Raston wrote:I've not seen this year's roster but if the player equipment is like 2016 there are a lot of issues. Tons of players were using incorrect equipment which is a mammoth task to correct. The biggest issue I have is what the new equipment replaced. Stuff like double wristbands, and most of the other arm pads except rubber, were rarely used in original Madden 08 or mod's over the years. The double wristband could've been used for the wider wrist bands similar to half sleeve instead of the normal wristband. In 2016 to get your normal wrist wristband you had to redo all to double wristband which seems silly. We also need a team color arm sleeve.
I agree, at first it does seem silly that the double-wristband is now the single and vise versa.
It was not possible to make the double-wristband the bottom part of the half-sleeve, due to how the bitmaps and palettes are setup within the PLADATA.dat files 18, through 21.
I spent two months trying everything I could think of to keep similar equipment in the appropriately named selection slots.
This was not possible....at least for me.
Team color arm sleeves:
Due to the limitations of equipment slots provided by the game, team color arm sleeves have to be created within the palette section of each individual uniform.
A few months back I laid out a step-by-step walk through on how to accomplish this by using JDHalfrack's MUER....no photoshop necessary.
http://www.footballidiot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=18118&start=50#p88149Here is another post where I list the R - G - B formulas for several team's colors. These formulas can be entered in MUER's custom color feature for better color matching.
http://www.footballidiot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=18118&start=20#p76915I only have about half of the league listed there, though....that's all I know.
To get more RGB values, you would need a graphics program to match the desired colors.
These RGB's are also listed on the Official Team Logo Slicks originally brought to this site by pick6. Now, he no longer provides the downloads, but I do believe someone else took on that responsibility, so they are still available here. First place to look would be lichtental's USEFUL LINKS.
It's fairly simple to do a handful of teams, but would be a real pain in the ass to do every uniform in the mod.
So unfortunately, this task is left up to each individual gamer to decide if they'd like it their game and which teams to work on.
I know it's a little disconcerting, but I hope it helps a little.
Edit:
Last year (XVI), RevanFan included an un-altered default PLADATA.dat file, for those who don't care to use my equipment modifications.
I also understand that not everyone likes my equipment.
Which is why, with every uniform I create and post, I include a file with an original default palette section.
Perhaps RevanFan would be willing to include this default PLADAT.dat with future downloads.