NHL 2K8 Editor (Snowdrift)

[tinpanalley]

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Thankfully, the differences between console versions are extremely minor.



I haven't looked into changing the year yet. As for schedule editing, I had it figured out but lost my notes on it in a hard drive failure. Otherwise, it could literally have been included from the very first release of the editor. Anyway, I'm sure I can figure it out again.

The only problem with schedule editing is that the game still calculates your playoff berth using the old divisions, even if your schedule is based on the new ones or a different configuration. I tried everything to fix divisions but I think it's impossible. I suspect that they are coded within the game itself and not in the save file.

The workaround to that would be to edit which teams are in the playoffs in spite of their standings. Hopefully I can figure out a way to do that eventually.

Fantastic update to the editor. And I'm really pleased about these scheduling possibilities! Personally I wouldn't care at all if the divisions couldnt be altered because I've already figured out how to replace teams at the start of a season so that teams are better distributed and that wouldnt really have anything to do with the schedule you play anyway, really.

[WWEDX2007]

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I'm currently running a test.

So you all know how I've wanted an option to change the year in Franchise Mode right?

Right now I'm taking Snowdrift's rosters into a franchise and simulating until October 2017. I want to see if I can dump the players out of the rosters by then and re-import Snowdrift's roster via spreadsheet. that way the rosters would be current and the year would be as well.

[tinpanalley]

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I'm currently running a test.

Man...that sounds incredible. Good luck!!

[DJ NEO]

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This looks incredible awesome 😀

[snowdrift]

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I'm taking Snowdrift's rosters into a franchise and simulating until October 2017. I want to see if I can dump the players out of the rosters by then and re-import Snowdrift's roster via spreadsheet.

Interesting workaround. I suspect that you'll run into issues with missing player types, since the game will recycle a lot of players over the ten-year span you're simming. Utility players especially tend to become rarer as Franchise Mode moves forward. Let me know how it goes, though.

This looks incredible awesome

It's pretty ironic to see you here. Whenever I need to work on rosters or on the editor, I put on old videos from your YouTube channel. That's been a habit since I started this work back around 2013. It usually gets me fired up. Definitely looking forward to 2KHS as well!

[snowdrift]

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EDITOR UPDATE TO VERSION 0.15 (May 15, 2018)

NEW FEATURES:
- Edit the year in Franchise Mode. This feature is located in the menu bar at the top of the main window, under the new Schedule menu. For now, the years 2007 to 2030 are valid. (A greater range may be possible, but I haven't tested beyond this range yet.)
- Filter any roster to view only forwards or only defensemen. Previously skaters were always grouped together.
- Option to manually set a player's status to "New".

TWEAKS:
- Removed the extra option to open a 360 save. It doesn't make sense since the editor can now open them directly.
- Changed the messages displayed when opening a 360 *.ROS file to more accurately explain what's happening.

NOTES:
I can confirm that I've once again figured out how to edit the Franchise-mode schedule. This feature may not be available for some time, though, because programming an interface for schedule editing might take a while.


Download the editor from the first post.

[tinpanalley]

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EDITOR UPDATE TO VERSION 0.15 (May 15, 2018)

I feel like I'm gonna get some kind of a notice from OS for all the likes I've given you on the editor.
Thank you, again. Excellent additions. Can't believe how lucky we are to have such great options for playing 2K8.

So, the displayed year can be modified, but is it crazy to hope one day for a calendar that is date-accurate and actually has a random schedule? (Obviously a current one isn't possible with 30 teams) If a random one could be generated you could at least keep it fresh every year. I wonder if there's any way to tap into what the franchise mode does to generate a schedule for following years? Or are they always the same ones?

[snowdrift]

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...is it crazy to hope one day for a calendar that is date-accurate and actually has a random schedule?

The save file is structured in a way that you can specify the exact date of every game, and who is playing whom.

If a random one could be generated you could at least keep it fresh every year.

Yes, this is what I plan on doing: generate a random schedule based on the current (2018) divisions. The game will still calculate your playoff qualification based on the old divisions, but who cares... at least you will still have to beat divisional rivals to get those points.

