Creating a Rookie database for import...

Aordolin · 11-01-2004, 04:50 PM

I know there are some DBs out there to import historical rookies but I was wondering if there was any walkthroughs or any information out there on how to create your own Database. I just want to create one to import names, origins, ratings before each years draft. Is this possible?

ctorg · 11-02-2004, 08:55 AM

I've done it, but it was for OOTP4. I think I uploaded it to baseballsimcentral. It takes a while to do, but it does work well. For OOTP6, you would have to alter it, because it's based on an older version of the database.

Mostly, you have to plan things out well ahead of time. Basically, I set it up so that there would be the same number of players in any given league. I gave everyone the same career length of six years and set had five rookies per team per year (it's good if you know how many teams there will be each year). That meant that importing in any given year would give 30 players per team.

There are different levels of difficulty. If you just want to make rookies that import each year for a draft, which is what I did, you only need to toy with the master, batting, pitching, and fielding csv's. If you want to assign teams, it's much more complicated.

If you want any specific advice, I can probably help, but it's been a couple of years, so I might not remember details.

I've been toying with the idea of doing this again, but I'm not sure how much people actually used it last time. I knew of a couple of people, but most people felt that the game already did a good job of making fictional rookies without my help.

Aordolin · 11-02-2004, 10:01 AM

So basically you just made up some stats for 6 years for each player and when they imported the game produces ratings for each player based on that? Im not sure Im understanding that part.

ctorg · 11-06-2004, 08:41 AM

Sorry - forgot to subscribe for response.

Yes. I made six years worth of stats per player, which I generated randomly using formulas in Excel. I made sure that the first year was significantly worse so that there would be improvement in later years.

11-01-2004, 04:50 PM	#1
Aordolin All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 586	Creating a Rookie database for import... I know there are some DBs out there to import historical rookies but I was wondering if there was any walkthroughs or any information out there on how to create your own Database. I just want to create one to import names, origins, ratings before each years draft. Is this possible?

11-02-2004, 08:55 AM	#2
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	I've done it, but it was for OOTP4. I think I uploaded it to baseballsimcentral. It takes a while to do, but it does work well. For OOTP6, you would have to alter it, because it's based on an older version of the database. Mostly, you have to plan things out well ahead of time. Basically, I set it up so that there would be the same number of players in any given league. I gave everyone the same career length of six years and set had five rookies per team per year (it's good if you know how many teams there will be each year). That meant that importing in any given year would give 30 players per team. There are different levels of difficulty. If you just want to make rookies that import each year for a draft, which is what I did, you only need to toy with the master, batting, pitching, and fielding csv's. If you want to assign teams, it's much more complicated. If you want any specific advice, I can probably help, but it's been a couple of years, so I might not remember details. I've been toying with the idea of doing this again, but I'm not sure how much people actually used it last time. I knew of a couple of people, but most people felt that the game already did a good job of making fictional rookies without my help. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

11-06-2004, 08:41 AM	#4
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Sorry - forgot to subscribe for response. Yes. I made six years worth of stats per player, which I generated randomly using formulas in Excel. I made sure that the first year was significantly worse so that there would be improvement in later years. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

11-02-2004, 10:01 AM	#3
Aordolin All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 586	So basically you just made up some stats for 6 years for each player and when they imported the game produces ratings for each player based on that? Im not sure Im understanding that part.