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bmcelroy8 · 07-20-2026, 10:53 PM

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LansdowneSt · 07-20-2026, 10:55 PM

I'm working on a new historical all-time QS. I can see what OOTPD wants for recalc and qualifications and I can make the one easily enough that is compatible with the license. Just need some time to do it. Won't be as good as the one I'm personally making for myself

but I'm sure it will be better than the one that has been floating around for a dozen years.

LansdowneSt · 07-20-2026, 10:56 PM

Yup, those are loaded correctly. The historical game should have been fine. It wasn't a quickstart was it? Check someone that ships with the game like Ozzie Smith in a Historical game or current season one (and look them up)

bmcelroy8 · 07-20-2026, 11:05 PM

Yes, it was a Quickstart, but then AESP_pres asked me to try a Historical game and I did, with the same results...

...so is it an MLB licensing thing?

MLB stats are public record, but the images of the players are not, I suppose.

You guys are very generous with your time and understanding. It would be nice if the technical support or customer service could shed light on such things, especially for the new customers--it would be a lot more helpful than gaslighting us.

Question, at the end of the day, couldn't we use any photo saved as a... .png file?

Thank you again, all.

bmcelroy8 · 07-20-2026, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pstrickert

Did you check the box next to...

Load FaceGen PhotoFit files automatically

...on the Game Settings-->Facegen screen?

No sir. Un-checked.

LansdowneSt · 07-20-2026, 11:14 PM

In a regular game, just a typical current season game. Do the facegens load? If you, in that game, look up Chris Sale is it him? Ozzie Smith, is it him? If you look up Honus Wagner, is it him? and if you look up Reggie Jackson, is it him? I just want to make sure it is reading fg files in general in your game.

Lastly, paste this into your file explorer (not as a web address, just the folder, file explorer. "ftp://ootpsupport.com/incoming/ootp/saved_games/" then zip the .lg file and tell me what is called (send me the historical game not the QS).

LansdowneSt · 07-20-2026, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmcelroy8

No sir. Un-checked.

Check it in the historical game of 1946. Not the QS.

It was toggled on and checked in your first post, so I assumed it still was

bmcelroy8 · 07-20-2026, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Yup, those are loaded correctly. The historical game should have been fine. It wasn't a quickstart was it? Check someone that ships with the game like Ozzie Smith in a Historical game or current season one (and look them up)

Looks More Like Ozzie Osborne

Gents, I will try again tomorrow. I'm done for the night.

Continued thanks for trying to help.

bmcelroy8 · 07-26-2026, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmcelroy8

Please help me get to the finish line!

Okay, each player is a blank canvas now... before I screw this up....can you please advise as to how I generate faces from here?

Please see pic of settings menu attached. Thank you again!

Okay. I'm at it again. One thing I am doing correctly is that I have proven to myself that I can delete every fg face and make the game show only the default player pic for everyone... so I know I am in the right folder...

From here, what am I doing wrong?

I have taken a distinctive face--Rollie Fingers (assuming I'll see his signature handlebar mustache if I get this right,) and added that fg file: finger001rol.fg to the active folder. Just Rollie Fingers and the Default player pic in my fg files....

So now... as I fumble through settings... do I want to update? Force Update? Generate? Auto-generate? Pictures? Facegen files? ML players? All players?

Am changing fg files? Player Portrait files?

They don't exactly make it easy to figure out, but I am around 0-for-25 in my own trial-and-error attempts at seeing Rollie's handlebars.

Can anyone help me understand the png files as opposed to the fg files?

LansdowneSt · 07-26-2026, 04:50 PM

I've been able to determine that any game made from a QuickStart will load whatever was in the creator's game - and not look at the files. That was the issue with the GOAT league you had.

I still don't understand what the 1940s game problem was. As a test of facegens in general, load the Standard 2026 game. Upon the game loading, go to the facegen tab and set the top choice to None. Look around the league, all the licensed MLB players should be there with facegens as they are pulling from .fg files and no using the in-game fictional facegen code. Again, from that standard 2026 game, look up Reggie Jackson or Ernie Lombardi or someone from the past. Let me now if the facegen loads.

