View Full Version : Tutorial on making gameplay patches?


Lazarus2000
29-05-2003, 05:49:AM
Well, I see the community has put out quite a few patches, and I was wondering if anyone has written a good tutorial on what it takes to make your own gameplay patch. I'd like to try my hand at fixing some things that really get under my skin.

First thing I want to change is that ridiculous "protest" animation that runs anytime your player is tackled hard, yet doesn't draw a foul. Since it's scripted, your player will stop mid-play, and throw his hands up and look to the ref. The problem is that often you can quickly recover and start the counter, but since your player is locked in the middle of a scripted animation, the ball bounces off him, ruining the whole flow of the game.

I'd like to kill it entirely, if possible. I have a list in my head of things I'd like to try to patch, but that one happened to me like 6 times today so I thought I'd use it as an example.

Hearts_FC
29-05-2003, 08:51:AM
The best gameplay patch you will get is called FIFA 2004...seriously though I don't see the point in gameplay patches, none of them really change the terrible bugs in the game i.e the scripted play and bad AI...beleive me i've tried a few of them.

I'm a little off-track here...basically my opinion is that none of the scripts or AI can be changed by "gameplay" fiddling...EA havent given us that much power.

LL SteveO
29-05-2003, 09:44:AM
In the Feyenoord Super Patch from SoccerGameZ is a terrific Gameplay Patch...

wat3rf0x
29-05-2003, 10:27:AM
Breamster's got a tutorial if you're interested.

Lazarus2000
29-05-2003, 03:17:PM
Originally posted by Hearts_FC
The best gameplay patch you will get is called FIFA 2004...seriously though I don't see the point in gameplay patches, none of them really change the terrible bugs in the game i.e the scripted play and bad AI...beleive me i've tried a few of them.

I'm a little off-track here...basically my opinion is that none of the scripts or AI can be changed by "gameplay" fiddling...EA havent given us that much power.

That was what I figured, but I want to try anyway.

And I won't be buying FIFA 2004. I'm not a big fan of getting ripped off twice.