OOTP 22-25 stadium advertising editing

[micropterus58]

OOTP 22-25 stadium advertising can be edited to a limited degree. The two files that I was able to modify were Stand_day.webp and Stand_night.webp. You need a graphics program that can open and save WEBP images. Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro are commercial options. GIMP, Paint.Net, Irfanview and Image Magick are free alternatives. Older versions may not support WEBP. You may also need a plugin to add support for some programs. Since I use PSP this will be a general mini tutorial. It will apply to any graphic program. Search on the internet to download the free programs or how to use the specific tools or ask the helpful forum members for assistance.

Note: stadium names may change from OOTP versions. So you may have to copy files from this post to the folder with the correct name for your OOTP version.

FYI, OOTP25 has made some graphic changes that effect this mod. WEBP files no longer work unless you follow the information provided by MikeS369. Previous versions are not effected.
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=357001


Whenever you patch the game the default stadiums will have these edited files updated. Therefore you need to copy your edited files back to the original folders. For example if you make edits to the Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park the files are in Z:\.....\OOTP Baseball 22\data\ballparks\models\pnc_park. Due to different installation paths you need to find your exact folder. Each MLB and KBO stadium has their own folder. My suggestion is to make a backup folder with the files you want to copy back after every patch. Keep the exact folder structure as OOTP 22 was installed. A simple copy and paste is needed to restore your changes.
1) create a 'Backup Data' folder in your Z:\.....\OOTP Baseball 22 folder
2) inside 'Backup Data' create a 'data' folder
3) inside 'data' create a 'ballparks' folder
4) inside 'ballparks' create a 'models' folder
5) inside 'models' create your team(s) stadium folder(s)
ex) for Pittsburgh create 'pnc_park'
for St' Louis create 'busch_stadium'
The WEBP files you edit will be saved to the stadium specific folder.
6) after a patch copy the Z:\.....\OOTP Baseball 22\Backup Data\data folder. Paste to the Z:\.....\OOTP Baseball 22 folder overwriting the data.


Editing Section
Make backups of the original files just in case.
Since the day and night files are basically the same you can use the same edits for both unless you want them to differ.
1) open the Stand_day.webp file.
2) re-size the image from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048. This will make it easier to use images from the internet. 4096x4096 may also work but I did not test this. Of course larger image use more hard drive space. Your choice.
3) search for reference photos of your stadium. For a realistic current stadium find recent photos. Otherwise use any logos you want.
4) search for the logo you want. Ex) State Farm or Coca Cola (coke)

5) View the potential locations for your edits using the in-game 3D stadium editor. Each stadium may be different. I have found rectangles for wall advertising and scoreboard advertising

6) copy the Coke logo to the location where you want it. Re-size as needed. Fill in any part of the original background as needed. Basically paint over the old section. I use layer groups to organize and simplify moving sections. Your graphics program may not support groups. You can fill in the blank sections or paint over any other logo or text.
7) save a copy of your new file to the stadium folder as Stand_day.webp.

8) Use the in-game 3D stadium editor to view your changes. Remember to change to the day or night view (on the bottom).

9) save your file in the native format (PSD, PSP, etc) so you retain the layers and can make edits if necessary.
10) open the Stand_night.webp file.
11) copy this night base layer.
12) paste on top of the day base layer. The night image should be under the edits you recently made. The night image has some darker shading, mainly any luxury box windows. The stadiums I viewed did not have shading on the advertisements.
13) save a copy of your new file to the stadium folder as Stand_night.webp.

14) save this in your native format again. In the future you can easily turn the night or day base layer on when creating a new WEBP file if you make changes.
15) the attached picture shows locations I edited and unused locations.

4/1/2023 I had the time to consolidate all of the stadium advertising I originally made. These files were made in 2021 so the advertisements are fairly current. I did not include any players on the scoreboards so they can be used for multiple seasons. If you are looking for current players to be on the scoreboards look at the files from paulloukes. No work from other modders is included. Single team files will need to be searched in this post.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...w0?usp=sharing

[itsmb8]

Yep, it looks like the alphablend images are used as sort of a reference for the texture outlines around the stadium. For example, when I tried to change the Miller Park sign to the American Family Field sign in the stand image, it worked. BUT, it was only placed in the within the boundaries of the Miller Park sign because that is what is set in the alphablend. So the alphablend is basically used as the texture boundaries, and the stand is used as the texture fill. That explains why we cant edit the alphablend.

Hopefully the devs can patch in American Family Field then.

EDIT: Also, it looks like all the field logos behind home plate are in the alphablend too, so we cant edit those either...

[BBGiovanni]

I was wondering about this very thing the other day.Thanks so much for posting... and I even use PSP!

[itsmb8]

Originally Posted by itsmb8

Yep, it looks like the alphablend images are used as sort of a reference for the texture outlines around the stadium. For example, when I tried to change the Miller Park sign to the American Family Field sign in the stand image, it worked. BUT, it was only placed in the within the boundaries of the Miller Park sign because that is what is set in the alphablend. So the alphablend is basically used as the texture boundaries, and the stand is used as the texture fill. That explains why we cant edit the alphablend.

