NCAA 2014 AST Editor v1.0265
The NCAA 2014 AST Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Requires Microsoft's .Net 4571
BACKUP ALL FILES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO EDIT !!!
Do not attempt to edit files while RPCS3 is running!
Do not attempt to edit any desired game file(s) while they are being used by (or currently open in) another process.
Do not attempt to edit any desired game files directly from the game install directory!
This editor is specifically for the Playstation 3 version of NCAA 2014, as well as the RPCS3 emulator based on the extracted files from the original PS3 game disc.
It is beyond the scope of this readme to discuss how you dump the contents of a ps3 disc in order to edit.
It is beyond the scope of this readme to discuss the installation or usage of the RPCS3 emulator.
Helpful Links:
RPCS3 emulator -
Discord based discussions for NCAA 2014 modding and the college football revamped mod:
Usage:
File -> "OPEN NCAA 2014 AST"
Loads in an AST file compatible with the ps3 version of Ncaa 2014.
While the files are loading, they are decompressed and the type of file is defined.
If a given filetype is undefined it will be referred to as "DAT" or data.
Currently, the defined filetypes are :
AST, APT, RSF, XML, comp (compressed), GD, p3R and DDS.
The directory of files contained in a given AST will be displayed after the AST file is loaded and processed.
Right clicking on a selection of files will allow those selected files to be exported.
Right clicking on a selected file will also allow importing/replacing of that file.
When importing/replacing a given file, the same filetype should be used.
Image display:
DDS or p3R files will have a preview displayed. This preview is not an exact image, the exact images need to be extracted from a given AST file.
The image will also its' basic format details displayed. When replacing/importing custom images, in most cases, the formatting should be the same.
p3R files are DDS based files.
p3R will automatically be converted to DDS files when they are exported.
DDS files will automatically be converted to p3R files when imported and when it is required.
File-> "Open RSF"
Loads in a texture based RSF file that is compatible with the ps3 version of Ncaa 2014.
This is experimental.
Various editing options are available for a texture based model ONLY.
Functionality may be limited, unstable and/or non working.
Functions will not be discussed in this ReadMe for the above reason(s).
This will NOT edit a model that contains geometry !!!
File -> Save as:
Saves the currently loaded file and any changes made to it. This WILL NOT overwrite the currently loaded file. Again, back up your files first before editing/saving.
Tools -> "Load fe2ig Descriptions."
This is specifically for the ps3 NCAA 2014 qkl_fe2ig.ast file.
This should only be done when the qkl_fe2ig.ast file is currently loaded in the editor.
Will load descriptions of the contents of the NCAA qkl_fe2ig.ast file.
These descriptions may or may not be entirely accurate, they were based on community feedback at a time when the the code to do this was first created. They have not been updated since that time.
Editing, Customizing, importing
DDS files can be edited with Photoshop, along with the intel and/or Nvidia texture tools.
Some people report success with Gimp as well, but Photoshop is likely going to be the best option for editing DDS files.
It is beyond the scope of the ReadMe to explain how to edit graphics or any of the other file types contained in the AST files.
Please completely close the editor down before loading a new AST/RSF file.
FAQ:
Q - Why can't/doesn't the editor have more functionality?
A - Everything currently known about editing these files had to be researched and an editing method then developed.
There is no set of reference materials for NCAA 2014 publicly available.
Q - When will new features be added ? Is there a release date or schedule ?
A - There are no release dates nor will there be an estimated timeframe for any future releases.
Q - Why doesn't this work for [any given AST or RSF file] in NCAA 2014 ?
Q - Does this or Why doesn't this work for [some other game that has ast files] ?
Q - Does this or Why doesn't this work for [some other platform of NCAA 2014] ?
A - As stated earlier, this editor is specifically for the Playstation 3 version of NCAA 2014.
It is entirely possible that it may work for other games, but it is not guaranteed.
This will NOT reliably work for any xbox based versions of NCAA 2014.
This editor is not guaranteed to work with every single AST/RSF file. There are different formats.
Q - Can or Why can't models be edited/imported.
A - There is no current support for editing/importing Geometry based models.
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