Complete Universe Facegen Pack

[luckymann]

OK bud, AtHoL is live and there are a BUNCH of them need fixing. So I'm going to take this slowly and methodically and you just let me know when you're ready for more.

Firstly I'll do my CAG team seeing as I have to look at them every day.

Mule Watson 1918-24
Zane Smith 1984-96
Jimmy Ripple 1936-43
Matt Miller 2001-02
Dennis Musgraves 1965
Johnny “Ducky” Tillman 1915
Dickie Flowers 1871-71
Tom Hughes 1930

Might be a couple more I get you to do because they grate on me but trying to keep things zipping along so I'll leave them for now.

Thanks

G

[LansdowneSt]

Here's Zane Smith as I already had him at the ready...

[LansdowneSt]

Johnny Tillman had a long career in pro ball, coming to the majors for two games with the St. Louis Browns in the second half of September 1915, during which he allowed just one earned run in ten innings of work.

Did my best using the older photo of him. Smoothing it out lost some detail but given his age in the bigs (21 years old), it also made him look younger.

[LansdowneSt]

While he may not be throwing strikes on the Major League level anymore, don’t think for one instant Matt Miller doesn’t still have the passion for baseball he had when he was a kid. Miller was a standout pitcher for Monterey parlaying that into a All Southwest Conference type of career at Texas Tech under former head coach Larry Hays during the mid 1990s. Miller was drafted in the second round of the 1996 MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers. After a few years in the minor leagues, Miller made his debut in the bigs in 2001. A shoulder injury ended his career after the 2002 season. He returned home to Lubbock where in works in the financial industry and still works to prepare young ball players for the game that is still near and dear to him. - everythinglubbock.com's Where Are They Now series

I had no facegen for him and the one media shot of him had him smiling (tried it and didn't like it), so I zoomed on to a picture on the back of a minor league baseball card, enhanced it, and used that for the facegen. Needed a texture pack face to clear out the sun spots but it didn't alter the face much at all aside from the spot clean-up.

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

I had no facegen for him and the one media shot of him had him smiling (tried it and didn't like it), so I zoomed on to a picture on the back of a minor league baseball card, enhanced it, and used that for the facegen. Needed a texture pack face to clear out the sun spots but it didn't alter the face much at all aside from the spot clean-up.

My boy'z got mad skillz...

[LansdowneSt]

Tom Hughes attended the University of Texas in 1928 and 1929 (he was All-Conference in 1929) and then came up to the majors in September of 1930 at age 22. He hit well, posting a line of .373/.413/.508 in 59 at-bats.

The facegen was even worse once I opened the file, so I redid it.

[luckymann]

Sorry bud, omitted one - Pete Woodruff 1899.

Thanks

G

[LansdowneSt]

Dickie Flowers was in pro ball at the start, in 1871 and 1872. He was above average for the Troy Haymakers in 1871 and with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1872. Prior to that, he played for the Philadelphia Keystones in 1868-1869. He later became a fireman.

I had no facegen and so made this one. In OOTP, his minor league ID isn't used, so this is his Major League Historical ID.

[LansdowneSt]

Pete Woodruff was an outfielder for the New York Giants in 1899. He played 20 games, hitting .246 with 2 homers and 7 RBI. He retired from baseball in 1903 because of eye problems. He had married an actress and went into the theater business and then on to early motion pictures. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I didn't have a facegen so made this one. Had to smooth him out a lot to lose the specks from the original image.

[LansdowneSt]

In the first three years of his career, Mule Watson played for numerous teams as he developed his pitching skills. By 1921 he was a regular and respected member of the Braves pitching staff. His style was to pitch low in the strike zone, mixing his pitches to keep batters off balance and expose their weaknesses. His greatest asset was outstanding control. Off the field he had an easygoing personality, but on the mound he was considered “the meanest man in the league to bat against for he is never known to intentionally give a batter a ‘good ball’ to hit.” On August 13, 1921, Mule Watson wins both games of doubleheader as Braves sweep Phillies. - SABR article

I didn't have a facegen, so made this one. Mule's making a weird face here but it's the best shot to make a facegen from. Did my best with him.

