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gehrig38 · 12-12-2012, 04:43 PM

I understand GMO is on hiatus, hope all is well. I want to create and personalize my own schedule, do I have to work each individual day to do that? I seem to understand how the ILN_BGN_ yadda yadda lays out, but once I format the Excel spreadsheet, which I did, here it is btw,
ILN_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T6_D3_T4_SL2_D1_T4_D2_T4 _D3_T4_C_
That's line one, upper left of the sheet. What do I do when I've made sure the entire 2K plus lines in that column a, all read identical? Is there something to that that I can magically push or click to make that, make me my new schedule?
I am guessing no, and that I'm going to need to make my own, but if there is I'd seriously appreciate help.
26 teams, 4/6/4 in SL1 4/4/4 in SL2, no interleague, in 1 its 24 div games for 4 team div 9 non div games for 10 opponents with an odd game h/a, for the 6 teamer div it's 18 vs 5, and 9 vs the other 8 with same odd h/a

In the 12 teamer it's 22 div games, and 12 non div games vs 8 that gets me 162. I want to get off days, a few odd DH's, but a more personal one in the end....

Bigrod · 12-12-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gehrig38

I understand GMO is on hiatus, hope all is well. I want to create and personalize my own schedule, do I have to work each individual day to do that? I seem to understand how the ILN_BGN_ yadda yadda lays out, but once I format the Excel spreadsheet, which I did, here it is btw,
ILN_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T6_D3_T4_SL2_D1_T4_D2_T4 _D3_T4_C_
That's line one, upper left of the sheet. What do I do when I've made sure the entire 2K plus lines in that column a, all read identical? Is there something to that that I can magically push or click to make that, make me my new schedule?
I am guessing no, and that I'm going to need to make my own, but if there is I'd seriously appreciate help.
26 teams, 4/6/4 in SL1 4/4/4 in SL2, no interleague, in 1 its 24 div games for 4 team div 9 non div games for 10 opponents with an odd game h/a, for the 6 teamer div it's 18 vs 5, and 9 vs the other 8 with same odd h/a

In the 12 teamer it's 22 div games, and 12 non div games vs 8 that gets me 162. I want to get off days, a few odd DH's, but a more personal one in the end....

No magical button..You'll have to schedule the games one at a time in excel.
"ILN_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T6_D3_T4_SL2_D1_T4_D2_T 4_D3_T4_C" This should be the name of the lsdl file really. Not the first line of the schedule although it's part of it.
Your first line/row should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
Second row like this:
<SCHEDULE type="ILN_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T6_D3_T4_SL2_D1_T4 _D2_T4_D3_T4_C_" inter_league="0" balanced_games="0" games_per_team="162" start_month="4" start_day="7" start_day_of_week="1" allstar_game_day="0">
If you want an all star game just change the zero to the season day you want it on.
Start_month is the months of the year of course.
Start_day is the day's date of the month.
Start_day_of_week is the day of the week you want to start your season.
Sunday=1, Monday=2, etc.
3rd row like this:
<GAMES>
That's your first 3 rows of the spreadsheet. Make sure they're in the first cell of each row.

Now starting with row 4
First column every cell all the way to the end is: <GAME
Second column is: day="1"
day= is the day of the season. 2nd day of season is day="2" and so on. If there aren't any games that day, you skip it. Use it in each cell under Column 2 for every game you schedule on that day.
Third column is: time="1905"
Time needs to be set to the home team's time according to it's time zone.
4th column is: away="team number". end result is away="1", etc.
Visiting team and the team number is determined by Alphabetical order starting with your teams in SL1 D1 (Teams 1-4), then SL1 D2 (Teams 5-10), SL1 D3 (Teams 11-14), SL2 D1 (Teams 15-18), SL2 D2 (Teams 19-22), and SL2 D3 (Teams 23-26). In your league It would be 1-26. In other words, in Subleague 1 are teams 1-14 & Subleague 2 are teams 15-26.
5th column is: home="team number"
Home team of course. Same numbering as Away.
6th Column is: />
This is the end tag for xml
Once your schedule is finished:
Column 1 Next to last row cell 1 has: </GAMES>
Column 1 Last row cell 1 Has: </SCHEDULE>

That's the basics of the schedule in a nutshell. Probably not the info you were looking for, but what the heck.

TribeFanInNC · 12-12-2012, 09:58 PM

Here's an old post from gmo that really describes the schedule file parts:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...851-post2.html

Between that and a lot of trial and error, I figured out how to make them. But it can be a lot of tedious work. As Bigrod says, you can setup the games in Excel, then add the appropriate xml headers like he describes. If you get stuck at a specific spot, post and we can help out a little. The hardest part is usually getting the game to accept your file. The parameters in the file header have to match the game and what the games thinks they should be.

My advice though...
I like all the other customization you can do in OOTP. I've spent weeks making logos and uniforms and setting up feeders, yada, yada, yada and found those all worthwhile. But making schedules is the one thing I felt like a wasted my time. I spent like a week making a realistic college schedule (weekend DHs, rivals playing the last week, etc...), then realized the game could do a sufficient job in 4 seconds. Was Ohio State playing Michigan in the last series to battle it out for 6th place in the Big Ten really worth that week? Probably not.

12-12-2012, 04:43 PM	#1
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,965	Looking for anyone to help now... I understand GMO is on hiatus, hope all is well. I want to create and personalize my own schedule, do I have to work each individual day to do that? I seem to understand how the ILN_BGN_ yadda yadda lays out, but once I format the Excel spreadsheet, which I did, here it is btw, ILN_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T6_D3_T4_SL2_D1_T4_D2_T4 _D3_T4_C_ That's line one, upper left of the sheet. What do I do when I've made sure the entire 2K plus lines in that column a, all read identical? Is there something to that that I can magically push or click to make that, make me my new schedule? I am guessing no, and that I'm going to need to make my own, but if there is I'd seriously appreciate help. 26 teams, 4/6/4 in SL1 4/4/4 in SL2, no interleague, in 1 its 24 div games for 4 team div 9 non div games for 10 opponents with an odd game h/a, for the 6 teamer div it's 18 vs 5, and 9 vs the other 8 with same odd h/a In the 12 teamer it's 22 div games, and 12 non div games vs 8 that gets me 162. I want to get off days, a few odd DH's, but a more personal one in the end....

12-12-2012, 09:58 PM	#3
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	Here's an old post from gmo that really describes the schedule file parts: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...851-post2.html Between that and a lot of trial and error, I figured out how to make them. But it can be a lot of tedious work. As Bigrod says, you can setup the games in Excel, then add the appropriate xml headers like he describes. If you get stuck at a specific spot, post and we can help out a little. The hardest part is usually getting the game to accept your file. The parameters in the file header have to match the game and what the games thinks they should be. My advice though... I like all the other customization you can do in OOTP. I've spent weeks making logos and uniforms and setting up feeders, yada, yada, yada and found those all worthwhile. But making schedules is the one thing I felt like a wasted my time. I spent like a week making a realistic college schedule (weekend DHs, rivals playing the last week, etc...), then realized the game could do a sufficient job in 4 seconds. Was Ohio State playing Michigan in the last series to battle it out for 6th place in the Big Ten really worth that week? Probably not.