Complete Universe Facegen Pack

[luckymann]

Here we go bud, mixing things up a bit before the imminent Class of 1909 arrives.

Thx

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Joe Coleman 1965-79
Snipe Hansen 1930-35
Little Joe Wood 1943
Dane Iorg 1977-86
Joe Verbanic 1966-70
Erubiel Durazo 1999-2005
Bernie Allen 1962-73
Ginger Shinault 1921-22
Johnny Ryan 1874-76
Jack Blott 1924

[Amazin69]

Yeah, Gonzalez has his slot, even with the Indians having signed Fred Holdsworth on the cheap. (After a bad year in Baltimore; Fred should have leveraged that 16-8 in Milwaukee in 1980 into a long-term deal.) We'll see what he does with it.

Actually, Cleveland is over .500 so far. So what do I know?

Well, something I guess, since the Rangers have charged out of the gate. We swept the Yankees home-and-home (not that it makes up for the playoffs, though…) with a win at Cleveland in between (the other Cleveland game got rained out).

And when they weren't being swept by us, the Yanks were being swept by the White Sox, so we were 6-0 while they were 0-8. Heh-heh-heh.

Of course, it's early, but still. It's just a pity the game can't code "Steinbrenner" properly, or "Dick Howser" would be fired by now. Well, actually, Steinbrenner might have fired Dick before this, back-to-back World Series wins and 112-50 record and all, notwithstanding.

Meanwhile, in addition to sweeping the Yanks, the ChiSox are hot on our tail. Helping out in their bullpen is Ramon "Ray" Murillo.

An 11th-round draft pick out of Arizona State, Ramon did well at AA Knoxville, then adequate at AAA Iowa. But when the Sox shifted their top farm to Edmonton in 1982, Murillo lost it. Perhaps a native Arizonan just couldn't handle Canada?



And who snapped our unbeaten string, in Milwaukee? Well, partly Sarge Matthews, looking to rebound from a poor 1981 on an awful Angel team, whose 2-run homer tagged Matlack with the 3-2 loss. But also John Adams, who pitched the Brew Crew to victory.

IRL, Adams was a 20th-round pick (out of Mississippi) by St. Louis, and progressed up to AA Arkansas. But although he'd had a good half-season there, clearly someone was concerned about his declining strikeout rate and told him to stop nibbling.

Whereupon Adams discovered he'd been nibbling for a reason. After a wretched second year, Adams spent the next two seasons (all still in Little Rock) workin his ERA down so he could travel on from the Travellers. But as the strikeouts were on the wane (again) all he got was a "Did you know you're 26?" speech, and perhaps some traveling music. We'll see if his trip to Wisconsin turns out better.

[silvam14]

Just want to let everyone know, in case I didn't already. I currently have access to the Current roster set database. I started going through and updating all of the incorrect Historical minors IDs as it seems this is the database that the facgen pack is being created from. I have been going back and fixing the files based on the correct IDs in the historical database (If you started a historical game from any year, this is the DB you would be using) starting a standard (current) game and showing all retired players, you are seeing the incorrect IDs that I am working on)

There are so many IDs that have to be fixed. I've spent a couple of hours each of the last 3 days or so and I am still only on the C last names.

[LansdowneSt]

It's a huge project - thank you, silvam14! Should you download any of mine know that I use the Historic Database so they should all be good to go

[LansdowneSt]

Ray Murillo now pitching for your Southside Hitmen...

[LansdowneSt]

Amazin', here's John Adams. I did a version with a texture pack to eliminate the smile but, in the end, I kept the big smile for better or worse. He honestly just can't believe the Brewers gave him the ball...

[LansdowneSt]

Coming to the Detroit Tigers as a key part of the blockbuster Denny McLain trade in 1971, the fiery Joe Coleman was an outstanding pitcher in the Motor City, winning 62 games over a three-year span and logging over 280 innings for four consecutive years from 1971 to 1974. He worked quickly on the mound, limiting his pitches to a few seconds apart, with a live fastball being his main calling card. Coleman played fifteen seasons in the big leagues, twice winning twenty games and three times striking out more than 200 batters for the Tigers during his five-year tenure. - bRef Bullpen wiki

I had made the facegen for Joe last year, luckymann, so no "before" picture.

