Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you somehow mess up your game. Make backups first. This works for both unpatched and 1.1 versions. If someone already posted this, ignore the next sentence. If nobody posted this before, please credit me if you include this in your gameplay patches or if you post it elsewhere! :p

1.) Go to your FIFA directory, /data/cmn folder.

2.) Backup cfg_pc_l.ini and then open it.

3.) Delete the following lines:

-No rendering of referee
-No rendering of corner flags

4.) Scroll down, find and delete these two lines:

// Linesmen
GAMEPLAY_LINESMEN_DISABLED = 1

// Referee
GAMEPLAY_REF_DISABLED = 1

5.) Skip the next two, and delete this line:

//Corner flags
CORNERFLAGS_DISABLED = 1


6.) Done. Nice to see the ref running along with you, and the linesmans waving the offside flag. That's one thing EA did well... the offside trap AI is well done. By the way this does NOT slow down your gameplay. Don't experiment with the stuff below the JUNK line, they slow down your game and don't show much visual improvement.


*** Newly Added ***

7.) Remove these lines:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

8.) If you want to add rain read the following posts and mess around with the "l" file. The "h" file is for high end computers, "m" for medium end, and I think this is a bug because FIFA 2004 uses the "l" (low end) file for everyone no matter what computers/settings/videocard they have.

- Sky Reloaded

how about those flares, small flags in the game?

Hmm don't know. Hang on, try and delete this line:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

And guess what happens? ;) ;) ;)

i can't understand why no rain in the game? in cfg_pc_h and cfg_pc_m have these line

//RMRain
RMRAIN_ENABLED = 1
RMRAIN_NUM_DROPS = 1024

but i not understand why no rain???
somebody can tell me?

Originally posted by Sky Reloaded
Hmm don't know. Hang on, try and delete this line:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

And guess what happens? ;) ;) ;)

100% confirmed. The net now moves when you score a goal, just like the PS2 version. To quote Agent Smith: I love me. (H)

On higher resolutions it's not really a big issue as I have to really stare at the net to notice it..... but alot of ppl were bitching about it over at the Official EA forums soo...... :rockman:

you coding just for cfg_pc_l, mean for low details user? how about those people who have high and medium setting? in medium setting do have refree and linesman, but no flares.

in high and medium setting both have those rain code, but i didn't see a rain, even i already played 1 and half season

Originally posted by ngyc
i can't understand why no rain in the game? in cfg_pc_h and cfg_pc_m have these line

//RMRain
RMRAIN_ENABLED = 1
RMRAIN_NUM_DROPS = 1024

but i not understand why no rain???
somebody can tell me?

I think maybe because FIFA treats all or most computers as Low End, and uses the l file. h and m are high and middle end.

I noticed taht the above lines are = 0 below the JUNK line in the l file. Try changing it to 1, or copy the two lines from the h and m file and paste into the l file.

emm...sounds great, try and see...

Originally posted by Sky Reloaded
Hmm don't know. Hang on, try and delete this line:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

And guess what happens? ;) ;) ;)

i deleted this line but the game crashes and go back to desktop when are loading a game.
i try to edit the 1 to 0 but didn't work too:(

:( not works...even i change the cfg_pc_l, add some flares inside also not working. nothing changed...

You can also edit it in the locale.ini / user.ini or the what ever you want.ini :p

[RMCONFIG_DATA]

GAMEPLAY_LINESMEN_DISABLED =
GAMEPLAY_REF_DISABLED =
CORNERFLAGS_DISABLED =
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS =

0 = enable
1 = disable

Some other things:

[RMCONFIG_DATA]

CROWD_RENDER =
CROWD_ANIMATION =
PITCH_SHADOW_RENDER =
PITCH_DETAIL_RENDER =

0 = off
1 = on

I'm testing some other things, I'll return in a few minutes ;)

Originally posted by Sky Reloaded
Hmm don't know. Hang on, try and delete this line:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

And guess what happens? ;) ;) ;)


well i got no problem wif this..it works for me:rockman:

someone please try flares in game and flashlight too :D

wats a flares?

flares = smoke. fifa2003 crown will celebrates with flares

oh ok...then wats a flashlight do?:gavin:

flashlight suppose is camera, mean while crown taking photo, fifa2003 also have this effect :D

ohh got it.thx dude.hey wats taking the guy so long to find out new things..he says he be back in a few minutes :p

Well, I've tried some things which didn't work.. :(

Here r some other things for the locale.ini;

