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Updated - Patch V5 - Rookies, Fixed away jerseys

Jonotallica

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Gday..

I cbf listing all the features they are in the readme anyway, so I ll just list the changes..

-UPDATED- Fixed away jerseys so that teams wear away jerseys when they should, and home jerseys when they should. Its 90% accurate, there are a couple small errors (with Eagles, Eels and Penrith/Raiders/Sharks) with 2004 NRL Season. ESL teams didn't need changing.

-Updated - New camera angle for scrums (thanks to inertia)

- Fixed Salfords crowd to red instead of blue (Halifax). Added compatibility for there white away jersey, once they get one.

-40 odd rookies added.. including Moimoi, Tsoulos, Joe Williams. They are tweakable but I'm fairly sure that if you alter there stats in the game custimization section, it will also change the players face to one of the 5 standard custom faces. Undoing the face that I chose for them, but it's your choice to make.

- Updated - Stat/gameplay tweaks.. reduced the offload stat by 4 points for every player that is currently in a NRL or ESL team. Even though the stat is very low now, offloads still happen a bit, but it's much more realistic now. I also adjusted the five eights and halfbacks break tackle stat, to the same as wingers. Which is -2. So for all halves, they now have 2 less Break Tackle points each.

Even after these tweaks it's still a very attack orientated game, but it helps reduce some of the quirks, while keeping it's arcadish feel. Today while testing.. I beat Brisbane at ANZ 26-20 with the Sharks on Legend diff in a 20 minute game. So it's still pretty high scoring which should still keep the competition "for and against" tallies looking realistic. As you can tell, I need to work on my defense skills. :lol:

I also played a game with Souths, against the Dogs and lost 24-10. So as you can see if you like playing 20 minute games, it's pretty good scores wise. Playing as Souths was hard though because they have attack and defense stats of 6, whereas Dogs have 9 for attack and 8 for defense. Don't blame me though, the team stats are based of this seasons for and against.

*Important*
The 90's Team Patch is no longer included. The Custom Player file was full, leaving no room for rookies. So I had to ditch it (unfortunately).

This now means that if you want to create a new player, there are PLENTY of free spots now, so you can customize til the cows come home.

Just make sure you restore your backup "player" folder, or reinstall the game to replace the 90's face meshes (with the mo's) before installing this one.

If you would rather the 90's patch, instead of the rookies, don't install this patch. Simple as that. It's a trade off.. 90's Teams, or Rookie's. I'll be keeping the link for Version 4, because it's the most up to date version that has the 90's Teams included.

URL - http://home.iprimus.com.au/lwillett/JonsLeague2004Patch v.5.zip

*Fixed team customization bug, qtintf.dll no longer needed.


Credits are in the readme file.

Cheers.
 

Jonotallica

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I wouldn't say it's low, just lower. Lockyer still has a 7, Kimmorley a 6, Fittler a 7 etc.. Most wingers have 5.. Centres between 5 and 7. But the difference it makes is that the props and second rowers have between 6 and 9 depending on who it is. The reason I changed the BT stats for halves in this version is b/c when I originally changed the BT stats, I didnt change the halves.

With the BT stat like it is.. props like Morley and Webcke will break more tackles then the wingers. It's a computer game so it doesn't have to be ultra realistic, but when I barged over Mark OMealy and Willie Mason with Darren lockyer, I figured it needed some changing.

So having it this way makes the fowards more usefull, and wingers can still break tackles, but chances are they will only break a tackle if a back is tackling them. Rather then barging fowards. Unless it's wet, in which case everyone becomes slippery and hard to tackle.
 

knowsleyroader

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Would it be too much to do a legend only set of stats where the offload was significantly reduced. These stats would only be used on legend level and anyone on seasoned could use the other stats. To be honest thats the only thing that stops me playing on legend level, the fact that there are too many offloads.

Sterling work btw my friend. Really enjoying your patches at the minute and I dont know if its just me but the computer seems to score some stunning tries now. Not just the fling here fling there fling right across the field tries but really well worked tries that you have to admire.

Great stuff.
 

Jonotallica

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Thanks mate. There's also some real dodgy tries, but not much could be done about that without Sidhe releasing another patch. :)

I'll see what I can do, it'd only be a 50kb or so. If you wanted to optimise it for legend difficulty, you could install the "version5 legend mode" zip over the top of this patch. But it'd take some time for me to do. I might try to get it done in the next few days, if I get the time.
 

Jonotallica

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Ok.. I changed two teams offloads stats to really low offloads (1-3).. did a test game to see how it is (on Legend) and I was so impressed, that I knuckled down and updated all teams. There finished! I was also so happy with it that I m gonna include the new offload stats in this current patch, because even though they offload stats are very very low, it still offloads a bit in Seasoned. The difference isn't enough to make a separate patch. I basically made backs 1 or 2 (some exceptions though), and fowards 1 2 or 3 depending on what offload stat the player was currently on. I tried to keep it in porportion as much as possible.

