Baseball Card Mod Attempt/Plan - Page 3

joe_44850 · 05-17-2010, 10:07 PM

You have to import your CSV files from the game.
Open up OOTP, go to Database Info
Go to tools, and do a CSV export
Open up the ootp-utils program, and on the first screen click on Import Database.
"Browse" to documents & settings/ootp development/ootp 11/saved games/yourgame/import-export and pull in cities.csv

That should pull in your data. Let me know if you have any questions or problems.

scott1964 · 05-17-2010, 11:31 PM

Got everything to import, but when I click on utilites nothing happens.

joe_44850 · 05-18-2010, 06:54 AM

Hmm, when you click on "Utilities" a drop-down menu should appear with "Card Creator" as one of the choices.

I'll have the newest version up today or tomorrow, maybe there was a bug in the release I have currently posted. The new one will have 20 to 30 pre-built templates to choose from. Also I'll have my own thread

McLite · 05-18-2010, 07:27 AM

Love the program. I really like the back of the card a few posts back (the white one). Currently the one in the utility is hard on my old eyes!

Great progress though...these cards are outstanding.

joe_44850 · 05-18-2010, 07:49 AM

Ha, yeah, some were patterned after the Topps 80's cards and they are too dark. The back image is interchange-able, and I will include about a dozen or so to use (and, of course, users can create and use their own).

scott1964 · 05-18-2010, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_44850

Hmm, when you click on "Utilities" a drop-down menu should appear with "Card Creator" as one of the choices.

I'll have the newest version up today or tomorrow, maybe there was a bug in the release I have currently posted. The new one will have 20 to 30 pre-built templates to choose from. Also I'll have my own thread

I click on utilities and there is no drop down menu, this is in 1.6 ver and where is your own thread?

joe_44850 · 05-18-2010, 11:32 AM

I haven't created my own thread yet, I will when the program is ready-to-go. The engine that the program works off of is Internet Explorer, what version of IE are you running? Also, do you have Windows XP or greater?

(apologies to Tiesenberg for all of my posts on his thread)

scott1964 · 05-18-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_44850

I haven't created my own thread yet, I will when the program is ready-to-go. The engine that the program works off of is Internet Explorer, what version of IE are you running? Also, do you have Windows XP or greater?

(apologies to Tiesenberg for all of my posts on his thread)

Windows XP and I use FireFox

joe_44850 · 05-18-2010, 01:20 PM

Since this app runs on the IE engine, you might have to update to Internet Explorer 8 (even if you don't use it) for it to work.

Tiesenberg · 05-18-2010, 01:51 PM

Joe, it's not a problem at all. Your program is a great addition to the program and any improvements that can be made to getting the best out is something that I look forward to as well. I'll see if I can change the thread name.

scott1964 · 05-18-2010, 03:26 PM

Downloaded IE8 and it works fine now. But I can only create base ball cards of pitchers.

conception · 06-15-2010, 11:12 PM

This program worked fantastically for me, thanks a lot for putting it together. I'm interested to see if the improvements in the baseball card feature could supersede this when a patch is released, but until then I'll feel content to use this program for my needs.

joe_44850 · 06-15-2010, 11:21 PM

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I have also been working on a plain text exporter of stats, I'll be making that available with the next patch (I'll announce it in a separate thread).

DWK · 06-17-2010, 09:38 AM

Can't get this to download I have the newest version of IE my virus scan (Norton) keeps saying there's issues with the file.

Anybody else having this problem?

joe_44850 · 06-17-2010, 10:15 AM

Were you having problems downloading, or installing (your post said downloading, I just wanted to be clear). You should be able to download, as it is simply a zip file. Norton's problem might be the fact that it has vb scripts included. You might have to mess with Norton's settings to allow this to be both downloaded and installed.

Sorry I can't be more helpful - I don't use Norton because it seems to block "honest" applications while the nasty ones sneak right in.

