AFL Evolution - Mods Thread

[Fizzler]

Looking good JohnHinckleyJr
Since the game has old Indigenous jumpers and they are way too hard to recreate, I'll probably end up replacing them with heritage jumpers from that I made here.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Looking good JohnHinckleyJr
Since the game has old Indigenous jumpers and they are way too hard to recreate, I'll probably end up replacing them with heritage jumpers from that I made here.

That's my plan to also wouldnt mind doing the barossa league jumpers

 

[BlackMamba]

Did any of the old AFL games have jumper textures that maybe could be extracted and modified for this?
If they're out there somewhere, it could save a bit of time.

 

[LeeARM]

Did any of the old AFL games have jumper textures that maybe could be extracted and modified for this?
If they're out there somewhere, it could save a bit of time.

I have hundreds of AFL Live textures which I'll hopefully get around to modifying for this game. I'd like to set up some basic templates of the different apparel sponsors with different collars and stitching before I start though.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

 

[Fizzler]

I have hundreds of AFL Live textures which I'll hopefully get around to modifying for this game. I'd like to set up some basic templates of the different apparel sponsors with different collars and stitching before I start though.

I tried using your NZ Hawks one but it's a quarter of the size of the new ones. (These are 2048x2048)

 

[LeeARM]

I tried using your NZ Hawks one but it's a quarter of the size of the new ones. (These are 2048x2048)

I have a lot of the assets in Illustrator, thankfully.
That guernsey is just chevrons and a recoloured Hawthorn logo though so it shouldn't be too much trouble if I get around to it.

 

[George]

Might be a stupid question but will the mods work on PS4/XBONE if uploaded to the Fan Hub? I'm not too sure how it works. Will probably wait to get the PC version of the game anyway just for the customization.

 

[BRAB]

Might be a stupid question but will the mods work on PS4/XBONE if uploaded to the Fan Hub? I'm not too sure how it works. Will probably wait to get the PC version of the game anyway just for the customization.

No, mods will not work on Consoles.

 

[Mootsy]

No, mods will not work on Consoles.

ok,
so will completed/modded teams be accessible via the footy academy/hub on consoles??

just not editable?

 

[BRAB]

ok,
so will completed/modded teams be accessible via the footy academy/hub on consoles??

just not editable?

No mods will be available at all as the mods are done locally through unpacking the PC files and replacing the default files in the game.

 

[Mootsy]

No mods will be available at all as the mods are done locally through unpacking the PC files and replacing the default files in the game.

But isn't the player/uniform creator also updatable to the online footy academy/hub?? (meaning, it can be saved online).

 

[BRAB]

But isn't the player/uniform creator also updatable to the online footy academy/hub?? (meaning, it can be saved online).

The player creations are not mods.

The uniform creator doesn't let you edit anything. Just select from some pre assigned uniforms.

 

[Mootsy]

The player creations are not mods.

The uniform creator doesn't let you edit anything. Just select from some pre assigned uniforms.

oh man, i'm confused, lol..

 

[BRAB]

oh man, i'm confused, lol..

Any created players or teams you can download. Anything that is created by replacing the base files in the game cannot be downloaded on consoles.

In short, anything you can do with the game open will be cross platform. Anything you do with the game closed will be PC only.

 

[Mootsy]

Any created players or teams you can download. Anything that is created by replacing the base files in the game cannot be downloaded on consoles.

In short, anything you can do with the game open will be cross platform. Anything you do with the game closed will be PC only.

fair enough then...
makes sense..

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

 

[Fizzler]

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Nice! Would you be able to post the textures for the Saints one and the Bears one?

 

[George]

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Gavin Mitchell looks dope.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Gavin Mitchell looks dope.

Lol thats my attempt at harry o modeling stkildas strip

 

[Mootsy]

i can't believe nobody has done capper yet...

 

[MightyLions]

how do you place the created Guernsey file into the pak.waz/zip? essentially I mean copy and paste to replace the original custom jersey with the one I created. WINZIP wont let me without copying all the files (11gb)

 

[MightyLions]

Here is my creation for a concept Darwin Sharks created through photoshop

 

[fancyscum]

Here is my creation for a concept Darwin Sharks created through photoshop

I reckon you'll find that the afl and tio logos are a bit high, the top of those should really line up with the bottom of the collar.

