Newbie w/questions

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-09-2003, 07:44 PM

Hi All,

I am new to the whole OOTP thing...never had any of the previous ones (mainly because I never heard of them) but I bought 5 as soon as I learned about it. You see, I am a stat geek to a certain point myself....I remember playing SSI Baseball in my youth and I would print out the stats in store them in a CreativeCACL spreadsheet and play an entire season...but I digress, sorry. Anyway, I have some questions (some that have already been asked but I still haven't been able to decipher the answer) and will most likely, due to the fact that I am as about as bright as drift wood, have many more as I go on. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance:

1) What is totalminors? It is some sort of stat database, correct? Does it have minor league players?

2) I have seen Lahman, ASKITS (is that right?) and something by someone named geforce22 (is that right?) as far as databases go...which is the best to use? I am a BIG yankee fan (and after reading the forums all day today I know quite a few of you aren't going to take to kindly to that fact...sorry though...I was born a Yankee fan) and I want to take over the Yankees (historically) right now (with their minor league system if possible) and play them going forward against accurate other teams in MLB. Which database would be best used for that?

3) Any general tips you can give me would be helpful and well appreciated.

Something that I have learned while reading the forums today is that the people in the OOTP community are probably the nicest people I have ever seen in a gaming forum...and extremely helpful too...kudos to you all.

Thanks in advance for your help, sorry for the long post, and please don't get pissed if I post another 50 questions in the coming days once I try and get immersed in the game (around my sick professional schedule...ugh!) Thanks again all!!

BRAVO 1/5 USHA......perrenial newbie

twins15 · 04-09-2003, 07:56 PM

1) TotalMinors is a roster set with all the real players name, and it has about the right ratings. That was made my GForce.

If you want to play the Yankees right now, download and use TotalMinors, and it has all the players, and about 60 (I think) player sin the farm system.

tcblcommish · 04-09-2003, 08:00 PM

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ASKITS (is that right?)

Heh, Ankits i believe.

The Lahman's and Ankit's DB are made for using past seasons. They stop at the 2002 season i think so you would not be able to use them for a current season.

Also, with the DB's there are no minor leaguers there because it only imports players that played in the majors.

As was said by Twins15, if you want to use a current roster pack, definately use TOTALMINORS.

Hope this helped

dbacks · 04-09-2003, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by Bravo 1/5 USHA
3) Any general tips you can give me would be helpful and well appreciated.

Sorry... no tips. I've been playing OOTP since day one of v3, and I honestly have become very good at it. If you play it enough, you will learn and devolop your own strategies, tips, hints, whatever. I guess you can try searching for 'OOTP5 strategies,' 'OOTP5 tips,' 'OOTP5 hints,' or whatever, if you're absolutely desperate. But my only suggestion as far as this goes, is play the game. Learn the features, and once you become addicted, and begin playing it enough, you will devolop your own "style" of playing OOTP.

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Originally posted by Bravo 1/5 USHA
please don't get pissed if I post another 50 questions in the coming days

We won't. That's what we and the message forum are here for. To help those who need it (among other things - but that is first and foremost)

Twins15 and tcblcommish covered the above two items, so I won't go into further detail there. If you need any help, or advice to help you get started, please ask. We will help you.

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 01:49 PM

Dbacks, commis, and twins:

Thank you all for your input!! It is very much appreciated!! I downloaded both the lahman and the totalminors v1.1....just to say I have them both

I will try using the totalminors one though....and here is where I ask for more help...the lahman one, with it's csv (or is it cvs) file seems easy to import....but me, being about as bright as a sack o' hammers, can't figure out how to import the totalminors one...is there a thread with the instructions? The readme text included with it...I am embarrassed to say...didn't give me enough info to do it...or at least info that I personally understood. Thanks in advance for your help!!

Bravo 1/5 USHA

PS - Hey dbacks...I totally agree...I would rather create my own "style" as well....what I meant by tips really was more in the line of technical ones...things that u experts have seen come up as issues that maybe you could enlighten me on so as to avoid the technical snafus...of course...maybe there aren't any, but thanks again for the help and the patience!!

ctorg · 04-10-2003, 01:53 PM

You don't have to import Totalminors. Just make it a directory in your OOTP folder with a .lg ending and you will be able to open and use it.

Gastric ReFlux · 04-10-2003, 02:09 PM

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was born a Yankee fan) and I want to take over the Yankees

No one is born a Yankees fan. At least, I don't think there's a gene for it. You've got choice, dude, the power to choose.

Choose wisely.

