NBA Live 99 Players.dbf Editing Guide
The following is guide to the values in Players.dbf for NBA Live 99. A question mark indicates the exact function of the field is unknown.
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| Field | Description |
| NAME | Player's surname |
| FNAME | Player's firstname |
| NICKNAME | Player's nickname |
| 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. Ranges from 0 (very thin) to 8 (very bulky) |
| HAND | 0: Right Handed 1: Left Handed |
| HEADMODEL | The shape of the player's head. Models range from 0-7 |
| FACE | Attribute for created players. Corresponds to faces in Create-a-Player |
| HAIRSTYLE | Attribute for created players. Corresponds to hairstyles in Create-a-Player |
| FACIALHAIR | Attribute for created players. Corresponds to facial hair in Create-a-Player |
| EYEWEAR | 0: None 1: Rose Shades |
| HEADWEAR | Attribute for headbands. 0: None |
| SHOES | Player's shoe type |
| SOCKS | Player's sock type 0: Low White |
| LELBOWPADS | Left elbow pad 0: None |
| RELBOWPADS | Right elbow pad 0: None |
| LWRISTBAND | Left wristband 0: None |
| RWRISTBAND | Right wristband 0: None |
| LKNEEPAD | Left knee pad 0: None |
| RKNEEPAD | Right knee pad 0: None |
| 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 0-1=50 | |
| 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) |
| RANGE2 | Shooting Range 2 (6-17 feet) |
| FATIGUE | Fatigue (Endurance) Rating |
| INSIDESC | Inside Scoring Rating |
| CLUTCH | Clutch 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 |
| 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) |
| BIRTHTOWN | Town player was born in (if unknown, --) |
| BIRTHSTATE | State player was born in (if unknown, --) |
| 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 1997) |
| DRAFTEDBY | Team that drafted player, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc) |
| DHOW | How a player was acquired D: Drafted |
| DFROM | Team player was acquired from, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc) (if not applicable, --) |
| SCRATCH1 | ? |
| SCRATCH2 | ? |
| SCRATCH3 | ? |
| 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 |
| 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 Multiple Season Mode |
| ENVHIST1 | First year envelope |
| ENVHIST2 | Second year envelope |
| ENVHIST3 | Third year envelope |
| ENVHIST4 | Fourth year envelope |
| ENVHIST5 | Fifth year envelope |
| ENVHIST6 | Sixth year envelope |
| ENVHIST7 | Seventh year envelope |
| ENVHIST8 | Eighth year envelope |
| ENVHIST9 | Ninth year envelope |
| ENVHIST10 | Tenth year envelope |
| GAMESSTART | How many games a player started last season |
| SGAMESTART | How many games a player started the current season |
| PGAMESTART | How many games a player started last playoffs |
| DGAMESTART | Example of how many games a player will start in simulated play |
| PSXPSTART | ? |
| 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) |
| ISFEMALE | Player is female (TRUE/FALSE) |
| 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. |
| ID7 | 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_). |
| L_PORT | Player's Portrait ID. Numeral 1, first two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg 1ALHENDE). When a player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg 1BOSURA_). |
| PLAYERPKG | Cyberface ID. Numeral 0, first two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg 0ALHENDE). When a player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg 0BOSURA_). Created players have a PLAYERPKG based on the appearance attributes assigned to them which will show up as four letters (eg GZQB) |
| INSEASON | Player is in regular season (TRUE/FALSE) |
| INPLAYOFF | Player is in the playoffs (TRUE/FALSE) |
| OFFVALUE | Offensive Value |
| DEFVALUE | Defensive Value |
| FGATT | How many field goals a player attempted last season |
| FGMAD | How many field goals a player made last season |
| THREEATT | How many three pointers a player attempted last season |
| THREEMAD | How many three pointers a player made last season |
| FTATT | How many free throws a player attempted last season |
| FTMAD | 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 |
| TURNOVER | 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 |
| SFGATT | How many field goals a player has attempted in the current season |
| SFGMAD | How many field goals a player has made in the current season |
| STHREEATT | How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current season |
| STHREEMAD | How many three pointers a player has made in the current season |
| SFTATT | How many free throws a player has attempted in the current season |
| SFTMAD | 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 |
| STURNOVER | 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 |
| 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 |
| PEJECT | How many ejections a player registered last playoffs |
| DFGATT | Example of how many field goals a player will attempt in simulated play |
| DFGMAD | Example of how many field goals a player will make in simulated play |
| DTHREEATT | Example of how many three pointers a player will attempt in simulated play |
| DTHREEMAD | Example of how many three pointers a player will make in simulated play |
| DFTATT | Example of how many free throws a player will attempt in simulated play |
| DFTMAD | Example of how many free throws a player made last season |
| DBLOCKS | Example of how many blocks a player will make in simulated play |
| DOFFREB | Example of how many offensive rebounds a player will register in simulated play |
| DASSISTS | Example of how many assists a player will register in simulated play |
| DPERFOUL | Example of how many personal fouls a player will register in simulated play |
| DSTEALS | Example of how many steals a player will register in simulated play |
| DDEFREB | Example of how many defensive rebounds will register in simulated play |
| DTURNOVER | Example of how many turnovers a player will register in simulated play |
| DMINUTES | Example of how many minutes a player will register in simulated play |
| DGAMES | Example of how many games a player will register in simulated play |
| DEJECT | Example of how many ejections a player will register in simulated play |
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