NFL Blitz Roster Editor (UPDATED: 3/21/2018)

[blitzmaster5000]

You're welcome, however the current editor won't let me save any roster to the ROMs, they become unplayable when I do so.

I'll take a look into it...

I haven't had any issues with it, just fyi. 2000 zionkity hacked and 2001 work great (as long as the write ROM .z64 is used).

The only thing that could have been problematic is the original roster editor Jake originally posted had some test teams in it that could have been causing trouble, but he has since fixed it.

[ModelsOfBoats]

So I'm assuming this is not fully working yet for Blitz 2000 Gold Edition for the Arcade and NFL Blitz 1 PC, or am I doing something wrong? When I try to load the roster from the .chd rom file, it crashes the program. And the PC version only lets me change the stats of the teams, the player names, numbers, body types, etc. just revert back to normal.

I'm just wondering if anyone has an ETA of when it will be fully operational if it's not supposed to be now, as I mostly play Gold edition on Mame and  really don't like the n64 version as it's clearly watered down so it could run on that console. As someone who's been playing Blitz games since 97, I've always wanted a roster tool like this and would really love to use it so much. Also, is support for Blitz 2000 Dreamcast version planned?

[jaker3]

So I'm assuming this is not fully working yet for Blitz 2000 Gold Edition for the Arcade and NFL Blitz 1 PC, or am I doing something wrong? When I try to load the roster from the .chd rom file, it crashes the program. And the PC version only lets me change the stats of the teams, the player names, numbers, body types, etc. just revert back to normal.

I'm just wondering if anyone has an ETA of when it will be fully operational if it's not supposed to be now, as I mostly play Gold edition on Mame and  really don't like the n64 version as it's clearly watered down so it could run on that console. As someone who's been playing Blitz games since 97, I've always wanted a roster tool like this and would really love to use it so much. Also, is support for Blitz 2000 Dreamcast version planned?

Hey ModelsOfBoats,

The Editor is actually made for the uncompressed raw format for arcade files. I've gotten it to pull the rosters from the gold arcade version but have not been successful getting it to boot after editing it... Partially due to my lack of knowledge of arcade systems (might be a checksum issue?). In order to edit the file you extract the image from the CHD file.
As for the PC version, you got it to boot properly after editing the stats?
As for the dreamcast, it is one of the systems I plan on supporting at one point.

[ModelsOfBoats]

Hey ModelsOfBoats,

The Editor is actually made for the uncompressed raw format for arcade files. I've gotten it to pull the rosters from the gold arcade version but have not been successful getting it to boot after editing it... Partially due to my lack of knowledge of arcade systems (might be a checksum issue?). In order to edit the file you extract the image from the CHD file.
As for the PC version, you got it to boot properly after editing the stats?
As for the dreamcast, it is one of the systems I plan on supporting at one point.

Okay I see. And yeah, I did get it to boot properly, I tested it by maxing out the stats for some teams, and it shows my changes in game, but all my player changes have been reverted to default. If re-pull my edited roster from the exe, it shows the same thing.

EDIT: I reinstalled the game and now not even my stats changes stick. This is weird.

[jaker3]

I'll try playing around with the PC version to see if I can get it working.

[Tarantula]

I'm having major issues with the most recent version of this editor. Ever since I downloaded the most recent version, whenever I use the "Pull roster from rom" option, it crashes the program instantly. I can still load roster files individually, but I can't do anything with rosters associated with .rom files, which is very annoying. I've tried on two different PCs and have had the same issue with both.

Can anyone address this? I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.

[jaker3]

Odd, I can test it out later today... Are you using a .z64 file?

[blitzmaster5000]

If you have an extra team (i.e. if you used Jakes tool to add a team or used my patch which already has an extra team), this could be the culprit. I think I ran into the same issues.

[Tarantula]

Odd, I can test it out later today... Are you using a .z64 file?

Tried it with both a patched .z64 and .n64 file. Crashed no matter what.

[jaker3]

Oh shoot... I see what the issue is now, its an easy fix. I'll try and get the fixed version uploaded tonight. Thanks for the heads up.

[jaker3]

If you re-download it it should work now.

[Tarantula]

Thanks for going out of your way to do that. It works perfectly now.

[tors12]

Thanks for this! It's awesome, but I've got some issue.
I made a 2016 roster file, it works fine for a moment, but then when I keep playing for a while PJ64 puts a message "error: stopping emulation" then crashes.
I hope someone can help me, thanks.

[jaker3]

Hey Tors, can you upload the roster file you are using? also what version of pj64.

[tors12]

Hey Tors, can you upload the roster file you are using? also what version of pj64.

Fine, here's the link: https://mega.nz/#!ERhiXQwJ!dbNHqwRRcxGWO7_11wZ7FGxjL_-2lIOUEcn6oXoMW3U
I'm using ZoinkityHack version.