NBA Live 99 Current Rosters 1.06 -------------------------------- Date: 02/03/99 Probable release date for next version: soon NEW: - rosters through 2/3 - 32 new players, all with career stats - tried to improve shot selection on some teams - added Career Playoff Stats for MJ NOTE: we presume that all teams sign their rookies as well as any free agents they had under contract at the end of last season, unless it was announced otherwise; also, we did not create every player with a non-guaranteed contract, most of them will not make the regular season roster anyway. Copyright (c) 1995-98 by Tim Tschirner (tim@TASsoft.com) and Lutz van Hasselt (lutz@TASsoft.com), All Rights Reserved. NONE of the files included in this archive (e.g. UPDATE.TXT, INSTALL.BAT, etc.) may be modified and redistributed without expressed permission from us. This Roster Update and all related files are freely distributable, as long as all files included in the package remain unchanged and you don't sell it for profit. It is, however, NOT allowed to distribute this patch, in whole or in parts, modifed or unmodified, with your own patches or use it as a base for your own Patch/Roster Update. You may also include it on Computer Magazine Cover CD-ROMs, but if you do so, you must contact us. The latest version can always be found at The NBA Live Series Center at the following URL: http://www.tassoft.com/nbalive/ Check out The NBA Live Series Center (The NLSC) anyway for all the latest NBA Live stuff, including NBA Live 95 Roster Updates by Lutz, NBA Live 96 Roster Updates by Ben Fischer, NBA Live 97 Roster Updates by Arash Barkhodaee, NBA Live 98 Roster Updates by Tim and Lutz, Tim's and Brien's Player and Picture Editors, Historical rosters, European rosters and much more, including a new Discussion Forum. If you maintain a Web Page dedicated to either title of the NBA Live Series, why not join The NBA Live Series Web Ring at: http://www.tassoft.com/nbalive/nbaring.html Introduction ------------ This is an unofficial patch for the commercial game NBA Live 99 by EA Sports. It provides the Game with data of new players who were not originally in the game, and generally updates the rosters regarding trades, free agents, injuries, positions, ratings, overall team performance, jersey numbers, team info and more. Installation ------------ Copy the unzipped files into your main NBA Live 99 Directory and run INSTALL.BAT. After a successful installation, start the game, click on ROSTERS in the Main Menu, then click on RESET ROSTER and Choose YES. After that, go back to the Main Menu, click on FILES and then LOAD either 'Tim & Lutz 98/99' or 'Tim & Lutz Active'. ! NOTE: If there are already directories called 000 and/or 001 ! ! in your NBA99\SAVES directory, please rename them ! ! BEFORE installing this patch. Otherwise the patch will ! ! overwrite your Saved Files. ! Uninstallation -------------- To uninstall this patch, remove the directories SAVES\000 and SAVES\001 in your NBA Live 99 directory and delete INSTALL.BAT and UPDATE.TXT from your NBA Live 99 folder. Locating your main NBA Live 99 Directory ---------------------------------------- If you have trouble locating the main NBA Live 99 Directory on your HD, do a search for the file 'nba99.ini' on your computer and note the folder it is in. This is your main NBA Live 99 Directory. Files ----- PLAYERS.DBF TEAMS.DBF CAREER.DBF TMCAREER.DBF TRADELOG.DBF SAVE.DAT PLAYERS.001 (*) TEAMS.001 (*) TMCAREER.001 (*) TRADELOG.001 (*) SAVE.001 (*) INSTALL.BAT UPDATE.TXT (*) Only available during the season. What you'll find ---------------- 1998/99 Season Rosters ('Tim & Lutz 98/99') ------------------------------------------------------- This file has updated 1998/99 rosters as well as the new rookies. Injuries are ignored in this patch, so players currently on the IR will not necessarily be on the IR. NOTE: Players who become free agents will remain with their current team until they sign somewhere else. 1999 Active Rosters ('Tim & Lutz Active') ----------------------------------------------------- 1999 active rosters with updated injuries. NOTE: Active Rosters are only available during the season. Acknowledgements ---------------- - EA Sports for creating an awesome game, sending it over and giving us information (you know who you are) - Brien Smith for all his hard work on the File Structure and many other aspects of the game and for always being there