[LansdowneSt]

Former Purdue quarterback, Bernie Allen, became a Twin as a direct result of the graciousness of Minnesota Gopher fans after he handed them an upset loss. As he recalled years later, “After the game at Minnesota, as we made our way out of the locker room and onto the bus, the Minnesota fans came up and congratulated us on how well we had played. I remembered those gracious fans a few months later when I was trying to decide whom to sign with. It came down to the Twins and the New York Mets. I took half as much money to sign with the Twins."

He played well for the Twins but suffered a serious injury in 1964 in a play where Don Zimmer cross-checked him at second base. Still hurt, he played only 19 games for the 1965 Twins. Much to Allen’s disappointment, he failed to receive a World Series ring. “I got seven-eighths of a share [of the Series winnings], but I didn’t get a ring. That’s what I really wanted. Mudcat Grant, Jim Kaat, and others went to the front office on my behalf. I’ve never forgotten that slight." - SABR

Made this facegen last year so no "before" facegen to compare it to

[LansdowneSt]

In 1927, the Chicago Cubs signed local sandlot hurler Roy Hansen. Skipper Joe McCarthy thought highly enough of the 20-year-old to extend him an invitation to spring training for the first of three successive years. Hansen was surely overwhelmed by the team’s picturesque training facility ... as well as practicing with established players like Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett, and Hack Wilson. It was there that Hansen acquired his moniker, Snipe. A group of veterans sent the green recruit players to a canyon to collect “snipes.” While the other prospects returned to camp and the dining hall, Hansen apparently kept looking for the mythical creatures and arrived back at the hotel in the early evening. His teammates henceforth called him Snipe, as did the sportswriters, for the rest of his career. He went 22-45 in parts of five big-league seasons. - SABR

Redid the facegen. Often, the picture's angle requires me to straighten the nose, but in this case, Snipe's twisted nose is what it is.

[LansdowneSt]

The Phillies traded a young Joe Verbanic to the Yankees before the 1967 season. He finished the year 4–3 and two saves, and a 2.80 earned run average, in 28 games and had another fine year in 1968 working in 40 games (29 in relief). The arm trouble came in 1969 and after a brief return in 1970, Joe's MLB career ended.

There is but a single picture of Joe not smiling and I used that one for the facegen.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by FancySkunk

Might be best to only copy the stuff from July and August into your install's fg_files folder. That *should* just be the stuff from this thread that LansdowneSt has posts, my stuff for the 1998 season, and a few random fixes. Worst case, there might be some official facegens for current players in that set, but everything else should be new work that's wouldn't overwrite anything.

I'd also suggest making a backup of your current folder so if anything does go wrong, you can just revert back to what you have now.

Is there any way to batch copy/paste the files I want, or am I stuck with doing it one file at a time? I figured out exactly where your leave off point is from v2.1 to v2.2. When you sort from the newest modification date backwards, the readme.txt file provides the dividing line between v2.1 and v2.2. v2.2 is every file above the readme.txt, and v2.1 is every file below it. The v2.1 files go right up to 2021-04-20 at 09:11. Then there's the readme.txt file on 2021-04-20 at 11:24, and v2.2 starts on 2021-04-20 at 11:26. You published the link to v2.1 on April 20 at 10:30, so that makes sense.

Tons, and tons of files though, which is awesome, but makes it tricky to do one at a time. Tried to search online for a simple way to batch copy/paste, and couldn't figure it out. Thanks for everyone's efforts on this. It's truly astounding.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by silvam14

Just want to let everyone know, in case I didn't already. I currently have access to the Current roster set database. I started going through and updating all of the incorrect Historical minors IDs as it seems this is the database that the facgen pack is being created from. I have been going back and fixing the files based on the correct IDs in the historical database (If you started a historical game from any year, this is the DB you would be using) starting a standard (current) game and showing all retired players, you are seeing the incorrect IDs that I am working on)

There are so many IDs that have to be fixed. I've spent a couple of hours each of the last 3 days or so and I am still only on the C last names.

You are amazing! Yer all amazing! Thank you so much!

[LansdowneSt]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Is there any way to batch copy/paste the files I want, or am I stuck with doing it one file at a time?

Not sure what you mean - do you mean, in Windows, how to grab a bunch of files simultaneously and copy and paste them?

If you start at the beginning file you want and click it (so it is highlighted/selected) while holding down SHIFT then scroll up/down to where you want the "grab" to end and then click that ending file (remember you are still holding down the SHIFT button) - it will select every file in-between. Let go of SHIFT and all the files should be selected to be dragged or copied and pasted.

