After months of painstaking work I have finally released my All-Inclusive Mod with the 2016 rosters!!!
This is what I have been working on with this project for the past few months and in the end it was well worth it...sort of. The 2016 rosters are as up to date as I could get them, and they include some star players that are injured that should be coming off of IR soon on their team rosters. For those that are out for the season I've created a separate IR team to place them in as well as a PUP list, Non FB Inj and a few others.
However that is not the best part...in this release I have bundled up everything that I have worked on for this project into one gigantic 504MB package and made it available for downloading. That's right - all the stadiums, uniforms, faces, overlays etc. are all here. Everything I have done up to this point is here ready for your entertainment in this Suuuuuuper Geeeeeeenius version of the mod.
That's the good news because like Wile E. Coyote, it seems that my carefully laid out plans have managed to go slightly askew...
...the bad news is that the 2016 rosters are not playable in Franchise Mode.
I finally got the 2016 teams done a few days ago and I went to test in in Franchise Mode, and it just will not sim or play any games in week 1 on the pre-season. I looked at everything I could think of - contracts, coaches, I even re-ordered the rosters again and again - no dice. So this is great for playing exhibition games (that works!), but franchise is a no go. I've been trying to fix this for the past few days and I have hit a wall, so I am making this available now for the community and asking for the community's help in solving this problem.
If anybody out there can take a look at this and figure out where I went wrong and help me to fix it, not only will they have my gratitude but.....well.....they'll have my gratitude since I don't have any money....he he he..............
Anyway, if this can be fixed then whatever gets fixed will be released later as a version 4.1 and then I will continue on from there.
I have the situation sorted out now - it is now fixed and the 2016 rosters are now working in franchise mode. The problem turned out to be the coaches - aren't they always the problem? But with rogerjinx's permission I was able to incorporate the coaches from his 2016 roster into mine and it is now working beautifully. Thank you rogerjinx for allowing me to use your coaches - this would have cost me a lot of time, trial and error if I had to start them over again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the hearts of all who are using this mod.
There was a question someone asked me about swapping teams, so I went into MadWolf to see if what they were asking was possible. Only I discovered that the roster locked up MadWolf. After some tinkering I found that some of the coaches (COACHES AGAIN?!?!?) had identical ID #'s. So I went in and assigned different #'s to two of the coaches, loaded the roster in MadWolf and it works just fine. So now this roster is not only franchise friendly, but it is now MadWolf friendly.
Okay, here is another roster update - well when I say update...
I fixed the problems with the cities I created screwing up franchise mode. It now works just fine (so far). I transformed Irving into Arlington, San Jose into Santa Clara, and for future reference - Sacramento into Inglewood.
I've also provided another little surprise for you - PINK EQUIPMENT!!!!!!!
I know, I know - It's November, but better late than never, right? It's a whole separate set of uniforms with pink equipment instead of team colors. So all you have to do is load them in TexMod and your good to go.
NEXT UPDATE: If it's okay with some people - Stadiums featuring what I felt were the best artwork that various people have done all pulled together. Call it a "Best of" Stadium Series. If I can get permission from KeepinItTeal, anthonyjh7 and cheesehead12 to do so, I can release when it's all done. Right now only the AFC teams are done - as KIT has only re-done AFC artwork so far. I'm waiting with bated breath for the NFC.
Anyway, I digress...
They look really good so far and I would love to share what I have assembled with the community at some point.
NEW UPDATE - VERSION 4.4!!!!!!! I finally got it all together and I now have it up and available for download. All of the Stadiums have been redone to include TrueTurf and some of KeepinItTeal's sideline equipment. A lot of Classic Stadiums were re-done with multiple versions of some stadiums to reflect appearances in the AFL and the NFL
Also, I did a new version of the Coliseum for 2017 to reflect the changes made due to the restoration project being done there. I was finally able to get the crowd at the paristyle end to my liking as I was never really happy with the buildings that I had there before.