DWK · 06-17-2010, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_44850

Were you having problems downloading, or installing (your post said downloading, I just wanted to be clear). You should be able to download, as it is simply a zip file. Norton's problem might be the fact that it has vb scripts included. You might have to mess with Norton's settings to allow this to be both downloaded and installed.

Sorry I can't be more helpful - I don't use Norton because it seems to block "honest" applications while the nasty ones sneak right in.

Thanks that help it was Norton I just disable it and it downloaded fine

Tiesenberg · 07-17-2010, 03:40 AM

After BMW's tremendous release of his Topps set the other day, I was inspired to go back and work on the templates I came up with last month. After experimenting with the XML, I was able to come up with XML code that now truly does everything in game...no more changing files for each team!

Here's how they look now:

I almost have this set how I want them looking, keyword being almost.

If you take a look at the cards above, you might have noticed that pitchers strikeout totals have a .00 in the career total and hitters H in each season is actually their HR total while their career total is in fact correct.

Perhaps this is what was fixed with the 2.17 patch? I'm running on a Mac and am still on 2.15, if this is what was fixed in the update, great, if not, any ideas on what might be going on would be greatly appreciated. I hope to have the right solution for these small issues by the end of the weekend, then giving me time to start some other cards. I spent some time today going through a book on Baseball Cards of the past century and through some old cards. I guess past work experience with a card grading company paid off for this.

Thanks guys!

---------
A quick addition to what was posted above, the reason career #'s do not match the stats that would appear to make sense for Latos/Strasburg is because I created these cards in the middle of the season, not at the start of the season.

Dark Horse · 07-17-2010, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiesenberg

Your program looks like it works very well, using the CSV is a great idea.

I've been fooling around with the XML some more and fooled around some more with my template. Here's what I've got so far:

I've got a post in another part of the board asking for more of the %tokens, if I get that, hopefully will be able to add to the back of the card.

Just getting around to this thread.

i just had to say, these are awesome Tiesenberg!

Great idea!

conception · 07-29-2010, 10:46 PM

Even though the baseball card feature has been mightily improved in the new versions, I'm still using the OOTP Utilities program to create a backlog of cards that I couldn't make earlier. The only issue is that they come out in HTML and sometimes the index page doesn't link to a foreign player's name properly.

Does anyone know a program where I can actually use a button to scroll through the html files, like I would through pages on a photo viewer?

patriotcoach · 08-08-2010, 09:25 PM

This seems to be a great utility, if I could only get it to work

I got my CSV files imported but when I go to create cards, I only get through step 2 of 3 before it displays a fatal error.

I have it installed to my C: directory but can't seem to get it to completely create the cards.

Help!

05-17-2010, 10:07 PM	#41
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	You have to import your CSV files from the game. Open up OOTP, go to Database Info Go to tools, and do a CSV export Open up the ootp-utils program, and on the first screen click on Import Database. "Browse" to documents & settings/ootp development/ootp 11/saved games/yourgame/import-export and pull in cities.csv That should pull in your data. Let me know if you have any questions or problems. __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

05-17-2010, 11:31 PM	#42
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,561 Blog Entries: 19	Got everything to import, but when I click on utilites nothing happens. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

05-18-2010, 06:54 AM	#43
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	Hmm, when you click on "Utilities" a drop-down menu should appear with "Card Creator" as one of the choices. I'll have the newest version up today or tomorrow, maybe there was a bug in the release I have currently posted. The new one will have 20 to 30 pre-built templates to choose from. Also I'll have my own thread __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

05-18-2010, 07:49 AM	#45
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	Ha, yeah, some were patterned after the Topps 80's cards and they are too dark. The back image is interchange-able, and I will include about a dozen or so to use (and, of course, users can create and use their own). __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

05-18-2010, 11:32 AM	#47
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	I haven't created my own thread yet, I will when the program is ready-to-go. The engine that the program works off of is Internet Explorer, what version of IE are you running? Also, do you have Windows XP or greater? (apologies to Tiesenberg for all of my posts on his thread) __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

05-18-2010, 07:27 AM	#44
McLite Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 64	Love the program. I really like the back of the card a few posts back (the white one). Currently the one in the utility is hard on my old eyes! Great progress though...these cards are outstanding.

