Character Editor

[Brett]

Would anyone be interested in an unfinished, relatively untested character editor with a command line interface?

So far you can only modify RPG Abilities, but I'm working (slowly) on allowing editing of Baseball Abilities.

Editing of current skill levels, money, items, and a graphical interface may follow depending upon the level of interest and my level of motivation.

[EDIT] First version finished. It allows the editing of RPG Skills and baseball abilities for both hitters and pitchers. See below post for the download attachment.


Brett

[Boozie1580]

I would be interested.

[dsvitak]

I CANNOT believe that every f****** game every produced has to have a cheat or a trainer.

PLAY THE DAMNED GAME!

MAN! Go ahead and edit the game, give yourself a .800 batting average and 200 home runs in a year.

What will it prove?

That you cheated?

What a sad, sad place we live in.

[chazzy81]

Is it so bad that we have to called the world a "sad, sad place". Is it wrong that some people like to get a chuckle when they see thier stats are ".800 BA and 200 HR's"?

Why is it so wrong if people want a cheat or trainer? Why do we have to be so critical about those who do what they want with what they have bought?

Sometimes it's just fun to create a monster and watch him terrorize pitchers or hitters. Maybe Brett is starting out as a programmer and wanted to try his hand at creating a trainer for this game. Maybe this is the same way Markus got his start?

[Skipaway]

Originally posted by dsvitak

What a sad, sad place we live in.

Because of close-minded people like you.

What will it prove if you don't use trainers? That you didn't use it?

I like to read the story before seeing a movie. I don't mind knowing the results before watching a tape-delayed game. I don't mind using trainers instead of going through some boring routines to finish a game.

Actually, I used to play about a dozen new games a month back in college, I wouldn't be able to finish 10% of them if not for all the editors and trainers.

I know there are people who'd "enjoy" games by following certain guidelines and rules. That way the game would take longer to finish. For me, that's just torture. I'd rather give up.

[Jordan]

Originally posted by dsvitak
I CANNOT believe that every f****** game every produced has to have a cheat or a trainer.

PLAY THE DAMNED GAME!

MAN! Go ahead and edit the game, give yourself a .800 batting average and 200 home runs in a year.

What will it prove?

That you cheated?

What a sad, sad place we live in.

Im pretty sure you were pissed when sodomy was legalized too...right?

[mrskippy]

I'd like something to bump up some of my numbers "just enough" to use some of the better equipment. I'm 80 Contact, 90 Power, 80 Eye, 50 Gap. Obviously, I'd like higher Gap, if only to be consistant.

I'd also like to bump up my defense 1 or 2 points. And my stealing about 3 or 4 points.

[Skipaway]

Originally posted by mrskippy
I'd like something to bump up some of my numbers "just enough" to use some of the better equipment. I'm 80 Contact, 90 Power, 80 Eye, 50 Gap. Obviously, I'd like higher Gap, if only to be consistant.

I'd also like to bump up my defense 1 or 2 points. And my stealing about 3 or 4 points.

Kind of odd if you'd use an editor only to bump so few points.

[dsvitak]

I typed up a lovely long diatribe (look it up) against cheaters and hacks.

...and deleted it.

I ain't going to change you guys, and you sure as hell won't change my mind.

Sooooooo, have fun with your character building cheats/trainers/hacks, etc.

[eraddeus]

I simply do not see the harm in "cheating" in a single player game.

[Skipaway]

Originally posted by eraddeus
I simply do not see the harm in "cheating" in a single player game.

The only thing that might be bad would be bragging about how one beat the game dominantly without mentioning he used the editor. Perhaps it's people like that that annoyed dsvitak.

But the crime would be the lying part, not the using editor part.

[AnotherAlias]

I agree that using an editor is kind of pointless. One can create their player any way they want.

On the other hand, getting pissed about the desires of others is even more pointless. Especially, in a single player game.

Like Skipaway mentions, telling others that, for instance, "my player hit 90 homers and batted .453," and then saying "No, I didn't use an editor," when in fact they did, is the most pointless of all.

So, if editors become used often, people should start posting their stats with the 'I'm using an Editor/I am Cheating' caveat added to them.

[BleedingCubbyBlue]

Originally posted by Brett
Would anyone be interested in an unfinished, relatively untested character editor with a command line interface?

So far you can only modify RPG Abilities, but I'm working (slowly) on allowing editing of Baseball Abilities.

Editing of current skill levels, money, items, and a graphical interface may follow depending upon the level of interest and my level of motivation.


Brett

Where in here does he even mention that he wants to sue it for the evil that dvistak mentions? Man, get the stick out of your ass.

[Brett]

Before using this editor, you'll need to Start a New Career and export your character to a file.

Then, drop the executable into your ITP directory and run it. Enter the name of the character file at the prompt (for example, Brett.chr) and then follow the instructions.

Once the editing is finished, a new character file will be created with "_edit" appended to the original filename. Just import the edited file on the Character Creation Screen.

Couple of notes:

I haven't tested this nearly enough. The character's talent levels and RPG abilities are edited correctly, but the effect those values will have on the game haven't been fully determined. It does seem like creating a "super" character (at least for a pitcher), will result in some strange statistics.

Lastly, this editor may contain faults, defects, or bugs that could cause loss of information, incorrect data, or damage your game. The use of this editor is at your own risk.

Please let me know if you have any feedback, bug reports, problems, etc . . .

[Edit] Thanks, MetsKid, that's good feedback. Fixed.

Brett

[potatoman]

Just to tell you that ZIP file has NOTHING in it

[dangarion]

There is a file named editor.exe in the zip file.

[potatoman]

There is? i dont see it lol

[potatoman]

hey brett can you post just the exe? because theres bnothing in that zip when i DL it

[potatoman]

does this work for anyone?

[Chicagophil]

Yes, I got it to work. Some tweaking is needed. I jacked to abilites up & my contact as a rookie is 144 caps out at 1280 Eye, Power, and Gap all cap out at 1000 Ill break all records in two, maybe three years