[oosterbe]

I don't know how it works today but 2005-2009 I made cyberfaces etc for pc versions of EA's NHL games. Roster file didn't include gameplay updates, goalie gears, faces, rinks and so on... It contained mainly text data. For example every player had his own number and if you liked to add face for him you needed to find which was his number and then save your graphic file matching this number which was included in rosters... I guess gameplay updates and maybe patches contains those graphics and rinks and jerseys, animations and so on, a roster file only guides how the game will install those graphic add-ons to the game. So it's a bit weird you think a new roster will patch some gameplay issues. Maybe you didn't know how those things work... Of course a roster file included player attributes, and some more information too, but it was mainly a text file containing numbers.