It's no secret that one of my hobbies back then was creating patches for EA Sports NBA Live games for the PC. I got interested in it when they couldn't put MJ in their games anymore due to licensing issues. I then decided to just make him myself along with a couple of other notable missing players in the game since tools to mod their games were available.
NBA Live Series Patch Montage
Now comes a new NBA game for the PC, this time by 2k Sports. Been a fan of them since NBA 2K3 (only at consoles that time) because their gameplay was always a step ahead over their competitor. I always wanted for them to make one for the PC and was ecstatic when they finally did this year, enter NBA 2K9.
I'm enjoying it at the moment. But still, the feeling of not being able to play as MJ due to licensing issues again just flat out suuucks.
Which finally led me to lace up my patching boots again to create the dude below:
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Modding methods for this game is still at it's infancy, I'm still tweaking and finding some workarounds for this patch on my spare time. I'll try to update this post when progression happens.
UPDATE 2/18/2009:
I finally started tweaking my MJ again since it's now possible to edit headshapes for the game. I only managed to work on the side view part though, since the vertices (small dots) is ridiculous this time around compared to the NBA Live ones.
*click the pic to make it bigger The good thing about 2k9 headshapes is that it has a lot of vertices for a cyberface patcher to work on. The downside is also the same thing ironically, more vertices equals more work. Dammit!
If I successfully finish his headshape, the only thing hindering his release would be a fully functional roster editor.
UPDATE 2/21/2009:
Finally got an ingame preview up.
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I'll try to work on the front and top part of the headshape in the following days.
UPDATE 2/28/2009:
Got caught up with some personal stuff and just resumed worked on my MJ again, below is a sneak peak on where I'm currently at.
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I still need to tweak and tighten some parts but I think it's coming along quite nicely.
UPDATE 3/04/2009:
Alright I finally decided to release a "Newb Friendly" version for my MJ. It means no texmods, hex, specific rosters, or complicated stuff for the guys that just want to have MJ in their game. The method used though would be overwriting an existing player, so there would be a couple of CONS that comes along with it.
CONS:
- It will overwrite the player named deandre jordan of the clippers in your game, so if you are a huge deandre jordan fan for some reason then you are royally screwed - I had to lighten my MJ's skintone to match deandre's leg texture so he will appear lighter than my previews above - Deandre's bodytype is a tad thinner than that of MJ's - No custom MJ compression shorts or calf brace - Announcers will of course still call him deandre jordan
Alonso, at December 4, 2008 1:15 AM said:
Great effort man! Perhaps you could try to make him in a lighter skin tone (looks like Manute Bol´s skine tone!)
Anyway what software are u using? seems to me that you´re ovewriting the face onto an existing player, am I right? That´s the only way so far to achieve a realistic body rather than having the 3 types in CAP
it looks good enough to release already, can't wait to see the results after further tweaking...
the only suggestion is to have him wear air jordan xi, the legendary shoe for the legendary player...
thanks again for your efforts!
Anonymous, at December 5, 2008 6:31 PM said:
Glen pano mo ma-edit ang mukha nila? anong photoshop gamit mo? may mga images na kasi ako ehh galing sa texmod at inextract ko toh galing sa nba 2k9. San ka din kumukuha nang mga pictures na malaki ng mga players? pwede pa instruct... please...
galing talaga ng mga pinoy... kahit nga ako nung gumagawa ako ng mga cyber face sa GTA-SA ko maganda, ganyan talaga tyung mga pinoy artistic... hihihihi kac pag nag popost ako sa mga forum mga kano sina sabi "that's really the best one ive seen ever before". siguro di kac sila tumitingin sa ibang angle ehh front view lang hindi kada sulok pero tyu mga metikoloso... hihihihi...
uehara567, at December 6, 2008 9:23 AM said:
marami pala pinoy nba 2k9 gamers noh? try nyu din sa nba-live.com then click forums and then click NBA 2K9 Patch Releases & Previews... marami din pinoy... hihihihihihihi \|/ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year \*/ \* */ \* * */ | /|\
@ Alonso - thanks Alonso, and yes i temporarily overwrote an existing player... the patchers currently use Texmod in modifying texture files (you can google for it) =) about mj's skin color, mj is really one dark dude as can be seen HERE ;)
@ wenjamin - thanks wenjamin, i'll try to incorporate the shoes when the mj is already ready for release ;)
@ Anonymous - thanks tol, naka Adobe Photoshop CS3 prin ako e, dpa maka upgrade sa bagong version... yung pictures google google lang, mejo tyagaan lang talaga pag mga old school players yung gagawin dahil bihira na yung mga pictures nila =(
@ uehara567 - dun talga maraming patchers uehara567 at tama si jepoy, nagpopost din ako dun ;), happy holidays din sayo... =)
chinoy, at December 16, 2008 8:37 PM said:
tol panu mapagana ung texmod? anu ung sinasabi nila na tanggaling ung steam? tulong nmn please.
Glen, at December 21, 2008 2:21 AM said:
@ chinoy - nag steam download kaba? pag ganun yata e kelangan mo mag download ng custom .exe nung game, try mo sa pumunta sa gamecopyworld.com.
chinoy, at February 21, 2009 1:47 PM said:
Tol patingin ng front view? hehehe. wag mo na pansinin yang comment ko matagal ko ng nagets. hehehe.
@ Anonymous, sorry as of this writing patches/mods are only applicable on the PC version of NBA 2k9... hope this info helps...
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