NBA Live 98 Current Rosters 3.07
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Date: 07/13/98
Probable release date for next version: ?
NEW: - ratings adjusted for accurate in-game team rankings
     - a few errors fixed in rosters

     Congratulations, France! Hehe...

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. README.TXT,
INSTALL.BAT, etc.) may be modified and redistributed without expressed
permission from us.

This patch 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.

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, Tim's and Brien's Player Editor, Picture Editor,
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

If you are missing legends, champs, 95/96, 96/97 or 97/98 rosters or
career stats, note that you'll have to download them separately now.
This is to shorten download times and reduce traffic on The NLSC.


Introduction
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This is an unofficial patch for the commercial game NBA Live 98 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. And yes, Michael
Jordan is there with 96-97 stats and the play-by-play announcer even
calls him "Jordan". (NOTE: The arena announcer will call him "Reggie
Jordan", there's currently no way around this.)
You can add updated, complete career stats for all players to these
rosters by downloading them from The NLSC.


Installation
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Copy the unzipped files into your main NBA Live 98 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 LOAD in the Game Setup Screen,
then load '98/99 Rosters by Tim a. Lutz' or 'Active Rosters by Tim
a. Lutz'.

! NOTE: If there are already directories called 000 and/or 001 !
!       in your NBA98\SAVES directory, please rename them      !
!       BEFORE installing this patch. Otherwise the patch will !
!       overwrite your Saved Files.                            !


Uninstallation
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To uninstall this patch, remove the directories SAVES\000 and SAVES\001
in your NBA Live 98 directory and copy the files SCHOOLS.DBF and
TEAMINFO.DBF from your NBA Live 98 CD into the ORIGDB directory in your
NBA Live 98 folder and copy the file COMPARE.CSV from your NBA Live 98
CD into the CSV directory in your NBA Live folder.
Then delete INSTALL.BAT and README.TXT from your NBA Live 98 folder.


Locating your main NBA Live 98 Directory
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If you have trouble locating the main NBA Live 98 Directory on your HD,
do a search for the file 'nbawin.exe' on your computer and note the folder
it is in. This is your main NBA Live 98 Directory.


Files
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SCHOOLS.DBF
TEAMINFO.DBF
PLAYERS.DBF
TEAMS.DBF
SAVE.DAT
SETUP.DAT
PLAYERS.001 (*)
TEAMS.001   (*)
SAVE.001    (*)
SETUP.001   (*)
COMPARE.CSV
STATS.CSV
NLSGM.CSV
INSTALL.BAT
README.TXT

(*) Only available during the season.


What you'll find
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1998/99 Season Rosters ('98/99 Rosters by Tim a. Lutz')
-------------------------------------------------------
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.
If you want updated career stats for your 98/99 rosters, download them
separately from The NLSC.
NOTE: Players who become free agents will remain with their current
team until they sign somewhere else.

1999 Active Rosters ('Active Rosters by Tim a. Lutz')
-----------------------------------------------------
1999 active rosters with updated injuries.
If you want updated career stats for your playoff rosters, download
them separately from The NLSC.
NOTE: Active Rosters are only available during the season.


Acknowledgements
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- EA Sports for creating an outstanding 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
- Tony Starks for his work on the body types
- Pranav Mody for providing some missing data
- the Denver Nuggets for Antonio McDyess