05-18-2010, 01:20 PM	#49
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	Since this app runs on the IE engine, you might have to update to Internet Explorer 8 (even if you don't use it) for it to work. __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

05-18-2010, 01:51 PM	#50
Tiesenberg Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 306	Joe, it's not a problem at all. Your program is a great addition to the program and any improvements that can be made to getting the best out is something that I look forward to as well. I'll see if I can change the thread name.

05-18-2010, 03:26 PM	#51
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,561 Blog Entries: 19	Downloaded IE8 and it works fine now. But I can only create base ball cards of pitchers. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

06-15-2010, 11:12 PM	#52
conception All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,149	This program worked fantastically for me, thanks a lot for putting it together. I'm interested to see if the improvements in the baseball card feature could supersede this when a patch is released, but until then I'll feel content to use this program for my needs.

06-15-2010, 11:21 PM	#53
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	Hey, thanks for the feedback. I have also been working on a plain text exporter of stats, I'll be making that available with the next patch (I'll announce it in a separate thread). __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

06-17-2010, 09:38 AM	#54
DWK All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 636	Can't get this to download I have the newest version of IE my virus scan (Norton) keeps saying there's issues with the file. Anybody else having this problem?

06-17-2010, 10:15 AM	#55
joe_44850 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 66	Were you having problems downloading, or installing (your post said downloading, I just wanted to be clear). You should be able to download, as it is simply a zip file. Norton's problem might be the fact that it has vb scripts included. You might have to mess with Norton's settings to allow this to be both downloaded and installed. Sorry I can't be more helpful - I don't use Norton because it seems to block "honest" applications while the nasty ones sneak right in. __________________ Southerners are very strange about that war -- Shelby Foote

07-17-2010, 03:40 AM	#57
Tiesenberg Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 306	Baseball Card Update After BMW's tremendous release of his Topps set the other day, I was inspired to go back and work on the templates I came up with last month. After experimenting with the XML, I was able to come up with XML code that now truly does everything in game...no more changing files for each team! Here's how they look now: I almost have this set how I want them looking, keyword being almost. If you take a look at the cards above, you might have noticed that pitchers strikeout totals have a .00 in the career total and hitters H in each season is actually their HR total while their career total is in fact correct. Perhaps this is what was fixed with the 2.17 patch? I'm running on a Mac and am still on 2.15, if this is what was fixed in the update, great, if not, any ideas on what might be going on would be greatly appreciated. I hope to have the right solution for these small issues by the end of the weekend, then giving me time to start some other cards. I spent some time today going through a book on Baseball Cards of the past century and through some old cards. I guess past work experience with a card grading company paid off for this. Thanks guys! --------- A quick addition to what was posted above, the reason career #'s do not match the stats that would appear to make sense for Latos/Strasburg is because I created these cards in the middle of the season, not at the start of the season. Last edited by Tiesenberg; 07-17-2010 at 03:42 AM.

07-29-2010, 10:46 PM	#59
conception All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,149	Even though the baseball card feature has been mightily improved in the new versions, I'm still using the OOTP Utilities program to create a backlog of cards that I couldn't make earlier. The only issue is that they come out in HTML and sometimes the index page doesn't link to a foreign player's name properly. Does anyone know a program where I can actually use a button to scroll through the html files, like I would through pages on a photo viewer?

08-08-2010, 09:25 PM	#60
patriotcoach Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 184	This seems to be a great utility, if I could only get it to work I got my CSV files imported but when I go to create cards, I only get through step 2 of 3 before it displays a fatal error. I have it installed to my C: directory but can't seem to get it to completely create the cards. Help!