When you delete the faces.dat and come back to the game, the game itself will load a file on its own so none of those buttons on forcing anything need be used. Again, a Quickstart game won't work with new fg files, it's locked at time the QS was created.

LansdowneSt · 07-26-2026, 04:51 PM

The png files in the .lg file are cached images. The .fg is the source file that made them. Or if a fictional face, the software made it and the cached png file used that.

bmcelroy8 · 07-26-2026, 05:03 PM

Thank you, LandsdowneSt.

Is there no set of png files to import? Wouldn't that save a huge step? Is there a way to generate some fg files into the cache and check if the .png faces look right?

Isn't it the "FaceGen" feature which creates this whole problem? Why does it continue to generate random faces when your files--that you have worked so hard on, and so generously shared with all--are there?

I'm still scratching my head. What happens between putting the fg files in the proper place... and then opening, loading the game, and getting goofy png files?

You are very good to continue offering me help--I truly appreciate it.

Maybe some are laughing at me at this point, so I will continue to entertain by posting updates.

I really have no kind words for the customer service and developers.

LansdowneSt · 07-26-2026, 05:25 PM

The png files in the .lg folder wear the uniform of a particular in game team they are on. They update when the file team changes for example. They are just cached files and only appear after the game creates a face on first need.

Load the Standard 2026 game, follow the steps I gave so I can check the .fg file loading on the base 2026 game.

pstrickert · 07-26-2026, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmcelroy8

No sir. Un-checked.

I think it should be checked. Mine is always checked and I have no FG problems.

bmcelroy8 · 07-26-2026, 06:18 PM

I have the 2026 season started... but where are you asking that I look up Reggie, or Rollie, or Ernie Lombardi?

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot · 07-26-2026, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmcelroy8

I have the 2026 season started... but where are you asking that I look up Reggie, or Rollie, or Ernie Lombardi?

Hi, top right of screen you see a search box with magnifying glass icon, just type their name in and hit enter.

Good luck, hope you're able to resolve your specific issue with the pictures.

bmcelroy8 · 07-26-2026, 10:44 PM

Thank you for the search tip!

LansdowneSt · 07-27-2026, 12:40 PM

That is not from the Standard, current season game. Show the uncropped Reggie screenshot, please, with that facegen. Also, please load the Standard 2026 season game and send the pic of that Reggie and Rollie.

AESP_pres · 07-27-2026, 01:40 PM

How the hell Fingers would be 34 years old and Reggie Jackson 22 years old in the Standard current 2026 fast start? Both would be retired and Jackson wouldn't be at the early stage of his career and Fingers on the verge of retiring with Milwaukee.

It's a random start... Lans told you clearly "Load the Standard 2026 game".

crazyjoedavola · 07-27-2026, 04:32 PM

man, sure hope this ends well...

07-20-2026, 10:53 PM	#21
bmcelroy8 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2026 Posts: 38	fg_files folder (Screenshots) Attached Images

07-20-2026, 10:55 PM	#22
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	I'm working on a new historical all-time QS. I can see what OOTPD wants for recalc and qualifications and I can make the one easily enough that is compatible with the license. Just need some time to do it. Won't be as good as the one I'm personally making for myself but I'm sure it will be better than the one that has been floating around for a dozen years. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-20-2026, 10:56 PM	#23
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	Yup, those are loaded correctly. The historical game should have been fine. It wasn't a quickstart was it? Check someone that ships with the game like Ozzie Smith in a Historical game or current season one (and look them up) __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file Last edited by LansdowneSt; 07-20-2026 at 10:58 PM.

