Rugby 08 PS2 Mod

[jordan7martin]

If it’s not much of a hassle, then I would really appreciate it, thanks! Will wait for the revised iso and any updates to be uploaded here.
Noted regarding the lower French teams, thanks!

Also, side question, was there a reason for ‘capping’ all players’ sprint speed to max. 80? I noticed this when seeing Kolbe and Arendse’s (and most wingers) overall rating around 77- obviously a lot lower than TRF24. Was it to ensure players weren’t OP or did the AI just generate like that?

 

[ama1]

Re: Speed ratings, I was just trying different combinations to see if it would make the AI attack and defend better.
I set the defence and attack for all players at 99 and noticed that the defensive line speed increases and the AI attack is a bit quicker.
Normally, the AI attacks too deep - which is often predictable and too easy.
It got a bit glitchy with quicker / agile players, who become OP and impossible to tackle as they'd often diagonal run - so I dropped their ratings a bit.
I will increase them in the TRF25 update.

If you're keen to try World League with an updated PS2 roster (albeit with AI generated players in every team) I have uploaded this iso.

 

[ama1]

Here's my current WIP. Hope it fixes a few of the crashing issues.

 

[jordan7martin]

Thanks for this. But unfortunately it’s not working on my side… every time I try start any game it freezes while loading. Not sure if I’m the only only experiencing this

 

[ama1]

Forgot to mention, If you're using PCSX2, try going into squad management and then reset all rosters

 

[jordan7martin]

Just tried doing that now, but still freezing every time…

 

[ama1]

Today, Batholomiejduda released a new version of EA-Graphics-Manager,
https://github.com/bartlomiejduda/EA-Graphics-Manager/tree/main
This tool allows us to import into .ssh files with image formats 1-5. This will allow us to change the minikits, logos, flags, banners and balls.

The kits are image format 14, so hopefully he adds that functionality in the near future.

 

[ama1]

I reuploaded the TRF25.iso
and confirmed it is working now. Added a few graphics changes to the game (due to the new EA Graphics Manager update).

 

[JameyO]

I reuploaded the TRF25.iso
and confirmed it is working now. Added a few graphics changes to the game (due to the new EA Graphics Manager update).

This is great! Really appreciate your work on this mod

 

[RealFlyHalf]

I reuploaded the TRF25.iso
and confirmed it is working now. Added a few graphics changes to the game (due to the new EA Graphics Manager update).

Hi ama1, games freezes at the loading screen no matter what the game mode is, not sure if there's so thing I'm doing wrong

Thanks for your efforts

 

[jordan7martin]

Hi ama1, games freezes at the loading screen no matter what the game mode is, not sure if there's so thing I'm doing wrong

Thanks for your efforts

Yeah it freezes for a lot of teams for me as well

 

[ChiefHawk]

Working so well for me! Thank you so much for all the time and effort you've put in to this. The only thing not working for me is the updated kits. They're showing as the new kits on the team select screen but old kits in game. Otherwise it's amazing!!! Thanks again bro.

 

[ama1]

Thanks bro, just waiting for the developer of the EA Graphics Manager to add support for Image Format 14 0x0E and then we can mod the kits.
For those who are having crashes, what platform / hardware are you using?

 

[RealFlyHalf]

Thanks for the reply

I'm running windows 11 on my Asus Rog Ally X, running psx2

The unmodified Rugby 08 runs perfect, it's something to do with the squads I think. I did try defaulting squads on your mod but still doesn't work

 

[ChiefHawk]

Has anyone figured out a solution to the issue of the game freezing on the match loading screen? I seem to always get the 'quick line out' tips screen, and the loading bar freezes at 75%. Anyone else getting that and/or found a fix?

 

[ChiefHawk]

Thanks for the reply

I'm running windows 11 on my Asus Rog Ally X, running psx2

The unmodified Rugby 08 runs perfect, it's something to do with the squads I think. I did try defaulting squads on your mod but still doesn't work

Having the same issue on the same set-up!

