Hi guys,
my first tool for FIFA 06 is almost ready for beta-test, I hope to complete it during this week-end. "File Master 2006" is a file system manager for FIFA. Give a look to the screenshot.
You can navigate big files as a compressed folder, import, export, remove, rename, compress, decompress and search files. At each operation fat and bh files are updated automatically. Of course you can also start a complete regeneration everytime you want. There is a hash mechanism for fsh files in order to avoid the well known problem of two teams with the same kit. Each file is identified with a type based on a configurable name matching, so you can distinguish immediately kits, faces, banners and so on.
Right from now a special thank to Arushan that helped me to understand the file system structure.

As soon as the beta version will be available I will post here the instructions to download it.

This is only the first step so.... stay tuned!

I think its a great tool!

Looking forward to test that one Rinaldo!

cool i'm looking forward to this a lot

The first beta version is ready, download it at
www.webalice.it
User rzocca
Password FM06-beta

An important WARNING for beta testers, thi program could contain some bugs that can corrupt your installed FIFA. Do not use it without making a back-up copy of your FIFA.

Thanks in advance to all the beta testers.

The first beta version is ready, download it at
www.webalice.it
User rzocca
Password FM06-beta

An important WARNING for beta testers, thi program could contain some bugs that can corrupt your installed FIFA. Do not use it without making a back-up copy of your FIFA.

Thanks in advance to all the beta testers.

Sorry the right url is
http://file.webalice.it/

what are the particular files to back-up?
& btw, i can't seem to be able to download the file...
did i do anything wrong?
really looking forward to d/loading your masterpieces...

what are the particular files to back-up?
& btw, i can't seem to be able to download the file...
did i do anything wrong?
really looking forward to d/loading your masterpieces...

Preferably all the files in your data folder and subfolders but a good start are all your zdata.big files and your fifa.db and language.db files as those are really the most critical.

Preferably all the files in your data folder and subfolders but a good start are all your zdata.big files and your fifa.db and language.db files as those are really the most critical.

actually, these are the normal ones that i back-up... i just needed to know whether there are any particular ones... nvm... thx anyway
oh... btw, i still can't manage to d/load the file... wonder what's wrong... :nape:

I already have a couple of beta-testers in Italy and the program seems to work fine, right now. To work safely you should back-up at least .fat, .bh and all the big you are going to try to modify.

When would you be releasing the Tornament Master, Rinaldo?

Rinaldo which fatrebuilder does File Master use? If it's Fifafs.exe beware, I found a huge bug in it, it's corrupting files in the zdatas.big (especialy zdata5 and 6)

Rinaldo which fatrebuilder does File Master use? If it's Fifafs.exe beware, I found a huge bug in it, it's corrupting files in the zdatas.big (especialy zdata5 and 6)

Completely written by myself (with the help of Arushan for understanding the file system structure).

When would you be releasing the Tornament Master, Rinaldo?
Very soon, I alredy have a working copy on my PC and it will be available for beta-testing during next week.

rinaldo i can host your program on FIFA Web Portal,tell me if u are interested

rinaldo my fsh files arent being regcognised by fifa after i import them with ur prog. If it helps, EAGraph shows a green star whenever i click on my imported files :jambo:

rinaldo my fsh files arent being regcognised by fifa after i import them with ur prog. If it helps, EAGraph shows a green star whenever i click on my imported files :jambo:

It's a matter of compression. A Green Star denotes a compressed file so probably it has been compressed twice, maybe you have imported using the "compress option" an alrady compressed FSH file. Usually you should work with uncompressed FSH files (red fish for EAgraph) and compress them when importing in the big.
Hope this can help.

Hi Rinaldo! I'm now testing your program and I was wondering which kind of files should hashed after imported. I know for sure that fonts file need to be hashed, as in Fifa 2005 they swapped or copied each other without hashing. Which other files (faces, kits, banners and so on) need to be hashed to make them correctly work in game? Thanx! :ewan:

Hi Rinaldo! I'm now testing your program and I was wondering which kind of files should hashed after imported. I know for sure that fonts file need to be hashed, as in Fifa 2005 they swapped or copied each other without hashing. Which other files (faces, kits, banners and so on) need to be hashed to make them correctly work in game? Thanx! :ewan:
Many fsh files have a hash signature. I have not a complete map of which files, the program searches inside each file and if it finds the signature the file is hashed. By the way: kits, banners. logos, faces and hairs are all hashable If you want to learn how to discover this by your self send me a private message.

don't forget to hash your custom fonts too, will save you a headache (see curswine's kit thread)

rinaldo, please re-send your tool to my email fifawebportal@yahoo.com i accidently deleted it :(

Rinaldo, I have read nothing but good things about your File Master program.

