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not a bad idea. especially hiheat's tutorial.

excellent indeed. you beat me to the punch since i've been thinking about doing something like this for a long time now. just a few things to add if you want: 1. you mentioned the cyberfaces are numbered 001 to 900. there are also generic faces. they begin with "g" and go from 001 to 045. in mvpedit, they correspond to the cyberface id's above 900. however, you can only assign generic cyberfaces 901 to 915. the rest are used by the game engine. generic faces will not have a preview in mvpedit like the rest. unclemo would be the guru of generics. 2. actually, if you don't install a portrait, it will not crash. you will just get the black box in game. 3. unlike portraits, the cyberfaces can simply be renumbered and installed. 4. you could possibly talk about different methods of installation. 5. you may assign the same cyberface id number to two or more different players if you like. they will just share the same cyberface. 6. you cannot edit all star teams in mvpedit. it will crash your game. the only way to edit them is to use notepad or some other text editor, and edit the roster.dat file. 7. typical game crashes. though is indicative, but not 100%: a. while the initial splash screen is loading = a roster problem, or you're using an illegal version of the game. did you edit the all star teams? did you create some players, and if so, do you now have more than 3250 guys on the roster? did you assign a generic face above 915? b. while at the uniform select screen = possible problem with the uniform portraits c. mini game (HR derby, batting, pitching) = your roster is missing shane reynolds (actually his id #0f844e070). the original game uses him for these games, so if he's missing from your roster, someone else needs to have his player id#. d. the loading screen right before the game starts = stadium or models.big or overlay problem. cyberfaces might not be compressed. your system might not be able to handle the combination of the stadium or the 2x uniforms or the overlay. e. the game loads, but you only see a couple screens of the field before it crashes = cyberface problem. most likely a compression issue. f. a guy in the game has a face that looks like it's a picasso painting = cyberface id. you have an 05 cyberface, but have the id set to yes as an 04, or vice versa. 8. you can also use mvpedit to see what portrait id's are being used. there's a Photo List under the Tools menu. looking in the portraits.big file will only tell you what portraits are installed. there are guys that carried over from mvp 04 that are still in the game but hidden (such as mo vaughn). you could simply use their id's if you don't care. you can install a portrait over theirs, but just make sure you install audio over it too. looking at the models.big again will only tell you what cyberfaces are installed, but not what is being used. again, some of these faces carried over (like mo vaughn). you could simply install over them too if you choose to. otherwise, the only way to know if a cyberface slot is used or not is to get a list from the roster maker, or going through every player in the game and creating a list. 9. also maybe talk about uniforms if you want to. othewise, great post.

what do you mean IF? the stock one contains 6 fielding gloves. if his mod contains 7, then you know it can be expanded. it works just like those skin tones. if you want to know how many, check by adding an 8th one. if it crashes you know it's stuck to 7. if not, do 9, 10...otherwise you're waiting on someone else to check.

how about just trying it and finding out? i know there's a limit, but i don't remember off the top of my head. i'm pretty sure spungo used 7 because that's as many as you can use.

use gimp or photoshop. gimp is free. just google it.

didn't know that. lhsadls, what program are you using to make the alpha? you're not totally outta luck yet.

really? i thought zero was the generic one?

yeah, you need to change it. you can't use 0

if you're installing uni's, you need to back up your models.big and uniforms.big files. the portraits.big file is for portraits.

thank you for your input. it's pretty much what i've been doing and i justed wanted some more input from others. this has all been very helpful.

do you have any way to go about determing Hot/Cold Zones, Homer Run % with Fly/Grounder/Liner ratios? especially for these older guys where there isn't much info about

this is all i could dig up for 86. the road scripts are from 87, which is the closest i could find. don't know what good these will do.

only way to do that is to use a uniform slot that does it. otherwise, you cannot create it.

you should show a picture or post the files or something. it's hard to tell from just that description.

dang redsox....looks like not only have you figured out how to do it, you've made leaps and bounds from just a few weeks ago when i last saw you here. way to go. those bandits jerseys are looking great. i would still do something to the undershirt. doesn't quite fit. and that red sox jersey with the astros theme...just noticing that the stripes go right through the buttons too. minor detail. keep it up though. and great thread hiheat! this should help significantly. hope this gets stickied, and then i can finally get rid of links to other threads that scattered this information everywhere.

no you cannot add if it's not there. but you can remove numbers by simply blacking out the alpha images for the numbers.

where'd the max power thing come from??? but really, when i made my screen name, i was torn between it and max power. i regret nothing maybe i can swtich my contributor title to it.

lesnar's signed on with the ufc.

and i thoroughly enjoyed that commentary with it.

here's a WIP i have going. now if i could ever learn how to do the stitches. unless someone can show me how, cuz i really don't feel like adding in one stitch at a time.

nah, no one in particular that i can think of. i just kinda like to see what you guys produce.

hey were you the one that did a manny ramirez wallpaper with that sort of design? just wondering cuz i really like that design and this was pretty similar, but with more kick. i really like it, so i hope you do more with this style.

i second and third that.

very nice. except it's hockey :)

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