Can this be done???

SandMan · 09-04-2007, 06:03 PM

Does anyone who has tested this game out in BETA testing know if this is possible?

I want to import players from the Lahmans database, but in the year 2007 I do not want it to create fictional players. I want to add my own players to the database with careers (seasons past 2008). I know in OOTP6.5 the game would automatically just create fictional players and would not use the database on the path set for import. Is this still the case? I do not want to spend time on this if it can not be done and am hoping that someone has tested this out prior to this.

Regards,

Sandman

Charlie Hough · 09-04-2007, 07:05 PM

All you would need to do is to modify the existing Lahman database, add your own data, and then have the game use the master.csv file from your customized database. It would be a time-consuming project, though.

You'd have to create a 'historical' league and have your modified database always filled with the necessary data. But I could imagine there being a lot of headaches over player index IDs, etc. That would be a LOT of work.

Roundin Third · 09-04-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

All you would need to do is to modify the existing Lahman database, add your own data, and then have the game use the master.csv file from your customized database.

Has this been tested?...prior versions of the game were hardcoded and did not look for the database in the years following the current year (i.e. in this case 2007) If data exists for 2008 in the database, will OOTP2007 import it?

Charlie Hough · 09-04-2007, 09:02 PM

Good point. I was assuming that this was different now. Does anyone know for sure if this is the case?

f.montoya · 09-05-2007, 12:55 AM

It does not work. The limitation is set to the 2006 season. Same as OOTP 6.5 and previous versions.

SandMan · 09-05-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by f.montoya

It does not work. The limitation is set to the 2006 season. Same as OOTP 6.5 and previous versions.

Damn!!! The reason I was asking was because if this did work I was looking at a solution to the roster creation process. Create a database and add Brock 7 records for the current players and using MLE's for the minor leaguers. Then every year after the first you would simply need to re-enter the previous years stats, rerun the brock 7 and add the new crop of minor leaguers.

Then simply import the "roster set" as a database set. I need the future years to be read to so the game can create the ratings properly. This would change the creation time for a complete roster for the major leagues to a week or so. The foreign leagues would still need to be done how they are done now since you can not import leagues other than NL or AL....

These two things need to be changed. Allow the game to read years greater than the current year from the lahman database and allow the game to read leagues other than MLB's AL and NL......

Well thought I was on to a breakthrough, but the game has a few limitations that prevent this database-style roster set idea from becomming an actual solution to the current roster set creation issues......

Charlie Hough · 09-05-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SandMan

These two things need to be changed. Allow the game to read years greater than the current year from the lahman database and allow the game to read leagues other than MLB's AL and NL......

It already does the first part. The default ratings recalculation after each season is based on reading the previous year, the current year, and then the future year in the Lahman database. So it can read one more year ahead right now.

JWay · 09-05-2007, 08:45 PM

would it work just to change the years back, make 2006 now = to 2000 or something? then dump everything and reimport it back into a 2007 file?

SandMan · 09-06-2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

It already does the first part. The default ratings recalculation after each season is based on reading the previous year, the current year, and then the future year in the Lahman database. So it can read one more year ahead right now.

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statfreak · 09-06-2007, 04:40 PM

hmmm... I thought I was able to successfully import a modified Lahman database into the year 2201. I'll check again when I get home. I may have changed the year in the game to 2001.

SandMan · 09-06-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

It already does the first part. The default ratings recalculation after each season is based on reading the previous year, the current year, and then the future year in the Lahman database. So it can read one more year ahead right now.

I am talking about a career progression after the current year not the recalc function. Player creation is based on career, recalc is more of an annual adjustment. Also it does not look ahead for the future year if the current year is the actual current year. And then the following season it would not even read the database anymore so it does not continue reading the lahman database. I was hoping it would.

09-04-2007, 06:03 PM	#1
SandMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,946	Can this be done??? Does anyone who has tested this game out in BETA testing know if this is possible? I want to import players from the Lahmans database, but in the year 2007 I do not want it to create fictional players. I want to add my own players to the database with careers (seasons past 2008). I know in OOTP6.5 the game would automatically just create fictional players and would not use the database on the path set for import. Is this still the case? I do not want to spend time on this if it can not be done and am hoping that someone has tested this out prior to this. Regards, Sandman

09-05-2007, 12:55 AM	#5
f.montoya Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,077	It does not work. The limitation is set to the 2006 season. Same as OOTP 6.5 and previous versions. __________________ Fidel Montoya Asahi2 Baseball League ex-Commissioner(Historical League Since 2004) Ex-Web Host Current Mod Maker??

09-06-2007, 04:40 PM	#10
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	hmmm... I thought I was able to successfully import a modified Lahman database into the year 2201. I'll check again when I get home. I may have changed the year in the game to 2001. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

09-04-2007, 07:05 PM	#2
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,644	All you would need to do is to modify the existing Lahman database, add your own data, and then have the game use the master.csv file from your customized database. It would be a time-consuming project, though. You'd have to create a 'historical' league and have your modified database always filled with the necessary data. But I could imagine there being a lot of headaches over player index IDs, etc. That would be a LOT of work.

09-04-2007, 09:02 PM	#4
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,644	Good point. I was assuming that this was different now. Does anyone know for sure if this is the case?

09-05-2007, 08:45 PM	#8
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	would it work just to change the years back, make 2006 now = to 2000 or something? then dump everything and reimport it back into a 2007 file?