Edit Franchise, Madden 12 &/or 25

[Madden08PCgmr]

Hi all,

I've searched high and low for the answer to this, so I am assuming the answer is no.. but are franchise files editable for 360 or PS3?

I've been on PC, and I simply can't Madden if I can't edit certain aspects of franchise; schedule, franchise historical records, career player stats...

Thanks!

[frankinho]

i know you can edit players in 12 but not sure you can edit schedule and stats. I suggest you download RPCS3 (PS3 emulator for PC) and try on both before buying. You can get both to work in the menus but not fully on the field

[Madden08PCgmr]

Thank you.

I highly doubt my system has the chops to run that. I haven't built a rig in nearly a decade.

[PeoplesChampGB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madden08PCgmr

Hi all, I've searched high and low for the answer to this, so I am assuming the answer is no.. but are franchise files editable for 360 or PS3? I've been on PC, and I simply can't Madden if I can't edit certain aspects of franchise; schedule, franchise historical records, career player stats... Thanks!

It's been a few years, but I know for a fact you can edit draft picks, team names, cities, coaches, schedules, players.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeoplesChampGB

It's been a few years, but I know for a fact you can edit draft picks, team names, cities, coaches, schedules, players.

Yes, that's all in the roster files, and can be done with the roster editor.

The franchise file is much larger, and includes stuff like the season stats, career stats, schedule..

I'm not sure if the roster editor can read that file or not, or if the DB Editor Xan made would be able to do that. I'm probably going to have to pull out a franchise file and give it a try.

.. and there's a chance the tools for PC may open this as well. From what I'm reading, the file formats haven't changed over the years.

[SonOfEd]

The DB editor definitely opens up a lot more than the Roster editor on M12. Pretty sure I remember finding stats and records quite a while ago. I now mainly just use it to remove the large shoulder pads on the generated UDFA's. (BSPT = 0)
Unfortunately I don't believe anyone fully cracked M25's CFM files for editing. Khaliib had posted info on some interesting items he had seen in the game save, but wasn't able to elaborate as much as many had wished.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xanathol

So now the fun part... editing the configs! You can select what tabs you want to see and give nice, meaningful names to stuff as their meaning is discovered, then share the config with everyone else. So the format ( at least right now, subject to change, etc... ) Everything has to be in an xml tag and all tags have to be closed. Honestly, don't let the xml extension fool you - its parsed more like a generic config than a 'to spec' xml file. The types... Field This is just a table field, like 'PSPD' in the PLAY table. ex. PSPD Speed TextBox Some Text TEAM Team ID Team Name Abbreviation: this is the 4 letter code, ie this field's DB name Name: this is the nice, readable name - this can be blank ControlType: the type of control to edit it with. A TextBox ( capitalization matters btw - sorry ) - is the default. A ComboBox can be specified here. If you use a ComboBox, you either need to add the items or link it ( see below ). ControlItem: if using a ComboBox, you can put as many of these as you wish and these will be used to populate the dropdown list. Otherwise, you can leave this out completely if not using it. ControlLink: this section should only be present if a ComboBox is used and its contents depends on the lookup from another table. For instance, say this field was TGID ( Team ID ) and we're talking about the Players table. Well, you could use a ComboBox to edit it ( ie. a dropdown of team names ) but using this option. In doing so, you set the table to reference in the Table section, the IndexField to the field to use in the lookup ( ex. TGID ), and the ReferenceField as the field who's contents you want to display ( ex. the actual Team Name for that Team ID ). Table This is just a table in the DB, such as the PLAY table. ex. PLAY Players Abbreviation: this is the 4 letter code, ie this table's DB name Name: this is the nice, readable name - this can be blank View This is a displayed item in the editor. For right now, only the main tab control and a listview ( aka Grid ) is valid - maybe more in the future. Ex. MainTab Tab 10 30 0 800 340 Players Table Players First Name Name: the name of this view - must be unique! Type: Tab ( to hold listviews in ) or Grid ( a listview of a table ). Position: position in the client area - Z means nothing right now. Size: size of this control. Note that the defaults sizes are just about right for a grid and a listview to fit in the main window. If you are putting in multiple grids, you may have to play with it. Also, all items are bound in each direction, so as you resize the editor, the controls resize with it. Child: this is only valid for a Tab and is the list of listviews / Grids that go in it, in the order they appear. Source: this is only valid for a Grid and tells the listview which Table to pull its data from ( Table is the only valid source type right now ). Field: this is only valid for a Grid and is the list of fields to display. If none are given, all are displayed, but if any are given, only those are displayed. Ok folks, let me know what you think, issues, etc. Enjoy!

So after TONS of reading, this was the closest thing I could find to what I was looking for...

If I read this right, this CAN edit the raw data? Provided you create the .xml config?

Or will this simply strip down the data for easier viewing?

[Madden08PCgmr]

The PC tools simply WILL NOT work for X360.

Exhaustingly, and with much frustration, I tried every available avenue, even going back to the original NHL tools that were the origin of PC editing.

The tools DO work for PS3. Seamlessly.

Basically, this allows for starting a franchise in any season (if you're willing to do the work)