NEVERENDING_GAME =

Play a never ending game

[OPTIONS]
RADAR =

Show the radar

[OPTIONS]
CLOCK =

Show the clock

NO_IMMEDIATE_RED_CARDS =

No immediate red cards

NO_SECOND_YELLOW =

No second yellow card

DO_CPU_SUB =

CPU makes substitutes

0 = off
1 = on

REFEREE_STRICTNESS =

0 = soft
1 = medium
2 = hard

ya, those stuff found in data\cmn\ini file. well, i mentioned those before, but no 1 answer me, somehow you just can't change it, the game will crash and corrupted. what we know is, EA really give us an unfinished game :kader:

where's the locale.ini file?can't find it.

Originally posted by Xtr3me3
where's the locale.ini file?can't find it.

U have 2 create it in the FIFA 2004 root directory...

how do i create it? assist me pls

damn!! why they remove rain effects??:confused:

Originally posted by Xtr3me3
how do i create it? assist me pls

Just open WordPad oslt, add the lines you want, and save it as locale.ini in the FIFA 2004 dir

thx a lot dude:rockman:

I've got a question. In my game, without touching cfg_pc_l.ini file, I can see the referee, corner flags, animated crowd, lines men,... Here you hace my ini file content:

FILM_GRAIN_ON = 0
RMGRASS_ENABLED = 0

// mnewington: I removed RMPARTICLES_ENABLE = 0 as it made more sense to enable everything
// by default and disable the things you want to
RMPARTICLES_DISABLED = 1

[RMCONFIG_DATA]

ACTIVE_CONIFG = PC_L

// dsewell: added these here because cf_def isnt very useful for these settings
PLAYER_LOD_HIGH_NEAR = -1.0
PLAYER_LOD_HIGH_FAR = 1.806
PLAYER_LOD_MED_NEAR = 1.856
PLAYER_LOD_MED_FAR = 1.026
PLAYER_LOD_LOW_NEAR = 1.076
PLAYER_LOD_LOW_FAR = 0.72
PLAYER_LOD_SLOW_NEAR = 0.77
PLAYER_LOD_SLOW_FAR = 0.0
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_HIGH_NEAR = -1.0
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_HIGH_FAR = 1.840
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_MED_NEAR = 1.890
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_MED_FAR = 1.036
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_LOW_NEAR = 1.076
PLAYERHEAD_LOD_LOW_FAR = 0.0

// dsewell : Ok so adding the pitch detail back isn't an optimisation - but it only cost me 2% performance and makes the game look 33.29% better
PITCH_DETAIL_RENDER = 1

// dsewell : game looks terrible without any shadows, this is a new var that will draw two soft shadows FPS cost 22.22 -> 22.10
PLAYERSHADOW_ENABLED = 1
PLAYERSHADOW_USELOWENDSOFTSHADOWS = 1

// Pitch Shadow
PITCH_SHADOW_RENDER = 0

// Pitch track
TRACK_RENDER = 0

// dsewell : maybe we can have this back on in oop?
SKY_RENDER = 0

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

// Baked Lighting
BAKED_LIGHTING = 1

// Linesmen
GAMEPLAY_LINESMEN_DISABLED = 1

// Referee
GAMEPLAY_REF_DISABLED = 1

// Crowd rendering
CROWD_RENDER = 1

// Crowd animation
CROWD_ANIMATION = 0

//Corner flags
CORNERFLAGS_DISABLED = 1

As you can see all of those properties are disabled on my ini file but I can see them in the game. What's happening here???

Is there any setting that will turn on the stadium lights so the crowd and flags in the upper deck can be seen?

I'm back :rockman:


To the guy who said game crashed when deleted the net physics line... mine works fine, the net moves. Weird. I guess we have to wait for someone to make an editor, but in the mean time we can tinker around.

hey go find new things to solve in the game hehe:D

If you figure out how to turn on the referee and linesman on the PS2 version, let me know...LOL!

Oh, by the way, there are flags on the PS2 version, just no ref or linesman.

i know fifa is gt game...and i dont care wht any one says...
pes3 sucks.......
i just cant see the rain effect i my fifa and i have got onehell of a pc...
god damnit..how will it works i have tried everything.........

Originally posted by Stuntman
If you figure out how to turn on the referee and linesman on the PS2 version, let me know...LOL!

Oh, by the way, there are flags on the PS2 version, just no ref or linesman.