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BigDaddyCool's All-Inclusive Roster Project Version 4.0
Greetings,
For a while now I have been working on an all-time roster project that I hoped to have out before now, but as it is I can report on some of the progress that I have made.
I started out by using the BrixOldTimeV1 roster as a basis since it has most if not all of the classic teams with real names and numbers. I am trying to fill in the colleges each player went to in order to complete it. Also, I am filling in real names and numbers for all of the All-Time teams, as well as actual equipment used by the players depicted.
But that is not the best part of this project, this is…
I have taken some inspiration from the team that has done the Heisman mod and included old-time stadiums for these teams to play in. I figured out how to do this through the DB Editor, and I can report that with some testing I have done so far they appear to be stable. That way I can have the 70’s era Vikings play in Metropolitan Stadium, or the Oilers play in the Astrodome. Also I will be creating .tpf files so that past Super Bowls can be played in the different stadiums.
Mick-S has given me his permission to release my versions of the L.A. Coliseum, since I simply went in and altered the graphics that he did for the Heisman mod. I have altered it for the Rams of the 60’s and 70’s and the Raiders of the 80’s, as well as for Super Bowl's I and VII, the LA Xtreme and the LA Express.
I am also including with this roster the teams that represented two of the warring Madden sites back in the day. So you too can pit the MaddenMania Maniacs against the PCFootball Instigators, in their home stadiums and with better uniforms thanks to TexMod. And I also finally decided to bring the current rosters up to date. SO when I'm done all of the current teams will have 2014 players, ratings, portraits, etc.
But wait, there’s more…
I will also be making available other created teams that I am putting together from defunct leagues such as the XFL, the USFL and the WFL.
I had also intended to include teams from the CFL, and I thought that seeing as there is already a CFL mod being built I was going to shelve those teams for the time being. However I have re-thought this and I will work on those teams as well, both current teams and defunct U.S.-based teams. I also plan to add teams from the National Public Safety Football League (NPSFL) which includes teams consisting of Cops and Firefighters from all over the country. In addition I also plan to include other teams from NFL Europe, unfortunately there is no room to include these teams in this roster, so I will be including them in an add-on file at a later date.
Now when it comes to the USFL there is a roster file that was available at FF that I haven’t seen again here. I would like to include it in this roster as it not only would be a real time saver, but I believe that this is a good roster that deserves to be out there again. I am referring to Greg Pollard’s USFL roster for the 1984 season. However I found out something about Greg's roster - I noticed that the states for the Arizona and Birmingham franchises kept switching back and forth. In other words, the Wranglers were set in Alabama, not Arizona. But when I went in and edited the team info and put them back in Arizona, the Stallions were but in Arizona as well. Now this may not sound like a big deal, but when you are trying to replicate accurate weather conditions for your home team, it doesn't do to have snow in the Arizona desert - or whatever. So I am having to create each USFL team from scratch, and using the ratings from Grag's rosters to fill everything in. It may take me a little more time, but in the end it will be worth it.
One last thing...
I asked for and got permission from NickyJ and guamyankee to use player portraits that they have created in this mod, and I am including what I have so far in this release. I did the research and I now know how to expand the portrait file, and I also know how to replace portraits in the file. So now I will be able to include portraits for the modern-day players as well as for all of the classic players in this roster. So every single player on the roster when this is finally complete will have a portrait attached to it. NFL, All-Time, Classic, Europe, XFL, USFL and WFL.
OK I lied, THIS is one last thing...
