How to hand pick historical players for teams

Diceman · 10-31-2016, 10:36 AM

For many years, my friends and I have created All Time Franchise teams for our favorites and then played a full season where we manage our favorites and the computer manages all the other teams. We choose each player's best year with that franchise. We have done this using Microleague Baseball and Diamond Mind Baseball in the past but I am new to OOTP and can't seem to figure out how to do this.

Basically I need to hand pick rosters for every team pulling from all the historical teams. For example, my Dodgers have 1949 Jackie Robinson, 1965 Sandy Koufax, 2014 Clayton Kershaw, etc.

Is this even possible? Seems like I have to use established rosters or do a draft where all players are eligible and I have no control where they end up. Maybe I could start with established rosters and then trade like crazy? Or is there a way to manually select a team's roster form the very beginning?

I would greatly appreciate any help with this.

Curve Ball Dave · 10-31-2016, 10:44 AM

You need to be in Commissioner mode. Once you've imported the players (see the Free Agent scree) you can go into the editor and assign the players to teams.

eriqjaffe · 10-31-2016, 11:48 AM

You can import players in bulk through a text file, if you want. At least, you could a few versions ago. Not sure if that's still available or not.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post3664405

mitchkenn · 10-31-2016, 01:44 PM

in Quickstarts - comes with the game - There is All-Time Greats. This may meet your needs.

10-31-2016, 10:36 AM	#1
Diceman Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2	How to hand pick historical players for teams For many years, my friends and I have created All Time Franchise teams for our favorites and then played a full season where we manage our favorites and the computer manages all the other teams. We choose each player's best year with that franchise. We have done this using Microleague Baseball and Diamond Mind Baseball in the past but I am new to OOTP and can't seem to figure out how to do this. Basically I need to hand pick rosters for every team pulling from all the historical teams. For example, my Dodgers have 1949 Jackie Robinson, 1965 Sandy Koufax, 2014 Clayton Kershaw, etc. Is this even possible? Seems like I have to use established rosters or do a draft where all players are eligible and I have no control where they end up. Maybe I could start with established rosters and then trade like crazy? Or is there a way to manually select a team's roster form the very beginning? I would greatly appreciate any help with this.

10-31-2016, 10:44 AM	#2
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,363	You need to be in Commissioner mode. Once you've imported the players (see the Free Agent scree) you can go into the editor and assign the players to teams. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

10-31-2016, 11:48 AM	#3
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,684	You can import players in bulk through a text file, if you want. At least, you could a few versions ago. Not sure if that's still available or not. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post3664405 __________________

10-31-2016, 01:44 PM	#4
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	in Quickstarts - comes with the game - There is All-Time Greats. This may meet your needs. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.