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Re: Class of 2016: 500+ Real Recruits (NCAA14/Xbox360/EA DB Editor)
I had a couple people ask my process for doing this, so figured I'd type out a little how-to guide in case anyone else wants to create a recruiting class. Even if you just make it with all fictional players, I think it can still add a level of realism to broaden the name pool and such.
Hopefully this helps if anyone else wants to create a class to share, whether it is the 2017 class or one made of entirely fictional players. I think it would be awesome if we could have a few people make a few random classes with a broader name base (so there aren't 100 recruits with the last name Williams but no Polynesian players) and to match up face/race to position/name - you can make fewer white RB/WR/CB, fewer black K/P, can edit ratings so a RB who is 5'9" and 170 lbs. isn't a power back, etc. There are lots of options!
I also think it would be awesome to have a few classes like this set up so people running dynasty reports can compare who ends up where, etc.
Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions, I'm happy to help if people feel something like this is useful and improves the gaming experience since we don't know if/when we will get another NCAA game.
Step 1: Create a class
Basically, start up a dynasty on the console (or advance to the next season of an existing dynasty file) then go to the Recruiting Board tab in the pre-season menu. Do not create/add any of your own recruits or add any players to your board or anything else, simply create the class. Do not advance to the season.
Step 2: Save the file to USB drive, extract to your computer, and open in the EA DB Editor.
There are guides in the editor threads on how to do this.
Step 3: Edit the computer generated recruits
I like to sort them by position and rank, so from the Recruit Stats tab, I click on Filter, then Add. From the Field drop-down, I choose Recruit Position, leave the Op field as = and choose whichever position I want to edit first (I'll use DT in my example). After this filters so only defensive tackles show up, I sort by recruit rank so it has the best rated prospects at the top. After that, I move over to the Recruit Info tab and use the same filters so only the DT show up in that tab as well. This is the area I use to edit most of their physical attributes.
From here I just changed the #1 defensive tackle to Rashan Gary, the consensus top recruit in the class. To do this, I changed the generic-named Robert Hawkins to Rashan Gary, changed the recruit rank to 1, changed his hometown, state, height, weight, and face on this tab to the info on his scouting report from the various recruiting sites.
After that, I'd click back to the Recruit Stats tab and changed the pitch info importance tabs and their player ratings. For the majority of the top players, I made sure that Program Prestige, Championship Contender, Proximity to Home, Pro Potential, and Conference Prestige were the most common important pitches. I will note their recruit ID # at this point. In this example, Robert Hawkins/Rashan Gary has an ID # of 608 (this is the number next to their name).
I would then go to the Recruit Pitch Responses tab and just click on Recruit ID to sort them in order from 0-2709. I'd scroll down to 608 and then edit his top 10 schools - which at the time were something like Alabama, Michigan, Florida State, Auburn, etc.
Note: The steps of changing the pitch importance and top 10 interested schools are very important. I think one of the primary issues with the game is the recruiting logic/schools of interest. The majority of college football programs don't recruit outside of their pipelines/home/border states, with some big/national schools as exceptions. For example, in my opinion, it should be extremely rare for a player from New Jersey or northeast states to have a school like Fresno State or UTEP in their top 10. Editing the pitch importance and top 10's has made my classes much more authentic and you will see far fewer top recruits end up at smaller schools. Some players will still end up at smaller/random schools, but it seems to be far less than usual.
Step 4: See if your changes worked
To do this, I go back to the Recruit Info tab and then click Recalc Maps. This is to port some of the changes you made in the first and last name boxes to the other tabs. Then I go to the Recruit Stats and Recruit Pitch Responses tabs and do the same Recalc Maps on each of those as well. If you have done this correctly, you should see the name "Rashan Gary" for recruit ID #608 on each of the three tabs you have been working on.
I don't usually do this after each player change I make (you may want to the first few tries in order to be sure you are doing it correctly), but once you get the hang of it, after every 20 players you edit or so, it is probably a good idea to do the Recalc and save the file.
Step 5: Repeat
It is easier for me to focus on one position group at a time, so I'd just keep going down the list of defensive tackles until moving on to another position group.
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09-28-2015, 06:21 PM
