2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

[jyoung]

v3 is complete!

You can now take this team online and the edited generics won't make the game freeze!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9TEOVMC

Every generic player that takes the field for you will now be a real player. Even special teams!

The team name now appears as "Lions" instead of "Lynx"!

Known Glitches

3 players have messed up first names:

OLB - Carpenter
DE - Jackson
FS - Phillips

For some reason they are glitched, and I cannot figure out how to fix them.

Edited generics with incorrect announcer names

You will notice edited generics have their original generic's name called on the field. I have not found a solution to this.

Things you shouldn't change

Don't change tier, position or abilities for the CAPs on this roster. It will cause them to lose their edited abilities.

Exceptions:

DT - Suh
WR - Johnson
QB - Stafford

Those CAPs can be changed without messing up anything.

Do not edit the team!

If you go into the team manager and make any edits to the team, the generics will reset.

You can, however, safely edit playbooks, depth chart, and substitutions.

[Ephs05msm]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I'm not able to get your file to work. I've tried just copying the .ROS file to my USB stick and transferring it to my HDD. The game doesn't recognize the file (i.e., it doesn't show up within All-Pro 2K8 as a file that can be loaded). I've also tried using Modio to attach my Profile and Device IDs to the file and then transfer it to the USB as above. Still no luck.

Are you able to save your Lions team as a season file (i.e., .FXG instead of .ROS) that you can share?

[AVONFTW]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

File loaded for me, good work.

[tbbucsfan001]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

Worked for me too. Nice work.

[jyoung]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

Here is a season file I just made if guys are having trouble with the roster:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MYFHKXS2

You'll note in both of these files there are a few edited generics with glitched first names (DE - Jackson and OLB - Carpenter).

I am not sure what caused this glitch or how to fix it. It basically takes whatever you enter for their first name and adds it to the end of their last name, so I just left first name blank.

[Ephs05msm]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I'm not sure what my problem is but I can't get either the .ROS or the .FXG file to work. The .ROS isn't recognized in-game and the .FXG gives an "unable to load from the HDD" error. I must be making some basic mistake with the transfer from my PC to the USB drive. Sorry to be a pain but could one of the guys who was able to load provide a quick walkthrough? Thanks in advance for the help.

[jyoung]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

When saving the download, are you renaming the file something other than "Roster.ROS"?

I have gotten the error you described before, but it was only when I tried to name the roster file something other than "Roster.ROS"

What happend to me was that the roster file would show up when looking at my USB drive on the Xbox dashboard, but once I got inside the game and tried to load it, APF said "file could not be found."

[Ephs05msm]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

Got it to work! I updated USB Xtaf Gui to version 44 and it presented me with a different directory structure than before. So I guess previously I was saving the .ROS into the wrong folder because the right folder wasn't showing up (to answer your question, I was downloading it with no name changes). Thanks for the help and sorry I was a bit slow on the uptake.

Great work on the roster. So for some of the names (e.g., Suh), are you choosing a first name from the commentator list so that announcers can say everyone's name? I ask because I play with the announcers off.

Thanks again.

[jyoung]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

Yes, I make sure every player has at least 1 of their names in the announcer database. Otherwise the announcer just says their uniform number.

Feel free to change those guys to their real full names if you don't care about the announcers.

You can safely edit anything about the players besides abilities and position.

If you edit either of those two things, the players will lose all their current abilities.

Do not re-edit the team, etiher, or you will lose your generics.

[seahawk95]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

does anyone have more teams?

[DirtyJerz32]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I can't take it anymore. Can someone post a step by step on what to do. I'm such a noob when it comes to this Hex stuff.

Thanks in advance.

[bowdown]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I ran with some problems from both Roster and Season files. Some of the bronze players have lost all their abilities. They are on the roster but no abilities assign to them. I'll keep testing whats going on and see whats the deal.

Other issues I have encounted is once I get back to the game to load the default rosters the game freezes on me. Either way nice work Weeman on the roster

[bowdown]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I ran with some problems from both Roster and Season files. Some of the bronze players have lost all their abilities. They are on the roster but no abilities assign to them. I'll keep testing whats going on and see whats the deal.

Other issues I have encounted is once I get back to the game to load the default rosters the game freezes on me. Either way nice work Weeman on the roster

I got confused with the already created players, there is no issue with the hex roster. Weeman had just created a generic player. The other problem though still persist of the game freezing when it loads back to the default rosters. You can take the team online but you can't bring the game back to offline mode. You can load the team from new season but when try to bring them back to teams mode it will attempt to load default rosters causing to freeze. Best way is to save the roster file from dash board and load game. If you try to do it within the game the season file will crash when brought back to main mode from season mode. I hope that makes sense. The other thing I was able to do was give the gold WR 5 stars within the game. Weeman has created him with 3 attributes it could of been because he created him within game and not hex editor who knows.

[jyoung]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

Yeah you can edit Calvin Johnson and give him 5 abilities if you want.

I only gave him 3 abilities because this team is going to be used for an online league where we limit offensive players.

Stafford can also be edited to change his ability since it's just 1 normal abilitiy.

Same with Suh since his 5 abilites were assigned normally as well.

Don't change the position, tier, or abilities of the other guys, though.

As you've found out, trying to load default rosters with the edited generics currently on file will make the game freeze. If you want to reload the defeault roster, you have to exit back to the Xbox dashboard and reboot APF.

[jyoung]

Re: 2010 Detroit Lions with edited generics

I can't take it anymore. Can someone post a step by step on what to do. I'm such a noob when it comes to this Hex stuff.

Thanks in advance.

The hex guide I wrote is being proofed as we speak, so keep an eye on the APF section and it should be up by the end of this week or early next week.