Editing Career Stats

[lawdog]

Just recently upgraded from OOTP6 to OOTP8. For OOTP6 I had a utility for editing career stats. Is there something available like this for OOTP8 and if so, where can I find it? Thanks alot!

[1998 Yankees]

Originally Posted by lawdog

Just recently upgraded from OOTP6 to OOTP8. For OOTP6 I had a utility for editing career stats. Is there something available like this for OOTP8 and if so, where can I find it? Thanks alot!

To my knowledge, this is the only way to do it (from the game manual):

25.1.6.2. Import/Export Stats

The import/export stats functions give you the ability to export player statistics to three simple text files. You can then edit these files and re-import them into the game, giving you a quick way to mass edit your players’ statistical history.

Selecting export stats will create three files in the “root” of your saved game directory (Your League.lg):

• player_batting_stats.txt
• player_fielding_stats.txt
• player_pitching_stats.txt

As with rosters, the files include some simple information that will help you compile information correctly. To import updated statistics, simply edit these files and select the Import Stats function to reimport the statistics.

Note: To import statistics, one or more of the files listed above must be present in the root of your saved game directory. You cannot rename these files or import files from another directory.

I highly recommend the use of Excel for this purpose, however. You import the .txt files as comma separated (delimited) values, work with them and save them that way (.csv), then change the file extensions back to .txt prior to reimporting them.

[lawdog]

how would I get this file to work in excel instead of .txt which seems like a rather daunting task?

[lawdog]

nevermind, some playing in excel has solved my question