MLB Fictional Roster Set w/ correct stadium names, dimensions, park factors, etc

bp_ · 08-26-2006, 11:52 PM

I wanted a league with more basic minor leagues so I created this Fictional MLB setup that has all MLB team names, AAA teams, AA teams and High Single-A teams in correct leagues/divisions/affiliates. Also, all MLB stadiums have correct dimensions and park factors. All minor league parks have correct stadium names and cities (when the correct one was available). I also set up the file names for the ballparks to use Mister Bogart's stadium pics. All players are fictional.

Eventually I might add minor league park factors if there is enough interest.

Download here (scroll down to the blue bolded text in the middle of the screen that says "Download for free with FileFactory Basic" to access the file:

Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/88b6aa/ (.rar file) or http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/mods/ros...onalMLB1.3.zip (.zip file)

For 1.0.2 (if you haven't patched - don't know why you wouldn't):http://www.filefactory.com/file/5c5b02/

- Thanks to halos17 for the ballpark factors and fence data
- Thanks to Seviien for the financial settings and player aging settings (1.0.3 files use adjusted modifiers for 1.0.3)
- Thanks to jdew for the hex codes for team background and text colors

Download these useful tools to make this set better:

Mister Bogart's 2006 Stadium Pack: http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/

truthserum's MLB Logo Set: http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/

Layton is my Homeboy's FaceTool:
http://rapidshare.de/files/30644341/...Setup.exe.html

Anderson utilities: http://www.planetootp.com/

Prior81 · 08-27-2006, 12:22 PM

Wow. Very nice!

bp_ · 08-27-2006, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Prior81

Wow. Very nice!

Thanks, I just added all minor league park names and corrected the cities for each team when possible. Updated version of the file is linked in the original post.

If anyone finds any problems please let me know. Thx.

bp_ · 09-01-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bp_

- Thanks to Seviien for the financial settings and player aging settings (for version 1.0.2 = when patch 1.0.3 comes out these will have to be adjusted)

Please note, if you download this file the settings are still based on adjustments for 1.0.2. You may want to change the player aging setting back to the default w/ 1.0.3 until more research is done in this area.

Doughnuts? · 09-01-2006, 06:29 PM

nice, but where do you put this thing?

bp_ · 09-01-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Doughnuts?

nice, but where do you put this thing?

unzip it to your saved games folder into a .lg folder

MizzouRah · 09-02-2006, 01:09 PM

bp_,

Do you plan on updated this based on the 1.0.3 patch?

Thanks!

bp_ · 09-02-2006, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

bp_,

Do you plan on updated this based on the 1.0.3 patch?

Thanks!

Done:

Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/3a3c6c/ (.rar file) or http://www.filefactory.com/file/7ddb78/ (.zip file)

Prior81 · 09-02-2006, 06:19 PM

This looks great! I am going to begin a league tonight.

MizzouRah · 09-02-2006, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bp_

Done:

Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/3a3c6c/ (.rar file) or http://www.filefactory.com/file/7ddb78/ (.zip file)

MUCH appreciated!! Should keep me up most of the night.

MizzouRah · 09-03-2006, 01:12 AM

For some reason the team I manage (Palm Beach Cardinals) the logo does not show up. I noticed that it's name in the image folder was Palm Beach_Cardinals.png - so I changed the name within the game to reflect that name instead of Palm Beach County Cardinals. Well, I still can't get that logo to show up for some reason.

bp_ is that logo showing up in your league?

Thanks!

EDIT: I figured it out.

bp_ · 09-03-2006, 02:23 PM

made a few corrections to a few logos that weren't created correctly when I made this (not sure what happened). Here are the most current links (also updated in first post):

Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/88b6aa/ (.rar file) or http://www.filefactory.com/file/590ff8/ (.zip file)

If you already downloaded a previous version of this and want to overwrite some of the game generated generic logos just download truthserum's logos (see link in first post of this thread) and then copy the league images that you need into your fictional mlb.lg/news/html/images folder. Also, to get the MLB logo you need to change the file name to Fictional MLB.png to get it to show up.

MizzouRah · 09-03-2006, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bp_

made a few corrections to a few logos that weren't created correctly when I made this (not sure what happened). Here are the most current links (also updated in first post):

Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/88b6aa/ (.rar file) or http://www.filefactory.com/file/590ff8/ (.zip file)

If you already downloaded a previous version of this and want to overwrite some of the game generated generic logos just download truthserum's logos (see link in first post of this thread) and then copy the league images that you need into your fictional mlb.lg/news/html/images folder. Also, to get the MLB logo you need to change the file name to Fictional MLB.png to get it to show up.