And good luck with the game, unless you mess around with those Yankees.

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 02:09 PM

Well geez...that seems easy enough...ugh. Thanks for your help ctorg (and thanks for making me feel even stupider

)

Anywhere in the ootp folder? It doesn't have to be in a certain folder? And the folder can be any name as long as the FOLDER ITSELF has an .lg extension? Do I have to import it then or will it automatically use those rosters when I select historical league creation? Thanks in advance!

BRAVO 1/5

manooly · 04-10-2003, 02:36 PM

Welcome to the wonderful world of OOTP. There is just not enough time in the day for this game. I warn you, this game is addicting and will consume your life. It is a beautiful thing!

Matchstick · 04-10-2003, 02:41 PM

Create a folder in your OOTP5 directory, call it something like "TOTAL.LG".

Unzip the files into it.

Load up the game.

Click on Continue League.

Go to the League menu, and hit "Open League".

You should be able to choose an option called "Total"

Keep letting us know if you have problems!

BrandonJ33 · 04-10-2003, 02:45 PM

The Totalminors roster pack is not a database-- it's just a league file that has been edited to include current players.

The Lahman database (and its variants, including ANKITS which I don't really know anything about) are the only databases I know of that can be imported.

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
No one is born a Yankees fan. At least, I don't think there's a gene for it. You've got choice, dude, the power to choose.

Choose wisely.

And good luck with the game, unless you mess around with those Yankees.

No, seriously gastric...I was born a yankee fan...instead of a placenta I had a yankee cap....my mom said it was very uncomfortable for her.

My birthmark is in the form of a yankees symbol too....like a tattoo....further proof I was BORN a yankee...my blood is blue (....and white pinstripes)

Manooly....thanks for the welcome...I can see it already....I work over a hundred hours a week (usually) but last night I stayed up until 4am to finish reading the manual (which appears to have pages missing actually...

)...so the few hours of my life that I have free will be separated between ootp5...rtcw...my kids...and my wife....I see a divorce coming in the near future...

Matchstick....cool....will try it and let you know. Will this "total" league I will be opening be a career one?

Brandon...thanks for that clarification...much appreciated...things are starting to make sense now!! WOO-HOO!!!

BRAVO 1/5

ctorg · 04-10-2003, 02:58 PM

Bravo,

I think you'll fit in well here, even if you were born a Yankee fan

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 03:30 PM

LOL!!

Thanks ctorg!!

dbacks · 04-10-2003, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ctorg
Bravo,

I think you'll fit in well here, even if you were born a Yankee fan

Hmmm... Maybe. We'll see.

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 03:41 PM

dbacks · 04-10-2003, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bravo 1/5 USHA
How 'bout dem Yanks!

They suck!

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 03:47 PM

Hey, you're entitled to your wrong opinion...

dbacks · 04-10-2003, 05:03 PM

Yup, so are you! Hey, how'd you like the end to the 2k1 season, eh? Too bad we won't repeat. Ever worse, we won't be around to repeat on you guys.

Bravo 1/5 USHA · 04-10-2003, 07:05 PM

Touche!

2k1 was, I cannot lie, utterly heartbreaking. Game 7 panned out EXACTLY as we would have wanted it...take the lead bring in MO in the 8th and its smooth sailing to repeat city arizona....I was in SHOCK! Still hurts to tell u the truth...but I guess u can't win 'em all......BUT WE SHOULD!!!

Yeah, I think u can forget the dbacks this year...but you never do know..ya know?

04-09-2003, 07:44 PM	#1
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	Newbie w/questions Hi All, I am new to the whole OOTP thing...never had any of the previous ones (mainly because I never heard of them) but I bought 5 as soon as I learned about it. You see, I am a stat geek to a certain point myself....I remember playing SSI Baseball in my youth and I would print out the stats in store them in a CreativeCACL spreadsheet and play an entire season...but I digress, sorry. Anyway, I have some questions (some that have already been asked but I still haven't been able to decipher the answer) and will most likely, due to the fact that I am as about as bright as drift wood, have many more as I go on. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance: 1) What is totalminors? It is some sort of stat database, correct? Does it have minor league players? 2) I have seen Lahman, ASKITS (is that right?) and something by someone named geforce22 (is that right?) as far as databases go...which is the best to use? I am a BIG yankee fan (and after reading the forums all day today I know quite a few of you aren't going to take to kindly to that fact...sorry though...I was born a Yankee fan) and I want to take over the Yankees (historically) right now (with their minor league system if possible) and play them going forward against accurate other teams in MLB. Which database would be best used for that? 3) Any general tips you can give me would be helpful and well appreciated. Something that I have learned while reading the forums today is that the people in the OOTP community are probably the nicest people I have ever seen in a gaming forum...and extremely helpful too...kudos to you all. Thanks in advance for your help, sorry for the long post, and please don't get pissed if I post another 50 questions in the coming days once I try and get immersed in the game (around my sick professional schedule...ugh!) Thanks again all!! BRAVO 1/5 USHA......perrenial newbie __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-09-2003, 07:56 PM	#2
twins15 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Area 51 Posts: 4,792	1) TotalMinors is a roster set with all the real players name, and it has about the right ratings. That was made my GForce. If you want to play the Yankees right now, download and use TotalMinors, and it has all the players, and about 60 (I think) player sin the farm system. __________________ "Ah man we're just hungry man" - Dovonte Edwards Bismarck Boy Scouts of the OTBL - league yes-man Ross Gload at baseball-reference.com Book Quotes and Book Lists

