UPDATE: VERSION 2 NOW AVAILABLE
So, here we are - VERSION 2 of my Best of Everything (BOE) file is ready, which was started from scratch, with lots of improvements!
It's taken an average of five hours' work a night to update, but after issues with duplicates in the last file, and no Live Update data, it had to be done to create the most complete file yet.
As before, the aim of this file was to combine all data and images humanly possible, to provide the most complete option file (with the fewest bugs).
This version is based on the last Live Update released in October 2016. All teams have been exported in order for all data to be "frozen in time" at the same date when imported, which I prefer.
However, this file should now be Live Update compatible (and v1.02 official update compatible) - as long as you install the update BEFORE THIS OPTION FILE - though I can't predict what duplicates you'll get if you do it in the future!
New features...
- Started again from scratch for more accuracy
- More up-to-date data (an end-of-October Live Update was used as a base)
- More player duplicates removed and other fixes appled (spreadsheet provided)
- New kits for English Championship (previously some of the sponsor logos weren't centred)
- Argentinian and Chilean stadium names added
- Lots more smaller fixes
Lots and lots of people I need to thank (from this site unless stated otherwise)...
CREDITS:
Cristiano92 for his wonderful DFL option file (including the Bundesliga), which I have used as the base for this,
paul2478 for providing some of the stats that went into that file,
valencia5 for his work on fixing duplicates and creating a log of his findings,
decoupe for pointing out a lot of additional duplicates, particularly internationals, that I would have missed,
angeltorero for his national team fixes,
nicoultras for his banner text and rivalry data amongst other things,
R8cha for creating the MLS,
Dorumagesu116 for creating the J-League,
erzo77 for translating it (and providing BIN files for other teams too),
Krebstar (of Operation Sports) for providing tactics info,
Glen (of PESWorld) for giving permission for me to include their kits which I'm really grateful for, and
4N63L and
carrasco1live (Twitter name) for the remaining kits (of which there was a lot). Also, quick shout-out to
Kije for helping me test something!
DOWNLOAD LINK:
PES 2017 BOE Patch Version 2
INSTRUCTIONS:
First off, you'll have to delete your previous option file data, including the imported images - EVEN MY PREVIOUS PATCH. Sorry, not my fault...
Once you've downloaded the file, extract the WEPES1 directory onto a USB stick (making sure to rename it to WEPES, and that the folder is in the root of the USB drive).
Enter "edit mode" in the game, go to "data management", find the "delete images" option and delete all images from all sections (large kits, small kits, etc...).
Once all images are deleted, exit "edit mode" and you should be back on the main PES 2017 menu. Now, you need to delete your edit data file.
You can delete the edit file through your PS4's saved data utility (exit the game, go to your PS4's "settings" page, find "Application Saved Data Management", go to "Saved Data in System Storage", locate PES 2017, find the "edit data" file, and delete it).
Once your previous edit data has all been deleted, you have two options...
1) Head into "edit mode" and begin the import process, importing all the data I'm giving you (accurate as of October 2016), or...
2) Download a "live update" before installation (YOU CANNOT DO THIS AFTER INSTALLATION), which will give you the latest data, but MAY INTRODUCE DUPLICATES depending on the update.
I would recommend option one, but it's up to you... Once you've decided and you've either not downloaded the update, or downloaded it and applied it... Insert the USB stick into your PS4.
Once in "edit mode", go to "data management", then "import/export", and begin to import the BIN files from the stick. When you're presented with two tick-boxes, always tick the bottom box (which says something along the lines of "include squad data").
National teams should be applied first - which is why there are two separate WEPES folders in this download. WEPES1 contains national teams, WEPES2 contains everything else.
The bug where importing too much data at once would crash the game has supposedly been fixed, BUT I have still experienced hangs when importing a lot of data. However, splitting the job into two tasks - international teams and club teams - should help.
If you DO suffer a hang or crash during the import process, you will need to delete the imported images with blank filenames (across all image categories), or they will use up space and prevent you from installing all of the remaining files.
Once all of the WEPES1 BIN files are imported, put the USB stick back into your computer, remove the WEPES folder, and copy the WEPES2 folder over to it, renaming it to WEPES once again.
At that point, import the remaining BIN files as detailed above (import all the files, tick the bottom box which mentions squad details being included, etc.).
Once they have all been imported, you can move onto competition logos - these logos, as well as the competition names and details (such as whether sleeve patches appear or not), need to be imported / entered separately, but some information is supplied within the file to help you with this.
To import these images, go to the "import images" section, select the "competition logos" category and import the competition logos as seen on the USB stick (refer to the original download file if necessary, to look up each of the names of the competition logo files).
Then...
You will need to swap around teams in order to have a full Bundesliga, MLS and J-League. To do this, within the edit mode, find "competition structure", set the fake leagues (PEU, PLA and PAS) to have 18, 20 and 18 teams respectively, and then swap the non-Bundesliga / MLS / J-League teams out of those leagues for the correct teams within the Other Europe / Americas / Asia leagues respectively.
During this competition restructure process, you can also move teams around within the league so that they appear in alphabetical order. It's not something you have to do, but it looks better, to me (and it took me until last week to realise you could do it)...
THEN... You're done!
(Well, there are also a handful of fixes that you can apply yourself to some free players that can't be updated via BIN files - for a list of these fixes, see the
red text in the spreadsheet included in the download file.)
When heading into the exhibition mode, the latest "Live Update" will automatically load some default data and completely screw up where all of the teams should be. After the update has finished loading, pressing R3 restores your previous database and allows you to play with the correct teams.
ENJOY!
PROBLEMS?
If you have any issues, please reply to this thread and I'll look into them. I won't have as much free time from now, but should there be any duplicate issues that apply to everyone (remember, your "live update" might provide problems that other people don't have), I'll happily look at some kind of fix(es).
DONATIONS
Collating all of this and plugging the holes, applying fixes, triple-checking everything is assigned as it should be, and then spotting that you can't see some random team's player names on the backs of their shirt because they're both the same colour... It's been an exhausting few weeks with a lot of logging off at 4am-6am (I'm actually posting this at 1:10am) and a very pissed-off missus. If you'd like to donate, then thank you, very, very much. I hope this option file provides someone with some happiness!
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