I finally figured out how to get two different endzones for the Super Bowl teams when you want to recreate or replay the games. It will invlolve you going into the roster database and changing a value to get the correct artwork to show up. Don't worry, it won't crash anything or cause anythig to warp as is happening with other mods as I have done a lot of testing with this method and it works fine. You will need the Madden Database editor, either 2.0 or 3.0 will work. You load the roster into the editor, select the Team Info table, go down to the team that will be the home team for the game and change the value for TEZ2 from 0 to the value stated below for the correct artwork to show up. For instance, for Super Bowl III you would change the value of TEZ2 for the 68 Colts from 0 to 10. 10 will normally give you the Raiders second endzone, but I've altered the graphics in the .tpf file so that the endzone for the 68 Jets will show up instead. Afterwards when you are done you can change the value back to 0 from 10 and the endzones will go back to normal in the game. This may seem like a bother in some cases, but it is meant to be temporary and there are no .dat files to fiddle with.
Now I have decided that this 4.0 release will encompass everything that I have done to date on this project. I have bundled up everything I have done and I am issuing it as a re-release of the mod in its entirety so far. Yes, there are still more things to be added that will still be coming, but this is for any newbees that want to play with this particular mod without having to sift through what files were updated and what were not. These files in this release are all the latest stuff I have.
I originally created this mod to be played in default Madden without any other mods attached to it. You could still theoreticlly use the roster and the portraits files in other mods, but since those other mods use other addresses for some of the graphics the uniforms might be off as well as the overlays and stadiums.
So to wrap up, here is what is included in this release:
================================================================= Version 4.0 (Includes everything from versions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0): =================================================================
AFL Banners - for 60's era AFL games AFL Referees - Red stripes instead of Black Base - includes new logos for the Miami Dolphins, New Gloves: White Glove & Black Glove - Nike; White RB Glv & Black RB Glv - Under Armour; Taped Fingers - Addidas; New Wht Dbl Wristbands & Black Dbl Wristbands; Black & White Undershirts; New QB Wrist Band; Black and White One-Arm Sleeves. File to be used with PLADATA file in your Madden directory. .tpf file to remove NFL banners from the game. Use this file when playing with XFL, USFL, WFL and NPSFL teams. UIS_LIB_PLAYER_PORT.dat (player portrait file - place in your Madden directory) UIS_LIB_COACH_PORT.dat (coach portrait file - place in your Madden directory) PLADATA.dat (removes the bump from elbow pad slots - use with the modern day rosters - place in your Madden directory)
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2016 Roster: -----------------------
Alltime.ros - Roster should be playable as all teams have 55 players and I re-ordered the depth charts. There are other players available in the Practice Squad and the teams that they are on are part of their names - ex. Stedman Bailey-LA.
*Known Bugs* - roster is not franchise friendly!!! I have been trying to figure out exactly why this roster will not work in franchise mode and I have hit a wall. You can play exhibition games without a problem, but if you try to play or sim games in Franchise mode it will lock up. Even taking control of all teams in a franchise will not work as it still will not sim games. If any of you can figure out what the problem is with this roster then please let the rest of us know so that I can make the necessary changes to make this franchise friendly. *Known Bugs*
Alltime-2016 rosters.xls - Excel spreadsheet which will tell you where all the players are, including what players are Free Agents, on the Practice Squad, Injured Reserve, Retired and Suspended. Also includes Non-FB Inj, DNR and PUP list.
