johnz1

Holy cow.  Well done bruddog!

This is great!  I love Tecmo Super NBA.
Are you still working on this?  I'm taking notes on players that have the wrong skin color, if you want them.

View File NFL Blitz 20-17
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NFL Blitz 20-17 BETA v1
Update for NFL Blitz 20-03 on GameCube
by johnz1
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=== RELEASE NOTES ===
This is an incomplete update for the GameCube version of NFL Blitz 20-03.  It is meant to be played using the Dolphin emulator.  The rosters are accurate as of the end of the 2016 NFL season.  The player ratings have been updated using the Madden 17 ratings that EA publishes online.  Player ratings have the same overall distribution as the original Blitz 20-03 game.  Most helmets, uniforms, and mid-field logos have also been updated.
 
This is a beta release because there are major things I have not yet figured out to change.  I would REALLY like help figuring out how to change these things:
- Player skin color
- Team schedules
- General player size (height & weight can be adjusted, but there's also a size category that can make them very thick and wide, like a fullback)
- Player name assignment for the announcer
- Jersey number and name color/style
 
 
 
=== INSTALLATION ===
This update requires that you own NFL Blitz 20-03 for GameCube, and have an ISO file of the game.  If you do not own the game or do not have the ISO, please DO NOT ASK FOR THE GAME.
 
To play this game with the updated graphics, you must use the Dolphin emulator:
https://dolphin-emu.org/
 
To update the rosters and ratings, you must edit the ISO file by injecting the files included in the "ISO Files" directory.  This process requires GCRebuilder:
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/619/
 
1. Make a copy of your NFL Blitz 20-03 ISO file, and name it something like "NFL Blitz 20-17.iso".
2. Right-click on GCRebuilder and select "Run as Administrator".
3. Click on the "Image" menu at the top and select "Open".
4. Find the ISO file you created in step 1 and select it.
5. In the file browser on the right, right-click "opening.bnr" and select "Import".  Find the "ISO Files" directory included in this update package and select "opening.bnr".
6. Repeat Step 5 for the "teamdata.zip" file.
7. Repeat Step 5 for the "Start.dol" file, which is inside of the "&&SystemData" folder.
8. Click on the "Image" menu at the top and select "Close".
 
At this point, the ISO has been patched, but the graphics and textures need to be placed into the appropriate Dolphin directory in order to be loaded:
 
1. Find the Dolphin "User" directory.  If you have a regular Dolphin installation, the Dolphin directory will be in your Documents folder, and "User" will be under that.  If you have a portable installlation of Dolphin, the "User" directory is created in the Dolphin directory when you first launch the application.
2. Find the "Dolphin Files" folder that is included in this update package.  Copy the "User" folder into your Dolphin folder.  If you have opened Dolphin before, it should overwrite the existing "User" folder.  This will only copy the textures for this game, and won't erase or overwrite anything else.
 
By default, Dolphin does not enable custom textures.  This option must be changed in the graphics settings:
1. Click the Options menu at the top and select "Graphics Settings"
2. Go to the "Advanced" tab
3. Check the box for "Load Custom Textures"
 
I also recommend the following graphics options:
- Aspect Ratio: Stretch to Window
- Widescreen Hack: Enabled
- Use Fullscreen: Enabled
- V-Sync: Enabled
- Hide Mouse Cursor: Enabled
- Internal Resolution: At least 2x (set higher if your system can handle it)
Submitter johnz1 Submitted 07/28/2017 Category Other  

I've already combined them and have the data I need.  Really the questions I have are:
1) Where are people getting the jersey #'s from, since none of these spreadsheets have that.  I realize that this can be grabbed from any site that has team roster data, but manual data input even for one column takes forever when there are 576 players.
2) Is there a community spreadsheet that everyone uses that has all of the Madden ratings - the answer appears to be no.
 
 
 
I'm making a Blitz 03 update, which has more ratings than Tecmo (but still way less than Madden).  There are definitely more ratings in Madden than are needed, but even with the dozens of categories none of them include the jersey #'s.

FYI I've decided to do an update for this season.  The rosters and ratings are done (for now).  I want to update more of the graphics.  The first thing is the on-field logos.  All of the mid-field graphics have been updated.  I'm working on the endzone logos now.  That may be it.  Haven't figured out any of the big unknowns yet (skin color, player size, jersey number color/style), and I'm not really looking into it anymore.

Yup, this was a solo effort - but I definitely want help for the stuff mentioned in the readme!  Once that's figured out I can really finish this

So I tested for AGILITY and BODY BALANCE. I used the Browns, William Green and Lee Suggs. I kept all the stats the same, except 3: agility, body balance, and hitting power. Here's the result for the frequency of spin moves and hurdles (jumps)


A=99 BB=06 HP=06
20 Rushes 0 Spins 2 Hurdles
20 Rushes 4 Spins 1 Hurdles
20 Rushes 1 Spins 2 Hurdles


BB=99 A=06 HP=06
20 Rushes 7 Spins 0 Hurdles
20 Rushes 13 Spins 0 Hurdles
20 Rushes 19 Spins 0 Hurdles


Its very clear that BB controls spin moves. Agility probably controlls hurdles. Like the manual says, Agility definitely controls how fast a player recovers speed from changing direction.

I am loving this rom.  Very impressed with how complete and polished it is.  Thank you very much

 

If anyone uses Steam for their emulated games, there's a Steam banner attached to this post that is perfect for this game.  It took about 10 seconds to cut down from the full image, but hopefully this will save someone else 10 seconds of their time.

I am loving this rom.  Very impressed with how complete and polished it is.  Thank you very much

 

If anyone uses Steam for their emulated games, there's a Steam banner attached to this post that is perfect for this game.  It took about 10 seconds to cut down from the full image, but hopefully this will save someone else 10 seconds of their time.