OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Scouting players in-game while draft is done using the Draft Utility

dcd111 · 08-04-2009, 01:26 PM

I don't know if anyone is interested, but here is what I decided to do, maybe someone else will find this a useful idea.

I created a filtered list narrowing the list down a little bit (this inaugural draft is a fairly limited number of rounds, so I only need hundreds, not thousands, to pick from). I filtered it by similar positions so that I could customize the displayed stats to be appropriate for the position (infielders, outfielders, catchers, starters, and relievers).

Then, I did a "Write Report to Disk", and copied and pasted the resulting html generated table to Excel. Thankfully, this worked with a simple copy and paste. Then I went to the next page of players in-game, did another "Write Report to Disk", and copied and pasted to the same worksheet. Then I switched to another position, and pasted these players on another worksheet.

From this Excel file, I can scout players just as easily as in-game, but I can also designate who has been selected so far with a new column (or just delete them from the list).

If you want to get crazy, I suppose you could conditional format so that the ratings appear blue, green, orange, and red as they do in-game, as well.

08-04-2009, 01:26 PM	#2
dcd111 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 131	I don't know if anyone is interested, but here is what I decided to do, maybe someone else will find this a useful idea. I created a filtered list narrowing the list down a little bit (this inaugural draft is a fairly limited number of rounds, so I only need hundreds, not thousands, to pick from). I filtered it by similar positions so that I could customize the displayed stats to be appropriate for the position (infielders, outfielders, catchers, starters, and relievers). Then, I did a "Write Report to Disk", and copied and pasted the resulting html generated table to Excel. Thankfully, this worked with a simple copy and paste. Then I went to the next page of players in-game, did another "Write Report to Disk", and copied and pasted to the same worksheet. Then I switched to another position, and pasted these players on another worksheet. From this Excel file, I can scout players just as easily as in-game, but I can also designate who has been selected so far with a new column (or just delete them from the list). If you want to get crazy, I suppose you could conditional format so that the ratings appear blue, green, orange, and red as they do in-game, as well.