play is not available, but as mentioned before, you will be able to play the final rounds of the College World Series. Where we need help: So far, this has been a mostly two-man operation, but any help in creating artwork, logos, and most importantly stadiums would be appreciated. Screenshots of what we do have will be in subsequent posts. If you want to help mod and test things out, let us know! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more info! For a small tease, here are the stadium select screens I've created for some of the stadiums we have completed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guaro1379 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 hello bctrackboi11 I really liked the mods NCAA anything you need let me know will gladly give you a help Stadium minessota I built it, with the stadium of the Indians, that's good to see there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 I sent you a PM, but the biggest help I need is the stadiums. Here is the list. Completed Stadiums in BOLD, In Progress in ITALICS. The list looks overwhelming, but many of the stadiums are based on older minor league parks in the downloads section. I also have permission from SALVA to use MVP Caribe stadiums as a base if needed. If you do decide to knock one on the list out, send me a message please. Stadium Name Team/Event File Name Falcon Baseball Field Air Force anahday/anahnite Goodwin Field Cal Fullerton (day)/NCAA Regional (night) netwday/netwnite Fluor Field Clemson-South Carolina Rivalry (Greenville, SC) safeday/safenite Clark-LeClair Stadium East Carolina arliday/arlinite Baum Stadium Arkansas/NCAA Regional Usceday/uscenite Camden Yards Army-Navy Series (2006) jacoday/jaconight USA Stadium Austin Peay/Memphis Neutral Site (Millington, TN) comerday/comern Jackie Robinson Ballpark Bethune-Cookman kaufday/kaufnite All Pro Freight Stadium MAC Championship Metrdome BB&T Ballpark Winston-Sale Appalachian State orioday/orionite Hi Corbett Field Arizona/NCAA Regional (night) fenwday/fenwnite Baggett Stadium Cal Poly/NCAA Regional (night) yankday/yanknite Durham Athletic Park Duke tropdome VA Memorial Stadium MAC Championship (2009) skydday/skydnite Canal Park Akron Neutral Site bankday/banknite Plainsman Park Auburn coorday/coornite Durham Athletic Park ACC Championship dodgday/dodgnite BB&T Ballpark Charlotte Charlotte vs. NC State petoday/petonite Great American Ballpark Reds Collegiate Invitational sbcpday/sbcpnite Phoenix Municipal Stadium Arizona State wrigday/wrignite Charlotte Sports Park Snowbird Baseball Classic gabpday/gabpnite Oneok Field Big 12 Championship minuday/minunite Seller Field Bowling Green millday/millnite Comerica Park Clash at Comerica (Central Michigan vs. Michigan State) pncday/pncnite Bright House Field AAC Championship bushday/bushnite Hoover Met Alabama/SEC Championship turnday/turnnite Victory Field Ball State/Indiana Neutral Site propday/propnite Marlins Park FIU/Miami Neutral Site rfksday/rfksnite AT&T Park Cal Baseball Classic sheaday/sheanite UFCU Disch-Falk Field Texas Longhorns a001day Ray Fisher Stadium Michigan Wolverines a002day George Steinbrenner Field Florida Four Classic (USF/Florida/Florida State/Miami) a003day McKethan Stadium Florida Gators aa01nite Boshamer Field North Carolina Tar Heels aa02nite San Jose Municipal Stadium San Jose State Spartans aa03nite Haymarket Park Nebraska Huskers aaa1nite Alex Box Stadium LSU Tigers aaa2nite Turner Field Georgia-Georgia Tech Rivalry aaa3nite Minute Maid Park Astros College Classic astrdome Safeco Field Washington Huskies cineday Reckling Park Rice Owls clevday Bill Davis Stadium Ohio State Buckeyes crosday Cliff Hagan Stadium Kentucky Wildcats fencday Dedeaux Field USC Trojans forbday Dick Howser Stadium Florida State Seminoles grifday Dodger Stadium Dodgertown Classic hiranite Reese Smith Jr Field Middle Tennessee Raiders metpnite Target Field Big Ten Championship olymdome Lindsay Nelson Stadium Tennessee Volunteers poloday Busch Stadium Illinois-Missouri Rivalry qualnite Trustmark Park Miss. College Series (Ole Miss/Miss. State/Southern Miss) shibday Jim Paterson Stadium Louisville Cardinals spotday Rosenblatt Stadium College World Series (2010) tigrnite TD Ameritrade Park College World Series veteday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Cliff Hagan Stadium- University of Kentucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guaro1379 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 GOOOOOOOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Next up: Robin Baggett Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. Home of the Cal Poly Mustangs and 2014 NCAA Regional Host. Based off a stadium from MVP Caribe with permission. I will also be making a night version with more neutral branding for the Regionals version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I am gonna try to make