NHL 2K8 Editor (Snowdrift)

[snowdrift]

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Some questions: 1. Any way to get statuses applied to a batch of players on the same roster? As in, highlight 18 players, set all to "dressed"?

Not in the current version. "Auto-assign lines" in the Lines editor can at least save you the step of creating line combinations, though.

2. Can the "Change heads" options show us currently which head is chosen? And can the images maybe be made larger? Even if it's as an attachment PDF we can refer to?

Neither is currently possible, but making the images bigger is something I've already thought about adding. Maybe in a future version.

[snowdrift]

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Update for February 18, 2018:
- Added an experimental action to convert 360 roster saves to PS3 saves.
- Added a button to double the size of pictures in "Change head" menu.
- Fixed a bug where players on non-NHL teams couldn't be sent to the minors.
- Fixed one of the heads (Joel Ward's) in the "Change head" menu that wasn't working.

[molifox]

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This experimental action works also to reverse mode PS3 to 360??

[snowdrift]

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This experimental action works also to reverse mode PS3 to 360??

No. But I think PS3 saves work on the XBox without conversion. I don't have a 360 so I can't test it.

[tinpanalley]

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Update for February 18, 2018:
- Added an experimental action to convert 360 roster saves to PS3 saves.
- Added a button to double the size of pictures in "Change head" menu.
- Fixed a bug where players on non-NHL teams couldn't be sent to the minors.
- Fixed one of the heads (Joel Ward's) in the "Change head" menu that wasn't working.

The larger heads are perfect! And thanks for adding the 'send to minors' option. Is the option to edit team details for created teams possible at all? Just text ones even like stadium name? I've seen some arenas have really long names but the text editor in-game gives you a really short limit. Couldn't get "Little Caesar's Arena" in.

[Fiddy]

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What would it take for you to dabble in a 2k10 editor? LOL... Pleeeeease!

[snowdrift]

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Update to the editor (Feb 27, 2018):

New behavior:
- The editor now recognizes a Roster file from the XBox 360 opened at startup. It will automatically prompt you to convert it to PS3 format, and will open the converted file for editing immediately. (Franchise/Season saves are not supported, nor is saving in the 360's file format.)

Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug where goalies imported from a spreadsheet did not have their pads, stick and kick attributes updated.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Veteran status from being modified/displayed correctly.
- Fixed a bug that preventing the user from cancelling the conversion process for an XBox 360 save.

As an aside, my 2018 trade-deadline roster is also up:

https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/nhl-2k-rosters/916916-2017-2018-roster-nhl-2k8-ps3-snowdrift.html

[WWEDX2007]

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You're making me want this game badly lol

[tinpanalley]

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- The editor now recognizes a Roster file from the XBox 360 opened at startup. It will automatically prompt you to convert it to PS3 format, and will open the converted file for editing immediately. (Franchise/Season saves are not supported, nor is saving in the 360's file format.)

Wow, very cool. But I forget, do we know how to convert a 2K8 save from PS3 to 360?

[snowdrift]

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EDITOR UPDATE (MARCH 3, 2018):

New feature:
- New column in the main table view allowing the Morale (player happiness) attribute to be edited.
- New action in the Batch menu to max out morale for a team, or for the whole league, in one click.

Why it's needed:
The player morale/happiness system obviously wasn't programmed correctly in this game. For example:
- Players signed from the minors always have zero morale.
- If a player's morale is low, it usually stays that way until his contract expires. So if he has two years left on his contract, expect him to hurt your team's chemistry for two full seasons. Even a new opportunity, like a trade to a good team, will not motivate a player.

You can now fix these types of problems yourself.

(For those using my rosters, it's a good idea to max out morale for the whole league at the beginning of a new Franchise or Season mode. Some of the teams can use the help.)

I forget, do we know how to convert a 2K8 save from PS3 to 360?

No. I'm wondering if just reversing the action I already programmed would do the job. But from what I understand, you don't even need to convert the files to use them on the 360. Remember I don't have a 360 so I'm just repeating what others have said here.

[tinpanalley]

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But from what I understand, you don't even need to convert the files to use them on the 360. Remember I don't have a 360 so I'm just repeating what others have said here.

Yeah, I know, I don't understand how that's possible considering, as I've said before, the PS3 gives you a USR-DATA file and that can't just be name changed to the ones a 360 uses. I know you aren't the one that said it but I don't know what that person is talking about.
Anyway, I was just asking because I'm really liking the game now with your rosters, and your editing tool, but I really wish there was custom soundtracks like in the 360 version. Custom music in NHL games makes more of a difference than in any other sports game, really. So I've toyed with the idea of picking it up for 360 since it's so cheap. But not if I can't take your rosters and use them in the 360 versions.

[Fiddy]

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What will it take for a 2k10 editor? LOL. What do we as a community here need to do to help ya give it heck?

[snowdrift]

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What will it take for a 2k10 editor? LOL. What do we as a community here need to do to help ya give it heck?

If you're hinting at a paid app or a donation system, I guess I could consider it, but I wouldn't accept anything until I was sure I could deliver at least a minimally functional editor. The only thing that would help as of today is if another programmer documented how the save file works. But I guess if anyone cared enough to do that, they'd have made their own editor by now!

If it's any encouragement, I have looked at the save file before a couple of times. It's Hall-of-Famer difficulty compared to 2K8 though. Nothing figured out yet.

[TSOLEliot]

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I would love to get these to work with the 360 too.
I'm sorry if I missed it but did you edit the minors too?

I think to convert from a PS3 to 360 you need to use the Bruteforce program.

https://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/scblog/tcp/2017/09/05/resign-xbox360-save-convert-playstation3

I don't have a PS3 or have ever used Bruteforce to convert files...

[tinpanalley]

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I would love to get these to work with the 360 too.
I'm sorry if I missed it but did you edit the minors too?

I think to convert from a PS3 to 360 you need to use the Bruteforce program.

https://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/scblog/tcp/2017/09/05/resign-xbox360-save-convert-playstation3

I don't have a PS3 or have ever used Bruteforce to convert files...

I have not yet tried this because my very cheap copy of 2K8 for 360 is on its way from Amazon, but according to somebody else on here, you literally just have to open your 360 save and replace or inject the USR-DATA and not do ANYthing else. I know, it doesn't make sense but apparently thats all you have to do, but as I said I haven't got the game yet to try it. Somehow the 360 version reads it.