NBA Live 2005

While NBA Live 2005, NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07, and NBA Live 08 are compatible with Windows 7 and above, they are prone to a troublesome issue where the game’s executable process isn’t automatically terminated upon exit. Until the process is manually ended through the Task Manager, it is usually impossible to relaunch the game, or another version of NBA Live. Having picked up my old NBA Live 06 Dynasty recently, as well as firing up all four of those games while preparing our upcoming 20th Anniversary of NBA Live content, it’s an issue that I’m all too familiar with.

For those who are still playing those games on PC, or would like to dust them off every once in a while, I’ve whipped up some quick fixes/workarounds that will manually kill the game’s process from the command line. It’s slightly quicker than going through the Task Manager, and may be preferable for users who aren’t very confident in troubleshooting Windows issues. Download them here:

• NBA Live 08 Fix
• NBA Live 07 Fix
• NBA Live 06 Fix
• NBA Live 2005 Fix

Make sure that you download the correct fix for the game you’re playing. Hope at least some of you find these fixes useful!

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! This is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to basketball video games, the real NBA or another area of interest to our community, either as a list of five items or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.

If you’ve been around the community for a long time, you’re probably aware that I’m not as active as I once was as far as patching is concerned. While the temptation is always there to get creative and put something out for the community, I’m finding myself with less time and motivation to work on any patching projects. As far as the content I’m currently producing is concerned, I’m enjoying co-hosting the NLSC Podcast and writing this column every week; compared to patching, I find it a lot easier to make time for them in between my other NLSC duties (and of course, my real life commitments and responsibilities).

However, the temptation to patch is sometimes difficult to resist, and as you may have seen, I’ve just released a new set of bootup screen updates for NBA Live 2005 through NBA Live 08. I do like the idea of releasing an update or two every now and again, though that of course leads to the question, “Why not make new roster updates every once in a while?” Well, there are a few reasons why I’m not doing that. In the interest of giving everyone an honest answer, I thought that I’d offer an insight into the development of the NBA Live roster updates, and why I’ve had to step away from them. Here are 5 Things You Should Know About Making Roster Updates.

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As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t have as much time to patch NBA Live these days, and in all honesty, the dwindling userbase for those older games doesn’t provide as much motivation to do so as it once did. However, I do have a few unreleased updates hanging around in my archives, and I’ve also been working on a few things to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the NBA Live series. As such, you can expect a few new releases every now and again in the coming weeks, along with some other original content.

Today’s releases are new versions of the NBA Team Logo Bootup Screens for NBA Live 2005, NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07, and NBA Live 08. I’m actually releasing two versions of the updates: the current version, v8.0, features 2014/2015 logos. However, you can also select v7.0 from the dropdown menu on the respective downloads pages, if you’d like the 2013/2014 version.

• NBA Team Logos Bootup Screen 08
• NBA Team Logos Bootup Screen 07
• NBA Team Logos Bootup Screen 06
• NBA Team Logos Bootup Screen 2005

Enjoy the updates, and look out for more 20th Anniversary of NBA Live content coming soon!

We’re tipping off the week with a new file addition for NBA Live 2005, as Cpt(K) has uploaded an ENB tweak for the game. Check out a preview and download it at the link below!

Cpt(K)
NBA Live 2005 ENB

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! This is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to basketball video games, the real NBA or another area of interest to our community, either as a list of five items or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.

As I’ve mentioned before, unfortunately I’m not able to commit to any big patching projects these days (particularly any current roster updates); as such, my output has slowed in recent years. While I’d never like to close the door on patching completely, it’s no longer the main content that I’m producing here at the NLSC, and I’m mostly focusing on smaller releases when I do get time to whip something up.

Of course, even while I was still patching more actively, there were ideas that I just didn’t get around to doing due to other commitments, or the project being too difficult or too time consuming to make happen. I thought I’d share some of those ideas in this week’s Friday Five, mostly just for fun and to wonder what could’ve been, but also to put the concepts out there in case anyone else in the community wants to give them a shot. So, without any further ado, let’s take a look at some patching ideas I haven’t been able to do anything with.

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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! This is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to basketball video games, the real NBA or another area of interest to our community, either as a list of five items or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.

Like any enthusiastic gaming community, we sink a considerable amount of time into the basketball video games that we play, to the point where we know them inside and out. We know what we like, we know what we don’t like, and we ultimately know what kind of experience we want to get out of them. As consumers, we understandably want to see constant improvement, as well as get value for our money.

Of course, while it’s important that we maintain a critical eye, at times we can be too cynical to see some of the genuine improvements in basketball video games. Despite the challenge that all annual sports games face in the form of a compressed development cycle, we’ve seen basketball titles that have shown considerable improvement over their immediate predecessors. To that end, I’m counting down what I feel are some of the biggest year-to-year leaps in basketball gaming. Let’s get started with number five.

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As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t have time to work on any roster updates for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07 and 08, or much else these days. Unfortunately that hasn’t changed – sorry! – but as I mentioned during Episode #88 of the NLSC Podcast, I did whip up some quick workarounds for an issue that’s present in Instant Replay in all of the aforementioned games.