[tinpanalley]

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The save file is structured in a way that you can specify the exact date of every game, and who is playing whom.

Wow.. excellent.

at least you will still have to beat divisional rivals to get those points.

Honestly, as long as the schedule properly puts you against appropriate teams in a 30 team schedule such that whatever team you replace with another, takes on that schedule. So replacing Phoenix with Vegas, means Vegas gets Phoenix's schedule. Which I'm sure is what the game does if you ever replace a team anyway. What I'm not into which I've seen in other game mods is, for example, despite Columbus being in the West in the game, people still mod them an Eastern schedule so it matches 2018. I think that's nuts. If you're going to accept any team in a specific Conference then they've gotta play a schedule for that conference. Again, another reason to just swap teams directly so you know what schedule you're taking on.

[WWEDX2007]

Re: NHL 2K8 Editor (Snowdrift)

EDITOR UPDATE TO VERSION 0.15 (June 15, 2018)

NEW FEATURES:
- Edit the year in Franchise Mode. This feature is located in the menu bar at the top of the main window, under the new Schedule menu. For now, the years 2007 to 2030 are valid. (A greater range may be possible, but I haven't tested beyond this range yet.)
- Filter any roster to view only forwards or only defensemen. Previously skaters were always grouped together.
- Option to manually set a player's status to "New".

TWEAKS:
- Removed the extra option to open a 360 save. It doesn't make sense since the editor can now open them directly.
- Changed the messages displayed when opening a 360 *.ROS file to more accurately explain what's happening.

NOTES:
I can confirm that I've once again figured out how to edit the Franchise-mode schedule. This feature may not be available for some time, though, because programming an interface for schedule editing might take a while.


Download the editor from the first post.

It's like Christmas.

The save file is structured in a way that you can specify the exact date of every game, and who is playing whom.

ESPN NHL 2K5 actually has a schedule editor that is a separate program in the FlyingFinn Editor's directory. I intend to use it to make a schedule that is close to next year's. replacing matches against Vegas with intra-conference games.

[Jlnhlfan]

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Unless you want a corrupted file (which I got), do not use this.

[WWEDX2007]

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Unless you want a corrupted file (which I got), do not use this.

I've never had anything of the sort with this editor.

And even if so, he says in his post to use it at your own risk. and why not keep backups of your files? is it really that difficult?

[snowdrift]

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I tried using the editor myself, but my 360 couldn't read it.

Without knowing what you did, there's no way I can help.
- What kinds of edits did you make?
- What exactly did you do to to get the file back to your 360? (This is usually the problem...)
- What happened when you loaded it? Black screen? Error message?

Ideally you should also post the corrupted file so it can be looked at.

[tinpanalley]

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Unless you want a corrupted file (which I got), do not use this.

No, I'm sorry, you're just wrong. It's unfortunate that you had a problem and that it corrupted your file but you are simply wrong. If anyone corrupts a file using this tool, it's actually verifiable through the amount of testing the tool has gone through that it is user error.
Secondly, what do you gain by alerting the community that they shouldn't use it without trying it for themselves first? Have you seen the number of pages and replies the tool has gotten? Was that all made up by people because snowdrift has some secret agenda in life to corrupt people's NHL2K8 saves? That would be pretty pathetic.
Explain your problem, give a description of what you did, how you captured the save and opened it and then what you did with the editor. What you did is like walking by a restaurant in the morning when it's closed and saying, "this restaurant sucks, they never open".

[Jlnhlfan]

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Without knowing what you did, there's no way I can help.
- What kinds of edits did you make?
- What exactly did you do to to get the file back to your 360? (This is usually the problem...)
- What happened when you loaded it? Black screen? Error message?

Ideally you should also post the corrupted file so it can be looked at.

- First off, the New York Rangers, in my roster, have Sonic characters in them. I tried to make their ages as accurate as possible. Sadly, this means making the age value lower than the game allows. Secondly, I transferred players over from Free Agency to some of the National Teams (Mainly Kazakhstan, Denmark and Ukraine).
- I initially copied my file onto the disk, so the original is still on the 360.
- The file got corrupted, so the only option was was given was the "Delete" option.