baseball card question - All Star and HOF graphics

koohead · 04-14-2010, 10:55 AM

I see there are All-Star and HOF graphics that I'm guessing can be added to a baseball card since they are in the card template folder...but can't figure out how to do it? any one play with this yet?

Dark Horse · 04-14-2010, 11:05 AM

i went in to an old solo league and manually inducted a player into the HoF. The baseball card was automatically added. And the graphic for the hall of fame (the trophy) was already on the card.

i haven't checked an all star, but i'm guessing it works the same way.

One nice feature is if you click open, it will open the baseball card in your graphics program (gimp, photoshop, print shop pro, etc) and you can make additional changes.

koohead · 04-14-2010, 12:10 PM

Hmm. must be because I'm trying to create cards for people in my HOF from my OOTPX converted league. Oh well. I suppose I can just kick them out and re-induct. LOL

Bigrod · 04-14-2010, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by koohead

I see there are All-Star and HOF graphics that I'm guessing can be added to a baseball card since they are in the card template folder...but can't figure out how to do it? any one play with this yet?

Here's how you can do it..make a backup of the default.xml file and the hall of fame one...rename the hall of fame one to default.xml. Now you can bring up the players profile page and print a hof card for him..Don't forget to copy back the originals from the backup when your done.
Hope this helps...

koohead · 04-14-2010, 05:02 PM

good thinkin! thanks!

koohead · 04-14-2010, 05:03 PM

Dola...why is the HOF icon a trophy??? shouldn't it be a plaque or something?

Thundercrack · 04-14-2010, 06:06 PM

At least something like this

Bigrod · 04-14-2010, 06:14 PM

Just create whatever image you'd like for the hof logo and name it hof_symbol.png.Then go to your templates\images folder and make a backup of the original hof_symbol.png and replace the original with your new one. If your handy with changing xml you can change the name of the symbol to use there. If you create one larger than the original hof_symbol.png, then you'll need to edit the xml file to get it to show where you want and at what size you want. I'm pretty sure there are some great additions coming to the bb card feature shortly.

koohead · 04-14-2010, 07:15 PM

Bah. that's what I get for posting this stuff while I'm at work. If I just slowed down and thought about it, I would have come to the same conclusion. Sorry all. Wish I spent as much time thinking about this as I do with issues I run into at work!

koohead · 04-14-2010, 11:02 PM

had to shrink the hall logo down a bit and edit the xml to lower it on the vertical axis...but I like this much more than the trophy.

koohead · 04-14-2010, 11:13 PM

Removed the team logo on the back of the card and replaced it with a larger HOF logo.

Thundercrack · 04-15-2010, 07:47 AM

Nice work. Any chance of releasing those templates?

koohead · 04-15-2010, 11:01 AM

Thanks. and sure...I'll post them tonight when I get home.

koohead · 04-16-2010, 01:51 AM

Here's the template, but be be sure to check out the MODS forum for a "card" design that resembles the HOF plaques. those look awesome.

04-14-2010, 10:55 AM	#1
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	baseball card question - All Star and HOF graphics I see there are All-Star and HOF graphics that I'm guessing can be added to a baseball card since they are in the card template folder...but can't figure out how to do it? any one play with this yet? __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 11:05 AM	#2
Dark Horse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas! Posts: 2,633 Blog Entries: 5	i went in to an old solo league and manually inducted a player into the HoF. The baseball card was automatically added. And the graphic for the hall of fame (the trophy) was already on the card. i haven't checked an all star, but i'm guessing it works the same way. One nice feature is if you click open, it will open the baseball card in your graphics program (gimp, photoshop, print shop pro, etc) and you can make additional changes. __________________ A Justafan Fan LBA Geo Bahn Rock Hounds fan of the ISLANDIAN PRO ALLIANCE

04-14-2010, 12:10 PM	#3
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Hmm. must be because I'm trying to create cards for people in my HOF from my OOTPX converted league. Oh well. I suppose I can just kick them out and re-induct. LOL __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 05:02 PM	#5
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	good thinkin! thanks! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 05:03 PM	#6
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Dola...why is the HOF icon a trophy??? shouldn't it be a plaque or something? __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 06:06 PM	#7
Thundercrack All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 831	At least something like this Attached Images

04-14-2010, 06:14 PM	#8
Bigrod OOTP Stats Master Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Maine Posts: 3,075	Just create whatever image you'd like for the hof logo and name it hof_symbol.png.Then go to your templates\images folder and make a backup of the original hof_symbol.png and replace the original with your new one. If your handy with changing xml you can change the name of the symbol to use there. If you create one larger than the original hof_symbol.png, then you'll need to edit the xml file to get it to show where you want and at what size you want. I'm pretty sure there are some great additions coming to the bb card feature shortly. Last edited by Bigrod; 04-14-2010 at 06:21 PM.

04-14-2010, 07:15 PM	#9
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Bah. that's what I get for posting this stuff while I'm at work. If I just slowed down and thought about it, I would have come to the same conclusion. Sorry all. Wish I spent as much time thinking about this as I do with issues I run into at work! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 11:02 PM	#10
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Goofed around with this a bit tongiht had to shrink the hall logo down a bit and edit the xml to lower it on the vertical axis...but I like this much more than the trophy. Attached Images __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-14-2010, 11:13 PM	#11
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Another way Removed the team logo on the back of the card and replaced it with a larger HOF logo. Attached Images __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-15-2010, 07:47 AM	#12
Thundercrack All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 831	Nice work. Any chance of releasing those templates?

04-15-2010, 11:01 AM	#13
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,137	Thanks. and sure...I'll post them tonight when I get home. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;