Draft names are broken - only 2 first and last names used

AstaSyneri · 08-10-2012, 09:04 AM

Hi!

After modifying Questdogs files I used them successfully in the inaugural draft. Now, that the midseason draft is coming up, I get extremely non-random names (see picture).

The same thing (with the same "range" of names) happens when I manually create Free Agents.

What could be the cause of it? Opening the files names.txt and first_names.txt they look perfectly okay.

Are there any settings I might have screwed up?

Is there any way to rename the draft pool only? Obviously I don't want to have my regular players renamed.

AstaSyneri · 08-10-2012, 10:29 AM

Sometimes, after your formulate the problem, you get ideas on how to solve it.

The problem seems to appear from a faulty save where the names in the csv were encased in quotes ( " ).

I reimported everything into an HTML-Editor, made sure to save it in UNIX-Format (just to be on the safe side) and then used the Re-Import function at

Game -> Advanced (Setup & Options) -> Global Database Functions (Re-Import Name and Ethnicity Database).

I did not find an option to rename the draft pool only so I had to go the hard way (CTRL-ALT-DEL -> terminate OOTP13 process -> restart). Fortunately I had gotten to save my game after each match.

Of course now I needed to re-import the database (because I hadn't saved since the last time). Yes, I had to redo the procedure ;-).

Now it works properly.

08-10-2012, 09:04 AM	#1
AstaSyneri Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Münster, Germany Posts: 182	Draft names are broken - only 2 first and last names used Hi! After modifying Questdogs files I used them successfully in the inaugural draft. Now, that the midseason draft is coming up, I get extremely non-random names (see picture). The same thing (with the same "range" of names) happens when I manually create Free Agents. What could be the cause of it? Opening the files names.txt and first_names.txt they look perfectly okay. Are there any settings I might have screwed up? Is there any way to rename the draft pool only? Obviously I don't want to have my regular players renamed. Attached Images __________________ The European League of Champions Dynasty Report

08-10-2012, 10:29 AM	#2
AstaSyneri Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Münster, Germany Posts: 182	Sometimes, after your formulate the problem, you get ideas on how to solve it. The problem seems to appear from a faulty save where the names in the csv were encased in quotes ( " ). I reimported everything into an HTML-Editor, made sure to save it in UNIX-Format (just to be on the safe side) and then used the Re-Import function at Game -> Advanced (Setup & Options) -> Global Database Functions (Re-Import Name and Ethnicity Database). I did not find an option to rename the draft pool only so I had to go the hard way (CTRL-ALT-DEL -> terminate OOTP13 process -> restart). Fortunately I had gotten to save my game after each match. Of course now I needed to re-import the database (because I hadn't saved since the last time). Yes, I had to redo the procedure ;-). Now it works properly. __________________ The European League of Champions Dynasty Report