Joe Montana Hacking Notes

[deadmeow]

Here are the addresses for the various teams in Joe Montana Football. Each address should be starting point of the team player roster. The colors precede this (they are before the roster).

Below that is the player order.

The BW-Montana(avail for download) replacement team
is listed next to each team.

B010 SAN FRANCISCO UCLA'82
ACAC NEW YORK TEXAS A&M
B184 LOS ANGELES COLORADO
B2F8 BUFFALO TEXAS81
AE20 MIAMI MIAMI
ADA4 CHICAGO WASH'91
AD28 WASHINGTON NEBRASKA83
AF18 KANSAS CITY COLORADO'90
B27C HOUSTON MIAMI91
B374 CINCINNATI OHIO ST'79
B08c PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH80
AC30 ATLANTA UNC
AE9C DETROIT USC'79
AF94 CLEVELAND STANFORD
B200 DENVER KANSAS
B108 TAMPA BAY CLEMSON81

1home pants(inner)/helmet bottom
2 home pants(mid)/helmet outline
3 home pants outer/helmet outer body
4 away pants
5 away pants
6 away pants
7 shirt home bottom/helmet stripe
8 shirt home mid
9 shirt home top/
10
11 menu
12??0


Md91 Montana1

1 QB (01)QB
2 FB (02)WR1
3 HB (03)WR2
4 HB2 (04)HB
5 WR1 (05)FB
6 WR2 (06)TE
7 SE1 (07)OL
8 SE2 (08)
9 TE1 (09)
10 TE2 (10)
11 C (11)OL
12 LG (12)P
13 RG (13)K
14 LT (14)MLB
15 RT (15)RLB
16 PLB (16)LLB
17 LT (17)RCB
18 LE (18)FS
19 RE (19)SS
20 LLB (20)LCB
21 RT (21)RE
22 MLB (22)RT
23 RLB (23)LT
24 FS1 (24)LE
25 FS2 ()
26 SS ()
27 RCB1 ()
28 RCB2 ()
29 LCB1 ()
30 LCB2 ()
31 P ()
32 K ()

[goldglv]

Having issues finding some of the codes for some teams (AD28, B2F8, B010, AF18). Even tried looking in the Joe Montana fx.bin with the uniform color fixes, are these the right codes for the teams? Some other codes are found multiple times within the file so it's hard to find out where the team data is.

Is the team data in order like it is in the Madden files or are the teams spread out all over the file?

Also....does the QB data for Los Angeles for example, is the actual QB data B18483 or does the QB data start AFTER the B184?

[deadmeow]

Okay, no problem. Since you are new to this, it can be confusing. The Letters/numbers next to each team name above are hex addresses (locations) of each team. To go to the start of the LA team roster data, you would go to that address listed, in this case it is B184.

hex code goes like this in smaller to larger - (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F) for 16 bit data.

If you go to B184, the first numbers at that address are 00 5A 86 F1, which are the QB ratings, then 00 3D DD F7 (WR1 rating) etc..

[goldglv]

I just realized how to look them up correctly and then saw your post. Perfect! Makes sense, looking forward to tweaking some of these player ratings.

Any recommendation on how to make this game a little harder? I love the gameplay but most games I'm blowing out the computer by 30+ points, would like to try and make it a little more competitive.

Was thinking of just reducing my teams player ratings but wasn't sure if there would be a better way.....

[deadmeow]

Yes, take your favorite team and make them worse, and you can also make the other teams better. One thing to note, if you have not noticed, is that in the championship game, the team your are playing will be a lot faster than normal with super speed.

So playoff mode is the probably the most challenging way to play 1 player.

[goldglv]

Looking at some of the QB ratings, they seem to be a little off from what I remember back from the 1990 season.

The RANGE attribute......do you know if that's used to measure how far the QB can throw downfield?

And do you know if the Los Angeles team is based on Raiders or Rams?

[deadmeow]

The Joe Montana Football game is not based on any NFL teams or players, which is why the original rom has mis-matching uniform colors. The only relation to the NFL is that the game uses NFL cities, and the San Francisco team might resemble the 49er's somewhat more than the other cities resemble NFL teams, (Since Montana was a 49'er).