Goldglv

Wanted to update you on the editor....while I thought I was making progress, I ran into a road block that I highly doubt I can get around.  Seems that Madden '98 player names are not in a specific order in the file.  I noticed this when my program skipped certain positions.

So it seems what they did was instead of listing all of the names in a specific order (QB1, HB1. FB1....), if there are common names across any of the 32 teams, it only lists that name ONCE in the file.  So for instance the name 'ARMSTRONG' is a common name across at least 2 teams.  So it will have that name within Team A's structure but it WILL NOT list that name at all in Team B.  I'm assuming they did this to save space but it makes what I'm trying to do impossible.  

I did test this by changing the one instance of 'ARMSTRONG' to 'AAAAAA' and sure enough when I opened up the roster in the game, the 2 different teams that had a player named 'ARMSTRONG' were BOTH changed to 'AAAAAA'.

So as there is some structure in the order the names are listed, it could skip ANY position if the name is duplicated within the file.  So I have no idea if the QB or the RE could possibly have the same name on some other team.  Now I thought about going through each team and if I found duplicate names I would modify them in the file, naming one EDWARDS1 and the other EDWARDS2.  This could have worked if all of the teams had the SAME amount of bytes in the file where the names are listed but they don't.  Some are 449, others are 423 and so on.  I don't think there's a way to insert anywhere in the file to make all of the team player names the same amount of bytes, that would mess up all of the other locations in the file.

I will still do my best to try and figure this out but I doubt I will be able to come up with anything.  Sorry, was hoping to have better news for you....

Awesome...thank you.  Will def let you know as soon as I get to the point where I think it's ready.  I always loved the older Madden games, just felt like they played a bit slow, I was happy to see the '17 version I modified speed up a bit.  And yes, been in touch with UltraMagnus, very knowledgeable and helpful.  I'm hoping to get this ready soon, will definitely keep you updated.  Thanks again for offering to test, this is where I spend a ton of time because even though I'm not paid to do this, lol, I want to make sure the Editor is working the way it should.  

I'm working on it...like I mentioned, I kind of designed the editor strictly on player attributes which are in one spot in the file.  But after playing Madden 98 again after years and years, I forgot how much I loved that last version on Genesis.  So after I played it, I wanted to include in the editor but without breaking anything that's currently working.

I will continue to test this but was wondering, when I get to a point where I think it's working, can I send you a copy of the editor to test?  I just don't want to miss anything and a fresh set of eyes would be awesome.

Please let me know what you think.

You're talking about the player names in Madden 98?