Hi,
some time ago, i opened this topic http://www.soccergaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156819 asking about compatibility of fifa 07 head models with fifa 09. However by that time everyone (even Rinaldo) seemed to think they were incompatible so i thought so myself and i gave up trying so i kept on playing my heavily edited FIFA 07 because without my fictional character-like players it wouldnt be as interesting playing the newer FIFAs and it was a really hard work to remake all players with the new head model format. However recently i decided to give it a chance again and after some testing i was able to figure out a way on how to making these head compatibles with FIFA 09 and now with FIFA 10 as well!
On the left, the player as he looks in FIFA 07 and on the right the same head model as he looks in FIFA 10. As you may see, they look pretty much the same, the only differences are the shadows and some effects present in fifa 10.
This discovery has saved me a lot of work, because now i just need to perform some minor adaptations in the face textures so they match the new format for fifa 10 but the head models that are the hardest work remain the same! however, i did find a little problem and thats that FIFA 10 doesnt support png transparencies for face textures. This is what happens if you use a face texture with a transparent part.
The left side shows the player as he looks in FIFA 07, his arms are invisible because the texture file is mapped to be that way, the part for the arms is transparent so arms are invisible. However, on the right you may see FIFA 10 doesnt support transparency and it shows a black texture instead.
This is the reason im posting this topic, i hope someone of the fifa experts who visit this forum can help me and give me some hints on how to achieve FIFA 10 supports transparencies just as FIFa 07 and 08 do and so i finally can release this patch of popular fictional characters as players. Believe me, its really worth it!
Thank you!
some time ago, i opened this topic http://www.soccergaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156819 asking about compatibility of fifa 07 head models with fifa 09. However by that time everyone (even Rinaldo) seemed to think they were incompatible so i thought so myself and i gave up trying so i kept on playing my heavily edited FIFA 07 because without my fictional character-like players it wouldnt be as interesting playing the newer FIFAs and it was a really hard work to remake all players with the new head model format. However recently i decided to give it a chance again and after some testing i was able to figure out a way on how to making these head compatibles with FIFA 09 and now with FIFA 10 as well!
On the left, the player as he looks in FIFA 07 and on the right the same head model as he looks in FIFA 10. As you may see, they look pretty much the same, the only differences are the shadows and some effects present in fifa 10.
This discovery has saved me a lot of work, because now i just need to perform some minor adaptations in the face textures so they match the new format for fifa 10 but the head models that are the hardest work remain the same! however, i did find a little problem and thats that FIFA 10 doesnt support png transparencies for face textures. This is what happens if you use a face texture with a transparent part.
The left side shows the player as he looks in FIFA 07, his arms are invisible because the texture file is mapped to be that way, the part for the arms is transparent so arms are invisible. However, on the right you may see FIFA 10 doesnt support transparency and it shows a black texture instead.
This is the reason im posting this topic, i hope someone of the fifa experts who visit this forum can help me and give me some hints on how to achieve FIFA 10 supports transparencies just as FIFa 07 and 08 do and so i finally can release this patch of popular fictional characters as players. Believe me, its really worth it!
Thank you!