MICHAEL JORDAN DECADE
VERSION 1.0

README FOR
NLSC Roster Patch - Michael Jordan Decade
Michael Jordan Decade - Full

Michael Jordan Cyberface collection for NBA Live 2005



Introduction
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Thank you for downloading Michael Jordan Decade cyberface collection for NBA Live 2005. This edition includes cyberfaces for Michael Jordan and also for his son, Jeffrey, to be used in NBA Live 2005. Because of licensing issues, Jordan could not have been released by Electronic Arts, neither are they associated with Decade project in any way. This patch has been made my a long-time fan of Michael Jordan, who is also a real-life CGI artist working on computer generated art for games and movies.



Installation
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There are two types of installations. If you have downloaded NLSC Roster Patch then turn to chapter A. If you have downloaded the entire cyberface collection, Michael Jordan Decade, then turn to chapter B. If you have installed NLSC Roster Patch that doesnt yet have Michael Jordan cyberface installed (pre NLSC v1.05) then turn to chapter C. Use Chapter C only when you want to add this cyberface into the default NLSC legends pool player.



-CHAPTER A
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When you installed NLSC Roster Patch, it also installed the cyberface patch for you. All you have to do is get in the game, load NLSC Rosters and check out the 90s All Stars team, which includes Michael Jordan with quality 2D portrait and cyberface also for ingame use. If you are interested in Wizard time Jordan or perhaps his rookie years looks, then you need to download Michael Jordan Decade Full Installation, available at NLSC.



-CHAPTER B
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If youre reading this readme then youve probablt already extracted the files into some folder. It doesnt matter which folder, some use their desktop for short time file management, some use My Documents. In this Folder, "Michael Jordan Decade", you see bunch of other folders, named differently based on different era of Michael Jordan or some specific looks detail, like no hair or moustache from that time period. Before doing anything with them though, you need to follow the following instructions:

1. When you have a previously downloaded roster in game, or even if you dont have one and you are using a default, then you need to have Michael/Jeffrey Jordan in the game. Usually most rosters nowadays come with generated Michael Jordans, or as the default one goes, it has no Michael/Jeffrey in it. So what you need to do is to go in the game, load the roster which you wish to use (or if you have no roster loaded and you are on the default one then you dont need to load anything), and for example save it under a new roster name under Save/Load section. Before saving however, if there is no Jordan ingame, then you need to create him under Create Player section. I recommend creating a player that has most of Jordans attributes just that has no appearance features set. If you have Michael/Jeffrey Jordan in game then save the roster as described earlier. This is important if you happen to get into problems later on and cant restore your roster. Backup is always a good thing to have.

2. Next you have to exit the game, and open Microsoft Excel (Part of Office package) if you have it, or use Open Office Calc(which is a freely downloadable office package) , or any other program that can read *.dbf files (database). You have to open the file which is usually under "My Documents/NBA Live 2005/saves/SAVEGAMENAME". SAVEGAMENAME is the name you used to save your roster in that had Jordan, in the step 1. Open file players.dbf .

3. Use find (edit->find) to find the name Jordan in the file, either the one you have created or a pre-existing one, if you used some other downloaded roster patch. Write down Michael/Jeffrey Jordans line's number from PLAYERID column (E) since youll need it later on.

4. Then you have to change the values in columns ISCREATED (BL column) , FACEPATCH (BM) and also ISGENERATE (BN) into negative, FALSE in ENGLISH for example (As in TRUE-FALSE). Also, change the same lines PLAYERPKG (BQ) to MIJORDA if installing Michael, or JEJORDA if installing Jeffrey Jordan. Save the changes.

5. Next you have to open appearance.dbf from the same folder you opened players.dbf from. This is mainly about appearance of the player now, and since it uses no names, here is where youll need PLAYERID you had written down earlier. Find the line with PLAYERID number you had written down, which should be in the APPEARANCEID column. Change his lines FACEID (column C) to -1 and ID8 (D) to MIJORDA or JEJORDA depending on who you are installing. Also if you didnt create the player with correct skin color at first, then change COLOR (column G) to 4. Save the changes.

6. Next you have to move (or copy if you wish to keep the patch installation files) from the patch folder you wish to install. If you wish to install Jeffrey Jordan, open his folder and copy/move all the files included into the NBA Live 2005 installation directory. (Remember, EA keeps savegame directory and installation directories different, but usually its under Program Files/EA Games (or EA Sports). There you need to run install.bat file which makes the remaining changes.

7. Start the game and load the roster you previously saved Michael/Jeffrey Jordan to. If there are any problems, you can contact me on degen@solo.ee or ask for assistance in NLSC forums.

8. Enjoy :)



-CHAPTER C
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1. Since youve installed NLSC Roster Patch already, you just need to edit the dbf files to accept the patch. Remember, this install is for the purpose of installing this particular cyberface patch into NLSC's legends pool cyberface that comes with NLSC Roster Patch, and should only be done if the player doesnt yet have the cyberface. Backup first.

2. Use a dbf editing package, such as Microsoft Office Excel or OpenOfficeOrg Calc to open players.dbf file that is situated usually in "My Documents/NBA Live 2005/saves/SAVEGAMENAME".

3. Use find (edit->find) to find the name Jordan in the file. You should find two instances. Write down Michael Jordan lines numbers from PLAYERID column (E) since youll need them BOTH later on. Also write down the number on which line the data is on (for both again).

4. Then you have to change the values in columns ISCREATED (BL column) , FACEPATCH (BM) and also ISGENERATE (BN) into negative, positive, negative respectively, FALSE in ENGLISH for example (As in TRUE-FALSE). Also, change the same line PLAYERPKG (BQ) to MIJORDA. Save the changes.

Repeat: ISCREATED FALSE
        FACEPATCH TRUE
        ISGENERATE FALSE
        PLAYERPKG JOSTOCK

5. Next you have to open appearance.dbf from the same folder you opened players.dbf from. This is mainly about appearance of the player now, and since it uses no names, here is where youll need PLAYERID you had written down earlier. However there is no player with that ID to be found. Usually what should work in NLSC Roster is the line number. Go to the two lines you scribed down before, change APPEARID (column B) into the PLAYERID number you had written down before, according to the order in which it was in the players.dbf file.Change the C column (FACEID) to -1 and the next columns on both lines to MIJORDA. You could also check if the G column (COLOR) has the value of 4 in it. Save the changes.


6. Next you have to move (or copy if you wish to keep the patch installation files) from the patch folder you wish to install. Copy the files from the Jordan cyberface patch folder you wish to use into NBA Live 2005 installation directory (Remember, EA keeps savegame directory and installation directories different, but usually its under Program Files/EA Games (or EA Sports). There you need to run install.bat file which makes the remaining changes.

7. Start the game and load the NLSC roster. If there are any problems, you can contact me on degen@solo.ee or ask for assistance in NLSC forums.

8. Enjoy :)





Thanks
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Everybody who followed the project in NLSC forums, who gave feedback, comments and critique. This could not have been possible without you all. (www.nba-live.com)

Andrew, for helping me from day one with this project.

ONYX, for sending me materials from previous Live titles.

My love, in helping me to find the most accurate headshape possible to find among NBA Live 2005, since this had to be done without headshape editor.

I hope youll enjoy this patch as much as I did making it


Last, and definetly not least, I want to thank Michael Jordan for every moment of joy and happiness his basketball has brought to my life.






Contact
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degen@solo.ee
http://www.wcgi.tk