I don't know, who's said that to you about ebo editing, but you can create cybers without ebo editing. Of course, if you know how to edit ebo, then cybers looks more realistic.

So you're kind of going for an NHL 2005 vanilla rebuilt mod?

Oh, I see.

First, you need to find good ebo file and only after that, you can start to make texture.

It is exactly as the senators wrote. Creating just a texture won't give you anything if you don't have a matching .ebo and you have to make your texture over an existing one.

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Here’s the problem: I’m not sure if there’s an EBO file within the game’s files that even resembles the texture.

Ebo is not texture file, ebo is 3d model file. In faces.viv there is always 2 files with same number - one is ebo file, other is texture file.

Ok, here we start again. First, you need to find good ebo file. Thats mean, you need to find some cyberface, which looks similar to your player. So, i recommend to download cyberface model selector made by Tyson12 - http://www.mediafire.com/file/…ta_14-1-2017%2529.7z/file

Extract archive and you will see many folders in strange language, but don't scare, it's ok. You don't even not need to translate it. Your player on photo have open mouth, so you open folder EA OPEN MOUTH SORTED (wip) and try to find cyber, which looks similar to you player. When you find one, look on that cyber number and remember it. For example, it will be number 4112. Now you need original NHL 2005 cyberfaces. Yes, exactly from NHL 2005, because in ebo from NHL09, there is some bad gloss effect and cyber in game looks bad. Here is original NHL 2005 cybers - https://www.mediafire.com/file…qho/NHL2005Cybers.7z/file

Extract archive and find files with number 4112. You need 2 files - FACE4112.fsh and FACE4112.ebo. Copy these 2 files to desktop. Now open file FACE4112.fsh in program FshX. As you can see, texture is 256x256, so you click on Texture/ Double Resolution and made texture 512x512 -

Then click on File and Save. Now click on Texture/ Export and export texture -

Export in DDS or BMP.

Now you have that base texture on top which you will put your player photo. And now you can start to make your cyber. Here is few tutorials for cybermaking - RE: For all you cyberface lovers

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Interestingly, I'm working with NHL 2005.

Even better. All NHL09 cybermakers using cyber ebo files from NHL 2005, because they don't have that shiney effect on faces. Start working, tomorrow i want to see your made cyberface.

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Also, I'm guessing you chose 4112 because it's the closest you found?

Nah, i just use first similar. Look on 1326 too or maybe some better variant.