Editing tips - International Cricket Captain

There are loads of things in ICC which can be edited. Look in the directory where you installed ICC, most probably C:\Program Files\Empire Interactive\International Cricket Captain, and you will find many files which can be edited using simple text or image editors.
Click here to view this page in text file format. (editing.txt)
Note: When altering data in files, remember to back them up first. If this fails, you can always reinstall or copy original files back from the ICC installation disk.
PLAYER PHOTOS					[ Top ]

	Remember to save in the appropriate format, that is, 256 colour bitmap. Other formats cause the game to crash or the image to be scrambled.
	There are, in general, two ways to edit player photos:
		i)You can use an image editor to create a new one or replace or edit existing ones. Image Size: 60 x 70 pixels, 256 colour bitmap. Save to the Photos file within the ICC directory in the format:PLAYER SURNAME (SPACE) PLAYER INITIALS eg. Read CMW.bmp
		ii)Use the ICC Editor to select a new photograph for a particular player. Choose from the database the player you wish to change the default photo for then select [Photo...]. Select the new photo using the browser.
	For player photos, you can generally get a better quality of image if you sacrifice colour and go for greyscale. You can achieve this through way of an image editor such as Photoshop. (Image>Mode>Greyscale)

		Graeme Smith, in glorious greyscale.	Mr S Raza, colour photo. Notice the grainy, spotty quality.	Brian Lara, colour. Better quality photograph, but sometimes scrambles.
	Note: it is also possible to edit the default new player photo. This can be found in the gfx folder of the ICC directory.
GROUNDS					[ Top ]

	It might be a good idea to darken the desired image so that the white text shows up better on top of it in the game.
	To change the default international venues, select the new international ground photo from the Ground folder in the ICC directory, download a new one from a website or choose one you have made yourself and replace the files named 'England1', 'England2' etc.You can also do this for any of the other international grounds (West Indies, Australia etc.)
	I think that the number following the country name indicates the order in which the grounds are used. For example, If Old Trafford is 'England1', then the first Test match in a home series is always played there. Not 100% sure on this though.
	You can also add new grounds for teams not already represented in the grounds folder. It is possible to create a new ground photo, for example, for Holland and name it Holland.bmp within the Grounds folder. This background will now show up when you play Holland away in the cup. Try not to put too many images in your Grounds directory, however.
EMBLEMS/BACKGROUNDS					[ Top ]

	Pretty much the same principle as with editing playerphotos and grounds, be wary to save the emblems as 256 colour bitmaps when you're done, however.
	It is possible to edit in-game backdrops, opening up a wide range of possibilies for new game design. These do, however, take a little more time to design well.
NAMES					[ Top ]

	It is possible to edit the default names files within the game. These are the files used when the game generates names for new players, and are listed as follows:
		Name	Description
		f_eng.lst	First names for new English,Australian, West Indian Players.
		n_eng.lst	Surnames for new English, Australian, West Indian, New Zealand and Zimbabwean players.
		n_ind.lst	Surnames for Indian Players.
		n_pak.lst	Surnames for Pakistani Players.
		n_sa.lst	Surnames for South African Players.
		n_sl.lst	Surnames for Sri Lankan Players.
		n_wi.lst	Surnames for West Indian Players.


	To edit, simply open the desired file in a text editor, Notepad is probably best. Replace existing names with new ones.
	The number at the head of the file is the number of names listed within it. The game will probably crash or irregularities may occur if these don't correspond, but I don't know because I haven't tried it.
ICEd - THE ICC EDITOR					[ Top ]
ICEd allows you to change many aspects of the game. Click here for more information. Here are some tips to help you out.
	Seriously think about using the 'Copy From...' button when assigning skill levels to players as the pre-defined skill levels (Good, Excellent etc.) are very unreliable. They keep making players super batsmen, which is not what you want when making serious databases.
	When creating a new database, do not change any county names. This will cause the game to crash at the team selection screen. You will need to edit the eng98 file in order to do this. You also cannot create databases from saved games (.cap files).
	Replacing a player's photo overwrites the existing one saved the photos file, so remember to back up first.
	For some reason, the default database has missed out some player nationalities, resulting in them not being present in the game. They are all overseas players, found in the other section and are listed as follows.
		Name	Nation
		GB Hogg	Australia
		AM Stuart	Australia
		DN Erasmus	Zimbabwe
		TR Gripper	Zimbabwe
		DJR Campbell	Zimbabwe
		ACI Lock	Zimbabwe
		S Kip	Don't Know (Sweden?)
		SH Armstrong	West Indies
		Theo Blake	West Indies?
		Some players have no assigned Nation, but play for a county. These are:
		TH Hansen	Sweden?	Hampshire
		JAR Blain	Scotland (already assigned)	Northamptonshire
		AP Van Troost	Holland	Somerset
		These players disappear from the database after their county contracts expire. To keep them in the game, assign them a Test Nation nationality (eg England).


	Assigning a player to play for a minor county does not mean they go to play for them. In fact, they disappear from the database. If you want to create a player for say, Scotland, first sign a Scotland player to a county using the club information window. Next, assign the player the desired attributes. The player is not eligible to play for England unless you set his country to this now. You don't have to, but deleting him from the database now (set club and country to nothing) means he still plays for Scotland.
	Some photographs, from my experience, are not backwards compatible. This means photos made for ICC 2002 will become scrambled when used in earlier versions. Correct me if I'm wrong.
	Set a player's county contract to 20 and they will never leave a club, that is, unless you terminate their contract in the game.
	To sign an overseas player for more than a year, first sign the player you want in the negotiations. Play the winter matches. Now exit and load up the saved file in ICEd. You can now change the player's contract length to be as long as you like.

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