I assume changing the league name from Fictional MLB to Major League Baseball will also allow that logo to show up?

bp_ · 09-03-2006, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I assume changing the league name from Fictional MLB to Major League Baseball will also allow that logo to show up?

yes, that should work as well but you'd have to add the MLB logo from truthserum's logos into your fictional mlb.lg/news/html/images folder.

The new files I posted today have the MLB logo there now so nothing should need to be done for those downloads.

MizzouRah · 09-03-2006, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bp_

yes, that should work as well but you'd have to add the MLB logo from truthserum's logos into your fictional mlb.lg/news/html/images folder.

The new files I posted today have the MLB logo there now so nothing should need to be done for those downloads.

I copied all the logos from his logo pack into that directory. We'll see what happens after this sim.

I wanted to get 10 years of history before taking over a team.

Great job on the QS bp_!

RchW · 09-04-2006, 01:26 PM

Thanks for doing this.

However when I try to load the league OOTP crashes. I tried re-extracting and checked a few other things, nothing worked. My other leagues come up ok.

bp_ · 09-04-2006, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Thanks for doing this.

However when I try to load the league OOTP crashes. I tried re-extracting and checked a few other things, nothing worked. My other leagues come up ok.

Not sure why as I've tested this by unzipping my file and running a league with it. Maybe try downloading the file from here:

http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/mods/rosters/fictionalMLB1.3.zip

RchW · 09-04-2006, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bp_

Not sure why as I've tested this by unzipping my file and running a league with it. Maybe try downloading the file from here:

http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/mods/rosters/fictionalMLB1.3.zip

That worked!!

Many thanks. I'm going to dive into this right away.

lighthousekeeper · 09-10-2006, 12:29 PM

Thanks so much for this mod! I think it is very useful. *2 thumbs up*

One word of caution for folks about to use this - the aging modifiers that are used (which are the Seviien aging modifiers) don't seem to create realistic MLB-like results.

For example, 7 years into my sim, there were only 9 players aged 39 or older who saw major league playing time that season (2012).

By contrast, in 2005 in the MLB, there were 40 players aged 39+ who saw playing time. They were:
Julio Franco 1958 47
John Franco 1960 45
Jamie Moyer 1962 43
Roger Clemens 1962 43
Pat Borders 1963 42
Jeff Fassero 1963 42
Terry Mulholland 1963 42
David Wells 1963 42
Randy Johnson 1963 42
Roberto Hernandez 1964 41
Kenny Rogers 1964 41
Lenny Harris 1964 41
Barry Bonds 1964 41
Rafael Palmeiro 1964 41
B.J. Surhoff 1964 41
Ruben Sierra 1965 40
Buddy Groom 1965 40
Al Leiter 1965 40
Steve Finley 1965 40
Kevin Brown 1965 40
Orlando Hernandez 1965 40
Steve Reed 1965 40
Craig Biggio 1965 40
Benito Santiago 1965 40
Larry Walker 1966 39
Tom Glavine 1966 39
Chris Hammond 1966 39
Greg Maddux 1966 39
Mike Timlin 1966 39
Jeff Conine 1966 39
Woody Williams 1966 39
Curt Schilling 1966 39
Jeff Nelson 1966 39
Sandy Alomar 1966 39
Tim Wakefield 1966 39
Mike Remlinger 1966 39
Moises Alou 1966 39
Gerald Williams 1966 39
Greg Myers 1966 39
Jose Mesa 1966 39

In 2012, there were only 5 players aged 40+ and no one over 41. In contrast in the MLB in 2005 (as shown above), there were 24 and 9, respecitvely. So in summary:

Code:

Age      MLB(2005)     OOTPMLB(2012)
39+          40                  9
40+          24                  5
42+           9                   0

So if having realistic aging distributions is important to you, you may want to try to tweak the aging modifiers. I haven't done enough testing to see what would work best.

08-26-2006, 11:52 PM	#1
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804	MLB Fictional Roster Set w/ correct stadium names, dimensions, park factors, etc I wanted a league with more basic minor leagues so I created this Fictional MLB setup that has all MLB team names, AAA teams, AA teams and High Single-A teams in correct leagues/divisions/affiliates. Also, all MLB stadiums have correct dimensions and park factors. All minor league parks have correct stadium names and cities (when the correct one was available). I also set up the file names for the ballparks to use Mister Bogart's stadium pics. All players are fictional. Eventually I might add minor league park factors if there is enough interest. Download here (scroll down to the blue bolded text in the middle of the screen that says "Download for free with FileFactory Basic" to access the file: Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/88b6aa/ (.rar file) or http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/mods/ros...onalMLB1.3.zip (.zip file) For 1.0.2 (if you haven't patched - don't know why you wouldn't):http://www.filefactory.com/file/5c5b02/ - Thanks to halos17 for the ballpark factors and fence data - Thanks to Seviien for the financial settings and player aging settings (1.0.3 files use adjusted modifiers for 1.0.3) - Thanks to jdew for the hex codes for team background and text colors Download these useful tools to make this set better: Mister Bogart's 2006 Stadium Pack: http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/ truthserum's MLB Logo Set: http://www.ootpmodsquad.com/ Layton is my Homeboy's FaceTool: http://rapidshare.de/files/30644341/...Setup.exe.html Anderson utilities: http://www.planetootp.com/ __________________ Commish: Over The Mound Last edited by bp_; 09-04-2006 at 01:45 PM.