What I found in Legend, was that the changes make no effect in the first set or two. :lol: When I first tested it, I thought I had wasted my time. But after the game settles down (1 or 2 sets of 6), it becomes really good. I loved it, because you actually have to move the ball around, you can't rely on offloading. The end of game scores were still quite high too, it's still possible to score points.

knowsleyroader- If you liked the old stats, your gonna love these. :D The link has been updated to include the new offload stats. I've also added the scrum camera angle from inertias internation edition patch. Cheers inertia.

This will be the last patch I do for a bit, and I must say I'm very VERY happy with how it's turned out.
 

nöyd

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Good work again Jono...however there is just a few things I have noticed strip-wise, maybe if there is another patch update in the future these are a few small things to ponder??

Parra and Manly are not changing strips when playing against each other or against the other light-coloured home jersey teams (Dogs, Dragons & Tigers.) Also I played as Penrith vs. Broncos both home and away and both times the Broncos wore their away strip while the Pennies wore their home kit at Suncorp.

GREAT WORK on the rosters mate...big kudos :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: 8) :D
 

knowsleyroader

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Nice one m8. Im gonna go download it now and have a dabble but it sounds gr8. Tell you what m8 your legend status as far as im concerned, you and inertia shoul be knighted.

Really appreciate what your doing m8 and if you can find any further ways to improve the play please keep em coming.

Give yourself a massive pat on the back from me.
 

knowsleyroader

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Just tried it. QUALITY. I believe my level shall now be upped to legend as I find it so much better to play on. Now to draft in some quality players to help me lift that trophy for my flagging side... OI Mr Willie Mason... come ere :lol:

:clap: :clap: :clap: Well done that man !
 

Jonotallica

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Cheers buddy. It's like a whole new game ain't it. :)

eisen - Thanks for letting me know about those teams who aren't changing strips. I just had a quick look.. I fixed the Panthers-Broncos conflict. It didn't take long. But there are a few others, and I can't fix them. Panthers @ Raiders, Broncos @ Raiders, Penrith @ Sharks that I know of. I'm not sure what the go is, but it would take an awful lot of messing around to fix them. And even if I fixed one, it could mess others up.

What I have done, is have the Raiders and Sharks use their away jersey against those teams, to avoid a clash and more importantly so that when they play @ Penrith, or Brisbane it's still accurate. The reason the Panthers have the problem is because it needs to switch to home jersey, because of the clash, ESPECIALLY with the Sharks jersey home jersey. I could have made it so they both have home jerseys, but they would have had the same jerseys @ Penrith (which is also inaccurate) so at least one of the two is right. It's not possible to have two home jerseys @Toyota Park, and one home one away for Penrith Stadium, so I went with the one home, one away. It isn't accurate but at least you get to see the Raiders and Sharks away jerseys for a change and at least it resolves the clash.

I have no idea why the Broncos @ Raiders has the problem, but I was unable to fix it and the same applies. Better to have one of the two games accurate, then both home jerseys and none accurate.

Now for the bad news.. In real life Eagles and Eels have one thing in common. No no, apart from being jokes of the league..jk. Something else.. they have no away jersey, and they both wear home jerseys all the time except to avoid clashes. They even wear the alternate jerseys at home (Eels@Eagles Rnd 8 ) sometimes. Unfortunately I'm unable to edit the jerseys for these teams, so they will be stuck on home. They are programmed/coded differently to the other Light coloured home jersey teams, apparently. : /

It's not that bad, except when Manly plays St Goerge or Canterbury at Canterbury. White vs White..Ack I tried a few different things, but Manly (and Eels) just won't respond to anything I try.

It's a shame I couldn't get them all perfect, but it's still an improvement imo.

edit- forgot to mention I updated the file.. It's fixed the Broncos vs Panthers problem.
 

Jonotallica

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For those who have downloaded the patch, download it again.. I've fixed the "team customisation" bug in game customisation, and reuploaded the file.
 

Jonotallica

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:lol:

I've updated Salfords crowd, they had a blue crowd because they replaced Halifax. The crowd is now red.

I also included compatibilty for their away jersey for when it's added, adjusting the jerseys numbers and clash detection to a dark coloured home jersey team, because Halifax had a light coloured home jersey.

Salford doesnt have an away jersey yet, but one way or the other they will eventually, and it'll be the final touch to my patch.

File has again, been reuploaded.
 

Jonotallica

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Salford away jersey has been added. This is the first jersey Ive ever done. :)

away.jpg


The zip file has been reuploaded.

This completes the patch! 8)
 

Jonotallica

Juniors
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I touched up the Salford away jersey, and redid the home jersey, as it was pretty dodgy.

away2.jpg

home.jpg


Zip file has been updated.
 

simostorm

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How are the Storm away jersey's?
On an earlier pacth the numbers were white on the away jersey and
you couldnt see them.
Is that fixed?
 
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