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Tutorial - How to create kits patch without overwriting nothing

OckHAM

Reserve Team
I did this "discovery" working on my CEP patch, and I think this could be useful for all you great kitmakers: inserting new kits done by other persons in our own game is not a complicated operation but it needs time, this is why not all have updated hyper-fashion soccergaming kits in their game.

BUT there is a way to create a single big file that has just to be copied in the data directory and, with a single click on fatbhbuilder.exe will replace the kits existent in the game with new ones without having to modify existing data big files. The way to do this is the following (and implies that the work of replacing the kits can be done by a single person that can distribute the "kits patch" to community):

1) insert new kits for existing teams as usual with kitraptor
2) create a new big file in data directory with biggui.exe naming it zdata_XX.big where XX is the number that comes after your last zdata (for example if your last zdata is zdata_33 create a blank zdata_34 file)
3) with the help of kitraptor teams.ini file navigate through your fifa2006 big files to find the t75__ files of the kits you just added (for example, if you have added the Arsenal kits, that has id 1, found t75__0_0_1, t75__1_0_1 etc.) and extract them in a temp directory.
4) insert extracted fsh files in the new blank big files with Filemaster and make regeneration
5) rebuild with fatbhbuilder.exe

Now you can rar and distribute zdata_XX.big and zdata_XX.bh for other persons containing new kits that overwrite old ones: other users will enjoy new kits with a simple fatbhbhuilder.exe execution instead of having to add every single kit.

All talented (and there are a lot here) kitmakers can contact me on this thread or privately: I can make kits patch for you downloading your kits and packing all in a single big file.

I hope the community can enjoy this discovery ;)
 

Billy1969

BANNED (Life)
Life Ban
Won't the new kits in the new .big file conflict with the existing EA kits in the other zdata_xx.big files?

I mean in your example you will end up with two versions of the Arsenal kits, the default EA one in the original zdata files and the new ones in the newly created file, which one will appear ingame, that is if the game doesn't crash?
 

OckHAM

Reserve Team
What do you kitmakers think about creating a single file containing all soccergaming.tv kits that go overwriting the ones contained in the game? I'm packing all the kits present in this forum and I can up a single big file that has just to be putted in your fifa (no importing operation, just a single mouse click) to have a really graphically improved game (with a readme containing all the kits with their authors of course).

What do you think about? I'll do it for me for sure, but I'd like to know if this community is interested in having this add-on as a tribute for soccergaming.tv kitmakers.
 

Sundsvall

The Super-Swede
well first you need permission from the kitmakers :) many guys have made same kits,so if etc if me and chaos have made same kit,how do you do then?
 

OckHAM

Reserve Team
Organizing the kits I found that there are not so much duplicates on soccergaming.tv. Of course distributing this patch (that I will make anyway for my personal private use) implies asking for permission: this is why I posted my question. Personally I believe that we can use a sort of "prestige classification" to select wich kit to include in the patch: for the kits I've gathered until now the classification would be the following:

Sundsvall
Curswine
Santista
Orozco
Matthijs
Cabi
Colina
Efr@in
Hawk
Lancers

Only these authors would be included in the first version and, for example, if Sundsvall and Colina did the same kit will be included the one of Sundsvall etc. We can think on others future patches later including other authors. Maybe, Sundsvall, you can start posting what do you think of distributing your kits in this way, you are the one with the greater number of kits on this forum.
 

OckHAM

Reserve Team
Great! We just need know what others kitmakers listed think about this: the add-on will be released as a soccergaming.tv production with the list of all the contributors.
 

`chaOs

Youth Team
Sundsvall2005 said:
well first you need permission from the kitmakers :) many guys have made same kits,so if etc if me and chaos have made same kit,how do you do then?
We have i think all the kits the same :p all i have :chew:
 

soliditalstud

Youth Team
i've been dreaming about this since fifa 99

one patch..all kits..it might be coming true.sooner rather than later.plus all the kitmakers joining forces.,this is a great site to see guys..GOOD LUCK!
 

Sundsvall

The Super-Swede
its ok chaos,cause i had to say no...sorry guys,but if you whant my kits,you can take them in my thread or fifasweden.tk.....
 

OckHAM

Reserve Team
Sadly Sundsvall said he can't join the add-on project because his kits are for fifasweden.tk. This is a real mess anyway, what I ask is if fifasweden can make the same type of add-on with sundsvall kits: is this possible? We would anyway use not swedish teams kits Sundsvall, so see if you can reconsider this: it's undoubt that you are one of the main kits authors of this forum: why do not partecipate on this? And how can this "damage" fifasweden.tk?

Really thanks to Santista anyway, I'll begin preparing fsh material tonight.
 

djgperu1

Senior Squad
i noe this is off topic... but i am also creating a mega minikit patch for the game :jambo:
over 200 minikits :rockman:
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looking forward to download this patch :fool:
 

OckHAM

Reserve Team
Lancer too gave his permission. C'mon guys, convince Sundsvall to partecipate to this add-on: I can't understand the difference between downloading his kit one by one or all together in a single file :rolleyes:
 

Sundsvall

The Super-Swede
im sorry to dissapoint you,but i have an idea.if you take all kits from me and curswine,and make a patch with them,then i put it on fifasweden.tk in that way,you can have 1 part of the big kitpatch here,and a 2nd part of the patch at fifasweden.tk
 


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