Help with historical player import

TXRANGERFAN · 11-14-2016, 06:25 AM

I guess that I must be dumber than 3 boxes of rocks because I am unable to get the import to work. I created a small text file for simplicity purposes, saved it to the desktop.

AaronHa01,1954
RuthBa01,1927
KoufaSa01,1963

I guess I need someone to draw a picture for me. When I go to the transactions and select import historical player, I see the screen that tells me to select master.csv or historical_database.odb file from the database. Below that, I see the default installation folder C:/Program files (x86)/Out of the Park Developments/ OOTP Baseball 17/default_data. In the selection box below, one of my choices is a zip file, database_files.zip. Is that the proper file to select? After I choose that and select confirm, I then get to the historical player import options and choose click here to select file to choose the text file that I created and saved on the desktop.I locate the text file and select it, get to the historical player import options, only make one change to the default by choosing to import the player into the free agent pool. When I try to import, I receive a message that the import failed.

If I try importing one player at a time, following the same procedure, instead of selecting the text file, I enter for example the historical player id, ruthba01 and the year, 1927 and receive the same message that the historical player import failed.

I know, that it is operator error on my part. Would someone please be so kind as to point out the error of my ways? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

mitchkenn · 11-14-2016, 08:22 AM

the database is the one in your documents folder, not your game install folder ... the correct one is historical_database.odb. in my game it's

C:\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 17\saved_games\stats

then you can pick the historical database from the screen.
i am not certain, but i've never used capital letters in my import process. i use Big Rod's importer to find the player ID # (found here:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-3-0-plus.html
the names are all lower case. it may not make a difference .....
hope this helps. good luck.

TXRANGERFAN · 11-14-2016, 01:56 PM

Thank you very much mitchkenn. I was totally clueless. Got it to work. Thanks again

mitchkenn · 11-14-2016, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TXRANGERFAN

Thank you very much mitchkenn. I was totally clueless. Got it to work. Thanks again

glad to be of assistance! Glad you got it figured out. have fun.

11-14-2016, 06:25 AM	#1
TXRANGERFAN Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 4	Help with historical player import I guess that I must be dumber than 3 boxes of rocks because I am unable to get the import to work. I created a small text file for simplicity purposes, saved it to the desktop. AaronHa01,1954 RuthBa01,1927 KoufaSa01,1963 I guess I need someone to draw a picture for me. When I go to the transactions and select import historical player, I see the screen that tells me to select master.csv or historical_database.odb file from the database. Below that, I see the default installation folder C:/Program files (x86)/Out of the Park Developments/ OOTP Baseball 17/default_data. In the selection box below, one of my choices is a zip file, database_files.zip. Is that the proper file to select? After I choose that and select confirm, I then get to the historical player import options and choose click here to select file to choose the text file that I created and saved on the desktop.I locate the text file and select it, get to the historical player import options, only make one change to the default by choosing to import the player into the free agent pool. When I try to import, I receive a message that the import failed. If I try importing one player at a time, following the same procedure, instead of selecting the text file, I enter for example the historical player id, ruthba01 and the year, 1927 and receive the same message that the historical player import failed. I know, that it is operator error on my part. Would someone please be so kind as to point out the error of my ways? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

11-14-2016, 08:22 AM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	the database is the one in your documents folder, not your game install folder ... the correct one is historical_database.odb. in my game it's C:\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 17\saved_games\stats then you can pick the historical database from the screen. i am not certain, but i've never used capital letters in my import process. i use Big Rod's importer to find the player ID # (found here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-3-0-plus.html the names are all lower case. it may not make a difference ..... hope this helps. good luck. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip. Last edited by mitchkenn; 11-14-2016 at 10:38 AM. Reason: add link

11-14-2016, 01:56 PM	#3
TXRANGERFAN Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 4	Thank you very much mitchkenn. I was totally clueless. Got it to work. Thanks again