Re-Adding The Good Things EA Removed Into M08.

[Harry97]

Hary, for the pladata.dat, what files did you replace in the Madden 08 file with the Madden 06 files? Was it only the files that were the exact same byte size and basically the same location or did you replace files that likely did the same thing but one file was larger?

Maybe we could fix the camera or fix the coach models not being as good as Madden 06 or 05 by doing this.

Thanks,
Dat

I took the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT, and deleted the files that were in the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT that weren't in the Madden 08 PLADATA.DAT. Because the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT had some additional files that weren't in Madden 08's PLADATA.DAT, so in order to get the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT to work in Madden 08 (without it crashing) you need to delete several files from the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT so that the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT has the same files (in the correct slots) as all the files in Madden 08's PLADATA.DATs.

You can accomplish this procedure by opening up both Madden 06's PLADATA.dAT and Madden 08's PLADATA.DAT in DFR 5 and comparing them, and if you scroll through them you will notice which extra files are in Madden 06's PLADATA.DAT that aren't in Madden 08's PLADATA.DAT. Once you've identified those, you need to open up Madden 06's PLADATA.DAT in DFR 3 and delete the appropriate files / slots to make Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT compatible with Madden 08 so you can then put it into Madden 08 and test the Madden 06 PLADATA.DAT in Madden 08 without it crashing.

Note: after using DFR 3 to delete the appropriate files / slots from Madden 06's PLADATA.DAT, you need to then re-open it in DFR 5, and save it DFR 5 to get it to run without crashing so you can test Madden 06's PLADATA.DAT in Madden 08 to see what changes occur. The reason you need to use DFR 3 is because DFR 5 does not allow you to add or delete slots, but DFR 3 does. But DFR 5 is needed to save it properly once DFR 3 is used to delete the appropriate slots.

[datmanmadden59x]

Harry,
Good stuff you are attempting. I have wrote down the comparison files 06 and 08 with the pladata.dat. Some files appear exactly the same. Some files are extra. Some files might be interchangeable. I have not attempted to replace any of the files that might be interchangeable with DFR.

As you already know, CLMCC did some good work with improving the quality of sideline staff and sideline players by replacing certain files with existing high quality models in 08 pladata.dat.

Maybe we can get the knee braces to not pop in and out when changing the zoom.

Keep up the good work. Let us know your findings.

Dat