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fearofmimes · 05-03-2003, 10:59 AM

Okay, I'm making progress on a schedule importer (for OOTP4 first). I would be interested in seeing your stuff to see how easy it would be to use in an automated import process. I've got what is probably the necessary information slurped up from the League.dat and Teams.dat files, so now I'm just working on actually writing to the Schedule.dat file.

I actually have ambitions for something a little more comprehensive than a simple schedule importer/exporter. I think a historical engine could be built using an underlying database that would contain historical city information (metro populations, weather, market data, etc.), ballpark info (capacity, fences, turf, etc.), schedules (published, as played, etc.), and anything else that might be useful for configuring the game environment. Since the database formats aren't so hard to figure out, I can see an automated process whereby prior to starting a season you could just run a program that would update ballpark info, financial info, and the schedule. That would eliminate the hour or two that I spend doing it every season for my solo league.

05-03-2003, 10:59 AM	#5
fearofmimes Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 31	Schedule importer Okay, I'm making progress on a schedule importer (for OOTP4 first). I would be interested in seeing your stuff to see how easy it would be to use in an automated import process. I've got what is probably the necessary information slurped up from the League.dat and Teams.dat files, so now I'm just working on actually writing to the Schedule.dat file. I actually have ambitions for something a little more comprehensive than a simple schedule importer/exporter. I think a historical engine could be built using an underlying database that would contain historical city information (metro populations, weather, market data, etc.), ballpark info (capacity, fences, turf, etc.), schedules (published, as played, etc.), and anything else that might be useful for configuring the game environment. Since the database formats aren't so hard to figure out, I can see an automated process whereby prior to starting a season you could just run a program that would update ballpark info, financial info, and the schedule. That would eliminate the hour or two that I spend doing it every season for my solo league.