Players.dbf Editing Guide

The following information should be of some use if you are editing the NBA Live 08 players.dbf files using DB Commander or another DBF editor.

DELETED: Original players all have FALSE for this field
NAME: Player's surname
FNAME: Player's firstname
NICKNAMEID: Player's nickname ID. Corresponds to values in nicknames.dbf
PLAYERID: Player's ID number in the database.
NUMBER: Player's jersey number. Use -1 for number 00.
POSITION: Player's primary position
0: Center
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard
POSITION2: Player's secondary position
0: Center
1: Power Forward
2: Small Forward
3: Shooting Guard
4: Point Guard
YEARSEXP: How many seasons played in the NBA
SCHOOLNUM: Player's college. Corresponds to numbers in schools.dbf
HAND: 0: Right Handed
1: Left Handed
SHOELIMIT: Player's specific shoe brand
0: None
1: Nike/Jordan Brand
2: Adidas
3: Reebok
ORIGHSHOE: Player's home shoe.
ORIGASHOE: Player's away shoe.
OVERALLRTG: Overall rating - calculated by the game
PLAYRVALUE: Calculated by the game - no need to edit


All player ability ratings are based on the following system:
0=0
1=1
50=50
90=90
etc unless otherwise noted.

FGPBASE: Field Goal/Jump Shooting Rating
THREEPTBAS: Three Point Shooting Rating
FTPBASE: Free Throw Rating
DNKABILITY: Dunking Rating - controls how often a player can make difficult dunks
STLABILITY: Stealing Rating
BLKABILITY: Blocking Rating
OREABILITY: Offensive rebounding rating
DREABILITY: Defensive rebounding rating
BALABILITY: Ball handling (passing) ability
OFFABILITY: Offensive Awareness
DEFABILITY: Defensive Awareness
SPEED: Speed rating
QUICK: Quickness rating
JUMP: Jumping rating
DRIBBLE: Dribbling rating
DSTRENGTH: Strength rating
DHARDY: Hardiness rating - controls injuries in simulated play
DSHOOTRANG: Shooting Range (8-25 feet)
FATIGUE: Fatigue (Endurance) Rating
INSIDESC: Inside Scoring Rating
THREEPTATT: The percentage of a player's field goal attempts that will be three pointers.
eg. 17 = 17% of all field goal attempts will be from downtown.
PRIMACY: Primacy Rating - how often the CPU will use player to score. Also affects simulated stats.
SCOREAREA: Player's offensive style - Refer to Chart
FACIALCTRL: Facial Expression
0: Laid Back
1: Balanced
2: Hyped
FTRITUAL: Signature Free Throw Style
AUDIONICK: Nickname used by the announcers - attribute for created players
CELEBPACK: Celebration pack
THREEPTSTY: Player's jumpshot style in the Three Point Shootout (no longer used)
ORIGTEAM: Player's original team - Refer to Chart
TEAM: Player's current team - Refer to Chart
ROSTERPOS: Roster position
0: Starting Centre
1: Starting Power Forward
2: Starting Small Forward
3: Starting Shooting Guard
4: Starting Point Guard
5-11: Active Bench
12-14: Inactive Roster
BIRTHDATE: Player's birth date, in the format yyyymmdd (eg 19750329 = 29th March 1975)
BTOWNID: Corresponds to values in birthtown.dbf
DPLACE: Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1)
DROUND: Player's draft round (if not drafted, -1)
DOVERALL: Player's draft position (if not drafted, -1)
DRAFTYEAR: Year player was drafted in yyyy format (eg 2000)
DRAFTEDBY: Team that drafted player, 3 letter abbreviation (Atl, Bos, etc)
SCRATCH1 ?
SCRATCH2 ?
SCRATCH3 ?
DUNKPACK: Dunk Package - controls the dunks a player can perform - Refer to Chart
DESTINY: Player's destiny and development potential. Determines a player's chances of improving/declining. Ranges from 0 (Best) to 8 (Worst)
INJURYID: Corresponds to a number in injury.dbf. 0 by default (uninjured)
INJURYDATE: Date injury occured, assigned by game in Season/Dynasty Mode
RECOVRDATE: Date player will recover by, assigned by game in Season/Dynasty Mode
ISPLAYABLE: Determines whether a player can play (TRUE/FALSE) ie he has a severe injury, minor injury, or is uninjured. If a player's name has a red cross displayed next to it in a roster screen, he cannot play. If his name is displayed with a bandaid next to it, he is injured, but playable.
ISCREATED: Player is created (TRUE/FALSE)
ISGENERATE: Player was generated in Franchise Mode (TRUE/FALSE)
ISHISTORIC: Player belongs to Legends Pool or Decade All-Star team. Cannot be selected in Dynasty Draft.
TRADEABLE: Determines whether a player can be traded or not. A value of 0 allows players to be traded.
PLAYERPKG: Cyberface ID. First two letters of first name, first five letters of surname (eg KOBRYAN)


Note: When player has a surname with less than 5 letters, an underscore is used (eg GRHILL_). For players with shorter surnames, additional underscores are used (eg. SEMAY__).

