FAQ v.1.1

Have any question? Before sending us a query mail, read this page first, who knows you might find answer of your question here.

 

Table of Contents

  1. What is FEd98? [updated]
  2. Is FEd98 as anything to do with EA Sports?
  3. When and where can I find FEd98? [updated]
  4. Can we add new faces and hairs using FEd98?
  5. How can we add new jersey?
  6. That is cool, but can I change the color later in FIFA98?
  7. How to create my own jersey anyway?
  8. I'd like to add new stadium, new net, new turf, new indoor pitch, new adboard, all new graphical stuff. Can FEd98 do that for me?
  9. I heard we can search a player using FEd98. Is it true?
  10. When I click at the jersey picture, the picture will freeze. Any way to avoid this? [new]
  11. How to add custom jersey? [new]
  12. Everytime I try to save it says error writing to team data file. What am I doing wrong? [new]

What is FEd98? [updated]

FEd98 is a FIFA : RTWC 98 Editor. It is designed, programed and distributed for use with FIFA : RTWC 98 as FREEWARE. It can be use to edit any team and player's attributes from the simplest renaming player/team to creating a superstar team(s). Transferring team/player also possible with a simple click.

Back to Top
Is FEd98 as anything to do with EA Sports?

No, FEd98 and the team members have no direct relationship in whatsoever manner with EA Sports. The program is a third party product by an independence party.

Back to Top
When and where can I find FEd98? [updated]

It has been released to public since 4 March 1998. Build 4 released on 7 March 1998. It is exclusively for these two sites only, FIFA98 Online and FUNKY Soccer Homepage.

Back to Top
Can we add new faces and hairs using FEd98?

No. you can't.
FEd98 is not a graphics editor. FEd98 also cannot create a new jersey for you. FEd98 is a program that enable you to edit teams and players attributes, including, but not necessarily, jersey's colors. Swapping team from one league/zone to another also possible. 

Back to Top
How can we add new jersey?

FIFA98 can accept and recognised kits without problem as long as you use or replace files in INGAME \ PLAYER \ TEXTURES \ PLYRKITS folder without altering its name.
By using FEd98, you can break the boundary. You can edit your team's home or away kits by selecting number from 1 to 64. Number 35 to 64 are referring to new jersey files that named with the following format, JERSxx.FSH, where xx are the number of the jersey.
For example, you can create new kits and name the file as jers40.fsh and copy/move it to INGAME \ PLAYER \ TEXTURES \ PLYRKITS folder. Start FEd98, click English Premier League to expand the list and double-click Manchester United to open Team Properties Window. Choose whether to edit home or away kit or both. At JERSEY, click on the pull-down bar to open and select 40 as jersey number. Click OK. You can either Save to make a permanent changes (to your FIFA98 only) or export the team (create DB files). Is that easy.

Back to Top
That is cool, but can I change the colors later in FIFA98?

Yes and no. This is the limitation that we have no choice but   to put to FEd98. After changing your jersey to any number exceeding 34, you cannot alter the color in FIFA98 Edit Team option or it will crash if you trying to access the team. However, if it is 34 or less, you won't have problem. Go ahead, it won't crash.
This limitation has nothing to do with FEd98. It is related to FIFA98 itself. FIFA98 programs refuse to recognised any kits' files other than the first 34. Surprisingly, when you straight to play the match, it work. Go figure. This somekind of 'hole' can now be fully use with the help of FEd98.

Back to Top
How to create my own jersey anyway?

We can suggest you to use gfxview and gfxpak (no association with FEd98 whatsoever). It is programs for NHL98 by Toni Wilen. Since FIFA98, in some way have the similar file format, we can use it for FIFA98 too. If you don't know how to use it, you can contact me personally. You can also download additional jersey from FIFA98 Online download section.

Back to Top
I'd like to add new stadium, new net, new turf, new indoor pitch, new adboard, all new graphical stuff. Can FEd98 do that for me?

As been mentioned before, FEd98 is NOT a graphics editor. So, you can't add any new graphics to FIFA98 or design new one by using FEd98. We suggest you use gfxview and gfxpak (no association with FEd98 whatsoever) to create/design yours.

Back to Top
I heard we can search a player using FEd98. Is it true?

Yes it's true. FEd98 enable you to search any player, either with full name like Donadoni or just a simple name like dona or doni. The editor will then show you the a player's name, and at the same time which team currently he is. The search engine will show you all results that best fit you query. That mean in some cases, you may find the player like Ronaldo plays in a team like America-RJ, Inter Milan, Brazil, etc.

Back to Top
When I click at the jersey picture, the picture will freeze. Any way to avoid this? [new]

Don't click on the jersey box and the picture won't freeze. That simple. Even if it does, scroll through to one of the custom jerseys. A "jersey xx" box will appear and the jersey thumbnail will unfreeze.

Back to Top
How to add custom jersey? [new]

Follow these steps:

  1. Rename your custom jersey to jersxx.fsh where xx is a number between 35 and 64.
  2. Copy the jersxx.FSH file to the /ingame/blah blah/plyrkits directory.
  3. Use GFXPAK to extract the 64x64 PCX/PNG image from the .FSH
  4. Convert the PCX/PNG to BMP and copy it into the FEd98/jerseys directory. If your .FSH is called jers35.fsh then you would call the BMP frmd35.bmp.
  5. Load FEd98, select the jersey, and start the game.
Back to Top
Everytime I try to save it says error writing to team data file. What am I doing wrong? [new]

Make sure these three files in COMMON folder are not write-protected (read-only):
    FCDB.DBI
    FCDB_ENG.DBI
    FCDBPENG.DBI.

Back to Top

Prepared by Rox Stone.
Copyright © 1998. All rights reserved.
Published : February 13, 1998
Revised: May 07, 1998.