a stadium. Should i have light skies or dark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Whatever you want. Which stadium are you taking on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Myself and Roy are finished with about 90% of the uniforms. As a teaser, here are some screens of one of my favorites, Tulane (their logo is based on the St. Louis Cardinals) And as a bonus here is a throwback from 1983: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Just my 2c, but since the number of stadiums seems daunting and stadium modders aren't around like they used to be, wouldn't releasing a "beta" of sorts (with the stadiums that are done) be advisable? My concern would be freeze-ups with all of the modding going on. Get the community to give feedback on any freeze-ups they are experiencing with this. Also, I have some global ranges for rosters that I've incorporated with mine in the past if you're interested in using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The lack of the old stadium modders doesn't concern me. While it is sill a lot of work, the list is not as daunting as it seams. What we are basically asking people to help out with is picking stadiums that are similar to the college stadium and replace textures to make the stadium look close. There is really no Oedit or Zmod or whatever involved. While the stadiums are not perfect, they usually look pretty great. Think of it more as modding stadiums in the 2K games. As for a beta, not to speak for bctrackboi11, but I don't think we need one right now. I really don't think a site wide beta would be the way to go, but maybe we could send one to a few trusted people a few weeks before release. I would rather release a complete mod that we are happy with instead of a half done one. That is part of the reason this is taking so long, but I think it will be well worth it. I actually would like to look at your global ranges, if you don't mind. I am sure there is some useful stuff in there that we could use. Thank you for offering that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bctrackboi11 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 14 hours ago, Gordo said: Just my 2c, but since the number of stadiums seems daunting and stadium modders aren't around like they used to be, wouldn't releasing a "beta" of sorts (with the stadiums that are done) be advisable? My concern would be freeze-ups with all of the modding going on. Get the community to give feedback on any freeze-ups they are experiencing with this. Also, I have some global ranges for rosters that I've incorporated with mine in the past if you're interested in using them. So about the crashing. Most of the crashing issues are associated with the models.big file size. As we are using just generic faces, the majority of cyberfaces can be removed. After removing the cyberfaces and repacking the models.big file in my own experiments I have found that crashing occurs a lot less often. As for stadiums, quite a few already exist and just need minor changes. But as Roy stated, the plan is to use existing stadiums (mostly minor league parks) to make these, so it is really just an issue of some graphical edits. I agree with Roy though, a public Beta seems counterproductive at this time. We have spent 2 years off and on making this come together and I only see fit to release it in polished, final form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Ok....good luck. You guys obviously know what you're doing. Looking forward to "pinging" some hits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I am trying to create Alex Box Stadium. Can anyone help me with crashing issues?(yes i fixed the other issue bctrackboi11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Walk me through the process of what you did before the crash and maybe I can help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 14 minutes ago, rroy0824 said: Walk me through the process of what you did before the crash and maybe I can help you out. Took one of the game's minor league stadium and replaced these files using EAGRAPH crowd0.fsh----mm01 cram32.fsh---ads0 dug1 num1 Then I closed EAGRAPH and placed the stadium back in the STADIUM folder... That's it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Give me some time and I'll post a write up on how I do these stadiums later tonight. It is a little different then that and it might help you and others out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 So here is basically how I do this. It may not be the best way and bctrackboi may even do things differently, but this works for me. Attached are some tools that you need. Take all of them except nfshtool.exe and put them in a folder with a copy of your stadium file. Right click on unpack.bat, click edit, replace stadiumname.big with the stadium name file (example a001day.big), and press save. Do the same