04-10-2003, 01:49 PM	#5
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	Dbacks, commis, and twins: Thank you all for your input!! It is very much appreciated!! I downloaded both the lahman and the totalminors v1.1....just to say I have them both I will try using the totalminors one though....and here is where I ask for more help...the lahman one, with it's csv (or is it cvs) file seems easy to import....but me, being about as bright as a sack o' hammers, can't figure out how to import the totalminors one...is there a thread with the instructions? The readme text included with it...I am embarrassed to say...didn't give me enough info to do it...or at least info that I personally understood. Thanks in advance for your help!! Bravo 1/5 USHA PS - Hey dbacks...I totally agree...I would rather create my own "style" as well....what I meant by tips really was more in the line of technical ones...things that u experts have seen come up as issues that maybe you could enlighten me on so as to avoid the technical snafus...of course...maybe there aren't any, but thanks again for the help and the patience!! __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-10-2003, 01:53 PM	#6
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	You don't have to import Totalminors. Just make it a directory in your OOTP folder with a .lg ending and you will be able to open and use it. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

04-10-2003, 02:09 PM	#8
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	Well geez...that seems easy enough...ugh. Thanks for your help ctorg (and thanks for making me feel even stupider ) Anywhere in the ootp folder? It doesn't have to be in a certain folder? And the folder can be any name as long as the FOLDER ITSELF has an .lg extension? Do I have to import it then or will it automatically use those rosters when I select historical league creation? Thanks in advance! BRAVO 1/5 __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-10-2003, 02:36 PM	#9
manooly Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 322	Welcome to the wonderful world of OOTP. There is just not enough time in the day for this game. I warn you, this game is addicting and will consume your life. It is a beautiful thing!

04-10-2003, 02:41 PM	#10
Matchstick Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 63	Create a folder in your OOTP5 directory, call it something like "TOTAL.LG". Unzip the files into it. Load up the game. Click on Continue League. Go to the League menu, and hit "Open League". You should be able to choose an option called "Total" Keep letting us know if you have problems! __________________ The Superior Moo - Backyard Baseball League BBL Champions 1957, 1963

04-10-2003, 02:45 PM	#11
BrandonJ33 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mechanicsville, VA Posts: 33	The Totalminors roster pack is not a database-- it's just a league file that has been edited to include current players. The Lahman database (and its variants, including ANKITS which I don't really know anything about) are the only databases I know of that can be imported.

04-10-2003, 02:58 PM	#13
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Bravo, I think you'll fit in well here, even if you were born a Yankee fan __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

04-10-2003, 03:30 PM	#14
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	LOL!! Thanks ctorg!! __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-10-2003, 03:41 PM	#16
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	__________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-10-2003, 03:47 PM	#18
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	Hey, you're entitled to your wrong opinion... __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!

04-10-2003, 05:03 PM	#19
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Yup, so are you! Hey, how'd you like the end to the 2k1 season, eh? Too bad we won't repeat. Ever worse, we won't be around to repeat on you guys.

04-10-2003, 07:05 PM	#20
Bravo 1/5 USHA Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 108	Touche! 2k1 was, I cannot lie, utterly heartbreaking. Game 7 panned out EXACTLY as we would have wanted it...take the lead bring in MO in the 8th and its smooth sailing to repeat city arizona....I was in SHOCK! Still hurts to tell u the truth...but I guess u can't win 'em all......BUT WE SHOULD!!! Yeah, I think u can forget the dbacks this year...but you never do know..ya know? __________________ How 'bout dem Yanks!