Historical names in OOTP19?

[Boozie1580]

I promise I tried to search for the answer first, but I’m seeing conflicting information so I was hoping someone could clear it up for me. Is it possible to get a historical name set (like Questdog’s, or any other) into OOTP19? Is it any different from previous versions? Thanks!

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by Boozie1580

Is it possible to get a historical name set (like Questdog’s, or any other) into OOTP19?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Boozie1580

Is it any different from previous versions?

Yes.

[Boozie1580]

Originally Posted by joefromchicago

Yes.


Yes.

Ok, thanks...sorry if you think it's a dumb question, but do you care to expand on that? I've not been able to find a clear explanation of what needs to be done to get these files to be compatible, but maybe I'm just missing it.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by Boozie1580

Ok, thanks...sorry if you think it's a dumb question, but do you care to expand on that? I've not been able to find a clear explanation of what needs to be done to get these files to be compatible, but maybe I'm just missing it.

Well, I don't know precisely what you want to do, so I can only give some general outlines. Take a look at this post and see if it helps.

[Cooleyvol]

I've used my (and QD's) old school name sets with 19 with doing nothing different than I have in the past.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

I've used my (and QD's) old school name sets with 19 with doing nothing different than I have in the past.

All of the ethnicity breakdowns that, before version 19, used to be contained in the ethnicities file are now contained in the world default xml file. So if you're doing the same thing in v.19 as you did in v.18 and before, I don't know how you're getting that ethnicity information into the game, considering that the ethnicities file is now defunct. But if it works for you, then I'm glad it does.

[Boozie1580]

Originally Posted by joefromchicago

All of the ethnicity breakdowns that, before version 19, used to be contained in the ethnicities file are now contained in the world default xml file. So if you're doing the same thing in v.19 as you did in v.18 and before, I don't know how you're getting that ethnicity information into the game, considering that the ethnicities file is now defunct. But if it works for you, then I'm glad it does.

That’s the issue I’m having based on messing around with it last night. I am able to get the names into the game the same way as I always did, but since QD’s version of world_default.xml is out of date (and the ethnicities.txt file is no longer used), I tried just using the stock version of that file to see what would happen. I got old fashioned names for all Caucasian players from the USA, but I was getting way too many American players with Hispanic, Asian, etc names for a league based in 1900.

I can go in and edit that myself, just didn’t know if maybe there was an easier way I was missing (or a newer version of the historical world-deafault.xml file floating around somewhere already).

[cavebutter]

Maybe this thread will help?

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by Boozie1580

That’s the issue I’m having based on messing around with it last night. I am able to get the names into the game the same way as I always did, but since QD’s version of world_default.xml is out of date (and the ethnicities.txt file is no longer used), I tried just using the stock version of that file to see what would happen. I got old fashioned names for all Caucasian players from the USA, but I was getting way too many American players with Hispanic, Asian, etc names for a league based in 1900.

OK, this is really stretching my expertise here, as I have not actually tried to mess around with the world_default.xml file in version 19. But if you go into the file and go down to line 84226 (if you're using Notepad++) you'll find the entry for the USA. Go to:

use_hardcoded_ml_player_origins="1"

That code controls whether the league you create has the game's default player origins. As you note, that default setting creates a bunch of Hispanic and Asian players and other nationalities that may not be appropriate for earlier eras in baseball history. Change the 1 to 0 in the code and see if that helps.