Be sure to review the starting lineups and do the necessary corrections at some point. The usual starters may be benched due to injuries, long-time suspensions, etc.
Well, it is what it is - starting line-ups taken from Live updates tend to be Belle de Jeur kind of lineups - the ones which were accurate during the week when Live update was released. Trying to apply Dp1-compatible Live update to Dp2 or to core database, or any other unsupported combination, could mess-up the database - therefore, the tool does not allow such combinations. When Data pack 1 is eventually released, you'll have to use LIVE00000000 files released after Data Pack 1 release date, etc. In this case, you also must select dt10_圆4.cpk from your main Data folder as the current Data Pack in "Data Pack" field! Additionally, dt33_圆4.cpk and dt36_g4.cpk must be available in Data folder. You must use one of the LIVE00000000 files which were released at September 14th 2017 or later and before the yet unknown release date of Data Pack 1. Merging with core Database only - supported only for Live updates released before Data Pack 1! Therefore it is only safe to apply Live updates which meet following criteria:ġ. It is not safe to apply every LIVE00000000 to every Data pack - Konami makes Live updates with particular Data pack as the baseline. Relationship between Data pack and Live updates
So basically, you'd want to use this tool if you're starting from scratch creating a new patch and you simply wish to have as many Live Update players, coaches and formations as possible, directly in database files. It is NOT recommended to apply this tool to any existing community patches, because it is going to mess-up everything - this type of merging is only safe when it is applied to CLEAN, unedited database and datapack files and without any existing and heavily edited EDIT00000000.
If you need to create updated database files with players which were released via Live updates, which are normally not available in-game in offline modes without applying Live Update to EDIT00000000. Main Data folder (make sure that you have dt10_圆4.cpk, dt33_圆4.cpk and dt36_g4.cpk available in that folder) Therefore, to be able to work with PES 2018 Live updates, this tool needs the location of your: When doing its own internal updating, game takes all required files (see "Supported files" above) directly from core Data folder, then looks for updated versions in data packs and then finally overrides them by the appropriate Live Update contents. If nothing much changes when compared to PES 2017, the game still probably uses a combination of an initial (and very outdated) core database files, some minor refreshments via not-yet-released data pack files (such as boot assignments and player appearances) and major updates of just about everything database-related via Live update files only. Team.bin (used only to change coach assignments) Explained on Player.bin, it uses the same principle for other supported files too:Ī) If player with certain ID exists in Live update, but it does not exist in Data pack, then player with this ID is added from Live update to Player.bin from Data packī) If player with certain ID exists both in Live update and in Data pack, then the newer version from Live update is used to overwrite old version of this player in Player.bin from Data pack dt80_100E_圆4.cpk), then it extracts corresponding files from Live update file (LIVE00000000 for PC, data.bin for PS3) and finally it updates those files extracted from Data pack with changes from Live update (new players, transfers, lineups, basic appearances, boots assignments, new coaches and coach assignments).īasic add/replace by ID.
It extracts below mentioned (supported) files from the data pack (e.g.
Please follow official PES 2018 web page to find out when Live updates are NOT released: From time to time Konami skips a week and does not release weekly update. Live updates are usually released by Konami on a weekly basis (every Thursday). Revised Live Update merger for PES 2018, updated to work with PES 2017 database and live updates (and hopefully, with data packs, once they are released) Merge PES 2018 Live update files with Database files - v1.0