 

[netslave]

Hey all, these are my notes and thoughts on the AFL Evolution demo and the possibilities to mod it.
I'm writing this to help the modding community get a brief overview of the demo and it's resources.

Please take this information with a grain of salt, I'm not a programmer/artist, these are my best guess details
If you have anymore details not included in this post and you want to set me straight or contribute to this please do, I'd love to learn more
and it will only help the modding community.

The game files are located in x:/Steam/SteamApps/common/AFL Evolution Demo.

The AFLD_xx.dat files contain various data sets for the game.
I'm not sure of the format for these files but viewing them in a hex editor shows various player info and stats.
The AFLD_00.dat file appears to include a list of players and includes any you create in the player editor as well.
The rest of the AFLD_xx.dat files appear empty or may get populated with data during gameplay I'm guessing.
The pak.waz file stores the main game files such as textures, models, animation, shaders, databases etc.
Access the pak.waz file with something like 7zip, winzip or winrar.
Extract the pak.waz file and you'll end up with a main data directory and various sub directories under that.

The Audio directory holds sounds for the effects, music and ui.
All the files appear to be wave files (.wav), 2 channel, 44100 khz and various bitrates, I saw between 192 and 420kbps.
They should all be easily edited with your favourite audio software (Windows Sound Recorder, Audacity, Wavepad etc.)

The Database directory obviously holds lots of database files (.dat)
Viewing these .dat files in a hex or text editor show things such as textures names, locations of files, models, instructions, team info etc. etc.
I'm not sure exactly what order or format these files are in.
If you have the time and willpower browsing through these shows some interesting info.
The subfolders include .dat files for animation events and commentary files.
Unfortunately the main commentary sound files do not appear to be included in the demo.

The Particle directory contains particle effect animation/graphic files (.wtx) and a few (.dds) rain graphic/texture files.

The Player directory will be the main one that mods will come from as it includes animations, models, portraits and texure files.
The animation files (.wwa) are probably edited in 3dsmax is my best guess, I'm not sure of the format.
The model files (.wwm) are probaly edited in 3dsmax as well but once again I'm not sure of the format.
Viewed in a hex editor they appear to have texture information at the start of the files, model info. in the middle and animation info. at the end of them.
I haven't been able to successfully open or make sense of these files unfortunately.
The portrait folder has a few .dds files and an environment? file that I couldn't display.
The texture folder contains most of the good stuff ie. textures you can easily view and modify and show in the game.
I see a lot of great new jumper designs already floating around on the forum, I'd also like to see other new stuff like beards, gloves, hair, helmets, jumper number styles, shoes and tattoos.

The Prop directory appears to contain a bunch of model, texture and animation files.
Most of these appear to be for the stadium props, sideline details, flags, pom poms and the crowd.

The Shader directory contains the complied shader objects (.cso) files.
I believe these are Direct X shader files and may be vertex, pixel and geometry shaders which alter the way the graphics are displayed to make things look pretty

The Texture directory appears to contain various alpha channel .dds files.

The UI directory includes various files for displaying the main UI files like loading screens, the minimap and on screen game details.
Most of these files contain both a .wnm and a .wtx. Viewing the smaller size .wnm files in a hex editor show references to afl3_dev which leads me to believe is the
Wicked Witch online user database web server, as the Community Hub login page is at https://afl3.trublu.com.au/user/login.
The .wtx files could be grabbing graphic elements/textures from the server, as I cant see any inside the files, not sure.

Finally, the World directory has stadium, field and camera resources.
The textures folder has a lot of stadium and field .dds textures that should be easily edited to create different looking stadiums. Want to stick different advertsing on the field fences or
change the dirt and grass, go for it!
The sky_dome folder contains the weather type for the sky, you can change it for sunny, overcast, twilight etc.
The mcg folder has various .wwm (model and/or material files?) and .wwd files (I'm not sure what these are, dynamic lighting maybe?) as well as .dds textures for stadium seats, fences, beams, walls and windows etc.
The camera and replaycam folders consist of .wwc files, I assume these are camera files. These should provide cut scenes and various views from different cameras in the game area.

Well hopefully this has given some aspiring modders a bit of a kick start to help out with modding efforts for the game.
From looking at demo game files and resources I'm hopeful that if the gameplay is spot on, this should be quite a good AFL game.
We should be able to end up modding anything player and texture related that the built in player editor can't.
With the pc version having a delayed release, it should give people some more time to work on their modding efforts before we get our hands on the final release.