What is the most efficient way to create a special schedule?

[Eugene Church]

I will need to do a special schedule manually.

No one is doing schedule these days on the V2006 Schedule Forum.

I am not very computer-literate.

What is the most efficient way to do this?

Does it have to be in V6.5 to import it to V2006?

Is it possible to import it from a spread sheet? If so, is there a special setup that is required?

I hope I am making some sense.

Is it possible to create the schedule and then import it to V2006?

Is this an easy process to import a schedule and does it accurately import it with no problems?

I have looked at the schedule editor in V2006 and it will take me forever to manually put in 60 games a day...it is a 240-team league...30 divisions in two subleagues...4 teams in each division.

I only want them to play in their division. So I will have to do it manually.

Question:
Will the game alter the schedule in the second season and switch the teams around?

It did it this way in V6.5 and I think it does it that way in V2006. This would mess the schedule up as I don't want division teams playing out of division during the regular season.

If it does switch the teams each season, could I save the schedule from the first season and import it for the second season and each succeeding season?

Your help would be appreciated.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Does it have to be in V6.5 to import it to V2006?

No. Note that the format of the schedule files in OOTP2006 is different from that used in OOTP6/6.5.

Just create any kind of league and export its schedule to see the file format setup, or just open up any of the schedule files shipped with OOTP2006.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Is it possible to import it from a spread sheet?

Not directly, no, unless some created such a utility. But you could use a spreadsheet app to set it up and then go from there.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Is it possible to create the schedule and then import it to V2006?

Yes, provided the file is in the correct format, as mentioned in the first reply.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Is this an easy process to import a schedule and does it accurately import it with no problems?

Yes and yes, provided the file is in the correct format.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I have looked at the schedule editor in V2006 and it will take me forever to manually put in 60 games a day...it is a 240-team league...30 divisions in two subleagues...4 teams in each division.

The easiest way is just create the schedule for one of your divisions. Then duplicate it for all the other divisions you want to use it for by just switching out the Team IDs.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Will the game alter the schedule in the second season and switch the teams around?

If you only have the one schedule file being used, the game will swap around the teams inside the same schedule each season.

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

It did it this way in V6.5 and I think it does it that way in V2006. This would mess the schedule up as I don't want division teams playing out of division during the regular season.

As long as your schedule only has games taking place inside the division for each division that shouldn't happen.

[Eugene Church]

Thanks, LGO.

Your help on schedules is always very much appreciated.

I am glad to hear that the second season schedule will keep all games in the division.