Importing teams from Lahman

ctorg · 07-05-2006, 08:31 AM

Maybe I'm just really bad at reading the manual (which is possible), but I just can't seem to find a way to import teams - not players or entire leagues, but individual teams - from Lahman. I would think that if this were missing, I would find something here about it, but I haven't seen anything, so I assume I'm just not finding it in the manual or something. Anyone know if it's possible, and if so, how to do it?

battists · 07-05-2006, 09:12 AM

ctorg, I don't believe this is in the game. You can do leagues, or players individually, but not teams...

Markus Heinsohn · 07-05-2006, 09:13 AM

Not part of the game

mgsports79 · 07-05-2006, 09:22 AM

Why is that?

jzicc · 07-05-2006, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Not part of the game

Is a workaround like this possible?:
Importing Lahman into ACCESS and deleting all the teams not wanted (probably quicker to copy and paste which teams you want into a new Lahman Db) ? Just wondering if this would work?

ctorg · 07-05-2006, 09:34 AM

Wow, I figured I was just missing something. Another thing missing from the new version that the old version had and that I used quite a bit.

TheoR · 07-05-2006, 10:32 AM

I think you can add a single team from another league/universe. So, if you made a league with all teams, you should be able to import that one team.

Wheele8 · 07-05-2006, 10:34 AM

I've been looking for a way to do this as well.

ctorg · 07-05-2006, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheoR

I think you can add a single team from another league/universe. So, if you made a league with all teams, you should be able to import that one team.

One of the main things I've used this for is to create the Federal League, which doesn't import at all, unfortunately.

jzicc · 07-05-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jzicc

Is a workaround like this possible?:
Importing Lahman into ACCESS and deleting all the teams not wanted (probably quicker to copy and paste which teams you want into a new Lahman Db) ? Just wondering if this would work?

anyone? bump...

rogmax11 · 07-05-2006, 01:55 PM

Could you import duplicate AL/NL teams, delete the ones you dont want, edit the remaining teams/players to reflect the FL names, and then play on?

Does the above method even work? I'm wondering if the dupes somehow screw up the database as opposed to adding fictionals and doing the edit process on them.

Any thoughts?

Cornelius McGillicuddy · 07-05-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Not part of the game

One of the things I really wanted from this game was the ability to setup an allstar league, top teams from different years. I posted in the newbie forum way back when and asked if it would be in. Someone said that since it was in previous editions it should be in this one. Wrong.

A simple solution would be to be able to import an entire database when setting up a fictional league. Then one could choose which historical team could go where. PS has this called sandbox. No reason why ootp should lack especially since there are many many people who would like it.

Questdog · 07-05-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rich12545

One of the things I really wanted from this game was the ability to setup an allstar league, top teams from different years. I posted in the newbie forum way back when and asked if it would be in. Someone said that since it was in previous editions it should be in this one. Wrong.

A simple solution would be to be able to import an entire database when setting up a fictional league. Then one could choose which historical team could go where. PS has this called sandbox. No reason why ootp should lack especially since there are many many people who would like it.

A not so simple, but not too hard solution would be to make your own database to fool the game...

Cornelius McGillicuddy · 07-05-2006, 03:38 PM

First of all, I'd have no idea how to do that. Second, this is a feature that really should be in the game. It's kind of basic really. The database is available now and should easily be made available to fictional leagues.

Questdog · 07-05-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rich12545

First of all, I'd have no idea how to do that. Second, this is a feature that really should be in the game. It's kind of basic really. The database is available now and should easily be made available to fictional leagues.

Importing the entire database of baseball history would take forever....

Cornelius McGillicuddy · 07-05-2006, 05:10 PM

Really? Well then the ability to look at the database and import specific teams from specific years. That's really what we're talking about here. This is a basic feature that should be included.

andymac · 07-05-2006, 05:25 PM

Can't you have numerous historical leagues at once? What would keep someone from creating a universe that imports every single year of the database or something? That would be a viable workaround I would think. It would definitely be nice to be able to pick and choose specific teams, though.

Wheele8 · 07-05-2006, 05:47 PM

Any plans on adding this feature in a future patch?

Bluenoser · 07-05-2006, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

Importing the entire database of baseball history would take forever....

It took all of 1 - 2 minutes to import a team in 6.5.

It took all of 4 - 5 minutes to import an historical year.

It wouldn't take more than 20 - 30 minutes to import the DB. And if it was time consuming then just design the game so the DB is built in and automatically referenced when required. It wouldn't take long at all.

Questdog · 07-05-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

It took all of 1 - 2 minutes to import a team in 6.5.

It took all of 4 - 5 minutes to import an historical year.

It wouldn't take more than 20 - 30 minutes to import the DB. And if it was time consuming then just design the game so the DB is built in and automatically referenced when required. It wouldn't take long at all.

4-5 minutes per year for 135 years is more than 20 minutes....

07-05-2006, 08:31 AM	#1
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Importing teams from Lahman Maybe I'm just really bad at reading the manual (which is possible), but I just can't seem to find a way to import teams - not players or entire leagues, but individual teams - from Lahman. I would think that if this were missing, I would find something here about it, but I haven't seen anything, so I assume I'm just not finding it in the manual or something. Anyone know if it's possible, and if so, how to do it? __________________ 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

07-05-2006, 09:22 AM	#4
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07-05-2006, 09:34 AM	#6
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Wow, I figured I was just missing something. Another thing missing from the new version that the old version had and that I used quite a bit. __________________ 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

07-05-2006, 10:32 AM	#7
TheoR Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hernando, MS Posts: 149	I think you can add a single team from another league/universe. So, if you made a league with all teams, you should be able to import that one team. __________________ Baseball.....What else is there?

07-05-2006, 05:25 PM	#17
andymac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 5,725	Can't you have numerous historical leagues at once? What would keep someone from creating a universe that imports every single year of the database or something? That would be a viable workaround I would think. It would definitely be nice to be able to pick and choose specific teams, though. __________________ June Madness: Links FTB: andymac

07-05-2006, 09:12 AM	#2
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	ctorg, I don't believe this is in the game. You can do leagues, or players individually, but not teams...

07-05-2006, 09:13 AM	#3
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,805	Not part of the game

07-05-2006, 10:34 AM	#8
Wheele8 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 149	I've been looking for a way to do this as well.

07-05-2006, 01:55 PM	#11
rogmax11 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,320	Could you import duplicate AL/NL teams, delete the ones you dont want, edit the remaining teams/players to reflect the FL names, and then play on? Does the above method even work? I'm wondering if the dupes somehow screw up the database as opposed to adding fictionals and doing the edit process on them. Any thoughts?

07-05-2006, 03:38 PM	#14
Cornelius McGillicuddy Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Playing the inside game Posts: 763 Infractions: 0/1 (4)	First of all, I'd have no idea how to do that. Second, this is a feature that really should be in the game. It's kind of basic really. The database is available now and should easily be made available to fictional leagues.

07-05-2006, 05:10 PM	#16
Cornelius McGillicuddy Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Playing the inside game Posts: 763 Infractions: 0/1 (4)	Really? Well then the ability to look at the database and import specific teams from specific years. That's really what we're talking about here. This is a basic feature that should be included.

07-05-2006, 05:47 PM	#18
Wheele8 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 149	Any plans on adding this feature in a future patch?