NBA 2k15 Modding Thread

[Walt Frazier]

Re: NBA 2k15 Modding Thread

Well...I was definitely wrong.


Absolute credit to 2K if they are negotiating with him AND STILL ALLOWED him to release an editor.


They could easily have stopped it. Full credit to them for allowing creative freedom.


I will be buying this on PC the moment the first mods drop

[23]

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I hope he gets the job. It will only benefit us

[23]

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So Vlad's first version of his editor is out

. 4.0 is up.
Audio and Textures editing is possible.

How To Use:
1) Run the tool, go to Help -> Open... dialog box. Locate your nba2k15.exe file and double-click on it.
2) The list of files will be loaded. Some of them are IFF, some are OGG, some are of unknown type.
3) Files can be renamed. The list of names is stored in the main game folder (it is FileNames.txt), so you can share it.
4) All files can be exported
5) OGG files can be previewed
6) Only IFF files can be imported with the free version; OGG files can be imported, if you have a proper license purchased. Other files can not be imported.
7) To edit contents of an IFF file, first export it, then open it. (Modder's Interfaces license is recommended)
8) IFF files can be edited exactly like last year. But only textures can be imported.
9) The same rules as last year apply to this year's IFF files. The Free version allows to import only textures, which do not exceed original size AND 512 pixels in each dimension.
10) After you edit an IFF file, don't forget to import it back into the main file storage.

A few extra features will be introduced later, which will make the editing process a bit easier. I will also record a video tutorial within in a couple of days.

[hokupguy]

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quick note he wont be releasing a roster editor this yr...

[TarHeelPhenom]

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Awesome...hate he won't be releasing the roster editor. Hopefully someone else will because I'm ready to global edit every big man's hook shot tendency to 0 lol.

[Goffs]

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So are courts and dornas editable? All I want is my MSG....

[JBulls]

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So are courts and dornas editable? All I want is my MSG....

someone could make the first mod right now but these tools aren't exactly intuitive.

[Goffs]

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someone could make the first mod right now but these tools aren't exactly intuitive.

Just as long it's possible....I'm patient

[Formula1Racing]

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As a further thought, it is full irony that, not only has Fifa implemented a "next gen" engine on the PC title, but it is every bit as modding friendly as last years title. There's a little back and forth going on over in the 2k15 modding thread at NLSC over whether we should have expected Leftos to continue to help the modding community post his joining VC, and how naive the guys who thought that he would are. What I didn't expect was that the guys would become a help to killing modding. Even Vlad is over there saying that the only reason he makes the tool is for money. That he outgrew gaming a while ago.

Funny thing is, I don't have a problem paying. I've paid over at MVP mods. I've paid for SMoKE patch for PES. But I like to pay the "little guy." Not the company. We settled up at $60. I don't pay for shoes, or clothing. I mod in faces that are better than they can provide. Dornas and stadiums that are above and beyond what the game does or can offer. I have hated "Knobby Tires" and those dead ads since Madden forever. It just saddens me that one more game is headed away from Minecraft and headed towards Farmville. I would almost rather they stop the microtransaction charade and go ahead and charge more. Especially as it is getting into content that was considered as content that was traditionally an expected part of the game. Maybe they'll offer Vlad's tool as DLC? (yes, that was sarcastic...)

I know it's still a tad premature to go full into "the sky is falling" mode, but it's not looking good. We paid full price, with the trade off of not having face scan for modding. Yep, that's what we thought. Silly us. The game has had more than it's share of hiccups. But we held out hope of modding, and bit the bullet. The servers are still craptastic, and I don't play online anyway. I wanted this game to have an awesome single player experience, meaning faces, stadia and dornas. Like the PC version was famous for. I will give a "donation" to Greg if he can push on through and deliver. But I'm going to make this my last 2k title if this is how they are going to continue to play it. I have dealt with their shortcoming over the years with crappy discs, bad customer support and lack of patching with a bit of a kind eye. The Xbox games had so many franchise crashes that I didn't get mad about because "hey, they're the little guy" and "it's only $20." "They're like us, fighting the "evil empire." If they want to play at being a Fifa/Madden level game and company, be that company. Put the big money you get into servers that hold up, and customer service of the level that EA/Origin has.

Sorry for my little rant. I just hate every time we have another "little guy" make a move away from what I always thought games were for in the first place, art..... and fun....

Excellent point BrianFifafan, I couldn't have said it better. I agree!

[jayman504]

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Well it's starting to happen people...waiting til "black friday" deal to pick up PC NBA 2K15..most stores selling for $39.99

[Goffs]

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Dammit...I got excited when I saw the thread got a bump....

[jayman504]

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Dammit...I got excited when I saw the thread got a bump....

Forgot to add the link. Dude is previewing D.Wade created cyberface

http://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?f=159&t=96890&p=1767080&hilit=modding#p1767080

[23]

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Thats his alpa though.. no reporting for now since some guys are still trying to access Vlad's tool.

[lakers24]

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Well it's starting to happen people...waiting til "black friday" deal to pick up PC NBA 2K15..most stores selling for $39.99

I would've waited too if I knew it'd be almost December before any mods

[clipperfan811]

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I snooped through the files with both Vlads tool and gregkwaste's tool. It's not easy to find the files you want to work with in Vlads tool because there's no image preview yet. If you were using his tool alone you'd have to just start exporting files and figure out what is what.

gregkwaste's tool is a bit better for just snooping through files because of the preview panels. But if I haven't missed an update, you can't import files back in with gregkwaste's tool yet.

Since the naming conventions used by each tool are different, it's pretty hard to locate a file you've found with one tool with the other. That's a lot of files to go through. I don't think it'll be long until we get mods flowing though. I think we're maybe one update away to either tool from people being able to develop a smooth workflow.