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NoOne · 11-13-2017, 12:14 PM

So, you only play 1 season when you buy a baseball game? quit playing in offseason too?

you can start any year in ootp, but obviously you don't ge thte new players... you could ask someone to export players and there are ways to import and re-use existing playerID's (complicated for some). when ootp19 is released you can nag some friends for an exported palyers from an mlb quickstart. of course, those rosters aren't set until closer to opening day, even if ootp is released well before that point. can't get players from teh future in the game without knowing the future!

they don't change the "bits" often, and even if they move existing stuff around, you could mimic that structural change. you need to re-use the existing playerid's from your league -- simply create enough players and copy/paste that playerid column over the intended import file's playerid column. (use an export of your players, then delete after ripping playerid's so you don't get confused which is to be imported)

as far as i know nothing would have to be changed between 17 and 18 regarding a player export and this would have worked (could be wrong, have not compared exported files). if '19 doesn't change too much in this regard you'd be able to use those rosters with a little work on your end and some help from someone who has bought it... not worth the trouble, imo. i just read someone bought 18 as part of abundle for 3games = $1.

so, you could feasibly get the new players, but obviously none of the game improvements.

because ootp is an indie developer or similar, it uses its customer base as debuggers. the game is buggy until may/june and never complete until august or later. if you don't mind changing an arbitrary habit, starting later can be a very good thing for your mental health (frustration! with bugs)

11-13-2017, 12:14 PM	#5
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	So, you only play 1 season when you buy a baseball game? quit playing in offseason too? you can start any year in ootp, but obviously you don't ge thte new players... you could ask someone to export players and there are ways to import and re-use existing playerID's (complicated for some). when ootp19 is released you can nag some friends for an exported palyers from an mlb quickstart. of course, those rosters aren't set until closer to opening day, even if ootp is released well before that point. can't get players from teh future in the game without knowing the future! they don't change the "bits" often, and even if they move existing stuff around, you could mimic that structural change. you need to re-use the existing playerid's from your league -- simply create enough players and copy/paste that playerid column over the intended import file's playerid column. (use an export of your players, then delete after ripping playerid's so you don't get confused which is to be imported) as far as i know nothing would have to be changed between 17 and 18 regarding a player export and this would have worked (could be wrong, have not compared exported files). if '19 doesn't change too much in this regard you'd be able to use those rosters with a little work on your end and some help from someone who has bought it... not worth the trouble, imo. i just read someone bought 18 as part of abundle for 3games = $1. so, you could feasibly get the new players, but obviously none of the game improvements. because ootp is an indie developer or similar, it uses its customer base as debuggers. the game is buggy until may/june and never complete until august or later. if you don't mind changing an arbitrary habit, starting later can be a very good thing for your mental health (frustration! with bugs) Last edited by NoOne; 11-13-2017 at 12:24 PM.