NBA Live 99 Players.dbf Editing Guide

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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
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard

POSITION2 Player's secondary position

0: Center
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard

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
1: White
2: Brown/Light Black
3: Black
4: Dark Black

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
2: Blue Shades
3: Large Goggles
4: Amber Visor
5: Rose Visor
6: Yellow Visor
7: Mirrored Visor
8: Blue Visor
9: Small Goggles
10: Orange Shades
11: Low Riders
12: Clear Goggles

HEADWEAR Attribute for headbands.

0: None
1: White band
2: Red band
3: Blue band
4: Black band
5: Black toque

SHOES Player's shoe type
SOCKS Player's sock type

0: Low White
1: Low black
2: Medium White
3: Medium Black
4: High White
5: High Black

LELBOWPADS Left elbow pad

0: None
1: White Pad
2: Red Pad
3: Blue Pad
4: Black Pad

RELBOWPADS Right elbow pad

0: None
1: White Pad
2: Red Pad
3: Blue Pad
4: Black Pad

LWRISTBAND Left wristband

0: None
1: White Band
2: Red Band
3: Blue Band
4: Black Band

RWRISTBAND Right wristband

0: None
1: White Band
2: Red Band
3: Blue Band
4: Black Band

LKNEEPAD Left knee pad

0: None
1: White brace
2: Red brace
3: Blue brace
4: Black brace

RKNEEPAD Right knee pad

0: None
1: White brace
2: Red brace
3: Blue brace
4: Black brace

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
2-3=51
etc unless otherwise noted.

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
1: Balanced
2: Hyped

ORIGTEAM Player's original team - Refer to Chart
TEAM Player's current team - Refer to Chart
ROSTERPOS Roster position

0: Starting Centre
1: Starting Power Forward
2: Starting Small Forward
3: Starting Shooting Guard
4: Starting Point Guard
5-11: Active Bench
12-14: Inactive Roster

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
T: Via Trade
F: Via Free Agency

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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