Has anyone figured out a solution to the issue of the game freezing on the match loading screen? I seem to always get the 'quick line out' tips screen, and the loading bar freezes at 75%. Anyone else getting that and/or found a fix?

It seems to be only certain teams which don't load up. Able to play fine with most teams, but occasionally come across some that won't load (SA, England...)

 

[ama1]

I'll work on the SA vs England crash and repost.

 

[RealFlyHalf]

Brilliant thank you so much! Legend

 

[ama1]

I managed to fix both South Africa and England from crashing and reuploaded.
I tested a game between SA and England and it is now working.
Please let me know if you find any other teams that cause the game to crash.

The link for the TRF25 mod (PS2) albeit without updated kits is here;

 

[wilson4pm]

This is so sick thank you so much!

Working great for me on emulator but crashes whenever you click "PLAY NOW" on an actual console - this expected or just me?

 

[ama1]

I'm modding then testing it on PCSX2 with the intent of making the iso work on modded hardware.
When using my working PC roster on PS2, it suddenly crashes - so trying to figure out why this occurs.

 

[wilson4pm]

I managed to fix both South Africa and England from crashing and reuploaded.
I tested a game between SA and England and it is now working.
Please let me know if you find any other teams that cause the game to crash.

The link for the TRF25 mod (PS2) albeit without updated kits is here;

Ah I see - I can get the TRF24 iso working on OPL fine! just seems to be the TRF25 one, always freezes if you go past the main menu for me as well.

Such an awesome project thanks again

 

[Gaetan12200]

Hey ! Est-ce que votre projet a pu avancer ? Je suis votre projet depuis le début et je voulais savoir où ça en était !

 

[ChiefHawk]

Hey! How far off are we from having a PS2 patch with updated kits/player designs etc. ?

 

[ama1]

At the moment it depends on the development / progress of the EA graphics manager.

https://github.com/bartlomiejduda/EA-Graphics-Manager

Last update was in July, but hoping that the developer can add the ability to edit image format 14, because
this is the format that the .ssh files for PS2 are in. It's an EA Graphics Library proprietary format and only used in a couple of games, so you won't be able to find any other tool that can decrypt it.

I have all the files I want to convert in .fsh format. Just need to convert them to .ssh in the correct image format.

 

[ChiefHawk]

Appreciate the update bro! Fingers crossed for that update I guess!

 

[Gaetan12200]

Thanks for the news @ama1 ! Could you tell us which file you are using to change the names and abilities of the players? I am using the RDF file but it does not work when I re-integrate it into the data.gob.

 

[sheep3011]

Hi mate. I edited the roster on my pc - using a hex editor . I then injected the .rdf file into the ps2 .big file and recreated the img using imgburn.

Hey mate, I have a roster rdf file that i would like to put on my ps2 rugby 08(playing using emulator) just wondering how exactly i do this

 

[ama1]

How I do it.

1.) I have extracted the ps2 .iso into a folder on my PC.
2.) I use BIGGUI to Import the .rdf file into the DATA.GOB
3.) I use ImgBurn to create a new image file from files/folders.
4.) I create a new .iso file by adding everything from the extracted ps2 .iso (including the newly modified DATA.GOB
5.) Once the .iso has been created - I test it in PCSX2

 

[sheep3011]

How I do it.

1.) I have extracted the ps2 .iso into a folder on my PC.
2.) I use BIGGUI to Import the .rdf file into the DATA.GOB
3.) I use ImgBurn to create a new image file from files/folders.
4.) I create a new .iso file by adding everything from the extracted ps2 .iso (including the newly modified DATA.GOB
5.) Once the .iso has been created - I test it in PCSX2

Thanks mate for helping out, but unfortunately i cant import the .rdf file into the DATA.GOB as its saying it is read only and cant edit it. It then wont allow me to turn off read only as it says access denied.
Looks like that is as far as will go with my plan