Alltime-AO.ros - add-on roster containing the XFL, USFL and WFL teams. (Portrait file to come later)
NPSFL.ros - National Public Safety Football League Roster
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Created teams: --------------
PC Football Instigators MaddenMania Maniacs
Includes uniforms and stadiums for both teams
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DAT Files: ----------
PC Football Instigators MaddenMania Maniacs
USFL: ----- Tampa Bay Bandits Chicago Blitz New Orleans Breakers Jacksonville Bulls Los Angeles Express Washington Federals Houston Gamblers New Jersey Generals Denver Gold San Antonio Gunslingers Oakland Invaders Pittsburgh Maulers Oklahoma Outlaws Michigan Panthers Orlando Renegades Memphis Showboats Birmingham Stallions Philadelphia Stars Arizona Wranglers
WFL: ---- Birmingham Americans Philadelphia Bell Florida Blazers Chicago Fire Honolulu Hawaiians Charlotte Hornets Jacksonville Sharks Memphis Southmen Portland Storm Southern California Sun Houston Texans Detroit Wheels
NPSFL: ------ Philadelphia Blue Flame California Blue Knights FDNY Bravest Los Angeles Centurions Atlanta Defenders Chicago Enforcers San Diego Enforcers Bakersfield Falcons NYPD Finest DC Generals Orlando Guardians Los Angeles Heat Orange County Lawmen Dallas-FW Metro Stars Dallas-FW Panthers Tampa Bay Sentinels Phoenix Thunder Central texas Wolfpack
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Overlays: ---------
NFL:
ESPN Monday Night Football NFL on CBS NFL on FOX NFL Thursday Night Football Pro Bowl on ABC Sunday Night Football on NBC
Old School NFL:
NBC 79-86 NBC Pre 79 Old CBS Old Monday Night Football on ABC
Super Bowls:
Super Bowl I - CBS Super Bowl I - NBC Super Bowl II - CBS Super Bowl III - NBC Super Bowl IV - CBS Super Bowl V - NBC Super Bowl VI - CBS Super Bowl VII - NBC Super Bowl VIII - CBS Super Bowl IX - NBC Super Bowl X - CBS Super Bowl XI - NBC Super Bowl XII - CBS Super Bowl XIII - NBC Super Bowl XIV - CBS Super Bowl XV - NBC Super Bowl XVI - CBS Super Bowl XVII - NBC Super Bowl XVIII - CBS Super Bowl XIX - ABC Super Bowl XX - NBC Super Bowl XXI - CBS Super Bowl XXII - ABC Super Bowl XXIII - NBC Super Bowl XXIV - CBS Super Bowl XXV - ABC Super Bowl XXVI - CBS Super Bowl XXVII - NBC
L.A. Coliseum (Temporary home of the Los Angeles Rams beginning in 2016) City of Champions Stadium project based in Inglewood, CA. (Home for Rams beginning 2019) AT&T Stadium (Updated) Levi's Stadium (Updated) Lucas Oil Stadium US Bank Stadium - new home of the Minnesota Vikings starting in 2016
AFC Classic:
Astrodome - Oilers Baltimore Memorial Stadium - Colts Cleveland Municipal Stadium - Browns Kingdome – Seahawks Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – Raiders Orange Bowl - Dolphins Riverfront Stadium – Bengals Schaffer Stadium - Patriots Shea Stadium - Jets Three Rivers Stadium - Steelers
Classic Stadiums:
Balboa Stadium - 60's Chargers Fenway Park - 60's Patriots Franklin Field - 60's Eagles Kansas City Municipal Stadium - 60's Chiefs Kezar Stadium - 50's and 60's 49ers Lambeau Field - 60's Packers Mile High Stadium - 60's and 70's Broncos Oakland Coliseum - 60's an 70's Oakland Raiders Pitt Stadium - 60's Steelers Rice Stadium - 60's Oilers Tiger Stadium - 50's and 60's Lions Tulane Stadium - 60's Saints War Memorial Stadium - 60's Bills Wrigley Field - 60's Bears Yankee Stadium - 50's and 60's Giants
NFC Classic:
Anaheim Stadium - Rams Busch Stadium - Cardinals Candlestick Park - 49ers Cotton Bowl - 60's Cowboys Edward Jones Dome - Rams Fulton County Stadium - Falcons HHH Metrodome - Vikings Houlihan's Stadium - Buccaneers Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – 60’s & 70’s Rams Metropolitan Stadium - Vikings Old Soldier Field - Bears RFK - Redskins Pontiac Silverdome – Lions Texas Stadium - Cowboys Veteran's - Eagles
Super Bowl Stadiums:
Super Bowl I (66 Chiefs at 66 Packers - LA Coliseum) Super Bowl II (67 Raiders at 67 Packers - Orange Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 67 Raiders to 17 for correct fieldart Super Bowl III (68 Jets at 68 Colts - Orange Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 68 Colts to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl IV (69 Vikings at 69 Chiefs - Tulane Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 69 Chiefs to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl V (70 Colts at 70 Cowboys - Orange Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 70 Cowboys to 6 for correct fieldart Super Bowl VI (71 Cowboys at 71 Dolphins - Tulane Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 71 Dolphins to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl VII (72 Dolphins at 72 Redskins - LA Coliseum) - change TEZ2 value in database for 72 Redskins to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl VIII (73 Vikings at 73 Dolphins - Rice Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 73 Dolphins to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl IX (74 Vikings at 74 Steelers - Tulane Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 74 Vikings to 12 for correct fieldart Super Bowl X (75 Cowboys at 75 Steelers - Orange Bowl) Super Bowl XI (76 Raiders at 76 Vikings - Rose Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 76 Vikings to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XII (77 Cowboys at 77 Broncos - Superdome) - - change TEZ2 value in database for 77 Broncos to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XIII (78 Steelers at 78 Cowboys - Orange Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 78 Cowboys to 12 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XIV (79 Rams at 79 Steelers - Rose Bowl) Super Bowl XV (80 Raiders at 80 Eagles - Superdome) - change TEZ2 value in database for 80 Eagles to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XVI (81 49ers at 81 Bengals - Pontiac Silverdome) Super Bowl XVII (82 Dolphins at 82 Redskins - Rose Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 82 Redskins to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XVIII (83 Redskins at 83 Raiders - Houlihan's Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 83 Raiders to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XIX (84 Dolphins at 84 49ers - Stanford Stadium) Super Bowl XX (85 Bears at 85 Patriots - Superdome) - change TEZ2 value in database for 85 Patriots to 15 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXI (86 Broncos at 86 Giants - Rose Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 86 Giants to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXII (87 Redskins at 87 Broncos - Qualcomm Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 87 Broncos to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXIII (88 Bengals at 88 49ers - Pro Player Stadium aka Dolphin Stadium) Super Bowl XXIV (89 49ers at 89 Broncos - Superdome) - change TEZ2 value in database for 89 Broncos to 13 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXV (90 Bills at 90 Giants - Houlihan's Stadium) - change TEZ2 value in database for 90 Giants to 8 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXVI (91 Redskins at 91 Bills - Metrodome) - change TEZ2 value in database for 91 Bills to 10 for correct fieldart Super Bowl XXVII (92 Bills at 92 Cowboys - Rose Bowl) - change TEZ2 value in database for 92 Cowboys to 8 for correct fieldart
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2016 Uniforms (Modern Day Folder):
49ers Bears Bengals Bills Bills Color Rush Broncos Browns Buccaneers Buccaneers Color Rush Cardinals Chargers Chiefs Colts Cowboys Cowboys Color Rush Dolphins Eagles East/West Shrine Game Falcons Giants Jaguars Jaguars Color Rush Jets Jets Color Rush Lions Packers Packers w/ 60's Throwbacks Panthers Panthers Color Rush Patriots Raiders Rams Rams Color Rush Ravens Redskins Saints Seahawks Steelers Steelers 1933 Throwbacks Texans Titans Titans Color Rush Vikings
Houlihan's Stadium - Tampa Bay Bandits L.A. Coliseum - L.A. Express Old Soldier Field - Chicago Blitz Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans Breakers
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USFL Uniforms:
Tampa Bay Bandits Chicago Blitz New Orleans Breakers
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USFL Rosters Completed: -----------------------
Tampa Bay Bandits Chicago Blitz New Orleans Breakers
