Unable to import historic rookies

MarlinsForever · 01-28-2006, 04:36 AM

Hello. I have a problem hopefully someone can help me solve. I recently finished the 2002 season in my historical league using OOTP version 5.13. Everytime I proceed to the next season the game automatically generates amateurs, not asking if I want to import real rookies or not. I have reloaded the season at the point it was backed up (just after the 2002 World Series wrapped up) and this always happened. Do I have to just content myself with using generic rookies at this point? Or is there anything I can do to fix this problem?I was hoping to be able to pick from real players for at least two more amateur drafts, so any help would be appreciated.

Steve Kuffrey · 01-28-2006, 06:20 AM

Haven't played v5 in years but my guess is that at the time v5 was made 2003 was either the present season or a future season. Probably why it doesn't ask to import. You can go to the baseball-reference site and there is a place where it tells you who debuted in each year and manually import the players one by one.

hefalumps · 01-28-2006, 04:11 PM

I can confirm what Steve is saying. That is exactly the problem, and the only workaround is to do the individual importing by player id, as he says.

It's a bummer. I never got around to doing it because it was such a daunting task, so my old OOTP5 league is still stuck at the end of 2002.

f.montoya · 01-28-2006, 10:31 PM

Yes. The current versions do this too. I hope the next version will be different and have a choice no matter what year it is.

I'm sure a lot of people will play one version for more than just a few years and it'd be great to break out an old version, 5 years from now and start a semi-current historical league.

MarlinsForever · 01-29-2006, 05:43 PM

Thank you for the replies. Guess I'll import free agent rookies one by one until it becomes too tedious.

01-28-2006, 04:36 AM	#1
MarlinsForever Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9	Unable to import historic rookies Hello. I have a problem hopefully someone can help me solve. I recently finished the 2002 season in my historical league using OOTP version 5.13. Everytime I proceed to the next season the game automatically generates amateurs, not asking if I want to import real rookies or not. I have reloaded the season at the point it was backed up (just after the 2002 World Series wrapped up) and this always happened. Do I have to just content myself with using generic rookies at this point? Or is there anything I can do to fix this problem?I was hoping to be able to pick from real players for at least two more amateur drafts, so any help would be appreciated.

01-28-2006, 06:20 AM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Haven't played v5 in years but my guess is that at the time v5 was made 2003 was either the present season or a future season. Probably why it doesn't ask to import. You can go to the baseball-reference site and there is a place where it tells you who debuted in each year and manually import the players one by one. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

01-28-2006, 10:31 PM	#4
f.montoya Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,077	Yes. The current versions do this too. I hope the next version will be different and have a choice no matter what year it is. I'm sure a lot of people will play one version for more than just a few years and it'd be great to break out an old version, 5 years from now and start a semi-current historical league. __________________ Fidel Montoya Asahi2 Baseball League ex-Commissioner(Historical League Since 2004) Ex-Web Host Current Mod Maker??

01-28-2006, 04:11 PM	#3
hefalumps All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,392	I can confirm what Steve is saying. That is exactly the problem, and the only workaround is to do the individual importing by player id, as he says. It's a bummer. I never got around to doing it because it was such a daunting task, so my old OOTP5 league is still stuck at the end of 2002.

01-29-2006, 05:43 PM	#5
MarlinsForever Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9	Thank you for the replies. Guess I'll import free agent rookies one by one until it becomes too tedious.