Buy me a PS2 and i will gladly find out :p

Kudos fer the information, the game looks a lot sharper now.

// Crowd animation
CROWD_ANIMATION = 0


Change the 0 to 1, and the crowd moves... sort of. Not a big thing but cool when you score a goal and you see people clapping.

Originally posted by Aldaron
I've got a question. In my game, without touching cfg_pc_l.ini file, I can see the referee, corner flags, animated crowd, lines men,... Here you hace my ini file content:

*snip*

As you can see all of those properties are disabled on my ini file but I can see them in the game. What's happening here???

That's because the game recognizes your system as a medium or high end, and thus uses the m OR h file... not the l file. You're lucky you don't have to do any editing.

P.S.- TO the people who are crashing, I'm not sure why since this editing is very simple, you just delete a few lines etc. Maybe your graphics card or video setting/drivers can not handle the rendering.

Originally posted by Aldaron
I've got a question. In my game, without touching cfg_pc_l.ini file, I can see the referee, corner flags, animated crowd, lines men,... Here you hace my ini file content:

*snip*

As you can see all of those properties are disabled on my ini file but I can see them in the game. What's happening here???

that's becoz u have good graphic card ;)

@ sky reloaded --> i think if ur game crashed...that's bcoz wrong style of editing....maybe u delete important lines...without 'cover' it back ;)

Originally posted by syaz_wan03
@ sky reloaded --> i think if ur game crashed...that's bcoz wrong style of editing....maybe u delete important lines...without 'cover' it back ;)

You don't have to delete the line... You can also change the 1 into a 0

true:rockman:

wow it worked g8 for me thx!

you should make a download link so everyone can get this amazing stuff.. not everyone knows about ini editing tho...

oooh...i just found this: if u have probs with ur game...(probably crash 2 desktop) that is bcoz wrong edit (i dunno how to say:( )

and the solution is...u have to copy back the original files from cd;)

wah just found out ah hehe

And where is the information about the night or day games?

now my game don't crash! :)
i just change the 1 to 0.;)

Sky reloaded how do i get the ball glimming?
I changed the gamma

what must be changed in cfg_pc_l.ini ???

sorry to bring this up again... can anyone attach the original cfg_pc_h.ini please? i don't have the CD here right now...
________
herbalaire (http://vaporizers.net/herbalaire-vaporizer)
________
VAPORIZER CHINA (http://www.vaporshop.com)

why dont you make a file with all this new changes and make it available for downloading.. that would be great !

Thanks !

heyyyyy ,,??? i think my cpu is a high one , how to choose and tell the game that mine is a high one , i mean how can i choose the file to be used by the game , whether I , M OR H FOR HIGH?

fifa 2004 will chose for you automaticlly.. but first.. they will recognize all com as low end

Originally posted by Sky Reloaded
Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you somehow mess up your game. Make backups first. This works for both unpatched and 1.1 versions. If someone already posted this, ignore the next sentence. If nobody posted this before, please credit me if you include this in your gameplay patches or if you post it elsewhere! :p

1.) Go to your FIFA directory, /data/cmn folder.

2.) Backup cfg_pc_l.ini and then open it.

3.) Delete the following lines:

-No rendering of referee
-No rendering of corner flags

4.) Scroll down, find and delete these two lines:

// Linesmen
GAMEPLAY_LINESMEN_DISABLED = 1

// Referee
GAMEPLAY_REF_DISABLED = 1

5.) Skip the next two, and delete this line:

//Corner flags
CORNERFLAGS_DISABLED = 1


6.) Done. Nice to see the ref running along with you, and the linesmans waving the offside flag. That's one thing EA did well... the offside trap AI is well done. By the way this does NOT slow down your gameplay. Don't experiment with the stuff below the JUNK line, they slow down your game and don't show much visual improvement.


*** Newly Added ***

7.) Remove these lines:

// dsewell : Todo: The net only deforms in OOP sequences do we really need to disable it?
DISABLE_NET_PHYSICS=1

8.) If you want to add rain read the following posts and mess around with the "l" file. The "h" file is for high end computers, "m" for medium end, and I think this is a bug because FIFA 2004 uses the "l" (low end) file for everyone no matter what computers/settings/videocard they have.

- Sky Reloaded


hem hem... Ive already posted how to fix this refferee problem and improve your grafix overall. my friend showed it to me and i posted it. the topic is called: fixing your grafix (if you dont know it already)

its a different way of fixing it but it sure does work