Can pick players from different years

skunkle333 · 04-04-2020, 11:19 AM

Just wondering if you can create your own team by choosing different players from different years.

: )

micropterus58 · 04-04-2020, 01:07 PM

Go to the league transactions screen. Click on the actions/import historical player. Then read the manual to import any player. Importing Historical Players section.

http://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com/...orical_players

swoboda · 04-04-2020, 01:33 PM

You can also import in groups by creating a text file with a list like this:

alomasa02,1997,CLE
fossera01,1973,OAK
griffke02,1996,SEA
haasmo01,1983,ML4
howarfr01,1969,TEX
bosmadi01,1969,TEX
abernte02,1972,KCA
mooredo01,1985,LAA

Just look for the box on the import player screen for importing a txt file
You will find players are automatically added to the roster you want them added to if you include the 3 letter abbreviation ID for the intended team like I did above

Alternately you can leave the team abbreviation off and they will go into the free agent pool until picked up by a team or assigned a team by you

skunkle333 · 04-04-2020, 05:54 PM

Excellent...

Thank you very much...Micropterus58 & Swoboda...!!!!

skunkle333 · 04-05-2020, 01:00 PM

Thanks again fellas for the help. But evidently there is a lot more to this.

I couldn't get anything to work. It won't let me have just 2 teams which of course is ok but it's crazy to me.

I'll mess around with it a little more and then just let it go.

ablobj · 04-05-2020, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skunkle333

Thanks again fellas for the help. But evidently there is a lot more to this.

I couldn't get anything to work. It won't let me have just 2 teams which of course is ok but it's crazy to me.

I'll mess around with it a little more and then just let it go.

Are you looking to create a "league" with only 2 teams?

skunkle333 · 04-05-2020, 04:01 PM

Yes...the ideal would be to just have two teams. One would contain my cousins top Cubs players from different years and mine would be my top White Sox players.

A league wouldn't be bad if needed but we would just play a schedule against each other. We have done this at times through 50 plus years...from dice to computers.

Did it as teens and now we are both 75. : )

But it looks to be very difficult to setup.

pstrickert · 04-05-2020, 04:46 PM

Team travel expenses should be minimal.

ablobj · 04-05-2020, 04:50 PM

[QUOTE=skunkle333;4617040]Yes...the ideal would be to just have two teams. One would contain my cousins top Cubs players from different years and mine would be my top White Sox players.

A league wouldn't be bad if needed but we would just play a schedule against each other. We have done this at times through 50 plus years...from dice to computers.

Did it as teens and now we are both 75. : )

But it looks to be very difficult to setup.[/QUO

Start a new fictional league, you can edit the league structure and make it a two team league.

ablobj · 04-05-2020, 05:12 PM

Another option would be under the Quickstart menu. There's an option for an all-time franchise greats league, called "All-Time Greatest," featuring the best players for each franchise. You can delete all of the other teams except the Cubbies and Sox, and create your own schedule for this new 2-team league.

skunkle333 · 04-05-2020, 06:49 PM

Ablobj...

Thank you very much. Those thoughts sound very interesting. Hope to have time to look into them tonight.

Minimal travel expenses? ! : ) Ok...Pstrickert... : )

Problem is if we get this setup ok...then we will be pestering you all about how to play each other online. : )

OOTP21...working on old personal battles with cousin...two 75 year olds...all this sad strange virus stuff going on...equals = more and more questions. : )

TAKE GOOD CARE EVERYONE...

pstrickert · 04-05-2020, 08:21 PM

If you need help, Jack, just holler!

ablobj · 04-05-2020, 08:57 PM

You're very welcome, Mr. Skunkle...but when it comes to playing online, I'm completely clueless...hopefully there will be some knowledgeable folks to help you out...in the meantime, stay healthy and God bless!

skunkle333 · 04-08-2020, 11:17 PM

Ok, fellas...hope you have been doing well.

I tried different things but couldn't get things to work out. But I got close.

When I tried the Quickstart All Time Franchise Greats league with just the Cubs and White Sox it worked out quite well.

But the problem of course was that the game chose some players as All Time Greats that my cousin and I had chosen a different player for that position etc.
For example...and I forget now what the Cubs had listed but they did not have Ernie Banks listed anywhere and he is one of my cousins favorite players. And there were a few players on my White Sox team that I would have replaced with someone else.

I could not find anyway to try and remove the players we didn't want as 'greats' so we could include the one's we wanted.

And one other thing which I think won't work out is that we were wondering if we could have a 4 team league. And the other two teams would be choosing a roster from all of the MLB players from 1900 on that were born in Illinois (my State) and players from Indiana (my cousin's State). I think that would just be too complicated.

So I am wondering if there is anyway to do the Franchise Greats 2 team league that would allow us to make a few player changes?????

Any thoughts are appreciated...: )

pstrickert · 04-09-2020, 11:30 AM

Jack, have you tried Garlon's Baseball Greats mod?

skunkle333 · 04-09-2020, 09:48 PM

[IWhere is that at?? [/I]

pstrickert · 04-09-2020, 10:23 PM

Steam Workshop.

pstrickert · 04-09-2020, 10:25 PM

Or: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...0&postcount=35

skunkle333 · 04-10-2020, 01:20 AM

Thank you so much. It works !!!!

jimmysthebestcop · 04-10-2020, 01:51 AM

Only way to play head to head is with some kind of desktop/screen sharing app.

