Using the Baseball Card to Create a Pennant

Dark Horse · 04-30-2020, 09:35 PM

i managed to make team pennants using the baseball card function. i created four.

1. A Generic Pennant
2. A pennant to celebrate just making the playoffs.
3. A pennant for the league champion; for instance if your team loses the World Series
4. A pennant for the World Series champion or if you don't have sub leagues, the regular season champion.

That is an admittedly basic team logo, but the baseball card pulls in your logo so it will look better with of y'all's logos. It also pulls in your team nickname and colors; and the season year. So you don't have to do anything but go to any player on the team you want to make the pennant and go to baseball cards and select the xml file.

i'm not an expert with the xml so i was limited to what i could do with the font style and font size. So someone might be able to improve these.

Anyway, if anyone is interested in these, i could post the xmls for them. They work for OOTP 21. I also have a set that works with OOTP 19.

Dark Horse · 05-03-2020, 03:43 PM

i added a pennant with an alternate logo. To create the pennant just go to any player on the team you want to make the pennant and go to baseball cards click on manage baseball cards and select the appropriate pennant.

The Pennant Alternate uses the CAP LOGO. That can be assigned by going to the Team Colors, Logos and Uniforms screen. In the upper right hand corner you'll see where you can choose a BALLCAP LOGO. Put whatever secondary logo you want here. If you are using custom ballcaps, the BALLCAP logo will not affect them.

Dark Horse · 02-11-2021, 09:10 PM

i used the baseball cards to make banners for the playoffs.Works the same as the pennants just go to a player and choose the baseball cards.

koohead · 02-11-2021, 11:27 PM

this is a cool idea! I don't use cards for players but I can see myself using these. Safe to assume the colors are pulled in from the team colors? Thanks for sharing!

Dark Horse · 02-12-2021, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by koohead

this is a cool idea! I don't use cards for players but I can see myself using these. Safe to assume the colors are pulled in from the team colors? Thanks for sharing!

Yes, [%TEAM_TEXT_COLOR] and [%TEAM_BG_COLOR] are used for the pennant. i left the letters in black because the pennants have a light background and you need a darker color.

koohead · 02-12-2021, 10:58 AM

fhomess · 02-12-2021, 12:50 PM

Someone needs to take this concept and make championship rings

reds1 · 02-12-2021, 12:59 PM

These are so awesome, Dark Horse! I love the banners!

Dark Horse · 02-12-2021, 03:10 PM

Thanks guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhomess

Someone needs to take this concept and make championship rings

A championship ring would be cool... But with the baseball card, i don't know. It's too rigid. Of course, it was designed to create baseball cards. i wonder if some of the more technical members of the community could make a mini app that could design one...

Dark Horse · 02-13-2021, 10:31 PM

Added an additional banner to designate division winners. Just added a crown to the bottom of the playoff banner.

Eugene Church · 02-13-2021, 11:02 PM

Really nice work, Dark Horse.

You really write good instructions.

Thanks for sharing with us.

ralphieboy · 02-14-2021, 03:39 PM

These are great. Thanks so much. I’ve created some 2D fields for my fictional league and I’ve added a couple banners in the outfield areas to display past team accomplishments.

Dark Horse · 02-14-2021, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhomess

Someone needs to take this concept and make championship rings

i had an idea about this. i gave it a try. One side is for the team; nickname and logo with the year. The other side is for the player, last name, number and symbol of his position. i used the players from Klavier's 1976 cards.

Someone a little more skillful could probably improve the image for the rings. And i would like for OOTP to give us a few more options with the font styles and sizes.

Anyway, these are (according to the hex codes i found online) platinum, gold and silver rings.

Izz · 02-14-2021, 08:26 PM

These are very cool! Thanks, Dark Horse!

itsmb8 · 02-15-2021, 02:42 AM

This is really cool, nice job! Actually, it gave me an idea to create backgrounds for MLB teams in my save with retired numbers and playoff/championship banners on them, so when you go to a team's page theyre all right there on the background.

No Pepper · 02-15-2021, 10:41 AM

Very ingenious use, I like it!

Dark Horse · 02-16-2021, 06:47 PM

Thanks again, everyone. i added crowns to the league and world champ banners.

04-30-2020, 09:35 PM	#1
Dark Horse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas! Posts: 2,633	Using the Baseball Card to Create a Pennant i managed to make team pennants using the baseball card function. i created four. 1. A Generic Pennant 2. A pennant to celebrate just making the playoffs. 3. A pennant for the league champion; for instance if your team loses the World Series 4. A pennant for the World Series champion or if you don't have sub leagues, the regular season champion. That is an admittedly basic team logo, but the baseball card pulls in your logo so it will look better with of y'all's logos. It also pulls in your team nickname and colors; and the season year. So you don't have to do anything but go to any player on the team you want to make the pennant and go to baseball cards and select the xml file. i'm not an expert with the xml so i was limited to what i could do with the font style and font size. So someone might be able to improve these. Anyway, if anyone is interested in these, i could post the xmls for them. They work for OOTP 21. I also have a set that works with OOTP 19. Attached Images __________________ A Justafan Fan LBA Geo Bahn Rock Hounds fan of the ISLANDIAN PRO ALLIANCE

02-11-2021, 11:27 PM	#4
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,211	this is a cool idea! I don't use cards for players but I can see myself using these. Safe to assume the colors are pulled in from the team colors? Thanks for sharing! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

02-12-2021, 10:58 AM	#6
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,211	__________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

02-12-2021, 12:50 PM	#7
fhomess Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,651	Someone needs to take this concept and make championship rings __________________ StatsLab- PHP/MySQL based utilities for Online Leagues Baseball Cards - Full list of known templates and documentation on card development.

02-12-2021, 12:59 PM	#8
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,929	These are so awesome, Dark Horse! I love the banners! __________________ United Leagues of Braeland

02-13-2021, 11:02 PM	#11
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,068	Really nice work, Dark Horse. You really write good instructions. Thanks for sharing with us.

02-14-2021, 03:39 PM	#12
ralphieboy Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 382	These are great. Thanks so much. I’ve created some 2D fields for my fictional league and I’ve added a couple banners in the outfield areas to display past team accomplishments.

02-14-2021, 08:26 PM	#14
Izz Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,470	These are very cool! Thanks, Dark Horse! __________________ Not only do I play OOTP but I also write science-fiction: My Website A brief history of the Australia-New Zealand Baseball League (AUNZBL 2019-2119)--A Dynasty Report The National Penterham Four-Bases Association--A Dynasty Report

02-15-2021, 02:42 AM	#15
itsmb8 All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,340	This is really cool, nice job! Actually, it gave me an idea to create backgrounds for MLB teams in my save with retired numbers and playoff/championship banners on them, so when you go to a team's page theyre all right there on the background.

02-15-2021, 10:41 AM	#16
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,570	Very ingenious use, I like it! __________________ Uniforms compatible with OOTP23/24 Historical Major League Baseball 1901-current Historical Major League Baseball 1871-1900 Historical Federal League Historical Negro Leagues