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Originally Posted by RateSports |
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I think it gets lost that "RateSports" is one guy. A college student. Me.
I am happy you are thankful for the work that I did, and I am grateful for people that are opportunistic and optimistic regarding APF 2K8 and 2K Sports in general.
What many people, if not all, do not truly understand is the complexity of doing the entire NFL in a game that is severely limited.
Limited not just by teams, but by actual codes inputted into the Hex Editor. It took over 2 years for myself, and my previous partner who worked on the first iteration (NFL 2K12) to even get the name problems sorted out due to extremely limited space.
Doing the first 15 or so teams can be done in a matter of days to potential weeks. Doing the LAST 9 teams, plus additional 8 teams, all while simultaneously updating all 8 files, takes months and months and months. Not to mention offering head to head files which are an additional 8 files on top.
Just to update one player for example from my previous file, these are the steps :
1.) Update name in the base file
2.) Update player ratings, abilities, dimensions (height/weight/etc.)
3.) Re-Hash/Re-Sign for in-game use
Repeat these 3 steps 16 times.
Total of 48 steps for one update.
Even if you have all updates ready, you must copy 3 sections of code that are a few million characters long, save them in a .txt document, then transfer them over top of each 16 files.
Still totaling 48 steps.
These updates are ENORMOUS tasks that done by one individual, is almost impossible. Even with a team of 3 or 4 highly talented Hex Editors with knowledge of all locations, would take serious, serious time.
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I am NOWHERE near your level of intelligence and aptitude when it comes to editing this game. I am glad to see you back. I thought after you gave Madden a 9.5, that we would never see you again.
I am glad to see you back and I was wondering what you have planned for the future of the game. I have your entire NFC Alt. (MIN) file re-rated and it plays GREAT in my opinion. I used this site for the ratings:
http://www.fbgratings.com/members/index.php
Even the piddly little work I have done has taken time, so what you have done for the game must have taken well over one thousand hours!! Anyone with a conscience who downloads your files owes you at least $20.
Glad to see you back and hope that we can all do our part to keep APF2K8/NFL2K13 alive and kicking well into the future .... or at least till 2KSports hoepfully makes NCAA Football 2015.