Import historical players

[daves]

Need a tutorial for this. I don't always do this, but when I do, I forget how.

[millhousebc]

On the free agent page, under actions (top right corner), the is an import historical player. select your master file and enter the player's ID and year and done.

[LansdowneSt]

Originally Posted by millhousebc

On the free agent page, under actions (top right corner), the is an import historical player. select your master file and enter the player's ID and year and done.

Use the historical.database.odb file to select from.

[millhousebc]

LansdowneSt, very curious, what is the difference between the two files?

[LansdowneSt]

The precise difference, I think someone like Lukas would have to tackle. As for why use the historical.database.odb, the simplist reason is that that is what the manual says:

"Importing Historical Players

Commissioners have the ability to import individual historical players from the Free Agents, Draft Pool, and Show All Players pages. To import historical players, click on the Import Historical Player action button at the bottom of the page. Choose the database you wish to use. (By default, use the file historical_database.odb found in the datastats directory in your User Data location.) Then, you then go through a process very similar to that used to import an entire historical league, as described in Adding Historical Leagues."

I'll probably mess up the explanation as I can't find the threads that the topic is on but there are essentially two databases with the players of the past. One I believe is for the Historic Game and the other is for the Standard Game. I trust the historical.database.odb more as I presume that is the database that is used when those old ballplayers are playing (historic games). But again, regardless of which I'm assuming is better and why, the fact the manual tells me to use is sufficient for me. Someone wrote that for a reason is my thought.