with pack.bat. Now click on unpack and you should get a bunch of files. Look for cram32.fsh and drag it into nfshtool.exe to open it. This should give you a file with all the stadium textures, except things like sky, grass, and crowd. Those are in other files and are done the same way. Now find the texture you want to replace, edit it, save it, make multiple copies at different sizes by scaling the image in Photoshop, and, if needed, create a grayscale alpha the same way. Note that the textures are 24 Bit .BMP files and the alphas are 8 Bit .BMP grayscale. The best way to create the alpha is to use the old one and take out whatever you don't need by blacking it out. Black will make the old textures transparent. Then drag the index file to nfshtool.exe, click on pack.bat and you are all set. If you need to change something else, say the sky, then you need to added it to the pack file. For example, if you were adding the cram32.fsh and the sky0.fsh the pack file would read: eazip +a stadiumname.big cram32.fsh sky0.fsh This may be rushed, but I hope it is easy enough to follow. Like I said, it may or may not be the best way to do it, but it works. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Tools.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 19 hours ago, rroy0824 said: Then drag the index file to nfshtool.exe K I tried that and got this message: NO alpha data file Expecting 76 objects allocating 64990440 bytes of memory Adding '0000-3.bmp' Unsuccessful Termination Press Enter to Exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Is that the image you edited? If so make sure it is the same size as the orignial image. Also make sure it is a 24 bit .bmp If you want, pm me the file and I'll take a look for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Here's is how my attempt at Alex Box stadium looks.. The crowd enjoying the game Tiger Stadium in center field The scoreboard in right. Edited January 24, 2016 by mee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Would be nice if we could actually see your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rroy0824 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Not a bad start, but some parts look a little choppy. If you want, send me the stadium and I can give you a little more constructive criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mee Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 2 hours ago, Yankee4Life said: Would be nice if we could actually see your work oops. Fixed that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtwarnerfan Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I just wanted to let you know I have an accurate and complete NCAA 07 roster on the PS2. I spent a long time a few years back going through each NCAA team that the game included and rearranging the rosters to be accurate. It has as accurate of heights as I could get since the game doesn't allow you to edit heights and weights. I also updated the skin tone on every player and their faces and features, including stance and delivery. I went through and used Dylan Bradberrys rating calculator to fine tune each players ratings. The formula I used was to give every batting attribute a MLB equivalent rating. Since college pitching is pretty terrible compared to pro talent, I gave pitchers who would go on to the pros a MLB attribute, players with a minor league cieling the AAA attribute, and all other pitchers a AA attribute. For what I could find on the pitchers real stuff, I put in the game. The other pitchers got a combination of pitches based on their ERA. Most of the bad teams pitchers have a FB/CB combo. Like I said, college pitching is pretty raw, so I tried to give the advantage to the hitter as in real life. Then based on their MLB draft postition or not, I rated their career potential. I did the same with their fielding rates as well. It was a year long endeavour at least. The only thing is that these were for the 07 season. I played a season of dynasty with this roster just this past year ( I finally got around to it) and I was happy with the results. Low scoring games were rare, you had to be able to hit, and you couldn't rely on overrated pitching like the game of past. I was ASU so I had a good hitting advantage, Mike Leake was the only reliable pitcher on their roster, and he got hurt for 2 months, so it was a good challenge. Anyway, I don't know anything about modding, I picked up MVP05 for the PC a while back and am looking forward to firing it up for this season. I just wanted to offer you my rosters and ask if there is a way you can use them in this NCAA mod. I think it looks really cool. If you need help on rosters, I can help. I've updated MVP 05, 06, 07, NCAA 06-10, and NCAA College Hoops 2k8 for PS2 in my time. Let me know if there's anything I can offer to your great cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.