INSEASON: Player is in regular season (TRUE/FALSE)
INPLAYOFF: Player is in the playoffs (TRUE/FALSE)
ROOKIEPKG: Generated rookie rating - development potential
0: Excellent
1: Good
2: Average
3: Limited
4: Very Limited
ROOKVALUE: Used for generated rookies
ROOKIERANK: Projected draft position - used for generated rookies
CASHYR_EXP: ?
CASH_YEAR: Player's salary for the current year, represented in millions of dollars without the final three digits.
ie.
14625 = $14.625 million
1210 = $1.21 million
CASH_TOTAL: Cash required to sign player, represented in millions of dollars without the final three digits.
ie.
14625 = $14.625 million
1210 = $1.21 million
CASH_RAISE: Player's annual raise - used for contracts that are not divided evenly over the number of years. Represented in millions of dollars without the final three digits.
ie.
14625 = $14.625 million
1210 = $1.21 million
121 = $121000
YEARS_LONG: The length of the player's contract
YEARS_LEFT: Number of years left on the player's contract
CASH_TEAM: Team whose cap player's salary counts against - Refer to Chart
PREF_LEN: Number of years player would like to sign for
MIN_TARGET: Salary player would prefer to receive
LOWBALLED: Unsure of values, but seems to be related to giving players lower offers than they are demanding
ISMINIMUM: Player can be signed to a Minimum contract (True/False)
WEEKLYMVP: Related to Player of the Week (not used)
MONTHLYMVP: Related to Player of the Month
SUPERSTAR: Superstar Abilities. In NBA Live 08 these are triggered automatically when players are in the right spot on the floor.
OFFVALUE: Offensive Value
DEFVALUE: Defensive Value
SFGATT: How many field goals a player attempted last season
SFGMAD: How many field goals a player made last season
STHREEATT: How many three pointers a player attempted last season
STHREEMAD: How many three pointers a player made last season
SFTATT: How many free throws a player attempted last season
SFTMAD: How many free throws a player made last season
SBLOCKS: How many blocks a player had last season
SOFFREB: How many offensive rebounds a player had last season
SASSISTS: How many assists a player had last season
SPERFOUL: How many personal fouls a player had last season
SSTEALS: How many steals a player had last season
SDEFREB: How many defensive rebounds a player had last season
STURNOVER: How many turnovers a player had last season
SMINUTES: How many minutes a player registered last season
SGAMES: How many games a player played last season
SGSTART: How many games a player started last season
SEJECT: How many ejections a player registered last season
CSFGATT: How many field goals a player has attempted in the current season
CSFGMAD: How many field goals a player has made in the current season
CSTHREEATT: How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current season
CSTHREEMAD: How many three pointers a player has made in the current season
CSFTATT: How many free throws a player has attempted in the current season
CSFTMAD: How many free throws a player has made in the current season
CSBLOCKS: How many blocks a player has in the current season
CSOFFREB: How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current season
CSASSISTS: How many assists a player has in the current season
CSPERFOUL: How many personal fouls a player has in the current season
CSSTEALS: How many steals a player has in the current season
CSDEFREB: How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current season
CSTURNOVER: How many turnovers a player has in the current season
CSMINUTES: How many minutes a player has registered in the current season
CSGAMES: How many games a player has played in the current season
CSGSTART: How many games a player has started in the current season
CSEJECT: How many ejections a player has registered in the current season
PFGATT: How many field goals a player attempted last playoffs
PFGMAD: How many field goals a player made last playoffs
PTHREEATT: How many three pointers a player attempted last playoffs
PTHREEMAD: How many three pointers a player made last playoffs
PFTATT: How many free throws a player attempted last playoffs
PFTMAD: How many free throws a player made last playoffs
PBLOCKS: How many blocks a player had last playoffs
POFFREB: How many offensive rebounds a player had last playoffs
PASSISTS: How many assists a player had last playoffs
PPERFOUL: How many personal fouls a player had last playoffs
PSTEALS: How many steals a player had last playoffs
PDEFREB: How many defensive rebounds a player had last playoffs
PTURNOVER: How many turnovers a player had last playoffs
PMINUTES: How many minutes a player registered last playoffs
PGAMES: How many games a player played last playoffs
PGSTART: How many games a player started last playoffs
PEJECT: How many ejections a player registered last playoffs
CPFGATT: How many field goals a player has attempted in the current playoffs
CPFGMAD: How many field goals a player has made in the current playoffs