[LansdowneSt]

"Ripple exemplified dash and color as an outfielder, with circus and somersaulting catches commonplace." - Al Parsley, Montreal sportswriter

Jimmy Ripple, an outfielder who played seven seasons in the majors, sparkled in World Series play, posting a line of .320/.433/.480 in 50 at-bats in three World Series. His major league career ended after a tendon injury and he operated a hotel for seven years after retiring from baseball. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I didn't have a facegen and made this one.

[luckymann]

Great work bud. You're almost done there (just Musgraves to go?) so here's the next group. Thanks

G

Red Hoff 1911-15
Ryan Hancock 1996
Dick Johnston 1884-91
Tom Heintzleman 1973-78
Henry Easterday 1884-90
Dave Wehrmeister 1976-85
Otis Stocksdale 1893-96
Charlie Bartson 1890
Irv Jeffries 1930-34
Larry Pezold 1914
Chick Autry 1924-30
Jumbo Harting (BBRef ID hardilo02 for some reason...) 1886
Greg Keatley 2 AB in 1981
Paul Hinson 1928

[LansdowneSt]

Dennis Musgraves pitched 5 games for the 1965 Mets with a 0.56 ERA and a 640 ERA+, 6.2 K/9 ratio, 3.9 BB/9 and no homeruns allowed. He never saw the majors again.

Redid the facegen.

[luckymann]

Thank you sir - look how Purdy my Chicago American Giants look. (Maybe just Joe Daly with a bit more color and Willians Astudillo and Jake Smolinski with less of a punkinhead at some stage...)

[LansdowneSt]

luckymann,

I takes a great deal of effort not to impulsively redo many of those (but I got plenty of others to do for now though some of those I have already done) and try to fix your resolution. I don't know why my facegens (to my eye) hold more detail when I post a screenshot of them versus seeing them in a team picture in yours. On your next post, toss in for me how your initial random rookie draft went. Happy with said team? Any big stars in the starting sets?

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

luckymann,

I takes a great deal of effort not to impulsively redo many of those (but I got plenty of others to do for now though some of those I have already done) and try to fix your resolution. I don't know why my facegens (to my eye) hold more detail when I post a screenshot of them versus seeing them in a team picture in yours. On your next post, toss in for me how your initial random rookie draft went. Happy with said team? Any big stars in the starting sets?

I think our mutual OC tendencies are by now well-known to each other, and trust me if I knew how to do what you do I'd be in there tinkering with all of these guys until they looked more lifelike than the actual person hahahaha. But yours are so good and I honestly think it's the screenshot function that causes the slippage, because they look fab in-game once you've done your magic trick.

I am working off the Master DB and just randomising players for this league, so it was a bit of a surprise - not necessarily a bad one given all players are rookies and therefore the really good guys would probably perform at ridiculously unrealistic levels until things settle down - that this initial batch was pretty light on out-and-out superstars. Here's what I posted in the thread:

There's not a huge amount of real star power among the foundation group. Tris Speaker. Harry Heilmann. Mike Schmidt. Mad Dog Maddux, Zack Greinke and Max Scherzer. Dick Allen, Jackie, Minnie Minoso, Roberto Clemente and Cesar Cedeno. Mr October and Señor Octobre. Mo the Hit Dog. Fernando Tatis jr, Juan Soto and Josh Hamilton among the still active ranks.

Our squad is solid enough, but shy on lefties both in the hitting and pitching ranks, which I'll be addressing quick smart. Joe Sewell was our #1 pick. Ed Karger and Livan Hernandez are our aces. A couple of good young prospects such as Freddie Lindstrom and Ben Chapman.

