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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt
That is one arduous first step. Any sense on the ratio of F_L renames and F_L deletes? It's tempting to just delete all the F_L name ones. At least, when you open the F_L file, if it is of poor quality, you can skip the cross-check and just delete it because either the Minor League coded one is the same and will get flagged on its own merits for redoing or it is different and will be reviewed independently.
I see your point though - it is hard to job that out as the work is concentrated on the clean-up of a single to-be master baseline file. If you can think of a way that assistance wouldn't be more work (version control, etc.) let me know here or DM me. It's a massive undertaking - and you haven't even gotten to the making of missing and fixing of the poorer files yet!
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Its hard to say. I put all of the F_L files aside and made sure that if the game was using those, I coped them back in and renamed them to the correct format. I started going down the list of F_L names that I know can be deleted since I already know all MLB players in the game have a fg file or not. Such a long process. basically anyone I recognize as an MLB player, I delete.
I put that aside for now though
This is essentially my process.
1. moved all Files to different directory (called "backup")
2. started a new historical game in 2020 with full history
3. Go to MLB -> Transactions -> PLAYERS -> MLB PLAYERS LIST -> Check "Include retired players" Uncheck internatioal complex"
4 sort by name
5 start from the top and work my way down
6 one player at a time, drag the facgen file from the backup folder into the game folder and reload the pic.
7 If player pick is fine, move to next one
8 if player pic is zombie-looking, open it in FG modeler and move the color slide in the demographics tab from right to left to "Typical" or close to there, and save
9 If player pic is the generic pic used for most players without one, delete the fg file
Thats pretty much it. I am attaching the player pic which is duplicated probably hundreds of times in lieu of the players with no pics.
I can certainly upload the structure with the files I have if you feel you want to take a stab from say the bottom up, if you feel you want to help. That will keep us from duplicating work
let me know