CTRL works the same way but lets you grab non consecutive files as you go, then when all are selected (hold CTRL the whole time), let go and they are all highlighted.

Sorry, if that's not what you meant.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

Not sure what you mean - do you mean, in Windows, how to grab a bunch of files simultaneously and copy and paste them?

If you start at the beginning file you want and click it (so it is highlighted/selected) while holding down SHIFT then scroll up/down to where you want the "grab" to end and then click that ending file (remember you are still holding down the SHIFT button) - it will select every file in-between. Let go of SHIFT and all the files should be selected to be dragged or copied and pasted.

CTRL works the same way but lets you grab non consecutive files as you go, then when all are selected (hold CTRL the whole time), let go and they are all highlighted.

Sorry, if that's not what you meant.

Oh. My. God!!! Thank. You!!! The final 2,107 files kaboom!!!!!!!! You're the best. On to the rest of the NeL players from your file, and scoop up the individual ones you've put out since the Aug 26 update, and we'll be rockin'! Yes!

[luckymann]

Originally Posted by LansdowneSt

In 1927, the Chicago Cubs signed local sandlot hurler Roy Hansen. Skipper Joe McCarthy thought highly enough of the 20-year-old to extend him an invitation to spring training for the first of three successive years. Hansen was surely overwhelmed by the team’s picturesque training facility ... as well as practicing with established players like Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett, and Hack Wilson. It was there that Hansen acquired his moniker, Snipe. A group of veterans sent the green recruit players to a canyon to collect “snipes.” While the other prospects returned to camp and the dining hall, Hansen apparently kept looking for the mythical creatures and arrived back at the hotel in the early evening. His teammates henceforth called him Snipe, as did the sportswriters, for the rest of his career. He went 22-45 in parts of five big-league seasons. - SABR

Redid the facegen. Often, the picture's angle requires me to straighten the nose, but in this case, Snipe's twisted nose is what it is.

This one is among your best bud, really got it down pat.

[Sweed]

Playing my '71 Twins game I see Tom Hall was not right in the historical file. Listed as white instead of black. Made this gen in the free app. Not ideal but better than the historical white face I had
Baseball Ref pic and OOTP bb card. Maybe Silvam already has Tom fixed in his file? Or mine can be done properly here by one of the master creators. Thanks

[FancySkunk]

Originally Posted by Sweed

Playing my '71 Twins game I see Tom Hall was not right in the historical file. Listed as white instead of black. Made this gen in the free app. Not ideal but better than the historical white face I had
Baseball Ref pic and OOTP bb card. Maybe Silvam already has Tom fixed in his file? Or mine can be done properly here by one of the master creators. Thanks

Huh... looking at the Tom Hall facegen that was included in the pack, I'm not sure where it came from exactly. It's definitely one that I made, but I can't figure out what photo I based it off of, because it looks nothing like any of the source photos that show up on a search. Might be a case where something got overwritten by mistake.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by FancySkunk

Huh... looking at the Tom Hall facegen that was included in the pack, I'm not sure where it came from exactly. It's definitely one that I made, but I can't figure out what photo I based it off of, because it looks nothing like any of the source photos that show up on a search. Might be a case where something got overwritten by mistake.

I'd have sworn in a 1969 replay I started in v21 last year Tom's face gen was correct. I was surprised, as I hadn't loaded my '71 season in a while, at the face gen I was seeing when I did.

So I changed him to African and went in to manually load Tom's fg file. I found the correctly named file but that loaded the same white face I already had. Not saying something didn't happen on my end to overwrite the file accidentally but, not sure how or when it could have happened? Any way figured it best to report it here for others to check on

[actionjackson]

Do these take effect upon opening the same game you've been playing? In other words, starting up the game, or do I have to do something else to get them to update? It seems like some have updated to v2.2, and some haven't i.e. Had to manually auto-reload Roberto Alomar's picture to get Fancy's new version (which is awesome BTW). Even after I did a Force/Update, Dave Parker's new (and better) version had to be Auto-Reloaded.

[LansdowneSt]

Action, it's the option under "Force Update" called "Generate New Player Pictures". It will wipe out and redo all the "fake" or game-generated ones for missing facegens (so beware if that's an issue for you).... but it is also the one that truly compels the game to check each file and thus updates the ones that the game thinks it already has.