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NBA live 2003 patch BETA release

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March 18 2004

For some time, I've been working on a patch for NBA Live 2003, that includes custom teams and characters. I'm not even close to calling the thing finished, but because of the popular demand I decided to release this early beta version. It has two custom teams, being The Hague O`sko1 and 100 Dimension All-Stars. O`sko1 consists of players I know in real life, including myself. Five of these players have their own custom cyberface — the others have the face of one of the existing NBA player. The 100 Dimension All-Stars consists of all kinds of funny characters that a friend of mine and I have made up over the years.

Installing 100 Dimension 2003 v1.0 BETA:
  1. Download the 100 Dimension 2003 v1.0 BETA ZIP package.
  2. Locate the NBA Live 2003 saves directory, typically something like C:\My Documents\NBA Live 2003\saves\ and unzip the 001 folder from the ZIP file into that directory. If there's already a folder called 001, just rename the directory (doesn't even have to be a three digit name).
  3. Locate the NBA Live 2003 main directly, typically something like C:\Program Files\EA SPORTS\NBA Live 2003\, and unZIP all other files to this directory (everything but the 000 folder).
  4. Run the file install.bat and press any key (except for Ctrl + c).
  5. Open xstartup.cfg (which is located in the main\cscripts subdirectory) with a text editor (Notepad), and add customart 1 to the end of the file (this enables the use of custom art files).
  6. Start NBA Live 2003, go to options → load/save, and load the 100 Dimension save game.
  7. Enjoy!

Like I said, this patch is very BETA — in fact, I've yet to test the install file myself. Heh. If you experience any bugs or glitches, let me know by making a comment to this post, or drop me an e-mail.

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