NHL 2K8 Editor (Snowdrift)

[TSOLEliot]

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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.

I'm fairly competent with using Horizon after many hours of struggling in the past- I'll give this a try...

[snowdrift]

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I'm sorry if I missed it but did you edit the minors too?

If you're asking about my rosters, the AHL is still a work in progress, but a lot of the players are there already. If you're asking about the editor, yes, it can update every team in the save file, including the minor teams.

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

You don't need Bruteforce for NHL 2K8. That's the only thing I can say for sure.

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.

That might work. You probably just have to rename the USR-DATA file. Let me know how it goes if you try it.

[TSOLEliot]

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I just transferred it over to NHL2K8 roster- easy...Rosters look good.

Will test to see if there are any graphic or audio glitches on the 360 conversion. I did notice the blue helmet, blue gloves for the Kings on a quick play through- happens when we transfer from 360 to PS3 as well. No way around it.

[tinpanalley]

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I'm fairly competent with using Horizon after many hours of struggling in the past- I'll give this a try...

I dont know if you can just PLACE it in the save in Horizon next to other saves for it to work or if you MUST replace on top of an existing roster save. The guy with the Red wings logo told me it's literally a question of placing the file in the save. No Bruteforce, no filename change, nothing apparently. Give it a go and check for pink helmets or blue gloves or other bizarre effects.

[TSOLEliot]

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It was THAT easy to just replace the Data file into the 360 file...game ran fine...just have the wrong color equipment- don't think there's a way around that.

[tinpanalley]

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It was THAT easy to just replace the Data file into the 360 file...game ran fine...just have the wrong color equipment- don't think there's a way around that.

In exchange for the precision of snowdrift's rosters, I'll take a few incorrect equipment colours.

[snowdrift]

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It was THAT easy to just replace the Data file into the 360 file...game ran fine...just have the wrong color equipment- don't think there's a way around that.

Thanks for testing it, it's a huge step forward, at least for me.

For now you're stuck editing the equipment yourself, because I don't know where the equipment colors are in the save file. But my theory is that the PS3 reads blue from the same byte that the 360 reads red from. If that's true, I might eventually be able to come up with a fix for the problem.

[austrianredwing]

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Thanx TSOLEliot...Like I´ve told a few times...it works on XBOX 360 ..

[tinpanalley]

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For now you're stuck editing the equipment yourself, because I don't know where the equipment colors are in the save file.

Unfortunately, non-created teams can't have their equipment colour changed other than going player by player. That would be bonkers.

So I haven't checked in here in a while. At this point, we don't know what causes the equipment colour change in the transferring of PS3 saves onto a 360 save and also the editor is also not able to save back to a 360 format though it CAN open it.
Is that still correct?

[snowdrift]

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That would be bonkers.

That's what I was getting at. And 2K8 fans are used to it: players drafted in Franchise mode have purple and blue equipment, so the league eventually fills up with players in neon gear. It's amazing how many bugs were neglected in these games.

At this point, we don't know what causes the equipment colour change in the transferring of PS3 saves onto a 360 save...

Not for sure, but I'm pretty confident in the theory I gave in my last post.

...the editor is also not able to save back to a 360 format though it CAN open it.

Right. But it's not necessary to convert to 360 format since the 360 reads both formats anyway.

So I haven't checked in here in a while.

You haven't missed anything. I've been sick so my research has been on hold.

[tinpanalley]

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That's what I was getting at. And 2K8 fans are used to it: players drafted in Franchise mode have purple and blue equipment, so the league eventually fills up with players in neon gear. It's amazing how many bugs were neglected in these games.

Yeah, no kidding.

Right. But it's not necessary to convert to 360 format since the 360 reads both formats anyway.

Well, that's the thing though, if plugging a PS3 save into a 360 one causes this equipment issue, then it would be helpful to be able to save as 360. I've loaded up your rosters on PS3 and 360 and only on the 360 does this happen. Same roster. Would it not be possible to export teams from the PS3 save and import them to the 360 save to minimise the chance of problems caused by taking the PS3 and "forcing the 360 to read it which is probably causing the colour issue?
I got 2K8 for 360 for nothing online because I figured, if your rosters work, then I'd rather have my own soundtracks for which I have a massive collection of music with the appropriate stadium reverb.

You haven't missed anything. I've been sick so my research has been on hold.

Well, get yourself healthy, obviously none of this is important by comparison.

[snowdrift]

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...if plugging a PS3 save into a 360 one causes this equipment issue...

I see where you're coming from now, but changing the file format doesn't fix the colors. This is not a file format issue at all. The PS3 and 360 just don't save the RGB color codes the same way. The other console is reading the exact same data (correctly), but interpreting it according to different rules.

[tinpanalley]

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I see where you're coming from now, but changing the file format doesn't fix the colors. This is not a file format issue at all. The PS3 and 360 just don't save the RGB color codes the same way. The other console is reading the exact same data (correctly), but interpreting it according to different rules.

Right, right, I think I didn't express what I meant clearly enough. I'm saying maybe the solution is to minimise any conversions at all, whatsoever. Obviously me opening up YOUR PS3 save file causes no problems on MY PS3. So someone opening AND saving a 360 file should cause no problems either. Then I suppose it would just leave the problem of: ok, so you can open and save either console, so who's gonna make the 2018 roster from scratch for the 360 because there's no way to get the PS3 data to 360 without doing it the current way.

[snowdrift]

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Would it not be possible to export teams from the PS3 save and import them to the 360 save...?

I totally overlooked this part of your comment. Yes, it's actually a smart idea. Use the editor's Batch / Roster Actions / Mass Removal on a 360 save to empty it (once for skaters, once for goalies). Then use the Spreadsheet Export/Import features. Note that goalie equipment will become generic no matter what, because the editor doesn't export or import goalie equipment data.

Also, my rosters contain more players than the original game's did, so you'll have to create more players of the missing types yourself (playmakers especially). It's not that easy: first read the help documentation under the Help menu in the editor. Just the sections "Type-Matching Issues When Importing" and "Circumventing Type-Match Issues".

[tinpanalley]

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Also, my rosters contain more players than the original game's did, so you'll have to create more players of the missing types yourself (playmakers especially). It's not that easy: first read the help documentation under the Help menu in the editor. Just the sections "Type-Matching Issues When Importing" and "Circumventing Type-Match Issues".

Goalie equipment is honestly not a concern at all. Easy to fix manually.

But can you explain what you said here? If I export why would I need to create anything? Why wouldn't it take every player you made?