While capturing some screenshots to update the galleries in our subsites, as well as stock up on images for our various feature articles, I was reminded of the annoying issue of the hide/show overlay button remaining on screen in Instant Replay; a small bug, but a pain when you’re trying to get some nice screenshots. I devised a workaround which uses a transparent texture for the hover effect on the button, and figured that I’d share it with the community as others might find a use for it.

Download the fixes here:

• Replay Fix 08
• Replay Fix 07
• Replay Fix 06
• Replay Fix 2005

Once again, unfortunately I’m unable to work on any roster updates these days, so I respectfully request that you please stop asking me about them; pestering me about them is definitely not going to make me inclined to change my mind! For anyone who would like to use my rosters as a base to make updates of their own, feel free to do so, but I would appreciate credit somewhere if you do. I’d also recommend that NBA Live 08 users check out the NBA Action 15 mod, currently in progress. I have nothing to do with the mod however, so please don’t contact me about it.

The team at revolution.lt have released updated rosters for NBA Live 2005, which you can pick up at the link below! Please note that this is not my release and I am not currently making any roster updates, so if you have any issues with them, be sure to contact the guys at revolution.lt, not me.

revolution.lt
2014 July 1 Rosters [by rev]

As I previously mentioned, we’re currently on the lookout for people who are willing and able to help us expand and enhance our library of Wiki articles, as we endeavour to create the definitive resource for basketball video games. Once again, I’d like to encourage anyone with a good knowledge of basketball video games to help us out with that by getting involved, whether it’s adding information on patching, or expanding our articles on game modes and gameplay elements.

To help get the ball rolling, I’ve added a long overdue guide to installing patches in NBA Live 2005, NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07, and NBA Live 08. Those of us who have been patching those games for a long time often take the process for granted, but up until now we haven’t had a comprehensive resource explaining just where to place patched files, or even the basic process of how the sgsm folder works. My hope is that this guide will be a handy reference that we can point to whenever there are questions on how to install patches, be they rosters, courts, jerseys, or whatever.

When I get a moment, I’ll also be adding a guide for NBA Live 2003 and NBA Live 2004, which use the slightly more complex CustomArt method. Until then, I hope you find the guide useful, and look forward to seeing a few more people lending a hand with the Wiki!

PatTheHead has released new versions of all of his retro season rosters for NBA Live 2005. Check them all out at the links below.

PatTheHead
NBA Live 2005 1951/52 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1961/62 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1966/67 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1971/72 ABA Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1971/72 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1977/78 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1984/85 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1991/92 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 1993/94 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.1)
NBA Live 2005 1996/97 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 2001/02 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)
NBA Live 2005 2005/06 Season Roster Patch (Updated to v1.3)

We’re closing out the weekend with a couple of file additions for NBA Live 2005. Ray has released an update for the Detroit Pistons’ new Motor City alternate jersey, as well as the new jerseys for the New Orleans Pelicans. Check them out at the links below!

Ray
Detroit Pistons 2013/2014 Alternate Jersey Patch
New Orleans Pelicans 2013/2014 Jersey Patch

In anticipation of the 2013/2014 season, I’ve converted Jason Kidd’s player face for use as a coach face in NBA Live 2005, NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07 and NBA Live 08. It also includes a batch file that will allow you to automatically assign him to the Brooklyn Nets in any roster or Dynasty game.

Download it here! More information on 2013/2014 updates will be coming soon but in the meantime, I invite you to go back and check out Episode #36 of the NLSC Podcast for the latest details.

Dc311 has released a new version of his NBA Live 2005 conversion of TanyaMarkova’s 2013 NBA All-Star Courts pack for NBA Live 08. They will be included in my final 2012/2013 season roster update for NBA Live 2005, but in the meantime you can get them into your game by downloading the pack at the link below.

TanyaMarkova & Dc311
2013 NBA All-Star Courts [TanyaMarkova Conversion] (Updated to v2.0)

Here are the latest file additions for NBA Live 2005, featuring a couple more of TanyaMarkova’s courts converted by Dc311. With these releases for the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder, the courts of all 30 NBA teams have now been updated for NBA Live 2005. Pick them up at the links below!

TanyaMarkova & Dc311
2012/2013 Utah Jazz Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion]
2012/2013 Oklahoma City Thunder Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion]

Here are Dc311’s latest releases for NBA Live 2005, featuring conversions of Hiiipower and TanyaMarkova’s 2012/2013 court updates for the Magic, 76ers, Kings and Raptors, originally created for NBA Live 08. Dc311 has also released updated versions of the new courts for the Cavaliers, Pacers and Spurs, which correct issues with missing lines around the key. Download them all the links below!

Hiiipower & Dc311
2012/2013 Orlando Magic Court Patch [Hiiipower Conversion]

TanyaMarkova & Dc311
2012/2013 Philadelphia 76ers Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion]
2012/2013 Sacramento Kings Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion]
2012/2013 Toronto Raptors Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion]
2012/2013 Cleveland Cavaliers Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion] (Updated to v2.0)
2012/2013 Indiana Pacers Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion] (Updated to v2.0)
2012/2013 San Antonio Spurs Court Patch [TanyaMarkova Conversion] (Updated to v2.0)