Editing Leagues

Curtis · 09-28-2006, 04:17 PM

In my fictional Federal League, I am trying to get eight of the twenty clubs into the playoffs each season. I set up my league as two subleagues of three divisions and a wild card each. In a different thread I was told I could achieve the same effect with one subleague of four divisions and four wild card teams. I would prefer the latter, since it decreases the chances of bad teams winning weak divisions and skating in the back door.

My problem is that I can't change my league setup. If I have to wait until the preseason rolls around, that means I'm stuck with my current organization through the end of the first season, because there's no preseason before the first season, right?

Is there any way to save the rosters and import/export the teams to a newly created 'Federal II League' that's organized the way I want it? I'm guessing this would be very complex, since I have seven levels of affiliated minors that would need to be 'ported across as well.

{If anyone's wondering why I don't just start over, there's a combination of the forty+ hours it took to set up in the first place and the fact that I'm looking forward to playing my team in this league. I have three Cy Young caliber starters and no hitting. To a Mets fan, that feels like home.}

sporr · 09-28-2006, 05:08 PM

Yeah, you can't go from two subleagues to one I don't think. You can add or remove divisions, but not leagues. There's probably a way to export rosters and copy and paste them into your new game, but there are some minor quirks you'll have to deal with. For example, not everything will reimport, so you might have players with different secondary characteristics when they take the place of your other players. Also, I think you have to be careful that there aren't any player IDs above the highest number in your new league or these guys won't show up anywhere. I seem to remember a post about doing this somewhere, but I can't remember by who.

1998 Yankees · 09-28-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Also, I think you have to be careful that there aren't any player IDs above the highest number in your new league or these guys won't show up anywhere. I seem to remember a post about doing this somewhere, but I can't remember by who.

That might have been me that you are referring to. Here's my post in case it helps, but I'm not sure how. My topic was on something else. Apologies if this is not what you were talking about, sporr.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...49&postcount=7

sporr · 09-28-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

That might have been me that you are referring to. Here's my post in case it helps, but I'm not sure how. My topic was on something else. Apologies if this is not what you were talking about, sporr.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...49&postcount=7

Actually, that was the post I was thinking about

Curtis · 09-28-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Yeah, you can't go from two subleagues to one I don't think. You can add or remove divisions, but not leagues.

Urgh. Thanks for responding, but I thought it was established elsewhere that, while you cannot delete leagues, you can delete subleagues?

It may not be that important, since in theory I could just delete one division from each subleague, but it would be much more convenient for the purposes of comparing players to have them all in one subleague.

Is it the general consensus that no matter what I want, I'm stuck with my current organization through the first season? I'm still in January here at the moment, and I'd like to know if I've run out of options before I move ahead.

1998 Yankees, I read through your post and can't figure out if it means I can or cannot do an export/import. How do historical gamers do it? One of their options to assign players from X roster set to their historical teams. How would I go about making a league with all the same teams (and same minor league clubs and affiliations) and having the players from this roster set end up on the same teams in another universe?

By the way, sporr, who is your avatar? To me it looks suspiciously like John Franco.

sporr · 09-29-2006, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Curtis Cook

By the way, sporr, who is your avatar? To me it looks suspiciously like John Franco.

Reggie

1998 Yankees · 09-29-2006, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Reggie

My man.

eriqjaffe · 09-29-2006, 09:37 AM

Reggie had some cosmetic work done to help hide his identity after the whole "I must kill the Queen" incident.

1998 Yankees · 09-29-2006, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Curtis Cook

1998 Yankees, I read through your post and can't figure out if it means I can or cannot do an export/import.

That's why I was wondering how my post got involved. I was talking about exporting individual players from another game and importing them into a league in my current game. Sort of like taking the cream of the crop from foreign leagues in one game and bringing them into the MLB free agent pool in the other game. (I was concerned about file space and game performance, so I thought a possible solution might be to have parallel universes.) The post was about how I worked that out with inspiration from Solonor, and sporr was referring to what I said about the player ID's for the imported players having to be within the current range of player ID's already set up in the game that they are entering, or else they would not appear when imported. I guess this is also a concern for what sporr was trying to advise you about.

1998 Yankees · 09-29-2006, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

Reggie had some cosmetic work done to help hide his identity after the whole "I must kill the Queen" incident.

OK, but John Franco?

Curtis · 09-29-2006, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Reggie

You mean that guy who was always tormenting Archie and panting after Veronica? I knew he was a brunette, but… weird.

Thanks.

Curtis · 10-11-2006, 11:51 PM

Okay, this is the deal: I edited my Federal League to get all twenty teams into one subleague in four divisions. The other subleague is now empty and unnamed. The idea of this was to get eight of twenty teams into the playoffs, four division winners and four wild cards. The problem is, it didn't work.

I had eight teams in the playoffs — six division winners and two wild cards. I now have two teams — my choice, either two division winners or one division winner and one wild card. No word on what my other division winners will be doing come October.

Any ideas on how I can re-expand the playoffs from one round back to three?

09-28-2006, 04:17 PM	#1
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	Editing Leagues In my fictional Federal League, I am trying to get eight of the twenty clubs into the playoffs each season. I set up my league as two subleagues of three divisions and a wild card each. In a different thread I was told I could achieve the same effect with one subleague of four divisions and four wild card teams. I would prefer the latter, since it decreases the chances of bad teams winning weak divisions and skating in the back door. My problem is that I can't change my league setup. If I have to wait until the preseason rolls around, that means I'm stuck with my current organization through the end of the first season, because there's no preseason before the first season, right? Is there any way to save the rosters and import/export the teams to a newly created 'Federal II League' that's organized the way I want it? I'm guessing this would be very complex, since I have seven levels of affiliated minors that would need to be 'ported across as well. {If anyone's wondering why I don't just start over, there's a combination of the forty+ hours it took to set up in the first place and the fact that I'm looking forward to playing my team in this league. I have three Cy Young caliber starters and no hitting. To a Mets fan, that feels like home.}

09-29-2006, 09:37 AM	#8
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	Reggie had some cosmetic work done to help hide his identity after the whole "I must kill the Queen" incident. __________________

09-28-2006, 05:08 PM	#2
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Yeah, you can't go from two subleagues to one I don't think. You can add or remove divisions, but not leagues. There's probably a way to export rosters and copy and paste them into your new game, but there are some minor quirks you'll have to deal with. For example, not everything will reimport, so you might have players with different secondary characteristics when they take the place of your other players. Also, I think you have to be careful that there aren't any player IDs above the highest number in your new league or these guys won't show up anywhere. I seem to remember a post about doing this somewhere, but I can't remember by who.

10-11-2006, 11:51 PM	#12
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	Okay, this is the deal: I edited my Federal League to get all twenty teams into one subleague in four divisions. The other subleague is now empty and unnamed. The idea of this was to get eight of twenty teams into the playoffs, four division winners and four wild cards. The problem is, it didn't work. I had eight teams in the playoffs — six division winners and two wild cards. I now have two teams — my choice, either two division winners or one division winner and one wild card. No word on what my other division winners will be doing come October. Any ideas on how I can re-expand the playoffs from one round back to three?