I am trying to get NET Framework running so I can use it. Can you tell me what version of NET Framework is best to have installed?

I am also having a tough time getting NET Framework installed and if you can help at all that would be much appreciated.

Here is a list of what went wrong:

I installed NET Framework 1.1.

I Installed your program.

When I run the File Master I get this error:

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.

Process id=0x8d8 (2264), Thread id-0x890(2192)

Click ok to terminate
cancel to debug.

I rebooted and tried again. Same error. I then reinstalled NET framework 1.1 and reinstalled File Master. Same error.

I then installed NET Framework 1.1 service pack 1, and the same error.

So I installed NET Framework version 2 beta and got the same error.

Then I gave up. NET Framework is annoying. I installed and reinstalled and uninstalled 1.1 1.1 SP1 2.0 etc.

Same error every time.

Add to that, NET Framework has no clear area where it is installed. How the heck do you even configure it? NET Framework forums were worthless.

I really would like to get it installed. I'll do some more google searches and try to figure out what is wrong.


Oh yes, also I am running Windows XP Pro, have a 120 gig HD, have plenty of RAM, etc.

I have Norton Antivirus 2005 running also.

Do you need to open up any tcp or udp ports for NET Framework?

Sorry but I am not really an expert of .NET framework, I just suppose that if you get the last update from Microsoft free download area it should work fine. I had no other reports of errors with different version of .NET framework but if somebody has, please let me know in this thread.

Cool. Thanks for replying.

To make matters more frustrating, I downloaded that fifa editor from France that Billy posted about in another thread.

Surprisingly it worked. It uses NET Framework too. What I did was download NET Framework 1.1 instead of allowing the windows update service to install it.

Cheers! I thought, it's all working. But when I tried to start your program, the same exception error is generated. So then I went back to the French editor and now it doesn't work again. I rebooted and get errors in both programs.

So I installed the service pack for 1.1. Same errors. So then I installed NET Framework 2 same errors.

The error in the French program is different. It acts like it's already loaded and it won't load twice. Even though I can't find where it's loaded nor do I see it running in my task manager processes.

This really could not be more annoying.

As someone who loves to edit this kind of stuff, having the correct and great tools is such a bonus. NET Framework is preventing me from having these great tools and is frustrating me to no end.

Basically, if my life depended upon NET Framework working I would be dead. :nape:

OK.

I do not understand this at all.

I have now tried to get this working on a fresh windows xp home operating system.

I downloaded the NET Framework 1.1 and then the referees patch which has File Master 06 included.

You know what? Same problem. And this is a completely different computer.

I think there is something wrong with the File Master 06 included with the referees patch.

What more do you do with NET Framework then grab it and install it? There is nowhere to change settings or any GUI I see to check preferences or anything. NET Framework just is.

This is lame.

Now to make it worse for me, Fifadata2006 works. It needs NET Framework too.

So it's not my NET Framework.

I'll try to find File Master somewhere else and do another clean install.

I can't think of what else to do here.

I got net.framework ver.1.1.4322 ,but the installation program of file master still pop up the message:u need netframe ver1.1...........????
what going on?
:nape:

I got net.framework ver.1.1.4322 ,but the installation program of file master still pop up the message:u need netframe ver1.1...........????
what going on?
:nape:
Sorry but I am not able to help you on how to have a proper installation of .NET framework, I just know that my programs need to have it installed in order to work, but all the interactions between my program and the .NET framework is automatically managed by the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and not from code written by me. What I can say is that I use version 1.1.4322 SP1.

I can't download it!!! Is there another place i can get it???

Guys, I need the File Master 2006... I tried the link provided and I used the user name and password but the website turns me back to the main page, like if the user name dose not exist anymore... Where can I get the program from?

Guys, I need the File Master 2006... I tried the link provided and I used the user name and password but the website turns me back to the main page, like if the user name dose not exist anymore... Where can I get the program from?
Here (http://www.mysweetpatch.com/boutique/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=477)! :)

Thank you :hump:

My tools are available on
http://italia.soccergaming.com/
http://www.mysweetpatch.com/
And many other sites,
the last version of File Master is 1.1

The sweetpatch download for File Master 1.1 is broken on Filefront...it gives the error File Missing or Invalid Key

The sweetpatch download for File Master 1.1 is broken on Filefront...it gives the error File Missing or Invalid Key

Try Filemaster 1.2 then, that's the current version.

That was the link from Sweetpatch.....the only link to File Master from there. I did get FileMaster 1.2 from the Italian site instead, thanks though.

Dave

Hello rinaldo, I have a problem with filemaster 1.1. Look the picture.

i've got the same error window when i try to edit wc database without having fifa06 installed

same for me...