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thehef · 12-21-2016, 07:15 PM

Another thing I tested on this... As this post described - http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...nate-them.html - you can't really edit the csv & text files (to add minor leagues & teams, for example) without breaking League Totals on the Stats & AI page. However... what you can do it use modified files for a few seasons (actually, as long as you want*) and then revert to using the delivered csv files, and the connection to the League Totals will restore.

*"as long as you want" defined as as long as you are willing to manually input League Totals for each minor league

As an example... Currently, in OOTP, the Texas League is the first and only minor league (beginning in 1919) until the PCL joins in 1921, and then the International League in 1927. Let's say you want the PCL & IL to join the Texas League in 1919. You could do the following:

Modify the MiLBTeams.csv, MiLBLeagues.csv, and era_stats_minors.txt files so they also include the PCL (in 1919 & 1920) and IL (from 1919-1926).
From 1919 until - in this example - the 1926 offseason (after the 1926 postseason) you would need to manually update the League Totals for each minor league (especially BABIP for the PCL and IL, which will be .000).
At that point you would revert the two csv's and the text file to their original versions. As you then move forward, minor league history would be as OOTP intends, with a few add'l leagues coming (and going) from 1929-1931, and then things exploding (11 new minor leagues) in 1932... and the League Totals will again update as they should.

For the pre-OOTP PCL and IL that you've included, what you won't get is the majority of players for those teams. Rather, you would need to fill them with free agents (or find other means of populating their rosters). What you will get is more minor league teams to fool around with. You could even, theoretically, assign some of these teams as MLB affiliates via the MiLBTeams.csv file (although once you revert to the original files for the 1927 season, these affiliations would go away).

Note that so far I haven't completely tested the full scenario described above. I have, however, tested a mini-version of it - adding the PCL for 1919 & 1920, then reverting to the original files, and finding that the connection for the League Totals has been restored for 1921.So I don't see why it wouldn't work on a larger scale.

Reminder: NEVER fool around with modifying the files noted above without first making backup copies of the originals.

12-21-2016, 07:15 PM	#10
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,383	Another thing I tested on this... As this post described - http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...nate-them.html - you can't really edit the csv & text files (to add minor leagues & teams, for example) without breaking League Totals on the Stats & AI page. However... what you can do it use modified files for a few seasons (actually, as long as you want) and then revert to using the delivered csv files, and the connection to the League Totals will restore. "as long as you want" defined as as long as you are willing to manually input League Totals for each minor league As an example... Currently, in OOTP, the Texas League is the first and only minor league (beginning in 1919) until the PCL joins in 1921, and then the International League in 1927. Let's say you want the PCL & IL to join the Texas League in 1919. You could do the following: Modify the MiLBTeams.csv, MiLBLeagues.csv, and era_stats_minors.txt files so they also include the PCL (in 1919 & 1920) and IL (from 1919-1926). From 1919 until - in this example - the 1926 offseason (after the 1926 postseason) you would need to manually update the League Totals for each minor league (especially BABIP for the PCL and IL, which will be .000). At that point you would revert the two csv's and the text file to their original versions. As you then move forward, minor league history would be as OOTP intends, with a few add'l leagues coming (and going) from 1929-1931, and then things exploding (11 new minor leagues) in 1932... and the League Totals will again update as they should. For the pre-OOTP PCL and IL that you've included, what you won't get is the majority of players for those teams. Rather, you would need to fill them with free agents (or find other means of populating their rosters). What you will get is more minor league teams to fool around with. You could even, theoretically, assign some of these teams as MLB affiliates via the MiLBTeams.csv file (although once you revert to the original files for the 1927 season, these affiliations would go away). Note that so far I haven't completely tested the full scenario described above. I have, however, tested a mini-version of it - adding the PCL for 1919 & 1920, then reverting to the original files, and finding that the connection for the League Totals has been restored for 1921.So I don't see why it wouldn't work on a larger scale. Reminder: NEVER fool around with modifying the files noted above without first making backup copies of the originals. Last edited by thehef; 12-21-2016 at 07:17 PM. Reason: clarity