It's time for a new classic roster

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

Bud I'm not sure whats going on but I've got a 1987 roster thats near complete, but now im getting data corrupt issues. ive taken it in and out the game a few times, but now its corrupt all the time. It transfers over fine, but when I go to load in game either a data corrupt message, or it loads briefly and then bam black screen freeze. Would you be able to take a look at it and see if it can be salvaged for a release?

Upload it and I'll check it out. Do you have an earlier version without the corruption errors that I can compare it against?

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

I believe I wrecked this roster by resetting depth charts inthe editor. If anyone can help please let me know.

Auto reorder the depth charts in game if the roster is able to load in your PS3.

[Culture Rot]

Here they are bud ---I dont have an earlier file unfortunately, but the base for the roster was 1986 roster, as you can tell by the name.

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

Here they are bud ---I dont have an earlier file unfortunately, but the base for the roster was 1986 roster, as you can tell by the name.

Just export the entire roster and then import it to a fresh copy of the 1986 roster with the same number of players on the roster (2097 total players). Don't forget to have two copies of the fresh 1986 roster so that you can hex the roster when finished. This will fix the problem since the fresh 1986 roster doesn't have the tarnished depth charts.

Click my username if you need a more detailed explanation on importing/exporting rosters. I posted some instructions a while back.

[Culture Rot]

Quote: Originally Posted by rplatypus

Just export the entire roster and then import it to a fresh copy of the 1986 roster with the same number of players on the roster (2097 total players). Don't forget to have two copies of the fresh 1986 roster so that you can hex the roster when finished. This will fix the problem since the fresh 1986 roster doesn't have the tarnished depth charts. Click my username if you need a more detailed explanation on importing/exporting rosters. I posted some instructions a while back.

I believe I do know how to do this. But are you certain the depth chart is what bugged this roster bud? I was just theorizing.

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

I believe I do know how to do this. But are you certain the depth chart is what bugged this roster bud? I was just theorizing.

Importing the players to a different roster will correct any glitch associated with the roster itself. If by some small chance that you still have an issue, then it would be with an individual player. Possibly a head code that isn't recognized by M25 if you have been importing players from newer Madden's.

Importing the players to a fresh roster takes 5 minutes. It's by far the easiest and fastest fix. I don't have a PS3 to be able to test it but there should be a 90% or better chance that this will fix the glitch.

Just go to Actions, All Players and Export on your 1987 roster. Then open a fresh 1986 roster and go to Actions, All Players, Import and import your 1987 roster. Delete or add players on the 1986 roster by right clicking in the player area until you have 2097 total roster players before importing. As long as the 1986 roster isn't glitched, you should be good to go.

[Culture Rot]

Quote: Originally Posted by rplatypus

Importing the players to a different roster will correct any glitch associated with the roster itself. If by some small chance that you still have an issue, then it would be with an individual player. Possibly a head code that isn't recognized by M25 if you have been importing players from newer Madden's. Importing the players to a fresh roster takes 5 minutes. It's by far the easiest and fastest fix. I don't have a PS3 to be able to test it but there should be a 90% or better chance that this will fix the glitch. Just go to Actions, All Players and Export on your 1987 roster. Then open a fresh 1986 roster and go to Actions, All Players, Import and import your 1987 roster. Delete or add players on the 1986 roster by right clicking in the player area until you have 2097 total roster players before importing. As long as the 1986 roster isn't glitched, you should be good to go.

Just tried all the steps. Did the export/import....it froze in game when loaded up. The saga continues.

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

Just tried all the steps. Did the export/import....it froze in game when loaded up. The saga continues.

Sounds like it's an individual player that is causing the freezing. Where is it freezing exactly? That could help narrow in on the culprit(s).

In my experience, it has to due with a player model that the game doesn't recognize. When I ported M16 to M15, I had the Colts and Bucs freezing on me (possibly more teams, but the Colts and Bucs are who I noticed) in different parts of the game. It would freeze if you tried to play with them in CFM, when checking the stats after simming a game and it would freeze during the second season while just simming the season. The teams worked in Play Now mode though.

It turned out that M16 introduced a new head code (503?) that wasn't recognized by M15. The head code was only added to about 8 players total and once I changed the head code to 0 like the rest of the roster, the freezing stopped. If you have any green faced players in your roster, they would be the likely culprit of the freezing.

Also any blank college info would result in glitching. M16 added some colleges that M15 didn't have and the college info appeared blank in game. I sorted the roster in game by last name and checked to see if there was a college listed. If the field was blank, I changed it to Abilene Christian since it was the first choice available. You can always change the college to N/A or None afterwards in the editor if you are a stickler for those type of things.

I don't have a PS3 or M25 so I can't load the game to a console to try to see where it's glitching. There are 36 players on your roster with a head code (PUHE) other than 0. These are the ones I think are most likely to be causing the glitch:

Wilber Marshall
Randall Cunningham
Mike Singletary
Tony Dorsett

In game, go to the roster management area, select the player and go to Edit Player. Check to see if any of those 4 guys have a green face. If they do, change their appearance.

BTW: What program did you use to transfer your roster? This is the first PS3 roster that I was able to just load up with Xanathol's editor without getting the Db/Mc02 error message.