Adding players to import

[CBL-Commish]

Under league settings there is a function to export all player stats to a csv file, and re-import them. In between you can change the stats, so that career stats are modified.

Can you add players to the league this way? I tried, and I don't see the test player show up anywhere in the game. I exported all league stats, inserted a new player at the end with Libre Office calc, made up a player ID, saved, then imported OOTP. No errors, but no evidence of the player either doing a search or in history.

I ask because I have a really long-standing league that has history that pre-dates OOTP. I have a big spreadsheet of stats prior to 2000 when I bought OOTP2. I've never been able to get that history fully into my game, and I'd like to.

[CBL-Commish]

It occurred to me that maybe the best way to do this is to edit the historical_database.odb file. But I'm not sure if this is possible. I found an ancient (circa 2008) thread here saying that someone couldn't use standard database tools to open the file. Is it a proprietary format?

I guess I'll try to install LibreOffice Base and give it a whirl.

[CBL-Commish]

So... clearly not a standard format. I tried to open the historical_database.odb file in LibreOffice Base and got a big mess of a text file.

[Bunktown Ballers]

Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

Under league settings there is a function to export all player stats to a csv file, and re-import them. In between you can change the stats, so that career stats are modified.

Can you add players to the league this way? I tried, and I don't see the test player show up anywhere in the game. I exported all league stats, inserted a new player at the end with Libre Office calc, made up a player ID, saved, then imported OOTP. No errors, but no evidence of the player either doing a search or in history.

I ask because I have a really long-standing league that has history that pre-dates OOTP. I have a big spreadsheet of stats prior to 2000 when I bought OOTP2. I've never been able to get that history fully into my game, and I'd like to.

Just use the create player option

[CBL-Commish]

Originally Posted by Bunktown Ballers

Just use the create player option

I guess that is an option, but pretty labor-intensive. Create a player, edit his attributes so that he's the right age, etc. Then export all stats, modify, re-import.

I have several hundred players from the 1988-1999 era I'd like to do this for. Might be a while.

[CBL-Commish]

I did verify that this works. Create fictional player, then change all his attributes to match a Continental League historical player from the 1988-1999 timeframe. Then export player stats to a csv file, add the player in question using the Player ID generated in the first step. Import player stats and... there you go.

I now have legendary Honolulu first baseman Todd Madison in the historical records of the CBL for the first time in the OOTP era. Now I just have to repeat this about 500 times.