Switching available locations in DW's originator

canadiancreed · 06-26-2005, 05:56 PM

Is this possible to do? In my league that i'm running it's not exactly fitting into the historical feel as most of these places would have that many people from South America or Asia. JUst wondering if it's possible

gubaru · 06-26-2005, 08:26 PM

It is. Just follow the general format of the existing origin files. One note, If you ever want to use the origin only program, make sure the numbers are a running total. For example, the file is based on chances out of 5,000. The first city will be set to the number of chances that City A will come up, e.g. 50 which means City A has 50 chances in 5,000 to show up. If you want City B to show up 10 chances out of 5,000, the number for that line would be 60. The numbers will need to be a running total that ends up at 5,000.

Once the new files are ready, add them to defdata.bak and they'll show up in the Originator.

canadiancreed · 06-27-2005, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by gubaru

It is. Just follow the general format of the existing origin files. One note, If you ever want to use the origin only program, make sure the numbers are a running total. For example, the file is based on chances out of 5,000. The first city will be set to the number of chances that City A will come up, e.g. 50 which means City A has 50 chances in 5,000 to show up. If you want City B to show up 10 chances out of 5,000, the number for that line would be 60. The numbers will need to be a running total that ends up at 5,000.

Once the new files are ready, add them to defdata.bak and they'll show up in the Originator.

ok got it all set up but unfortuenatly when i it originate, it comes up with file not found, what is the file that it's looking for?

06-26-2005, 05:56 PM	#1
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06-26-2005, 08:26 PM	#2
gubaru Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Camp Hill, PA Posts: 326	It is. Just follow the general format of the existing origin files. One note, If you ever want to use the origin only program, make sure the numbers are a running total. For example, the file is based on chances out of 5,000. The first city will be set to the number of chances that City A will come up, e.g. 50 which means City A has 50 chances in 5,000 to show up. If you want City B to show up 10 chances out of 5,000, the number for that line would be 60. The numbers will need to be a running total that ends up at 5,000. Once the new files are ready, add them to defdata.bak and they'll show up in the Originator.