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Tutorial: How to Edit the Crowd
Source: https://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=95301
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p1719154 — by Kevin on Thu May 08, 2014 9:12 pm
In this tutorial, I’ll show you guys how to edit the teamxxx.iff files.
(Note: You can't open the team files using the new version of 3dm so you need to have the older version of it. It's attached below.)
Open the team file that you want to edit using the 3dm modtool. (I used basagre28's OKC crowd, which is team_024.iff)
This is the crowd texture. It consists of: The different faces of the crowd Shirts Jerseys Shoes Belts Hands Foam Signs Towels
Export it anywhere, then open it in gimp.
After that, you'll only see this.
Then, select all using CTRL+A and press delete.
After that, right click the layer
Click “Add Layer Mask”, select “Transfer Layer’s Alpha Channel”, click “Add”. Then, you’ll see a new layer just right of the original layer. Right click the layer again and check “Disable Layer Mask”, then deselect the “Edit Layer Mask”.
After you did that, you should have something like this:
That is the texture that we are going to edit.
So now, we’re going to edit the t-shirts.(Tip: If you’re just going to make 2 colors, you might just want to use the rectangle tool and just select the t-shirts that you want to edit like what I did there.
When you’ve picked the color that you want for the shirts, use the paint bucket tool and press SHIFT then click at the selected region. It should look like this.
After that, since you don’t want them all to wear yellow, you need to use another color (preferably the away color) So since I'm going to edit the other set of the crowds' t-shirt, I'm going to use the RECTANGLE tool again to select the t-shirt/s that I want to change the color of.
After that, pick the right color to use for filling the selected region. Use the paint bucket tool and press SHIFT again then click on it. Voila, you’ve done it.
As you can see, I left the two t-shirts there. I made a mistake and just realized it. But I colored it with the same method and boom. You got this terribly colored crowd t-shirts.
Export it as BC3 DXT5. Generate Mip-maps and just import it using the 3dm modtool. Click save, test it in-game. I'll post some previews of the crowd using this technique later Note: I know that all of you are capable of making the crowd better than me. It might look bad when I'm the one editing it, but try it yourself
This is it for now. I’m going to make another tutorial in making the custom signs later.
Link for the 3DM Modtool that you need to use. http://www.mediafire.com/download/sb31f ... D_TOOL.ZIP
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p1719327 — by Kevin on Fri May 09, 2014 5:23 pm
Some tips from Bassman58: 1) Between the foam fingers and the towels is a two color Thunderstick. Those are the plastic bat like objects that some fans use to make a lot of noise. Sacramento fans use them. I usually color them with the team colors. 2) TneckDME has a nice template for the fans. He also has shading layers for the t shirts. Check those out. They look much better in-game. The shading is part of the alpha channel. 3) the alpha channel (which really acts as a mask) can block out some of the t-shirts. Depends on which year you use as the base(2011-2014). If you make the blocked sections visible you will have more fans wearing team colors. 4) You can change the color of the sneakers. 5) You can optionally change faces. 6) You can add decorations to fans. Example: paw prints for Clemson or UCONN on female's cheeks; face paint like Duke fans or Oakland Raiders in NFL; add temporary tattoos to faces or arms like kids do. I usually use a team logo.
Editing Signs Here, Im going to try to teach you how to edit the signs. All in all there are 3 signs and editing it is simple.
First thing you need to know is that you cant edit the signs directly in the texture using the “Text” tool . You need to use the RECTANGLE tool again and “capture” the first sign like what I did there.
After that, use CTRL+C to copy it then go to File>>Create>>From Clipboard
Then, a window will pop-out.
Now, since you want to erase that “OKLAHOMA CITY” text there, just press CTRL+A then press delete. Boom, empty texture
Since you’re going to make a sign, make sure you have a colored background and go crazyyyy After hours, this is what I got.
When you’re finished, press CTRL+A then CTRL+C to copy then paste it in the texture that we are working on. TADAAAAAA!
Just repeat the same process and… boom
Import it using the old version of the 3DM Mod Tool and test it in-game . My Crowd in-game.(I know I imprted it in the Thunder's crowd)
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p1719370 — by KingJames9 on Fri May 09, 2014 10:55 pm
Thanks for the tutorials man!
p1719510 — by Kevin on Sat May 10, 2014 11:54 pm
KingJames9 wrote: Thanks for the tutorials man!
Welcome. EDITING THE CHEERLEADERS I'm gonna teach you now how to edit the Cheerleaders’ outfits.
