High School Feeder - Any Way To Control City of Birth?

elclarkey · 04-27-2016, 10:47 PM

I am implementing a high school feeder and I have a question:

Is there a way to influence the percentage of local players vs. out of town players?

There is a function that allows you to control the percentage of players from a specific country, I don't see a way to set up the feeder so that most of the high school players are from a specific town.

For example, I create a high school called Stamford HS (Stamford, Connecticut). When I populate the team, I have guys from all over the country going to this high school. This is not ideal because I'm trying to build local flavor and history into the feeder.

Any advice on configuration or how to handle this other than manually going in and editing each player.

Thanks,
Elclarkey

BigRed75 · 04-28-2016, 01:09 AM

Set your high school feeder league scope to a specific state, in this case, Connecticut.

It's in the league options menu. When I get back to my computer I'll post exactly where.

It won't make everyone from Stamford but at least they'll all be from CT.

robwondah · 04-28-2016, 10:53 AM

Sort if time consuming, but what I have done in the past is exported the rosters and edited the place of birth city from there. Then re-imported.

BigRed75 · 04-28-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRed75

Set your high school feeder league scope to a specific state, in this case, Connecticut.

It's in the league options menu. When I get back to my computer I'll post exactly where.

It won't make everyone from Stamford but at least they'll all be from CT.

Go to the League Settings, then League & Teams tab. There's a drop-down box labeled "Region (Optional)" - choose "US STATE: Connecticut"

elclarkey · 04-29-2016, 05:44 AM

Thanks guys. I will look into these two methods.

elclarkey · 04-29-2016, 05:53 AM

What do you use to read the .OOTP files after you export them?

I tried Notepad++, but the text just says NULL.

robwondah · 05-03-2016, 03:27 AM

sorry for the late reply, but i use google sheets. when exporting rosters OOTP usually defaults as a .txt file. Change is to a .csv. From there I upload it into Google Sheets and edit it there. Also, if you don't have Excel, OpenOffice is a comparable app to use.

04-27-2016, 10:47 PM	#1
elclarkey Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Stamford, CT USA Posts: 54	High School Feeder - Any Way To Control City of Birth? I am implementing a high school feeder and I have a question: Is there a way to influence the percentage of local players vs. out of town players? There is a function that allows you to control the percentage of players from a specific country, I don't see a way to set up the feeder so that most of the high school players are from a specific town. For example, I create a high school called Stamford HS (Stamford, Connecticut). When I populate the team, I have guys from all over the country going to this high school. This is not ideal because I'm trying to build local flavor and history into the feeder. Any advice on configuration or how to handle this other than manually going in and editing each player. Thanks, Elclarkey

04-28-2016, 01:09 AM	#2
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	Set your high school feeder league scope to a specific state, in this case, Connecticut. It's in the league options menu. When I get back to my computer I'll post exactly where. It won't make everyone from Stamford but at least they'll all be from CT. __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

04-28-2016, 10:53 AM	#3
robwondah Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 287	Sort if time consuming, but what I have done in the past is exported the rosters and edited the place of birth city from there. Then re-imported.

04-29-2016, 05:44 AM	#5
elclarkey Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Stamford, CT USA Posts: 54	Thanks guys. I will look into these two methods.

04-29-2016, 05:53 AM	#6
elclarkey Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Stamford, CT USA Posts: 54	What do you use to read the .OOTP files after you export them? I tried Notepad++, but the text just says NULL.

05-03-2016, 03:27 AM	#7
robwondah Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 287	sorry for the late reply, but i use google sheets. when exporting rosters OOTP usually defaults as a .txt file. Change is to a .csv. From there I upload it into Google Sheets and edit it there. Also, if you don't have Excel, OpenOffice is a comparable app to use.