PlayerID -1 question

[daigle91]

I have come across players with a PlayerID -1 in the exported player_master.csv . Just wondering what that means?

[tomkmb]

Pretty sure I'd encountered this back in FHM10 too - I remember reporting large amounts of players with this ID back in the beta threads towards the end of the dev cycle

[PabloSanok]

Originally Posted by tomkmb

Pretty sure I'd encountered this back in FHM10 too - I remember reporting large amounts of players with this ID back in the beta threads towards the end of the dev cycle

Those are retired players

[tomkmb]

Originally Posted by PabloSanok

Those are retired players

They weren't in this instance, though I'm sure that's what it's intended use is for.

Just trawled through my history trying to find, felt like maybe I was going crazy but got it eventually.

[daigle91]

Originally Posted by PabloSanok

Those are retired players

Originally Posted by tomkmb

They weren't in this instance, though I'm sure that's what it's intended use is for.

Just trawled through my history trying to find, felt like maybe I was going crazy but got it eventually.

I would agree that the playerID of -1 is designed for retired players, as I have confirmed this by checking in game, but I have had similar issues that concur with the example provided by tomkmb. The export CSV code seems to be assigning ID's of -1 to some non-retired players for an unknown reason (I am assuming within the game, their ID's are not -1).

[daigle91]

I have been able to duplicate the playerID -1 issue I have been getting.

When I start a custom game, on July 1, I edit the league structure to remove a fictional team, then I add an historical team in it's place, 1955-56 Detroit Red Wings, all the players on Detroit get assigned a playerID of -1 on the CSV export. This also affects the boxscore_period_scoring_summary.csv too, as the goal scorer and assists 1 & 2 are all playerID -1.