USFL Rosters incomplete (teams made to hold place in roster, players, uniforms and stadiums not accurate yet): --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jacksonville Bulls Los Angeles Express Washington Federals Houston Gamblers New Jersey Generals Denver Gold San Antonio Gunslingers Oakland Invaders Pittsburgh Maulers Oklahoma Outlaws Michigan Panthers Orlando Renegades Memphis Showboats Birmingham Stallions Philadelphia Stars Arizona Wranglers
WFL Rosters incomplete (teams made to hold place in roster, players, uniforms and stadiums not accurate yet): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birmingham Americans Philadelphia Bell Florida Blazers Chicago Fire Honolulu Hawaiians Charlotte Hornets Jacksonville Sharks Memphis Southmen Portland Storm Southern California Sun Houston Texans Detroit Wheels
Citrus Bowl - Orlando rage Giants Stadium - NY/NJ Hitmen L.A. Coliseum - L.A. Xtreme Legion Field - Birmingham Thunderbolts Liberty Bowl - Memphis Maniax Monster Park - San Francisco Demons Sam Boyd Stadium - Las Vegas Outlaws Soldier Field - Chicago Enforcers
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XFL Uniforms: -------------
San Francisco Demons Chicago Enforcers New York/New Jersey Hitmen Memphis Maniax…done Las Vegas Outlaws Orlando Rage Birmingham Thunderbolts Los Angeles Xtreme
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XFL Complete Rosters: ---------------------
San Francisco Demons Chicago Enforcers New York/New Jersey Hitmen Memphis Maniax…done Las Vegas Outlaws Orlando Rage Birmingham Thunderbolts Los Angeles Xtreme
Philadelphia Blue Flame FDNY Bravest Los Angeles Centurions Chicago Enforcers San Diego Enforcers NYPD Finest DC Generals Orlando Guardians Los Angeles Heat Orange County Lawmen Dallas-FW Metro Stars Dallas-FW Panthers Tampa Bay Sentinels Phoenix Thunder Central Texas Wolfpack
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NPSFL Fields: (fields to be upgraded at a later date) -------------
Philadelphia Blue Flame California Blue Knights FDNY Bravest Los Angeles Centurions Atlanta Defenders Chicago Enforcers San Diego Enforcers NYPD Finest DC Generals Orlando Guardians Los Angeles Heat Orange County Lawmen Dallas-FW Metro Stars Dallas-FW Panthers Tampa Bay Sentinels Phoenix Thunder Central Texas Wolfpack Fun City Bowl (FDNY v NYPD at Giants Stadium)
Austinmario13 wrote:The problem with you rosters are that you forgot to reorder the depth charts. I reordered this roster for you, go check the other rosters.
The only roster that doesn't work for a franchise is his 2016 roster.
I finally got the 2016 teams done a few days ago and I went to test in in Franchise Mode, and it just will not sim or play any games in week 1 on the pre-season. I looked at everything I could think of - contracts, coaches, I even re-ordered the rosters again and again - no dice.
Austinmario13 wrote:The problem with you rosters are that you forgot to reorder the depth charts. I reordered this roster for you, go check the other rosters.
The only roster that doesn't work for a franchise is his 2016 roster.
I finally got the 2016 teams done a few days ago and I went to test in in Franchise Mode, and it just will not sim or play any games in week 1 on the pre-season. I looked at everything I could think of - contracts, coaches, I even re-ordered the rosters again and again - no dice.
It was the coaches.......Yes, the coaches - the bane of my existence!
I was trying everything that I could think of to get this roster franchise friendly without having to resort to going back to my version 3 roster and starting the update process all over again. I even tried my version 3 roster in Franchise mode and it worked just fine, so I tried to figure out what we're the main differences between version 3 and version 4. Finally I figured out that it was the coaches that was causing the glitch. I replaced the 2016 coaches that I had done with default coaches from version 3 and franchise mode worked like a charm.
Now that I know that I would still like to bring the default coaches up to date with the 2016 coaching staffs. I had been doing it with .csv files and the DB Editor but I think I'll have to re-think that. So here's my question for some of you roster gurus out there...
What would be better to do this in? Should I start over again with the DB Editor and .csv file? Or should I try this in NZA 1.3 or 2.0 or even MaddenAmp?
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