NBA Live 2004 Players.dbf Editing Guide
The following is guide to the values in Players.dbf for NBA Live 2004. A question mark indicates the exact function of the field is unknown.
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Field | Description |
DELETED | Original players all have FALSE for this field |
NAME | Player's surname |
FNAME | Player's firstname |
NICKNAMEID | Player's nickname ID. Corresponds to values in nicknames.dbf |
PLAYERID | Player's ID number in the database. |
NUMBER | Player's jersey number. Use -1 for number 00. |
POSITION | Player's primary position 0: Center |
POSITION2 | Player's secondary position 0: Center |
HEIGHT | Player's height in inches |
WEIGHT | Player's weight in pounds |
YEARSEXP | How many seasons played in the NBA |
SCHOOLNUM | Player's college. Corresponds to numbers in schools.dbf |
COLOR | Player's skin colour. Number corresponds to a skin tone. 0: Pale White |
BODYTYPE | The size of a player's body. |
MUSCLETEXT | How toned a player's muscles are. 0: Not muscular |
HAND | 0: Right Handed 1: Left Handed |
FACE | Player Face |
HAIRTYPE | Used for players with special hairstyles. 0: None (Regular hairstyle) |
EYECOLOR | Player's eye colour |
EYEWEAR | Attribute for eyewear. 0 for None. |
HEADWEAR | Attribute for headbands. 0: No headband |
HEADWCOL | Headwear Colour - Refer to Chart |
SHOELIMIT | Player's specific shoe brand 0: None |
HOMESHOE | Player's home shoe |
ORIGHSHOE | Player's home shoe. |
AWAYSHOE | Player's away shoe |
ORIGASHOE | Player's away shoe. |
SOCKS | Player's sock type 1: Short White |
SOCKCOLOR | Player's sock colour - Refer to Chart |
LNECKTAT | Left neck tattoo. |
RNECKTAT | Right neck tattoo. |
LFINGER | Left finger accessory. 0 for None. |
LFINGCOL | Left finger accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
RFINGER | Right finger accessory. 0 for None. |
RFINGCOL | Right finger accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
LWRISTBAND | Left wristband. 0 for None. |
LWRISTCOL | Left wristband colour - Refer to Chart |
RWRISTBAND | Right wristband. 0 for None. |
RWRISTCOL | Right wristband colour - Refer to Chart |
LFARMBAND | Left forearm accessory. 0 for None. |
LFARMCOL | Left forearm accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
RFARMBAND | Right forearm accessory. 0 for None. |
LFARMCOL | Right forearm accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
LELBOWBAND | Left elbow accessory. 0 for None. |
LELBOWCOL | Left elbow accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
RELBOWBAND | Right elbow accessory. 0 for None. |
RELBOWCOL | Right elbow accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
LBICEPBAND | Left bicep accessory. 0 for None. |
LBICEPCOL | Left bicep accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
RBICEPBAND | Right bicep accessory. 0 for None. |
RBICEPCOL | Right bicep accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
LFARMTAT | Left forearm tattoo. |
RFARMTAT | Right forearm tattoo. |
LBICEPTAT | Left bicep tattoo. |
RBICEPTAT | Right bicep tattoo. |
SHORTSHORT | Player wears short basketball shorts. TRUE/FALSE. |
COMPSHORT | Compression shorts. 0 for None. |
COMPCOL | Compression shorts colour - Refer to Chart |
LKNEEPAD | Left knee pad. 0 for None. |
LKNEECOL | Left knee pad colour - Refer to Chart |
RKNEEPAD | Right knee pad. 0 for None. |
RKNEECOL | Right knee pad colour - Refer to Chart |
LLOWLEGTAT | Left calf tattoo. |
RLOWLEGTAT | Right calf tattoo. |
LLOWLEG | Left calf accessory. 0 for None. |
LLOWLOWCOL | Left calf accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
RLOWLEG | Right calf accesory. 0 for None. |
RLOWLEGCOL | Right calf accessory colour - Refer to Chart |
OVERALLRTG | Overall rating - calculated by the game |
PLAYRVALUE | Calculated by the game - no need to edit |
All player ability ratings are based on the following system 0=0 | |
FGPBASE | Field Goal/Jump Shooting Rating |
THREEPTBAS | Three Point Shooting Rating |
FTPBASE | Free Throw Rating |
DNKABILITY | Dunking Rating - controls how often a player can make difficult dunks |
STLABILITY | Stealing Rating |
BLKABILITY | Blocking Rating |
OREABILITY | Offensive rebounding rating |
DREABILITY | Defensive rebounding rating |
BALABILITY | Ball handling (passing) ability |
OFFABILITY | Offensive Awareness |
DEFABILITY | Defensive Awareness |
SPEED | Speed rating |
QUICK | Quickness rating |
JUMP | Jumping rating |
DRIBBLE | Dribbling rating |
DSTRENGTH | Strength rating |
DHARDY | Hardiness rating - controls injuries in simulated play |
DSHOOTRANG | Shooting Range (8-25 feet) |
FATIGUE | Fatigue (Endurance) Rating |
INSIDESC | Inside Scoring Rating |
PRIMACY | Primacy Rating - how often the CPU will use player to score. Also affects simulated stats. |
