NBA Live 98 Players.dbf Editing Guide
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The following is guide to the values in Players.dbf for NBA Live 98. A question mark indicates the exact function of the field is unknown.
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| Field | Description |
| 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 |
| HAND | 0: Right Handed 1: Left Handed |
| All player ability ratings are based on the following system 0-1=50 | |
| FATIGUE | Fatigue (Endurance) Rating |
| 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 likelihood of injury |
| DSHOOTRANG | Shooting Range (8-25 feet) |
| NAME | Player's surname |
| FNAME | Player's firstname |
| NICKNAME | Player's nickname |
| ORIGTEAM | Player's original team - Refer to Chart |
| BIRTHDATE | Player's birth date, in the format DD/MM/YYYY (eg 29/03/1975 = 29th March 1975) |
| BIRTHTOWN | Town player was born in |
| BIRTHSTATE | State (or in some cases, country) player was born in |
| 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 1994) |
| SCRATCH1 | ? |
| SCRATCH2 | ? |
| GAMESSTART | How many games a player started last season |
| PLAYERID | Player's ID number in the database. |
| ROSTERPOS | Roster position 0: Starting Centre |
| DRAFTEDBY | Team that drafted player, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc) |
| TEAM | Player's current team - Refer to Chart |
| INJURYID | Corresponds to a number in injury.dbf. 0 by default (uninjured) |
| INJURYDATE | Date injury occured, assigned by game in Season/Franchise Mode |
| RECOVRDATE | Date player will recover by, assigned by game in Season/Franchise 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 shows up in red in a roster screen, he cannot play. If his name shows up in yellow, he is injured, but playable. If his name shows up as normal, he is playable. |
| ISCREATED | Player is created (TRUE/FALSE) |
| ISROM | Player is created (TRUE/FALSE) |
| ISHIDDEN | Player is hidden (TRUE/FALSE) |
| STREAK | Hot or cold streak(?) |
| L_PORT | Player's portrait filename. |
| ACTSHOT | Player's action shot filename. |
| PLRSUBID | Player's Sub ID. Used with custom team feature. 0 for original player, duplicate players assigned a number |
| DUPECOUNT | How many times a player has been duplicated on custom teams. |
| SPCHHDR | Speech data filename. |
| SPCHDATA | Speech data filename. |
| PLAYERPKG | Cyberface ID. Numeral 0, first two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg 0ALHENDE.fsh). When a player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg 0BOSURA_.fsh). Created players have a PLAYERPKG based on the appearance attributes assigned to them. |
| FGATTEMPTS | How many field goals a player attempted last season |
| FGMADE | How many field goals a player made last season |
| THREEPTATT | How many three pointers a player attempted last season |
| THREEPTMAD | How many three pointers a player made last season |
| FTATTEMPTS | How many free throws a player attempted last season |
| FTMADE | How many free throws a player made last season |
| BLOCKS | How many blocks a player had last season |
| OFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player had last season |
| ASSISTS | How many assists a player had last season |
| PERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player had last season |
| STEALS | How many steals a player had last season |
| DEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player had last season |
| TURNOVERS | How many turnovers a player had last season |
| MINUTES | How many minutes a player registered last season |
| GAMES | How many games a player played last season |
| EJECT | How many ejections a player registered last season |
| INSIDESC | Inside Scoring Rating |
| CLUTCH | Clutch Rating |
| BODYTYPE | The size/shape of a player's body. |
| RANGE2 | Shooting Range 2 (6-17 feet) |
| OVERALLRTG | Overall rating - calculated by the game |
| DUNKPACK | Dunk Package - controls the amount of dunks a player can perform, ranges from 0 (no dunks) to 6 (many dunks) |
| PREFDUNK | Dunk player uses most often |
| SFGATTEMPT | How many field goals a player has attempted in the current season |
| SFGMADE | How many field goals a player has made in the current season |
| STHREEPTAT | How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current season |
| STHREEPTMA | How many three pointers a player has made in the current season |
| SFTATTEMPT | How many free throws a player has attempted in the current season |
| SFTMADE | How many free throws a player has made in the current season |
| SBLOCKS | How many blocks a player has in the current season |
| SOFFREB | How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current season |
| SASSISTS | How many assists a player has in the current season |
| SPERFOUL | How many personal fouls a player has in the current season |
| SSTEALS | How many steals a player has in the current season |
| SDEFREB | How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current season |
| STURNOVERS | How many turnovers a player has in the current season |
| SMINUTES | How many minutes a player has registered in the current season |
| SGAMES | How many games a player has played in the current season |
| SEJECT | How many ejections a player has registered in the current season |
| PFGATTEMPT | How many field goals a player attempted last playoffs |
| PFGMADE | How many field goals a player made last playoffs |
| PTHREEPTAT | How many three pointers a player attempted last playoffs |
| PTHREEPTMA | How many three pointers a player made last playoffs |
| PFTATTEMPT | How many free throws a player attempted last playoffs |
| PFTMADE | 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 |
| PEJECT | How many ejections a player registered last playoffs |
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