04-04-2020, 11:19 AM	#1
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Can you pick players from different years Just wondering if you can create your own team by choosing different players from different years. : ) __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site. Last edited by skunkle333; 04-04-2020 at 12:05 PM.

04-04-2020, 01:33 PM	#3
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,205	You can also import in groups by creating a text file with a list like this: alomasa02,1997,CLE fossera01,1973,OAK griffke02,1996,SEA haasmo01,1983,ML4 howarfr01,1969,TEX bosmadi01,1969,TEX abernte02,1972,KCA mooredo01,1985,LAA Just look for the box on the import player screen for importing a txt file You will find players are automatically added to the roster you want them added to if you include the 3 letter abbreviation ID for the intended team like I did above Alternately you can leave the team abbreviation off and they will go into the free agent pool until picked up by a team or assigned a team by you __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

04-04-2020, 05:54 PM	#4
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Excellent... Thank you very much...Micropterus58 & Swoboda...!!!! __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-05-2020, 01:00 PM	#5
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Thanks again fellas for the help. But evidently there is a lot more to this. I couldn't get anything to work. It won't let me have just 2 teams which of course is ok but it's crazy to me. I'll mess around with it a little more and then just let it go. __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-05-2020, 04:01 PM	#7
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Yes...the ideal would be to just have two teams. One would contain my cousins top Cubs players from different years and mine would be my top White Sox players. A league wouldn't be bad if needed but we would just play a schedule against each other. We have done this at times through 50 plus years...from dice to computers. Did it as teens and now we are both 75. : ) But it looks to be very difficult to setup. __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-04-2020, 01:07 PM	#2
micropterus58 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,118	Go to the league transactions screen. Click on the actions/import historical player. Then read the manual to import any player. Importing Historical Players section. http://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com/...orical_players

04-05-2020, 04:46 PM	#8
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,736	Team travel expenses should be minimal.

04-05-2020, 04:50 PM	#9
ablobj Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 162	[QUOTE=skunkle333;4617040]Yes...the ideal would be to just have two teams. One would contain my cousins top Cubs players from different years and mine would be my top White Sox players. A league wouldn't be bad if needed but we would just play a schedule against each other. We have done this at times through 50 plus years...from dice to computers. Did it as teens and now we are both 75. : ) But it looks to be very difficult to setup.[/QUO Start a new fictional league, you can edit the league structure and make it a two team league.

04-05-2020, 05:12 PM	#10
ablobj Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 162	Another option would be under the Quickstart menu. There's an option for an all-time franchise greats league, called "All-Time Greatest," featuring the best players for each franchise. You can delete all of the other teams except the Cubbies and Sox, and create your own schedule for this new 2-team league.

04-05-2020, 06:49 PM	#11
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Ablobj... Thank you very much. Those thoughts sound very interesting. Hope to have time to look into them tonight. Minimal travel expenses? ! : ) Ok...Pstrickert... : ) Problem is if we get this setup ok...then we will be pestering you all about how to play each other online. : ) OOTP21...working on old personal battles with cousin...two 75 year olds...all this sad strange virus stuff going on...equals = more and more questions. : ) TAKE GOOD CARE EVERYONE... __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-05-2020, 08:21 PM	#12
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,736	If you need help, Jack, just holler!

04-05-2020, 08:57 PM	#13
ablobj Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 162	You're very welcome, Mr. Skunkle...but when it comes to playing online, I'm completely clueless...hopefully there will be some knowledgeable folks to help you out...in the meantime, stay healthy and God bless!

04-08-2020, 11:17 PM	#14
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Ok, fellas...hope you have been doing well. I tried different things but couldn't get things to work out. But I got close. When I tried the Quickstart All Time Franchise Greats league with just the Cubs and White Sox it worked out quite well. But the problem of course was that the game chose some players as All Time Greats that my cousin and I had chosen a different player for that position etc. For example...and I forget now what the Cubs had listed but they did not have Ernie Banks listed anywhere and he is one of my cousins favorite players. And there were a few players on my White Sox team that I would have replaced with someone else. I could not find anyway to try and remove the players we didn't want as 'greats' so we could include the one's we wanted. And one other thing which I think won't work out is that we were wondering if we could have a 4 team league. And the other two teams would be choosing a roster from all of the MLB players from 1900 on that were born in Illinois (my State) and players from Indiana (my cousin's State). I think that would just be too complicated. So I am wondering if there is anyway to do the Franchise Greats 2 team league that would allow us to make a few player changes????? Any thoughts are appreciated...: ) __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site. Last edited by skunkle333; 04-08-2020 at 11:18 PM.

04-09-2020, 11:30 AM	#15
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,736	Jack, have you tried Garlon's Baseball Greats mod?

04-09-2020, 09:48 PM	#16
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	[IWhere is that at?? [/I] __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-09-2020, 10:23 PM	#17
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,736	Steam Workshop.

04-09-2020, 10:25 PM	#18
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,736	Or: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...0&postcount=35

04-10-2020, 01:20 AM	#19
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	Thank you so much. It works !!!! __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

04-10-2020, 01:51 AM	#20
jimmysthebestcop Banned Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,728 Infractions: 0/2 (5)	Only way to play head to head is with some kind of desktop/screen sharing app.