CPTHREEATT: How many three pointers a player has attempted in the current playoffs
CPTHREEMAD: How many three pointers a player has made in the current playoffs
CPFTATT: How many free throws a player has attempted in the current playoffs
CPFTMAD: How many free throws a player has made in the current playoffs
CPBLOCKS: How many blocks a player has in the current playoffs
CPOFFREB: How many offensive rebounds a player has in the current playoffs
CPASSISTS: How many assists a player has in the current playoffs
CPPERFOUL: How many personal fouls a player has in the current playoffs
CPSTEALS: How many steals a player has in the current playoffs
CPDEFREB: How many defensive rebounds a player has in the current playoffs
CPTURNOVER: How many turnovers a player has in the current playoffs
CPMINUTES: How many minutes a player has registered in the current playoffs
CPGAMES: How many games a player has played in the current playoffs
CPGSTART: How many games a player has started in the current playoffs
CPEJECT: How many ejections a player has registered in the current playoffs
LEARNING: Learning Attribute; used with Destiny to determine the likelihood a player will improve with training. Ranges from 0-99 (0 being the worst and 99 being the best).
WORKETHIC: Work Ethic Attribute; determines the likelihood a player will stay in shape as well as improve with training. Ranges from 0-3, (0 being the best and 3 being the worst).
BIRDRIGHTS: Player qualifies for "Bird Rights" under the salary cap rules
CASHRESIGN: How much money a player can re-sign for
SPEECHID: Link to player's audio files for commentary and PA announcer. Same value as PLAYERID.
SPECMAP: ?
ISEDITED: Player has been edited through Edit Player
ISORIGSS: Player has Superstar abilities by default (True/False)
VALIDSSTAR: Superstar abilities player can utilise. In NBA Live 08 these are triggered automatically when players are in the right spot on the floor.
DFLTTEAM: Player's default team - Refer to Chart
CLUTCH: Clutch Rating (0-99)
SSTAR_HF: How close a player is to qualifying for High Flyer Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_PM: How close a player is to qualifying for Playmaker Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_PW: How close a player is to qualifying for Power Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_SCO: How close a player is to qualifying for Outside Scorer Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_SCI: How close a player is to qualifying for Inside Scorer Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_SH: How close a player is to qualifying for Shooter Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_STO: How close a player is to qualifying for Outside Stopper Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SSTAR_STI: How close a player is to qualifying for Inside Stopper Superstar abilities - calculated by the game.
SS_HF_ANI: Related to High Flyer Abilities
SS_PM_ANI: Related to Playmaker Abilities
SS_PW_ANI: Related to Power Abilities
SS_SCO_ANI: Related to Outside Scorer Abilities
SS_SCI_ANI: Related to Inside Scorer Abilities
SS_SH_ANI: Related to Shooter Abilities
SS_STO_ANI: Related to Outside Stopper Abilities
SS_STI_ANI: Related to Inside Stopper Abilities
CHEMTYPE: Player's chemistry type
CHEMWANT: Aspects of team chemistry player is unhappy with
CHEMHAVE: Aspects of team chemistry player is happy with
CHEMHAPPY: Player's overall happiness


For Hot Spot locations, please refer to this chart created by tnt23:





The following values are used for Hot Spots:

0-54: Blue (Least Effective)
55-75: Clear (Intermediate)
76-99: Red (Most Effective)

Thanks to Albys for posting these values.

HOTSPOT_0: Hot Spot Area 0. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_1: Hot Spot Area 1. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_2: Hot Spot Area 2. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_3: Hot Spot Area 3. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_4: Hot Spot Area 4. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_5: Hot Spot Area 5. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_6: Hot Spot Area 6. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_7: Hot Spot Area 7. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_8: Hot Spot Area 8. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_9: Hot Spot Area 9. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_10: Hot Spot Area 10. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_11: Hot Spot Area 11. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_12: Hot Spot Area 12. Refer to above chart.
HOTSPOT_13: Hot Spot Area 13. Refer to above chart.
GOTOMOVE: Player's Go To Move. Corresponds to values in aiact.viv.
GTMHOTSPOT: Area player must be in to trigger their Go To Move. Corresponds to values in aiact.viv.
SIGSHT1: Player's signature jumpshot style. Corresponds to values in aiact.viv.