Having spent a few days hex editing (no, I haven't got a secret player editor 
), I'm releasing the first version of my updated roster. So far only England have been edited, although I may update Australia at a later date. It includes:
- English Bowlers' speeds fixed - bear in mind that I've set it so that they bowl their real top speed when on fearless (e.g flintoff 93mph, Anderson 90mph), but they lose up to 5mph when less confident.
- English Players ratings fixed - where I thought the ratings were obviously out (e.g flintoff, prior, broad, panesar batting; bopara bowling; collingwood fielding to name a few) I've changed them,
and made some more minor adjustments for ratings slightly out (e.g strauss is now our 2nd best batsman)
- Real player names - thanks go to Steves3667 for his real names patch, which I used as a base (and yes, I do have permission)
- Note that I haven't created any new players other than Onions, so no Foster, Joyce, Trott etc. - these may be created in the next version.
- I'm afraid it doesn't seem to work in Ashes mode - I'll probably have to edit the first set of players too, as the roster file has two sets of each player.
Some stats may be wrong as I've played several games, and when the game updates players' career stats I'm not sure whether it stores them in USER or USERSTAT.dat.
Equally the file may or may not change your game progress and unlocks - if it does, I've unlocked the English stadiums through completing tutorials (that means no Lords/The Oval which require you to win the ashes), and several other stadiums from completing matches.
You should also check your graphics, sound and controller settings as they may be different too.
If it doesn't work, I'm not sure I can help, as I've had no problems this end. However, last night I played at Jamaica and for some reason all my bowlers added an extra 3mph - it was hot, no wind and with the kookaburra ball - if you find the bowler speeds out, try a different temperature, ball and pitch, and it may change completely
If there are any other ratings you want corrected, just ask and I'll try to alter them for the next version, however currently I don't want to edit players of the unlicensed countries - If you want to edit bowling speeds, then for 82mph+ bowlers, change them to Fast, then alter the bowler pace rating - 75 is about 87-8mph, 78 is 89-90mph, 80 is 90mph, 82 is 91-2mph, and 85 is about 93mph.
To install, just copy the user.dat file into (My) Documents\My Games\Codemasters\Ashes Cricket 2009
Remember to backup your old file just in case.
Enjoy
Rob
Edit: it might be a good idea to actually upload the file
), I'm releasing the first version of my updated roster. So far only England have been edited, although I may update Australia at a later date. It includes:- English Bowlers' speeds fixed - bear in mind that I've set it so that they bowl their real top speed when on fearless (e.g flintoff 93mph, Anderson 90mph), but they lose up to 5mph when less confident.
- English Players ratings fixed - where I thought the ratings were obviously out (e.g flintoff, prior, broad, panesar batting; bopara bowling; collingwood fielding to name a few) I've changed them,
and made some more minor adjustments for ratings slightly out (e.g strauss is now our 2nd best batsman)
- Real player names - thanks go to Steves3667 for his real names patch, which I used as a base (and yes, I do have permission
)- Note that I haven't created any new players other than Onions, so no Foster, Joyce, Trott etc. - these may be created in the next version.
- I'm afraid it doesn't seem to work in Ashes mode - I'll probably have to edit the first set of players too, as the roster file has two sets of each player.
Some stats may be wrong as I've played several games, and when the game updates players' career stats I'm not sure whether it stores them in USER or USERSTAT.dat.
Equally the file may or may not change your game progress and unlocks - if it does, I've unlocked the English stadiums through completing tutorials (that means no Lords/The Oval which require you to win the ashes), and several other stadiums from completing matches.
You should also check your graphics, sound and controller settings as they may be different too.
If it doesn't work, I'm not sure I can help, as I've had no problems this end. However, last night I played at Jamaica and for some reason all my bowlers added an extra 3mph - it was hot, no wind and with the kookaburra ball - if you find the bowler speeds out, try a different temperature, ball and pitch, and it may change completely
If there are any other ratings you want corrected, just ask and I'll try to alter them for the next version, however currently I don't want to edit players of the unlicensed countries - If you want to edit bowling speeds, then for 82mph+ bowlers, change them to Fast, then alter the bowler pace rating - 75 is about 87-8mph, 78 is 89-90mph, 80 is 90mph, 82 is 91-2mph, and 85 is about 93mph.
To install, just copy the user.dat file into (My) Documents\My Games\Codemasters\Ashes Cricket 2009
Remember to backup your old file just in case.
Enjoy
Rob
Edit: it might be a good idea to actually upload the file
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