We will start with this. Just do the same process in making the Layer Mask BUT FIRST, (I dunno why) delete the thunder logo then go and make the layer.
You'll come up with this.
The texture with the “Thunder” logo is their chest and under that, (the skyblue) is the other piece of their outfit and there are the shoes which are pretty self-explanatory.
So since I'm making the Lakers’ I'm gonna put the Lakers logo there and recolor it using the paint bucket tool. To erase the “Thunder” logo, I use the color picker first, then pick the same color as the background and just paint away the Thunder logo.
Now, I'm going to find a Lakers logo and put it in the chest part and recolor the outfit. So now, this is my final texture.
Export it using BC3/DXT5, generate MIPMAPS. Test it in game. Previews of the cheerleaders (The tutorial might sound stupid but it pays off)
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p1719698 — by bassman58 on Mon May 12, 2014 2:56 am
Here are the Nvidia DDS settings you may need: mop guy DXT1 no alpha 8 mipmaps cheerleader DXT5 alpha 9 mipmaps fans DXT5 alpha 10 mipmaps
p1733119 — by droc81yo on Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:14 am
another awesome tutorial. thanks man it is much appreciated.
p1735215 — by Bliss on Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:38 am
Where does the pink shirt in the crowd came from since you only made yellow and blue colors in the crowd texture?
p1735217 — by Kevin on Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:42 am
Bliss wrote: Where does the pink shirt in the crowd came from since you only made yellow and blue colors in the crowd texture? Because I forgot to do the very first part of the tutorial, erasing the weird incomplete textures at first.
p1748287 — by Kevin on Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:30 pm
I have updated the original post. I explained some things a bit more and made grammar changes.
p1748612 — by Jonny2k on Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:54 am
Can you apply these crowd edits to created teams? And if so, how?
p1751911 — by Bliss on Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:07 pm
How to use normal crowd for playoffs mode?
p1751914 — by Kevin on Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:37 pm
Just use a different crowd. I'm guessing that you're using bassagre's work. If so, download somebody's other work.
p1751925 — by Bliss on Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:20 pm
Actually I'm using the crowd for Fiba teams.
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p1788066 — by mee on Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:05 am
How did I get this creepy crowd face in? Outside of that I got the mop guy+cheerleaders working so THANKS
and the team file only had 4 things in it?
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p1799554 — by Kevin on Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:58 pm
Updated the first post of this tutorial. You can now understand what I'm trying to say.
p1851533 — by truefaith0826 on Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:33 pm
Hi Kevin...
what's wrong if outcome is like this
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I was able to save as DXT5, generated mipmap. Did not encouter any issue on mopguy and cheerleader. I'm trying to create a retro crowd.
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p1851560 — by bassman58 on Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:24 am
Looks like you have three jerseys that are possibly being masked. The problem is with the alpha channel. The alpha channel acts as a mask. The alpha channel changed from NBA 2K 2013 to NBA 2K 2014. You may have a modified alpha channel or one from 2013. Make a copy of you file. Delete the alpha channel. Load an alpha channel from a good team file.
The row above the "pistons" signs is for the female fans. The column on the right is the male fans. Each jersey can be different or all the same (see Kevin's Lakers example above). The alpha channel can mask some jerseys and does for the original 2K 2014 files. These masked jerseys still show in the game as fans wearing team colors. The team colors are determined by the team colors in the roster files. Just like headband or sneaker colors for the players.
In your file, if the alpha were correct, some would be wearing black jerseys.
FYI, arms are the third column next to the faces. You can add tattoos. The fourth column is the pants and sneakers. Colors can be modified. As is, people wear blue jeans or dark or khaki pants.
p1851655 — by truefaith0826 on Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:14 pm
Thank you Bassman58 for this info, I really appreciate it, I don't know much about alpha channel. I have some follow up questions though.
- How do I delete the alpha channel? Is it the "Delete Layer Mask"?
- How do I load an alpha channel? Do I just open it as a layer from an extracted dds from the original team file?
- When do I do that loading of alpha channel?
(Obviously those are what I did and failed...LOL! )
This is what I have, a series of layers before I merge all visible layers then save it as dxt5.
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p1851688 — by bassman58 on Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:58 am
I use Paint Shop Pro so I can't help with GIMP. Search on Google or YouTube for specific directions.
