I have created a new team in the standard databse editor. I found the Hummel jersey pack in the PCK Daily 2020 Database, but I have not found out yet how I assign the jersey to my team? In the folder they are all PNG, but it looks like the editor is looking for TGA or DDA files?
Is there a guide on how to assign a specific jersey to a newly created team in a modified database?
There's actually a pretty detailed guide how to add a new team here, which includes adding a jersey. It's many years old but from my brief overview, it should still work, since the structure of the DB has stayed roughly the same.
Main points for the jersey: The jersey is tied to the sponsor, so you need to create the sponsor (this is done by editing the DB with either the Fast Editor or Lachis Editor, usually) and set an abbreviation for it in the DYN_sponsor table. The jersey file can be a png (despite this guide also asking for a tga), its name has to match the abbreviation of the sponsor in the DB.
I'd recommend reading the guide, and if you have any further questions or something doesn't work, come back and we'll work it out
Okay, for some reason I can't run Lachis editor. Might be because of my OS? Windows 10 with touchscreen. Think I saw him write somewhere that it could cause issues.
So I found the fast editor. The latest version is from 2018 - right?
I tried following the guide, but there is no categori call "DYN_team" in the menu on the left. Only "teams". And under that category there is not the under category called "gene_sz_abbreviation". So I can't type the three letter abbreviation anywhere.
I could perhaps create the team in the standard editor with the abbreviation and then re-open the cdb in the Fast editor?
Okay, so some things don't seem to be up to date anymore. First, "Teams" is the correct one, for some reason the Fast Editor only displays the prefix DYN for some categories and not for others.
You'll find the abbreviation in the DYN_sponsor table. I would do that as the first step, so add a line in that table, set any ID that is not taken, and then the first three colums are "gene_sz_name" (simply the name of the sponsor), "jersey_sz_abbreviation" and "abbreviation".
"abbreviation" is simply the three letters that will be displayed for your team ingame. "jersey_sz_abbreviation" is the key one to get your shirt in the game. For instance, if your sponsor is pcmdaily, you can put "pcmd" in there. To have your shirt show up ingame, you'll need to go to the PCM folder in your directory, go to 3D -> Cyclist -> Cloth -> Team and create a new folder named "pcmd". And in there, you put your jersey, named "pcmd_maillot".
In the DYN_sponsor table, you just fill out the other cells with sponsor region, fame etc. Maybe make a note of chosing a color code fitting for your team (in the gene_sz_color column, it's in hex code), because the default helmets, frames etc. will be in that color. So if your jersey is pink but the hex code for your sponsor indicates yellow, you'll have yellow frames, which might not look ideal.
Then you can go to the Teams table, create your new team and chose your sponsor in the fkIDsponsor column. There might be more that I'm forgetting, so anyone feel free to chime in, but that should give you the team with the correct jersey ingame (I hope).
