How to import historical players?

yiyiyiyi9999 · 04-23-2012, 05:01 PM

I cannot figure out how to import historical players into my league (OOTP 13 for Mac, by the way). Any help would be appreciated.

1998 Yankees · 04-23-2012, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by yiyiyiyi9999

I cannot figure out how to import historical players into my league (OOTP 13 for Mac, by the way). Any help would be appreciated.

If you are the Commissioner (go to Manager Options), these buttons appear at the bottom of the Free Agents screen. For more information on how to do what you want, see these pages of the online manual:
Out of the Park Baseball Manual
Out of the Park Baseball Manual

1998 Yankees · 04-23-2012, 07:33 PM

That second link talks about adding an historical team. That you do in League Setup and only in the offseason or preseason. You can see that, in my game, the option is grayed out because I'm in the middle of my season.

yiyiyiyi9999 · 04-23-2012, 07:43 PM

After clicking IMPORT HISTORICAL PLAYER, I see a bunch of files come up on my database folder. Which one would I click?

1998 Yankees · 04-23-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by yiyiyiyi9999

After clicking IMPORT HISTORICAL PLAYER, I see a bunch of files come up on my database folder. Which one would I click?

In that window, you need to navigate using the UP button and double-clicking until you get to this folder in your User profile's My Documents (assuming that you left that as the default location of your game):

\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 13\stats

The game wants you to select historical_database.odb in that folder and then you can enter the player ID number to import. It looks like the game will remember the location so that you don't have to navigate the next time.

yiyiyiyi9999 · 04-23-2012, 09:52 PM

Is that how you do it on a PC? I have a Mac

Bigrod · 04-23-2012, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by yiyiyiyi9999

Is that how you do it on a PC? I have a Mac

It's the same, but the Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 13\stats folder is located in a different location than on the PC I think. Only difference.

lee neutron · 06-02-2012, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

In that window, you need to navigate using the UP button and double-clicking until you get to this folder in your User profile's My Documents (assuming that you left that as the default location of your game):

\Documents\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 13\stats

The game wants you to select historical_database.odb in that folder and then you can enter the player ID number to import. It looks like the game will remember the location so that you don't have to navigate the next time.

I had trouble finding the file too. I clicked on the "Read Me" text file (doh!) and now when I try to import a historical player, OOTP defaults to the Read Me.txt file.

How can I change the remembered default folder from Read Me.txt to the proper historical stats folder???

RANGER11JP · 06-03-2012, 09:03 PM

How do you use Lahman's database, it dosen't have the Historical_database.obd file?

Thanks.

JP

Bell17 · 10-23-2012, 11:31 AM

League Association age min/max keeps resetting to zero

Greetings,

I have a two-association game, one association being major league-level teams (Four leagues) and the other being high school-level teams (Four leagues). I also have A-level reserve teams for the major-league teams (Four leagues).

I've changed the option several times now, but the age maximum & minimum keep resetting to zero & zero. I have changed them at multiple times to 14-18, then run a "clear rosters" and "Fill teams with fictional players". I get the correct rosters, but at the end of the season, players older than 18 keep appearing and populating teams. I'll look at the League Association setup menu and notice that the age requirements have been reset to zero.

Any help is appreciated.

KCBaseballVaultTroy · 12-13-2012, 04:24 PM

Say you created a fictional league to run along side a 1871 MLB league. Both as Major leagues. If you allowed for historical players to come into the game at the same time BUT as commish of the fictional league I added Griffey Jr. in 1871. Griffey isn't going to come into the MLB league at some point too will he?

The Game · 12-13-2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KCBaseballVaultTroy

Say you created a fictional league to run along side a 1871 MLB league. Both as Major leagues. If you allowed for historical players to come into the game at the same time BUT as commish of the fictional league I added Griffey Jr. in 1871. Griffey isn't going to come into the MLB league at some point too will he?

Yes he will.

04-23-2012, 05:01 PM	#1
yiyiyiyi9999 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 4	How to import historical players? I cannot figure out how to import historical players into my league (OOTP 13 for Mac, by the way). Any help would be appreciated.

04-23-2012, 07:33 PM	#3
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	That second link talks about adding an historical team. That you do in League Setup and only in the offseason or preseason. You can see that, in my game, the option is grayed out because I'm in the middle of my season. Attached Images

06-03-2012, 09:03 PM	#9
RANGER11JP All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,352	How do you use Lahman's database, it dosen't have the Historical_database.obd file? Thanks. JP __________________ BASEBALL, HOCKEY AND BOXING FAN

10-23-2012, 11:31 AM	#10
Bell17 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4	League Association age min/max keeps resetting to zero League Association age min/max keeps resetting to zero Greetings, I have a two-association game, one association being major league-level teams (Four leagues) and the other being high school-level teams (Four leagues). I also have A-level reserve teams for the major-league teams (Four leagues). I've changed the option several times now, but the age maximum & minimum keep resetting to zero & zero. I have changed them at multiple times to 14-18, then run a "clear rosters" and "Fill teams with fictional players". I get the correct rosters, but at the end of the season, players older than 18 keep appearing and populating teams. I'll look at the League Association setup menu and notice that the age requirements have been reset to zero. Any help is appreciated.

04-23-2012, 07:43 PM	#4
yiyiyiyi9999 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 4	After clicking IMPORT HISTORICAL PLAYER, I see a bunch of files come up on my database folder. Which one would I click?

04-23-2012, 09:52 PM	#6
yiyiyiyi9999 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 4	Is that how you do it on a PC? I have a Mac

12-13-2012, 04:24 PM	#11
KCBaseballVaultTroy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 42	Say you created a fictional league to run along side a 1871 MLB league. Both as Major leagues. If you allowed for historical players to come into the game at the same time BUT as commish of the fictional league I added Griffey Jr. in 1871. Griffey isn't going to come into the MLB league at some point too will he?