Using PSP You need a source IFF file. Using the old 3DM tool export the DDS file. Delete the alpha channel from the destination DDS file. Import/Load/Copy the source alpha to the destination DDS file. From your screenshot I can see "Add Alpha Channel" is available. Some of JaoSming's tutorials probably discussed alpha channels. Look in the tutorial section or wait for a GIMP user to post a solution.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... l+tutorial
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=gi ... l+tutorial
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p1851910 — by truefaith0826 on Sun Jun 26, 2016 10:04 am
Thanks man, I'm looking into that.
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p1858044 — by Retroswald13 on Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:37 pm
Hey. Is there a way we can have two piece uniform for cheerleaders? thanks!
p1858045 — by Retroswald13 on Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:37 pm
Hey. Is there a way we can have two piece uniform for cheerleaders? thanks!
p1858046 — by Retroswald13 on Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:37 pm
Hey. Is there a way we can have two piece uniform for cheerleaders? thanks!
p1858099 — by Kevin on Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:07 am
Yes. If you can somehow get/create a texture for a cheerleader's body and photoshop it on there, it would work. Remember that the cheerleaders' unis are for the whole body so you can literally make them nude given the right textures.
p1961376 — by BPDHoplite on Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:38 pm
The link is dead and I keep getting these issues with blank people. Any help?
Ive edited everything correctly but I dont know whats doing this :/
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p1971838 — by Wolfy03 on Sat May 25, 2019 7:17 pm
Link for Outdated 3DM Mod tool (v.0.4.43.0), which can open team___.iff files, as the link in first post is not working anymore:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qim7z281z ... 0.rar/file
Huge thanks to Bassman58 for preserving this mod, making possible for all of us to still use it.
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p1996242 — by doodarooda on Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:56 pm
Editing Signs Here, Im going to try to teach you how to edit the signs. All in all there are 3 signs and editing it is simple.
First thing you need to know is that you cant edit the signs directly in the texture using the “Text” tool . You need to use the RECTANGLE tool again and “capture” the first sign like what I did there.
After that, use CTRL+C to copy it then go to File>>Create>>From Clipboard
Then, a window will pop-out.
Now, since you want to erase that “OKLAHOMA CITY” text there, just press CTRL+A then press delete. Boom, empty texture
Since you’re going to make a sign, make sure you have a colored background and go crazyyyy After hours, this is what I got.
When you’re finished, press CTRL+A then CTRL+C to copy then paste it in the texture that we are working on. TADAAAAAA!
Just repeat the same process and… boom
Hello, why is it all the signs are not appearing in my game?
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p1996243 — by doodarooda on Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:02 pm
Hello Kevin, Why is it all the 3 signs are not appearing in my game? Is there any way to show all the signs? What should i do? Thanks.
p2007582 — by Manni Live on Sun May 10, 2020 3:58 pm
Wolfy03 wrote: Link for Outdated 3DM Mod tool (v.0.4.43.0), which can open team___.iff files, as the link in first post is not working anymore:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qim7z281z ... 0.rar/file
Huge thanks to Bassman58 for preserving this mod, making possible for all of us to still use it.
I was wondering if its possible to reupload the older version again the link seems to have expired
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p2007641 — by bassman58 on Mon May 11, 2020 2:01 am
I uploaded the file to NLSC's NBA 2K14 tools section. 3DM NBA2K12 MOD V0.4.43.0
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- 3DM NBA2K12 MOD V0.4.43.0: https://forums.nba-live.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=11841
p2007683 — by Manni Live on Mon May 11, 2020 6:46 am
Bassman58 wrote: I uploaded the file to NLSC's NBA 2K14 tools section. 3DM NBA2K12 MOD V0.4.43.0
Perfect! Thank you very much for reuploading
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p2007684 — by sticky-fingers on Mon May 11, 2020 7:10 am
why not using V0.4.83.0 ?
p2007703 — by Manni Live on Mon May 11, 2020 11:48 am
sticky-fingers wrote: why not using V0.4.83.0 ?
For some odd reason the newer versions doesn't open the crowd files for 2k14
p2007721 — by sticky-fingers on Mon May 11, 2020 4:39 pm
I didnt know, thanx for the explanation Manni and thx Bassman58 for the file
p2094953 — by DiamondDust132 on Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:47 am
Yeah, this has already been said above but since I'm an idiot and can't read and also want to spare anyone else this pain, 3DM WILL NOT open created team .iff files. So, you can't open team_800.iff. At least I could not. The program would just crash. What you can do is just get another teams team_x.iff file, edit that, rename it to whatever number your custom team is and THEN it will work. If this is very obvious, then sorry but I really, really could not understand why I couldn't get this to work until realizing this. Other than that, amazing tutorial. Still using in 2024.