I found a great use for the Facebook button, other than what it's intended for. I've always wished for a capability of easily recording certain news stories into player histories. Now I have it. Here's what I do, using the example of an article about a player winning a batting title, which is not automatically included in his player history:
1. Go to the Messages or News page and click the desired story.
2. Click the Facebook button. Note that I am signed out of Facebook.
3. The game opens the Internet browser with the story text in a message box. Unlike in the game, this text is highlightable.
4. Highlight the text and press CTRL+C or right-click and select Copy (Windows).
5. Go to the Player's Profile, click History, and then Edit History.
6. In the edit window, go to a new row, type the date (YYYYMMDD) and a space. Press CTRL+V to paste the story, and trim any extra spaces and paragraph breaks.
7. Click Save.
The article now appears in the player's history - see screen prints below.
Sure, I could have gone looking for the message text file and copied that, but it's a long trip down to the \Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 11\data\saved_games\Major League History.lg\messages folder, then the text itself has to be cleaned up. For example, this is what my example looked like in text:
Quote:
Valdés Takes Home NL Batting Title
When it came to batting average, no one hit better than <Wilson Valdésplayer#164> of the <Cincinnati Reds:team#8> this season. The 30-year-old hitting star topped the National League with a .387 batting average, registering 55 hits in 142 at-bats. The talented shortstop hit 1 home run and drove in 29 runs. <Valdésplayer#164> played in 30 games and also collected 8 doubles, 6 triples and scored 33 times.
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I like my new procedure much better!