There's a lot to learn about these historical saves and the way players' ratings start and then evolve. I've picked up a fair few pointers via the Bucs save but still need to unlearn plenty from my other main fictional (with historical players) save that this one is supplanting, in which only dev is in action. Pitchers you know are starters IRL importing as relievers for the first few seasons, which almost invariably means they have a FRAGILE proneness rating that you need to watch. The interaction between recalc and dev and what that means for each player. These sorts of things.

Loving it already, though - a change is as good as a holiday!

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by luckymann

I think our mutual OC tendencies are by now well-known to each other, and trust me if I knew how to do what you do I'd be in there tinkering with all of these guys until they looked more lifelike than the actual person hahahaha. But yours are so good and I honestly think it's the screenshot function that causes the slippage, because they look fab in-game once you've done your magic trick.

I am working off the Master DB and just randomising players for this league, so it was a bit of a surprise - not necessarily a bad one given all players are rookies and therefore the really good guys would probably perform at ridiculously unrealistic levels until things settle down - that this initial batch was pretty light on out-and-out superstars. Here's what I posted in the thread:

There's not a huge amount of real star power among the foundation group. Tris Speaker. Harry Heilmann. Mike Schmidt. Mad Dog Maddux, Zack Greinke and Max Scherzer. Dick Allen, Jackie, Minnie Minoso, Roberto Clemente and Cesar Cedeno. Mr October and Señor Octobre. Mo the Hit Dog. Fernando Tatis jr, Juan Soto and Josh Hamilton among the still active ranks.

Our squad is solid enough, but shy on lefties both in the hitting and pitching ranks, which I'll be addressing quick smart. Joe Sewell was our #1 pick. Ed Karger and Livan Hernandez are our aces. A couple of good young prospects such as Freddie Lindstrom and Ben Chapman.

There's a lot to learn about these historical saves and the way players' ratings start and then evolve. I've picked up a fair few pointers via the Bucs save but still need to unlearn plenty from my other main fictional (with historical players) save that this one is supplanting, in which only dev is in action. Pitchers you know are starters IRL importing as relievers for the first few seasons, which almost invariably means they have a FRAGILE proneness rating that you need to watch. The interaction between recalc and dev and what that means for each player. These sorts of things.

Loving it already, though - a change is as good as a holiday!

Show of hands for everybody on these boards who does not have some sort of OCD in their personality? Yeah...Thought so.

[LansdowneSt]

[I]f Pezold could only hit as far as he can throw, he would soon be leading the extra base sluggers in the league. But for all his wild heaves past first base, the fans like the youngster, who is always trying and who now and then makes a brilliant pick up. - “Sports Notes” Chillicothe Gazette, August 12, 1914

Larry Penzold was a stalwart of the New Orleans semipro circuit and a historically poor major-league fielder. In his first 16 days in the majors, spanning 19 games, Pezold committed eleven errors at third base. In four of those starts, he had two errors.

I had no facegen for him so made this one based on his bRef picture

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

[I]f Pezold could only hit as far as he can throw, he would soon be leading the extra base sluggers in the league. But for all his wild heaves past first base, the fans like the youngster, who is always trying and who now and then makes a brilliant pick up. - “Sports Notes” Chillicothe Gazette, August 12, 1914

Larry Penzold was a stalwart of the New Orleans semipro circuit and a historically poor major-league fielder. In his first 16 days in the majors, spanning 19 games, Pezold committed eleven errors at third base. In four of those starts, he had two errors.

I had no facegen for him so made this one based on his bRef picture

In-game had his historical minors ID as lar - is this the sort of thing silvan needs to know about?

[LansdowneSt]

Red Hoff was a pitcher for the New York Highlanders and the St Louis Browns and in his limited time on the mound, once struck out Ty Cobb. He was the oldest living ex-major league player at the time of his death at the age 107.

I had no facegen and so made this one off the bRef picture but couldn't resist sharing the elder Red's photo. 107. We should all be so lucky. Had to smooth the photo to rid it of shadows.