NCAA 06/08 ANIMDATA.DAT File Comparison

[octobump]

I tried to open the files in 7zip including renaming them but they are basically all corrupted from the start.

Edit: never mind thank you for explaining.

[Harry97]

I tried to open the files in 7zip including renaming them but they are basically all corrupted from the start.

They're not corrupted. I just downloaded the first file from the post and tested it myself. After you download them, delete the 2nd .7z at the end. So they're just .7z.001 and .7z.002. Then with 7zip installed, you just right click on the .001 file and open archive in 7zip, then extract. Alternatively you can use a program called HJSplit to join the .001 and .002 files separately into a single .7z. If you're still having trouble opening / extracting them, I can upload them in full to somewhere else, but you shouldn't have any trouble extracting these.

[octobump]

Unfortunately, there is no way to fix the pursuit angle glitch in the game the first file is basically the same issues and the second and third files creates a limemen glitch where the offensive linemen face the wrong way before the snap. We tried though.

[Harry97]

Unfortunately, there is no way to fix the pursuit angle glitch in the game the first file is basically the same issues and the second and third files creates a limemen glitch where the offensive linemen face the wrong way before the snap. We tried though.

So you did get them to extract correctly.

Don't give up so quickly my friend. It's definitely possible to fix the pursuit angles glitch in NCAA 08. Figuring out exactly how to do it is the challenge. There are several ways in which this can be addressed. For example, another way to correct the pursuit angles problem in 08 is to take the roster file into Excel and mass edit player ratings, i.e. adjusting players speed, acceleration, awareness across the board until the pursuit angles problem is no longer an issue. The pursuit angles issue in NCAA 08 is due to a conflux of factors. I have every reason to believe that it is related to changes in the animations file. Not necessarily due to changes between NCAA 07's and NCAA 08's ANIMDATA.DAT, it also could be due to changes between NCAA 06's ANIMDATA.DAT and NCAA 07/08's ANIMDATA.DAT.

Just because those 3 files I prepared for you didn't fix the pursuit angles glitch doesn't mean it can't be done. Now, based on what you said, it sounds like the O-lineman facing the wrong way glitch was due to replacing either file 2 or file 4. That's very interesting.

I'll see if I can prepare some additional versions for you to test, but in the meantime I suggest you test the first file's gameplay thoroughly. If that first file isn't showing any noticeable glitches, then that's very encouraging!! It may not seem like there's many changes, but there probably are if you look closer. Pay attention to the speed of your movement of defenders. Do things like spin moves or jukes in-game and see if you notice a change in the speed and physics of those moves. Let me know if you see any difference to the speed of spin moves for example, or WR catching animations, or QB throwing animations, for example. I know these may seem unrelated to you wanting to correct the pursuit angles glitch, but it's important so I know what updates inside ANIMDATA.DAT occurred between NCAA 07 and 08.

Remember, you still haven't tested NCAA 06's ANIMDATA.DAT in NCAA 08. I noticed a change (slower defenders) in the pursuit of defenders attacking ball carriers when I used NCAA 08's ANIMDATA.DAT in NCAA 06, so I bet if I put togetehr a modded NCAA 06 ANIMDATA.DAT for NCAA 08, you would see a dramatic improvement. Just because you didn't see that in NCAA 08 with NCAA 07's ANIMDATA.DAT files doesn't mean you wouldn't with NCAA 06's. Because I would expect that NCAA 07 and NCAA 08 are probably a lot more similar than NCAA 06's. It's unclear exactly what caused the pursuit angles issue in NCAA 08. For all we know it could have been the addition of file 3 itself!! And if that's the case, then we could put NCAA 09 PS2's file 3 into NCAA 08's ANIMDATA.DAT, because the pursuit angles problem seemed to be addressed and corrected in NCAA 09 PS2. Maybe we could use files from NCAA 09 PS2's ANIMDATA.DAT to correct the issue in NCAA 08. There's all kinds of things we can try.

[octobump]

Will do. Anymore files on the way just let me know.

[Jozur]

im gonna download 08 tonight to test these animdata.dat files, but i encourage both of you guys to join the ncaa next discord, this will make great discussion over there and im sure more people in there are willing to test these files as well!