09-03-2006, 01:12 AM	#11
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	For some reason the team I manage (Palm Beach Cardinals) the logo does not show up. I noticed that it's name in the image folder was Palm Beach_Cardinals.png - so I changed the name within the game to reflect that name instead of Palm Beach County Cardinals. Well, I still can't get that logo to show up for some reason. bp_ is that logo showing up in your league? Thanks! EDIT: I figured it out. Last edited by MizzouRah; 09-03-2006 at 01:17 AM.

09-03-2006, 02:23 PM	#12
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804	made a few corrections to a few logos that weren't created correctly when I made this (not sure what happened). Here are the most current links (also updated in first post): Updated for 1.0.3: http://www.filefactory.com/file/88b6aa/ (.rar file) or http://www.filefactory.com/file/590ff8/ (.zip file) If you already downloaded a previous version of this and want to overwrite some of the game generated generic logos just download truthserum's logos (see link in first post of this thread) and then copy the league images that you need into your fictional mlb.lg/news/html/images folder. Also, to get the MLB logo you need to change the file name to Fictional MLB.png to get it to show up. __________________ Commish: Over The Mound Last edited by bp_; 09-03-2006 at 02:24 PM.

09-04-2006, 01:26 PM	#16
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Slight Problem Thanks for doing this. However when I try to load the league OOTP crashes. I tried re-extracting and checked a few other things, nothing worked. My other leagues come up ok. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

09-10-2006, 12:29 PM	#19
lighthousekeeper All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 716	Thanks so much for this mod! I think it is very useful. 2 thumbs up One word of caution for folks about to use this - the aging modifiers that are used (which are the Seviien aging modifiers) don't seem to create realistic MLB-like results. For example, 7 years into my sim, there were only 9 players aged 39 or older who saw major league playing time that season (2012). By contrast, in 2005 in the MLB, there were 40 players aged 39+ who saw playing time. They were: Julio Franco 1958 47 John Franco 1960 45 Jamie Moyer 1962 43 Roger Clemens 1962 43 Pat Borders 1963 42 Jeff Fassero 1963 42 Terry Mulholland 1963 42 David Wells 1963 42 Randy Johnson 1963 42 Roberto Hernandez 1964 41 Kenny Rogers 1964 41 Lenny Harris 1964 41 Barry Bonds 1964 41 Rafael Palmeiro 1964 41 B.J. Surhoff 1964 41 Ruben Sierra 1965 40 Buddy Groom 1965 40 Al Leiter 1965 40 Steve Finley 1965 40 Kevin Brown 1965 40 Orlando Hernandez 1965 40 Steve Reed 1965 40 Craig Biggio 1965 40 Benito Santiago 1965 40 Larry Walker 1966 39 Tom Glavine 1966 39 Chris Hammond 1966 39 Greg Maddux 1966 39 Mike Timlin 1966 39 Jeff Conine 1966 39 Woody Williams 1966 39 Curt Schilling 1966 39 Jeff Nelson 1966 39 Sandy Alomar 1966 39 Tim Wakefield 1966 39 Mike Remlinger 1966 39 Moises Alou 1966 39 Gerald Williams 1966 39 Greg Myers 1966 39 Jose Mesa 1966 39 In 2012, there were only 5 players aged 40+ and no one over 41. In contrast in the MLB in 2005 (as shown above), there were 24 and 9, respecitvely. So in summary: Code: Age MLB(2005) OOTPMLB(2012) 39+ 40 9 40+ 24 5 42+ 9 0 So if having realistic aging distributions is important to you, you may want to try to tweak the aging modifiers. I haven't done enough testing to see what would work best.

08-27-2006, 12:22 PM	#2
Prior81 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 302	Wow. Very nice!

09-01-2006, 06:29 PM	#5
Doughnuts? All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 704	nice, but where do you put this thing?

09-02-2006, 01:09 PM	#7
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	bp_, Do you plan on updated this based on the 1.0.3 patch? Thanks!

09-02-2006, 06:19 PM	#9
Prior81 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 302	This looks great! I am going to begin a league tonight.