Fictional League - Controlling Birth Places of Players

mikezone13 · 10-23-2013, 04:30 AM

I'm attempting to put together a fictional league where I want the majority of players to come from one or two states within the country, but to also have a small proportion of players came from other states in the country, plus a very small proportion from other countries, similar to the below split.

State 1 and state 2: 90% of players
All other states: 9% of players
All other countries: 1% of players

I'm having some problems getting this to work, any advice appreciated.

chucksabr · 10-23-2013, 10:26 AM

Maybe I'm too much of a noob to know an easier way around this, but I've been tackling the problem of ethnicities, player origin and language/name a lot lately, so I'll take a shot here.

Offhand, I'd say the best way to handle it is to edit your World_Default to create a country in which only these two states exist, and have 90% of your players come from that country. For the sake of this discussion, let's say you're working with the United States, and your two states are Michigan and Ohio.

First thing you will want to do is create a separate folder under Database called Originals and put a copy of every database file (xml and txt) that came with the game and keep a clean original copy of those there, because then you can modify every database you want and you'll always have a clean original in case you screw up.

Then, get a text editor like Notepad++ and open up World_Default. I think the easiest thing here, rather than create a new country from scratch, is to replace a current country you know you will never use. I recommend Anguilla, which is still in North America. Replace the name with something like "United_States" (with an underscore), and replace the population, lid, capid, abbr (be sure it's USA, for flag purposes), dem and time_zone with the appropriate replacements.

Anguilla already has a "list" of states under <states></states> (plural), with a single state under it between <state></state> (singular). All countries in the file use this convention. Under your new "United_States", delete everything currently there between <states></states> (plural).

Then, locate the original United States on the file, find both <state>Michigan</state> and <state>Ohio</state>, and cut (not copy) each of those out of the United States, and place them both between <states></states> in your country-now-renamed-from-Anguilla-to-United_States.

(The reason you want to cut, and not copy, is you do not want two countries both with the exact same state/cities within them.)

Once you have successfully cut and pasted these, save the file under its original name (don't worry, you have a clean original in your new Originals folder, right?). Then create your game.

Once you've done enough to get to your new game's home screen, under Game Setup/Options/Default Player Origin, have 90% of your players come from (the new) United_States, 9% from the (original) United States, and 1% from Random Nationality.

What I don't know is whether by doing this, it will change the name from "Anguilla" to "United_States", because country name might be baked into the game's firmware. IOW, the game might still show "Anguilla" and not "United_States" If it hasn't changed, that's OK. Just have 90% come from Anguilla. That should do it. Everything in the game should still reflect the changes you made in World_Default.

I know it sounds like a lot to go through, but I can't think of another way to do it. Maybe someone can come up with something easier.

chucksabr · 10-23-2013, 10:41 AM

One other thing: make sure you are also reflecting the same language and ethniticies mix for your revised state as for the US in general. You don't want 90% of your players to be Anguillan.

mikezone13 · 10-23-2013, 06:35 PM

Thanks, that's what I already did, but I was having problems with two countries with the same name.

chucksabr · 10-23-2013, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikezone13

Thanks, that's what I already did, but I was having problems with two countries with the same name.

"United States" and "United_States" are not the same name.

mikezone13 · 10-23-2013, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chucksabr

"United States" and "United_States" are not the same name.

Good point - of course I'm doing it with a country that is just one word

The full country name never gets used though in game does it? It's always the acronym USA for example?

chucksabr · 10-24-2013, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikezone13

Good point - of course I'm doing it with a country that is just one word

The full country name never gets used though in game does it? It's always the acronym USA for example?

Again, I'm just a noob, but if I had to guess, I would say you could use the same acronym for "both" "countries", so there shouldn't be a problem, especially if you have different country codes for each.

As for the full name of the country, I'm not near my computer at this second, but I think it might get used in the player profile somewhere. Also, in the league setup. You get to choose the country where the league is situated, which in this case would be the "United_States", I'd guess? Or Anguilla, whichever one is in the drop-down.

Keep me posted on how it goes. Best of luck!

mikezone13 · 10-25-2013, 01:24 AM

So far so good, it all set up nicely - I'm just hunting around now for any weird use of the country "Australia_"

10-23-2013, 04:30 AM	#1
mikezone13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 553	Fictional League - Controlling Birth Places of Players I'm attempting to put together a fictional league where I want the majority of players to come from one or two states within the country, but to also have a small proportion of players came from other states in the country, plus a very small proportion from other countries, similar to the below split. State 1 and state 2: 90% of players All other states: 9% of players All other countries: 1% of players I'm having some problems getting this to work, any advice appreciated.

10-23-2013, 10:26 AM	#2
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Maybe I'm too much of a noob to know an easier way around this, but I've been tackling the problem of ethnicities, player origin and language/name a lot lately, so I'll take a shot here. Offhand, I'd say the best way to handle it is to edit your World_Default to create a country in which only these two states exist, and have 90% of your players come from that country. For the sake of this discussion, let's say you're working with the United States, and your two states are Michigan and Ohio. First thing you will want to do is create a separate folder under Database called Originals and put a copy of every database file (xml and txt) that came with the game and keep a clean original copy of those there, because then you can modify every database you want and you'll always have a clean original in case you screw up. Then, get a text editor like Notepad++ and open up World_Default. I think the easiest thing here, rather than create a new country from scratch, is to replace a current country you know you will never use. I recommend Anguilla, which is still in North America. Replace the name with something like "United_States" (with an underscore), and replace the population, lid, capid, abbr (be sure it's USA, for flag purposes), dem and time_zone with the appropriate replacements. Anguilla already has a "list" of states under <states></states> (plural), with a single state under it between <state></state> (singular). All countries in the file use this convention. Under your new "United_States", delete everything currently there between <states></states> (plural). Then, locate the original United States on the file, find both <state>Michigan</state> and <state>Ohio</state>, and cut (not copy) each of those out of the United States, and place them both between <states></states> in your country-now-renamed-from-Anguilla-to-United_States. (The reason you want to cut, and not copy, is you do not want two countries both with the exact same state/cities within them.) Once you have successfully cut and pasted these, save the file under its original name (don't worry, you have a clean original in your new Originals folder, right?). Then create your game. Once you've done enough to get to your new game's home screen, under Game Setup/Options/Default Player Origin, have 90% of your players come from (the new) United_States, 9% from the (original) United States, and 1% from Random Nationality. What I don't know is whether by doing this, it will change the name from "Anguilla" to "United_States", because country name might be baked into the game's firmware. IOW, the game might still show "Anguilla" and not "United_States" If it hasn't changed, that's OK. Just have 90% come from Anguilla. That should do it. Everything in the game should still reflect the changes you made in World_Default. I know it sounds like a lot to go through, but I can't think of another way to do it. Maybe someone can come up with something easier. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League Last edited by chucksabr; 10-23-2013 at 10:28 AM.

10-23-2013, 10:41 AM	#3
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	One other thing: make sure you are also reflecting the same language and ethniticies mix for your revised state as for the US in general. You don't want 90% of your players to be Anguillan. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

10-23-2013, 06:35 PM	#4
mikezone13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 553	Thanks, that's what I already did, but I was having problems with two countries with the same name.

10-25-2013, 01:24 AM	#8
mikezone13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 553	So far so good, it all set up nicely - I'm just hunting around now for any weird use of the country "Australia_"