07-20-2026, 11:14 PM	#26
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	In a regular game, just a typical current season game. Do the facegens load? If you, in that game, look up Chris Sale is it him? Ozzie Smith, is it him? If you look up Honus Wagner, is it him? and if you look up Reggie Jackson, is it him? I just want to make sure it is reading fg files in general in your game. Lastly, paste this into your file explorer (not as a web address, just the folder, file explorer. "ftp://ootpsupport.com/incoming/ootp/saved_games/" then zip the .lg file and tell me what is called (send me the historical game not the QS). __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-26-2026, 04:50 PM	#30
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	I've been able to determine that any game made from a QuickStart will load whatever was in the creator's game - and not look at the files. That was the issue with the GOAT league you had. I still don't understand what the 1940s game problem was. As a test of facegens in general, load the Standard 2026 game. Upon the game loading, go to the facegen tab and set the top choice to None. Look around the league, all the licensed MLB players should be there with facegens as they are pulling from .fg files and no using the in-game fictional facegen code. Again, from that standard 2026 game, look up Reggie Jackson or Ernie Lombardi or someone from the past. Let me now if the facegen loads. When you delete the faces.dat and come back to the game, the game itself will load a file on its own so none of those buttons on forcing anything need be used. Again, a Quickstart game won't work with new fg files, it's locked at time the QS was created. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-20-2026, 11:05 PM	#24
bmcelroy8 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2026 Posts: 38	Yes, it was a Quickstart, but then AESP_pres asked me to try a Historical game and I did, with the same results... ...so is it an MLB licensing thing? MLB stats are public record, but the images of the players are not, I suppose. You guys are very generous with your time and understanding. It would be nice if the technical support or customer service could shed light on such things, especially for the new customers--it would be a lot more helpful than gaslighting us. Question, at the end of the day, couldn't we use any photo saved as a... .png file? Thank you again, all.

07-26-2026, 04:51 PM	#31
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	The png files in the .lg file are cached images. The .fg is the source file that made them. Or if a fictional face, the software made it and the cached png file used that. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-26-2026, 05:03 PM	#32
bmcelroy8 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2026 Posts: 38	Thank you, LandsdowneSt. Is there no set of png files to import? Wouldn't that save a huge step? Is there a way to generate some fg files into the cache and check if the .png faces look right? Isn't it the "FaceGen" feature which creates this whole problem? Why does it continue to generate random faces when your files--that you have worked so hard on, and so generously shared with all--are there? I'm still scratching my head. What happens between putting the fg files in the proper place... and then opening, loading the game, and getting goofy png files? You are very good to continue offering me help--I truly appreciate it. Maybe some are laughing at me at this point, so I will continue to entertain by posting updates. I really have no kind words for the customer service and developers.

07-26-2026, 05:25 PM	#33
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	The png files in the .lg folder wear the uniform of a particular in game team they are on. They update when the file team changes for example. They are just cached files and only appear after the game creates a face on first need. Load the Standard 2026 game, follow the steps I gave so I can check the .fg file loading on the base 2026 game. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file

07-26-2026, 06:18 PM	#35
bmcelroy8 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2026 Posts: 38	I have the 2026 season started... but where are you asking that I look up Reggie, or Rollie, or Ernie Lombardi?

07-26-2026, 10:44 PM	#37
bmcelroy8 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2026 Posts: 38	Same deal Thank you for the search tip! Attached Images

07-27-2026, 12:40 PM	#38
LansdowneSt Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 8,316	That is not from the Standard, current season game. Show the uncropped Reggie screenshot, please, with that facegen. Also, please load the Standard 2026 season game and send the pic of that Reggie and Rollie. __________________ Complete Universe Facegen Pack 2.0 (mine included) https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi...k_2.0.zip/file Just my Facegen Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premi..._Pack.zip/file Last edited by LansdowneSt; 07-27-2026 at 12:43 PM.

07-27-2026, 01:40 PM	#39
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,283	How the hell Fingers would be 34 years old and Reggie Jackson 22 years old in the Standard current 2026 fast start? Both would be retired and Jackson wouldn't be at the early stage of his career and Fingers on the verge of retiring with Milwaukee. It's a random start... Lans told you clearly "Load the Standard 2026 game". __________________ Complete set of the FGs I have updated for the pack 1871 to 1990 Yearly first year player class. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

07-27-2026, 04:32 PM	#40
crazyjoedavola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2025 Location: The Opera Posts: 177	man, sure hope this ends well...