That above thread is now dead. Anyone interested in playing on wider-hash NCAA fields along with the best bits of the Heisman mod, this is what you need to do!
1) Download and install the Heisman 14 mod from
HERE, as well as the Heisman 14 Add-On from
HERE.
2) Download and install elguapo's NCAA Add-On from
HERE, making sure you follow his ReadMe installation instructions. (For my take on what benefits his Add-On gives you, read
HERE)
3) Download and install my FieldBuilder from the first post of this thread.
If you load elguaupo's included roster, you'll notice that the 32 NFL teams are visible, as well as the 128 NCAA teams. As an example, here's how you get that down to something more manageable, like 10 teams in total.
1) Load the roster in Madden DB Editor, and export the TEAM table to .csv
2) Find column AX, the "Team Type" field (TTYP).
- 0 = NFL team
- 7 = Europe team (used for the NCAA teams in this roster)
- 1 = hidden
3) So, any teams you DON'T want visible, just set that value to 1. The quickest way to do this find a nearby column of "ones", and copy and paste it (but making sure it doesn't overwrite the last 5 rows). Then go back and manually set the teams you DO want visible to 7.
4) Following the instructions for my FieldBuilder, also set the team's TEZ1 to 84, TEZ2 to 0, and TMFL to 103. You can do this for all NCAA teams now if you like, as it won't take effect until step 5. Or you can just start with CLEM and LSU. (Ignore the STAD table and ST35 value for the moment)
5) For
just the FieldBuilder teams, also blank out column BH (the CART field). Leaving the entry unchanged will still use the Heisman CustomArt field art; removing it makes it use the FieldBuilder field art instead.
5) Save the .csv, and import back into the TEAM table in DB Editor.
6) Save roster under a new name.
7) Start Madden and load roster.
It only takes a few minutes to do this, and then you have your own FieldBuilder-ready roster!
If you load my CLEM or LSU (or mee's Auburn) in TexMod, you'll then have the wider NCAA field in-game, which you can utilize fully by using calhoupe's NCAA scripts. You can still load the (higher quality) Heisman .tpf uniforms, and Heisman stadium files, to fully maximise the experience.
At that point, the only thing it's lacking is real player names and numbers.
N.B. I haven't discussed the ST35 fields which are used for endzone2 or 25yd logo, but you can figure that out for yourselves. Only thing to bear in mind is that in the Heisman mod, CLEM and LSU both used the same stadium (Bills), and therefore must have had an additional line in the STAD table, more or less duplicating the stadium's values. CLEM use ST35 for the 25yd logo, while LSU use ST35 for endzone2, therefore two entries for "Ralph Wilson Stadium" will be needed.I don't see any need in uploading a demo, since this is really quite simple to re-create yourselves! Once you've got your roster in this form, you can concentrate all your efforts on just making NCAA TrueTurf fields, and maybe putting in some real player names and numbers. I won't be doing any more here though, as this fully achieves what I wanted to demonstrate with my Irish league mod. This way also has far more scope for expansion too!!
So, I'm going back into my shell again, as I was actually functioning quite nicely with
less (not more!) screen time a few weeks ago, and I want to go back to that again!
To be clear, I will NOT be releasing a full or even mini version of this. I will definitely pick away at it (very slowly) in my own time, and will enjoy making new fields when the new season starts. I have no plans for offering anything more up at this time, but I am extremely grateful to elguapo for putting this together.
Now, go make something!!