Hopefully the devs can patch in American Family Field then.

EDIT: Also, it looks like all the field logos behind home plate are in the alphablend too, so we cant edit those either...

UPDATE: So we actually CAN update the alphablend files... sort of. You can delete images in the alphablend files and they'll be missing from the 3d model as intended, but if you replace any images in the AB file, those changes won't show up.

[itsmb8]

Been editing AmFam Field's advertising a bit, this is what I have so far:

[Mat]

looks great!

[micropterus58]

Suggestion for those that want to edit stadiums. It can be difficult to find the locations of the advertisements. Temporarily create a file with magenta numbers on top of the potential locations. Magenta s/b easy to see. When you see the number 1 you will know where to add a logo. You may be able to place logos near to the real life locations. Then look for the number 2 et al. I did this when making edits to MLB 2K12 stadiums. Keep the numbers on one layer or in a layer group which you can turn off when you are done.

[itsmb8]

Originally Posted by micropterus58

Suggestion for those that want to edit stadiums. It can be difficult to find the locations of the advertisements. Temporarily create a file with magenta numbers on top of the potential locations. Magenta s/b easy to see. When you see the number 1 you will know where to add a logo. You may be able to place logos near to the real life locations. Then look for the number 2 et al. I did this when making edits to MLB 2K12 stadiums. Keep the numbers on one layer or in a layer group which you can turn off when you are done.

Also, make a copy of the stand file you edit on with each ad on a different layer, so when youre done you can just copy those layers over to the other stand file instead of having to make all of those edits twice.

[itsmb8]

Sorry for using this as a personal progress thread, but I thought this looked fantastic and wanted to share.

[beepollen]

That looks great! Keep going!

[PocketsAintFull]

Originally Posted by itsmb8

Sorry for using this as a personal progress thread, but I thought this looked fantastic and wanted to share.

Excellent!

[FSUKegman]

Thank you for your great tutorial, however, I must be doing something wrong. I've never used any photo editing software so please forgive my ignorance. I'm using Paintshop pro (free 30 day trial) and I am saving my selected image as .webp, then I save it as a layer and copy it over to the stand_day and slide it over the image I want to replace and move the arrows to resize it to fit perfectly over the ad I want to replace. I then save it but every time I go into the game it still shows the old ads. What am I doing wrong?

[micropterus58]

FSUKegman, et al,

You may need to reload the 3D file (POD) to see the changes or work in progress. I even have to change from night back to day to see the edits I made. When reloading the POD file don't save any changes or else you will get some crazy camera angles. I change the camera angles to view the logos.

BTW, I'm working on Fenway Park. Then it will be PNC Park. Will post soon.

[FSUKegman]

That did it! Thank you so much!!!

[itsmb8]

Originally Posted by micropterus58

FSUKegman, et al,

BTW, I'm working on Fenway Park. Then it will be PNC Park. Will post soon.

Are you planning on doing them all? Because I have American Family Field done, and I was planning on doing Wrigley and Busch next.

If you want, we could split the 30 ballparks and get them done in half the time.

[micropterus58]

itsmb8, it would be great if the OOTP community would contribute so we could have realistic advertising for all MLB teams. My initial plan was to do the NL Central because I am going to have a new league controlling the Pirates. I have been a Pirates fan for a long time. I picked the Pirates just because every else in Connecticut is either a Red Sox or Yankee fan with 2 or 3 Mets fans. I did Fenway because it's local for me.

Fenway took a lot of time for me. I researched opening day photos. I tried for realistic logos and locations. You can't position all logos where you want them because you are using existing locations. I'm willing to do 8-10 teams as long as my eyes permit it (medical issues). I prefer accuracy. You could slap a group of inaccurate logos more quickly but I won't do that. I will leave a few OOTP related logos because I think it's disrespectful to remove them. I am willing to organize it so we, as a community, don't make 50 versions of Dodger Stadium. If we can have people commit to making a stadium we can have all 30 stadiums done. It really doesn't matter to me what teams I do since I only made Fenway. So if you and others can PM me I will keep a list of what teams are taken. Hopefully we can get all teams done provided covid 19 doesn't impact the season.

[micropterus58]

Here's Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox. Download the 2 zip files. I had to split the two files due to limitations on download sizes.

[itsmb8]

Looks great! Im working on Wrigley now, and will get Busch right after. Im going for accuracy as well but im taking some creative liberties if I run into certain spots that I cant find a reference for, like LED ribbon boards.

[silvam14]

Originally Posted by micropterus58

Here's Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox. Download the 2 zip files. I had to split the two files due to limitations on download sizes.

Very nice!


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[itsmb8]

Here's my files for American Family Field and Wrigley Field. I included the alphablend and stand files because I made edits to both. Any new parks I do will be added to this dropbox folder.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3l46ij11i...tgR2XWoYa?dl=0