Importing Historical player into a season

DONMVP · 07-13-2020, 05:00 PM

Sorry to ask guys, still trying to figure this game out. I`ve been trying to put ted williams into my fictional league. I thought i was doing it right i went to baseball reference to get his id. willite01,1941,BOS into my 1957 league. i follow the manuel , click import historical player, choose historical_database.odb , enter id of williams enter 1957 for season then real stats , remaining years , then hit import player . I get message import failed. I`ve used a few other player id`s and get same failure. Am i doing something wrong ,Ihope to add 180 players. 3 real players on the 60 teams in the league. Any suggestions be appreciated.

DONMVP · 07-14-2020, 11:03 AM

sort of figured it out, Took all day , no luck then saw a video , and saw what i was doing wrong. Only able to do one player at a time , but i`ll take what i can get , lol .Going to be busy importing 200 players ..

mitchkenn · 07-14-2020, 11:21 AM

you can import multiple players using a text file.

this is from a VERY old thread, but the method is stil the way OOTP works. hope it helps.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=241846

melvin9609 · 07-19-2020, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DONMVP

sort of figured it out, Took all day , no luck then saw a video , and saw what i was doing wrong. Only able to do one player at a time , but i`ll take what i can get , lol .Going to be busy importing 200 players ..

I am having the exact same problem you were having. What was the key thing you were missing?

vtrudell · 08-23-2021, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mitchkenn

you can import multiple players using a text file.

this is from a VERY old thread, but the method is stil the way OOTP works. hope it helps.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=241846

I tried to download that and I got a 404 Error so it is probably gone as of this date.

LansdowneSt · 08-23-2021, 02:38 PM

Here it is with an example file and the four steps:

1. Go to the import player action in the upper right of the Free Agent screen and select the historical_database.odb file.

2. Choose any other options you like (for example I always tag the import to show me the real life stats of the year I'm importing - but all this is up to you, the rating options, the adjustment levels, etc.)

3. Clear the name and year as you are not using them, you are instead going to select "Click here to select file". You then have to navigate to where ever the .txt file is. I had mine in My Documents folder so that's where I had to navigate to. Doesn't matter where it is - just have to navigate to it. Note: it has to be a plain text .txt file in the format I attached. I saved this one in "Notepad". I didn't put a team after each name but I could have based on whatever abbreviation your fictional teams have for themselves. Absent a team, they just become free agents which is how I have it.

That example formatted Notepad txt file is at the bottom of this file for download. Add as many names as you like with or without a team to send the player to.

5. They should import...

vtrudell · 09-06-2021, 11:09 AM

What about Managers and coaches?? How do any missing ones get imported?

LansdowneSt · 09-06-2021, 12:23 PM

I've never figured out how to import historic managers either. I end up importing the player, changing their age, retiring them and then modifying their personality to their historic gamestyle.

I'd love for the developers to tackle this to make it as easy as importing players. Who wouldn't want to have Billy Martin take over the 2021 Yankees, Connie Mack try his hand at Oakland or Tony Larussa return to the White S-, um, forget it that last one....

Seriously though, I'd love for a separate database of actual historic managers, coaches in a database file that we could import from and their attributes be already done.

07-13-2020, 05:00 PM	#1
DONMVP Bat Boy Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 13	Importing Historical player into a season Sorry to ask guys, still trying to figure this game out. I`ve been trying to put ted williams into my fictional league. I thought i was doing it right i went to baseball reference to get his id. willite01,1941,BOS into my 1957 league. i follow the manuel , click import historical player, choose historical_database.odb , enter id of williams enter 1957 for season then real stats , remaining years , then hit import player . I get message import failed. I`ve used a few other player id`s and get same failure. Am i doing something wrong ,Ihope to add 180 players. 3 real players on the 60 teams in the league. Any suggestions be appreciated.

07-14-2020, 11:21 AM	#3
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	you can import multiple players using a text file. this is from a VERY old thread, but the method is stil the way OOTP works. hope it helps. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=241846 __________________ "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.

07-14-2020, 11:03 AM	#2
DONMVP Bat Boy Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 13	sort of figured it out, Took all day , no luck then saw a video , and saw what i was doing wrong. Only able to do one player at a time , but i`ll take what i can get , lol .Going to be busy importing 200 players ..

09-06-2021, 11:09 AM	#7
vtrudell Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Providence, Rhode Island Posts: 16	What about Managers and coaches?? How do any missing ones get imported?

09-06-2021, 12:23 PM	#8
LansdowneSt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: From Duxbury, Mass residing Baltimore Posts: 5,170	I've never figured out how to import historic managers either. I end up importing the player, changing their age, retiring them and then modifying their personality to their historic gamestyle. I'd love for the developers to tackle this to make it as easy as importing players. Who wouldn't want to have Billy Martin take over the 2021 Yankees, Connie Mack try his hand at Oakland or Tony Larussa return to the White S-, um, forget it that last one.... Seriously though, I'd love for a separate database of actual historic managers, coaches in a database file that we could import from and their attributes be already done.