Question about Japanese leagues

[RubeBaker]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but would it be possible to import players, stats, etc. into OOTP23 from a previous backup/save?

[OutS|der]

No they removed the whole country so importing with anything Japan will randomize the names and change the country to South Africa.

It will corrupt any saves you have with Japan in the current game as well

At this point if you want anything Japan you have to avoid OOTP23 like the plague they turned it into.

[Rain King]

Originally Posted by OutS|der

No they removed the whole country so importing with anything Japan will randomize the names and change the country to South Africa.

It will corrupt any saves you have with Japan in the current game as well

At this point if you want anything Japan you have to avoid OOTP23 like the plague they turned it into.

This is false. They did not "remove the whole country".

Fictional leagues, teams, and players from Japan were not touched. Only leagues, teams, and players that are related to (or imitating) a specific professional league in Japan were removed/scrambled.


Regarding the question from the OP, it is hard to answer based on the information provided. There are ways of importing players and stats, but it depends on your objective and whether they are related to the league that OOTP had to remove.

[Edit] - To provide a clarification.

If the league includes any of the pieces then the entire league is affected.

Any leagues that are COMPLETELY fictional (in regard to Japan) are fine.

If the league includes any references to the real life Japanese Professional League (i.e League Name, Team Names, Player Names) then the game will edit the entire league.

[jpeters1734]

Originally Posted by Rain King

This is false. They did not "remove the whole country".

Fictional leagues, teams, and players from Japan were not touched. Only leagues, teams, and players that are related to (or imitating) a specific professional league in Japan were removed/scrambled.


Regarding the question from the OP, it is hard to answer based on the information provided. There are ways of importing players and stats, but it depends on your objective and whether they are related to the league that OOTP had to remove.

are you 100% sure about that? I have not played in months, I've only just discovered this bombshell. If I load my fictional save which does have a japanese fictional league, will it be touched?

[kurzov]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

are you 100% sure about that? I have not played in months, I've only just discovered this bombshell. If I load my fictional save which does have a japanese fictional league, will it be touched?

It depends, though a fictional league is less likely to get scrambled.

From reading the observations of others across different forum threads:
If it resembles [BANNED LEAGUE] too much it will indeed scramble it. If you're not using the names of the [BANNED LEAGUE] teams and/or using the casual or formal name of said league you should be fine.
Whether using the same league layout (i.e. how the league is separated into divisions and conferences) as the [BANNED LEAGUE] in a fictional league will trigger the scrambling I don't know for sure.

I can't give any further advice beyond that - I never had the [BANNED LEAGUE] in any of my saves so I don't have any direct experiences - and directly sharing or suggesting workarounds here on the forums also appear to be grounds for the post/comment to take a one-way trip to the Deleted Post Void.

Japanese players should be fine in general as long as their data/player history or the leagues they inhabit don't have anything connected to the [BANNED LEAGUE].

[Rain King]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

are you 100% sure about that? I have not played in months, I've only just discovered this bombshell. If I load my fictional save which does have a japanese fictional league, will it be touched?

I would recommend backing up your league folder before updating.

However, unless you have some piece of the "real" Japanese league within your league you should be OK. However, it does seem that if anything at all is found in your league from *that* real Japanese league everything within the same league will get scrambled.

[tm1681]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

are you 100% sure about that? I have not played in months, I've only just discovered this bombshell. If I load my fictional save which does have a japanese fictional league, will it be touched?

From what I can tell via my own tests, if your fictional Japanese league has the term "Nippon" in it anywhere (first word or not) it will be scrambled.

You also can't use the exact team names, though I don't know if it takes just one case of using an exact team name to cause league-wide scrambling.

[SWAVcast]

Originally Posted by Rain King

This is false. They did not "remove the whole country".

Fictional leagues, teams, and players from Japan were not touched. Only leagues, teams, and players that are related to (or imitating) a specific professional league in Japan were removed/scrambled.


Regarding the question from the OP, it is hard to answer based on the information provided. There are ways of importing players and stats, but it depends on your objective and whether they are related to the league that OOTP had to remove.

This is not entirely true. I lost all of the stats for my players in the *** despite them all being fictional. Retired players were not affected.

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by SWAVcast

This is not entirely true. I lost all of the stats for my players in the *** despite them all being fictional. Retired players were not affected.

That's because it appears OOTP is keying on the league and team names. If either of those get flagged, then the league and players get scrambled regardless of whether the players are real or not.

[RaUni]

Originally Posted by Rain King

This is false. They did not "remove the whole country".

Fictional leagues, teams, and players from Japan were not touched. Only leagues, teams, and players that are related to (or imitating) a specific professional league in Japan were removed/scrambled.


Regarding the question from the OP, it is hard to answer based on the information provided. There are ways of importing players and stats, but it depends on your objective and whether they are related to the league that OOTP had to remove.

This is false. Any league containing any *** teams will wipe every team in the league. Fictional,MLB and KBO. It isn't a fine tooth comb as they say.

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[RaUni]

Originally Posted by tm1681

From what I can tell via my own tests, if your fictional Japanese league has the term "Nippon" in it anywhere (first word or not) it will be scrambled.

You also can't use the exact team names, though I don't know if it takes just one case of using an exact team name to cause league-wide scrambling.

My league of 200+ teams had about 5 percent of the league *** teams. All of it wiped. So I assume any amount they wipe the whole league.

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[SWAVcast]

Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

That's because it appears OOTP is keying on the league and team names. If either of those get flagged, then the league and players get scrambled regardless of whether the players are real or not.

Luckily I have my solo league's stats online so only have 665 players to edit. If it was 666 I may have to have let it slide.

[OutS|der]

Originally Posted by SWAVcast

Luckily I have my solo league's stats online so only have 665 players to edit. If it was 666 I may have to have let it slide.

Just edit the team and league name before import and nothing "should" be scrambled

[SWAVcast]

Originally Posted by OutS|der

Just edit the team and league name before import and nothing "should" be scrambled

How is that the case? The players were scrambled too. If there is a way I can get my data back and use fake team names, I'm all for it.