Another NHL Cards Pack (TBL 2007 Style)

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:05 pm

Hey Guys.

I'm currently working on a Mugshotpack, using the Template of Devil88 (Big thanks to you

). Some examples:

Ehrhoff

Goc

Sturm

Bell

Carle

Of course I'm going to release the pack here. But I wanted to ask also, if I can upload it to Doubleminor (http://sportsgamer.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1026). I will give full credit etc.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:24 pm

Looking good. Welcome to TBL by the way

We have been referring to these as the TBL 2007 Style... D88 and I designed it based on "lessons learned" from thousands of cards made. And sure, you can release them anywhere... that's why we made the templates as easy to use as possible. The only thing we ask is that you keep the TBL url on the sides.

How are you finding it to use? If you read the enclosed instructions you'll find there are many 'sets' within the template. That allows you to easily for example switch what side the inset pictures are on. You can have them on the left side or right side if that will fit your main picture better.

That can be especially helpful so you don't end up covering a goalie's glove hand in an action pic for example

Any questions just let me know, it's one of those things that is easy once you know the basics but can be overwhelming at first.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:30 pm

Minstrel wrote:Looking good. Welcome to TBL by the way

Sure, you can release them anywhere... that's why we made the templates as easy to use as possible. The only thing we ask is that you keep the TBL url on the sides.

How are you finding it to use? If you read the enclosed instructions you'll find there are many 'sets' within the template. That allows you to easily for example switch what side the inset pictures are on. You can have them on the left side or right side if that will fit your main picture better. That can be especially helpful so you don't end up covering a goalie's glove hand in an action pic for example

Any questions just let me know, it's one of those things that is easy once you know the basics but can be overwhelming at first.

Cool. I just wanted to ask first, because the DMHN Rules say that you aren't allowed to upload a Cyberface etc. somewhere else. I'm quite experienced with Photoshop BTW, because I'm one of the cyberfacemakers @ Doubleminor.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:33 pm

Great! I'm a bit foggy headed right now as I've got the flu actually... so I keep editing and re-editing my posts it seems. But yeah if you have any questions let me know as I built the template actually and tried my best to make the text file as self explanitory as possible, but it's one of those thigns that I'm never sure if it's "translating" well from my brain into type.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:28 pm

This is not a question releated to the Template (because it's great, everything is clear), but I don't know how I should rename the done Cards so that my files overwrite the existing in the picture folder

There seems to be something like a player ID, but I don't know where I should get them...

BTW: Thanks for your Welcome post

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:47 pm

There is a system that determines what pic is displayed... all pics have to be the standard naming format of name and date of birth.

However, the cards can be any of three to work: .ehg/.png or .jpg. .ehg is a specifc to SI naming convention but it is a renaming not an actual graphic format. Those files are actually in the .png format. So to get them to open in a graphics program you have to rename them individually to .png. You can also use the .jpg format.

The only issue is that the game will display the .ehg/.png formatted card over a .jpg format card of the same player.

Now I ask your apology as I kind of go off here... but this is something I believe in:

I've taken the step to support the .jpg format because the positives so far outweigh the negatives. To help people I've reworked the default pictures into .jpg format for people (available here in teh 'official files' 07 section). The reasons I've decided to support .jpgs is that there are positives for everyone.

I dedicate myself in my role here at TBL and as a graphics guy to encourage people to create and to help make the whole add-ons system as accessable and as easy as possible. So, to me, it is just making more work for people than necessary to have this whole "rename each card from .ehg to .png to work on them and then rename them when done back to .jpg system". It goes against my grain... then there are also the practical matters of file size.

.png is a great format for the game because it does very sharp looking detailed images with a supreme handling of transparency for logos etc... but it's badly suited for pictures of any size or complexity as the files get terribly large and you can't limit them at all downward like with .jpgs. So you can get a card to look the same with .jpg and save a few hundred k per card in some situations... so having a card be 35k instead of 212k means it takes less time to download and uses less bandwith. It also saves people drive space.

This is a project that is used by the hundreds... so taking those savings per card times 400 cards I felt was important enough to stand up for.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:22 pm

But what should I do, if the game doesn't have a Facepack for a player and I want to make it? I don't know which name it needs to be shown in the game

(I don't mean the format, but the filename itself)

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:51 pm

I hope you know what I mean... I don't know why for example Mark Bell has to be named:

Mark_Bell_5_8_1980.jpg

Can you explain me what the numbers have to say and how I can find it out for every player, also for those ones, who don't already have a Facepack in the game.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:40 pm

The numbers are his date of birth.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:45 pm

bruins72 wrote:The numbers are his date of birth.

So I just need to type in the surname and the forname to make it work?

I thought it's harder

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:14 pm

That's pretty much it. Just as in your Mark Bell example. Just keep in mind that the date of birth is in day-month-year format and not in the US standard month-day-year.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:21 pm

Ahhh... sorry, I figured you knew that from the other cards which is why I was going on about why they might not show up for you due to the format question...

Just look at the date on their profile page but keep in mind that the files use the format 31_12_2006 for New Year's eve 2006 not 12_31_2006. No need to use special characters in names, they are all in the database so they will display anyway, you only risk the system not picking them up. No spaces, you use _ instead between first and last names.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:37 pm

Minstrel wrote:Ahhh... sorry, I figured you knew that from the other cards which is why I was going on about why they might not show up for you due to the format question...

Just look at the date on their profile page but keep in mind that the files use the format 31_12_2006 for New Year's eve 2006 not 12_31_2006. No need to use special characters in names, they are all in the database so they will display anyway, you only risk the system not picking them up. No spaces, you use _ instead between first and last names.

Okay thanks.

Sharks are about 60% done.

Honnegger · Post by **Honnegger** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:42 am

My Sharks Cards

The stuff I made this far

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sjsharkz · Post by **sjsharkz** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:02 am

Hey any chance you can send me the Sharks cards that you make aswell as Worcester if you did them?

Thanks

Tim

Maciej84 · Post by **Maciej84** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:14 pm

Hi,

I made some cards (56)

. NJoy!

DOWNLOAD

Credits to Minstrel & Devils88

Post by **Alessandro** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:06 pm

Nice to have some new cards! I still prefer the RS09 template, but thanks anyway, I'll use them