SCOREAREA | Player's offensive style - Refer to Chart |
FACIALCTRL | Facial Expression 0: Laid Back |
FTRITUAL | Free Throw Ritual. Most players set to 0. Determines how far back a player stands at the free throw line. |
AUDIONICK | Nickname used by the announcers - attribute for created players |
CELEBPACK | Celebration pack |
ORIGTEAM | Player's original team - Refer to Chart |
TEAM | Player's current team - Refer to Chart |
ROSTERPOS | Roster position 0: Starting Centre |
BIRTHDATE | Player's birth date, in the format yyyymmdd (eg 19750329 = 29th March 1975) |
BTOWNID | Corresponds to values in birthtown.dbf |
DPLACE | Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1) |
DROUND | Player's draft round (if not drafted, -1) |
DOVERALL | Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1) |
DRAFTYEAR | Year player was drafted in yyyy format (eg 2000) |
DRAFTEDBY | Team that drafted player, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc) |
SCRATCH1 | ? |
SCRATCH2 | ? |
SCRATCH3 | ? |
DUNKPACK | Dunk Package - controls the dunks a player can perform - Refer to Chart |
CAREERPKG | Career Package. Determines a player's chances of improving/declining. Ranges from A (excellent chances) to J (little chance). |
ENVELOPE | Used for player development, assigned by game in Dynasty Mode |
INJURYID | Corresponds to a number in injury.dbf. 0 by default (uninjured) |
INJURYDATE | Date injury occured, assigned by game in Season/Dynasty Mode |
RECOVRDATE | Date player will recover by, assigned by game in Season/Dynasty Mode |
ISPLAYABLE | Determines whether a player can play (TRUE/FALSE) ie he has a severe injury, minor injury, or is uninjured. If a player's name has a red cross displayed next to it in a roster screen, he cannot play. If his name is displayed with a bandaid next to it, he is injured, but playable. |
ISCREATED | Player is created (TRUE/FALSE) |
FACEPATCH | Player uses a face patch (TRUE/FALSE) |
ISGENERATE | Player was generated in Franchise Mode (TRUE/FALSE) |
ISHISTORIC | Player belongs to Legends Pool or Decade All-Star team. Cannot be selected in Dynasty Draft. |
TRADEABLE | Determines whether a player can be traded or not. A value of 0 allows players to be traded. |
ID7 | Cyberface and Speech File ID. First two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg ALHENDE). When a player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg BOSURA_). |
PLAYERPKG | Cyberface ID. First two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg ALHENDE). When a player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg BOSURA_). |
INSEASON | Player is in regular season (TRUE/FALSE) |
INPLAYOFF | Player is in the playoffs (TRUE/FALSE) |
ROOKIEPKG | Generated rookie rating - development potential 0: Excellent |
ROOKVALUE | Used for generated rookies |
ROOKIERANK | Projected draft position - used for generated rookies |
ROOKIERNK2 | Projected draft position - used for generated rookies |
ROOKSTR1 | First strength displayed in scouting report |
ROOKSTR2 | Second strength displayed in scouting report |
ROOKSTR3 | Third strength displayed in scouting report |
ROOKWEAK1 | First weakness displayed in scouting report |
ROOKWEAK2 | Second weakness displayed in scouting report |
ROOKWEAK3 | Third weakness displayed in scouting report |
GRADCLASS | Graduation class for generated rookies 0: High School Senior |
SALARY | Player's salary |
SALARYTEAM | Team whose cap player's salary counts against - Refer to Chart |
YRSSIGNED | The length of the player's contract |
YRSREMAIN | Number of years left on the player's contract |
SALARY2 | Player's second salary (if applicable) |
SALARYTM2 | Team whose cap player's SALARY2 counts against (if applicable) - Refer to Chart |
SALARY3 | Player's third salary (if applicable) |
SALARYTM3 | Team whose cap player's SALARY3 counts against (if applicable) - Refer to Chart |
YRSSIGNED2 | Years signed on second salary |
YRSSIGNED3 | Years signed on third salary |
YRSREMAIN2 | Years remaining on second salary |
YRSREMAIN3 | Years remaining on third salary |
Note: If a player is released his deal continues to count against the cap of the team that released him until his deal expires or another team signs him. If he has a deal worth 60000 and he is released then signed for the minimum 30000, the team that released him will still owe him 30000, hence 30000 of his salary will still count against their cap. This is where the SALARY2, SALARYTM2 attributes are used. | |
TMREFUSAL | ? |
WEEKLYMVP | Related to Player of the Week (not used) |
MONTHLYMVP | Related to Player of the Month |
WEEKGAMES | ? |
MONTHGAMES | ? |
RAWOFFVALUE | Raw Offensive Value |
RAWDEFVALUE | Raw Defensive Value
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OFFVALUE | Offensive Value |
