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rbartlett · 04-07-2007, 05:03 AM

Second, I can't seem to be able to download data from Lahman for historical play. I have an iBook G4 and am able to get the stuff saved to my computer but can't save it to the game.

I can help with that since I just downloaded the Lahman database today after playing the game for a week.... and got lost and confused and for like a half hour couldn't figure out how to make it work.

The problem that I had was I have the 'game' saved in 2 spots... and where I thought I downloaded the Lahman database.. wasn't really where it was.

You don't really 'save' the Lahman database to the game.. you open it under the 'create historical league' when you open up and start a new game.

When you go to create a historical league it gives you the opportunity to 'point' the game towards the file that you want to open... and so you'll want to open up the Lahman database using the Master.csv file that you downloaded.

Once you do that it will open that file and from that point on you can play the game from the year that you select to start from.

Warning: depending on what year you choose and whether or not you choose to download the full historical data... it is a large file and can take a while to open.

not a big deal.. but just don't expect it to open in 5 seconds depending on when you start.

04-07-2007, 05:03 AM	#3
rbartlett Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 66	yo Second, I can't seem to be able to download data from Lahman for historical play. I have an iBook G4 and am able to get the stuff saved to my computer but can't save it to the game. I can help with that since I just downloaded the Lahman database today after playing the game for a week.... and got lost and confused and for like a half hour couldn't figure out how to make it work. The problem that I had was I have the 'game' saved in 2 spots... and where I thought I downloaded the Lahman database.. wasn't really where it was. You don't really 'save' the Lahman database to the game.. you open it under the 'create historical league' when you open up and start a new game. When you go to create a historical league it gives you the opportunity to 'point' the game towards the file that you want to open... and so you'll want to open up the Lahman database using the Master.csv file that you downloaded. Once you do that it will open that file and from that point on you can play the game from the year that you select to start from. Warning: depending on what year you choose and whether or not you choose to download the full historical data... it is a large file and can take a while to open. not a big deal.. but just don't expect it to open in 5 seconds depending on when you start.