Format of OOTP5 name files - spaces at end of line?

Antonin · 05-05-2004, 09:54 PM

I'm creating a DAT name file for OOTP5. Each line of course consists of one name and one number, as in "Jones 3". Does there have to be a carriage return immediately after each number? Do I have to manually delete all of the spaces after each number?

Here's another name file question: If the names in the DAT file are in alphabetical order, does the game start at letter A? If you have a large name file, will you never get any Z names generated?

Thanks for any replies!

Antonin · 05-06-2004, 11:59 AM

Any name file experts out there? I tried doing a search, but it did not help...

LivnLegend · 05-06-2004, 12:08 PM

Antonin, you can always test it out very easily. Just backup your current name file before inserting yours and create a test league to see if it works.

I just made my own name file for OOTP6 and didn't pay attention to whether I had spaces after each line or not.

I don't think having the list done alphabetically changes anything. I could be wrong but in my previous manipulations of name files, I have never noticed the order of the names meaning anything -- just the number after the name.

Antonin · 05-06-2004, 12:17 PM

Thanks for the reply.

I have a test league, but was reluctant to test this particular thing out for fear of corrupting the entire game. But maybe I'll just go ahead and do that.

I was asking this particular question because going through line after line after line and adding numbers AND deleting spaces is a huge amount of work, haha.

I'm working with v5, by the way. I have a bad dialup connection, so I have to wait for the CD to get here from ViaTech before I can play v6.

LivnLegend · 05-06-2004, 12:20 PM

In my tinkering I did make one grievous error with a name file and the game crashed when I tried to create a test league. I can't remember what the error I made was; I think I saved the name file in the wrong format. However, it was just a minor setback as it caused no irreparable harm to the game or my other leagues after making the needed correction.

I don’t think there were any significant changes to the way the name files work between v5 and v6

satchel · 05-06-2004, 02:23 PM

Those spaces at the ends of the lines don’t affect anything. I was recently checking this out, and wondering if I needed to go through and delete them after I adjusted the ‘frequency numbers’ after every name. I left those extra spaces in, and things worked fine.

05-05-2004, 09:54 PM	#1
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,553	Format of OOTP5 name files - spaces at end of line? I'm creating a DAT name file for OOTP5. Each line of course consists of one name and one number, as in "Jones 3". Does there have to be a carriage return immediately after each number? Do I have to manually delete all of the spaces after each number? Here's another name file question: If the names in the DAT file are in alphabetical order, does the game start at letter A? If you have a large name file, will you never get any Z names generated? Thanks for any replies! __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

05-06-2004, 11:59 AM	#2
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,553	Any name file experts out there? I tried doing a search, but it did not help... __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

05-06-2004, 12:08 PM	#3
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Antonin, you can always test it out very easily. Just backup your current name file before inserting yours and create a test league to see if it works. I just made my own name file for OOTP6 and didn't pay attention to whether I had spaces after each line or not. I don't think having the list done alphabetically changes anything. I could be wrong but in my previous manipulations of name files, I have never noticed the order of the names meaning anything -- just the number after the name. __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

05-06-2004, 12:17 PM	#4
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,553	Thanks for the reply. I have a test league, but was reluctant to test this particular thing out for fear of corrupting the entire game. But maybe I'll just go ahead and do that. I was asking this particular question because going through line after line after line and adding numbers AND deleting spaces is a huge amount of work, haha. I'm working with v5, by the way. I have a bad dialup connection, so I have to wait for the CD to get here from ViaTech before I can play v6. __________________ "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols), San Francisco, 14 January 1978

05-06-2004, 12:20 PM	#5
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	In my tinkering I did make one grievous error with a name file and the game crashed when I tried to create a test league. I can't remember what the error I made was; I think I saved the name file in the wrong format. However, it was just a minor setback as it caused no irreparable harm to the game or my other leagues after making the needed correction. I don’t think there were any significant changes to the way the name files work between v5 and v6 __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

05-06-2004, 02:23 PM	#6
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	Those spaces at the ends of the lines don’t affect anything. I was recently checking this out, and wondering if I needed to go through and delete them after I adjusted the ‘frequency numbers’ after every name. I left those extra spaces in, and things worked fine. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59