DEFVALUE | Defensive Value |
SFGATT | How many field goals a player attempted last season |
SFGMAD | How many field goals a player made last season |
STHREEATT | How many three pointers a player attempted last season |
STHREEMAD | How many three pointers a player made last season |
SFTATT | How many free throws a player attempted last season |
SFTMAD | How many free throws a player made last season |
SBLOCKS | How many blocks a player had last season |
SOFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player had last season |
SASSISTS | How many assists a player had last season |
SPERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player had last season |
SSTEALS | How many steals a player had last season |
SDEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player had last season |
STURNOVER | How many turnovers a player had last season |
SMINUTES | How many minutes a player registered last season |
SGAMES | How many games a player played last season |
SGSTART | How many games a player started last season |
SEJECT | How many ejections a player registered last season |
CSFGATT | How many field goals a player has attempted in the current season |
CSFGMAD | How many field goals a player has made in the current season |
CSTHREEATT | How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current season |
CSTHREEMAD | How many three pointers a player has made in the current season |
CSFTATT | How many free throws a player has attempted in the current season |
CSFTMAD | How many free throws a player has made in the current season |
CSBLOCKS | How many blocks a player has in the current season |
CSOFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current season |
CSASSISTS | How many assists a player has in the current season |
CSPERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player has in the current season |
CSSTEALS | How many steals a player has in the current season |
CSDEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current season |
CSTURNOVER | How many turnovers a player has in the current season |
CSMINUTES | How many minutes a player has registered in the current season |
CSGAMES | How many games a player has played in the current season |
CSGSTART | How many games a player has started in the current season |
CSEJECT | How many ejections a player has registered in the current season |
PFGATT | How many field goals a player attempted last playoffs |
PFGMAD | How many field goals a player made last playoffs |
PTHREEATT | How many three pointers a player attempted last playoffs |
PTHREEMAD | How many three pointers a player made last playoffs |
PFTATT | How many free throws a player attempted last playoffs |
PFTMAD | How many free throws a player made last playoffs |
PBLOCKS | How many blocks a player had last playoffs |
POFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player had last playoffs |
PASSISTS | How many assists a player had last playoffs |
PPERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player had last playoffs |
PSTEALS | How many steals a player had last playoffs |
PDEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player had last playoffs |
PTURNOVER | How many turnovers a player had last playoffs |
PMINUTES | How many minutes a player registered last playoffs |
PGAMES | How many games a player played last playoffs |
PGSTART | How many games a player started last playoffs |
PEJECT | How many ejections a player registered last playoffs |
CPFGATT | How many field goals a player has attempted in the current playoffs |
CPFGMAD | How many field goals a player has made in the current playoffs |
CPTHREEATT | How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current playoffs |
CPTHREEMAD | How many three pointers a player has made in the current playoffs |
CPFTATT | How many free throws a player has attempted in the current playoffs |
CPFTMAD | How many free throws a player has made in the current playoffs |
CPBLOCKS | How many blocks a player has in the current playoffs |
CPOFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current playoffs |
CPASSISTS | How many assists a player has in the current playoffs |
CPPERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player has in the current playoffs |
CPSTEALS | How many steals a player has in the current playoffs |
CPDEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current playoffs |
CPTURNOVER | How many turnovers a player has in the current playoffs |
CPMINUTES | How many minutes a player has registered in the current playoffs |
CPGAMES | How many games a player has played in the current playoffs |
CPGSTART | How many games a player has started in the current playoffs |
CPEJECT | How many ejections a player has registered in the current playoffs |