1940 World of Baseball Quickstart

Dr. P.R. Park III · 04-22-2008, 05:29 PM

Just wanted to give a heads up to all of the fans of historical play that I (with the help of No Pepper and cephasjames) have finished a 1940 historical quickstart. You can get it here:

All Sim Baseball

Comes with Majors, minors, winter leagues, barnstorming league, and an Armed Forces league. Be sure to read the readme. Thanks

ashantewarrier · 04-22-2008, 08:10 PM

Wow! Great work guys! Thanks!

Kelric · 04-23-2008, 01:39 AM

Gave it a download the other day and began running it today. Of course, during my Initial Draft the power in the neighborhood went out and I haven't gone back to it yet. I was building such a good core, too. Three of the best pitchers, two excellent defending and decent hitting shortstops, an All Star centerfielder and a 5 star catching prospect who was a world class defender and excellent hitter only a season or so away.

Dr. P.R. Park III · 04-23-2008, 01:52 AM

Kelric,

Be sure to post a dynasty about your team/league whenever you do get a chance to get back to it, I'd definitely be interested in reading it!

Kelric · 04-24-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. P.R. Park III

Kelric,

Be sure to post a dynasty about your team/league whenever you do get a chance to get back to it, I'd definitely be interested in reading it!

Losing power kind of means the computer shutting down, so it's tough to save anything in a situation like that.

Dr. P.R. Park III · 04-24-2008, 03:19 PM

I have faith that the universe will bear you very nice fruit once you get back to it

Kelric · 04-24-2008, 03:37 PM

Granted, the quick start is still there. The core of my team won't be, sadly. Hell of a team up the middle with one of those shortstops moving to second and the beginnings of a strong pitching staff. Ah well. Starting up a new one right now.

thehatfield · 04-25-2008, 03:37 PM

Thank you!

swampdragon · 04-25-2008, 11:16 PM

I never have installed winrar.

I guess I have a reason to go find it now.

Kelric · 04-26-2008, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swampdragon

I never have installed winrar.

I guess I have a reason to go find it now.

How have you gone six years in this community, let alone on the internet, without having to use WinRar?

swampdragon · 04-26-2008, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelric

How have you gone six years in this community, let alone on the internet, without having to use WinRar?

Everything I needed up till now has used Zip.

Kelric · 04-26-2008, 01:31 AM

Ah. I've used WinRar for years, since it also does Zip. Sometimes I forget WinZip actually exists.

Charlie Hough · 04-26-2008, 01:55 PM

Thanks for putting the time and effort into this. I did a similar project on my own for a 1930 quickstart, and I wasn't even trying to achieve the same depth that you guys did, so I really appreciate it.

appliedscience · 04-26-2008, 02:35 PM

I realize this is a stupid question, having had played this game for a few years now, but I have no idea how to get this quickstart working. Where do I put the .txt files? In the data folder or in the save folder? Which ones do I convert to .dat? I get the game opened and it is just the teams and such, no players.

Help?

Kelric · 04-26-2008, 03:25 PM

I ran a sim overnight to see how it went and the NY Negro League team ran down to 10 players by 1954. I think I'm going to tinker with some of the feeder leagues and add in a few low level independent leagues to enlarge the talent pool. It'll give me something to do while watching the NFL draft, after all.

(And might be a good test run setup for OOTP9 in a month or so.)

Dr. P.R. Park III · 04-27-2008, 01:22 PM

Good to hear Kelric...quick question: have you started integrating the leagues yet? That might be a possible solution to the low level of players.

Kelric · 04-27-2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. P.R. Park III

Good to hear Kelric...quick question: have you started integrating the leagues yet? That might be a possible solution to the low level of players.

No, I was just letting everything run overnight to look at league numbers (power seemed down in the bigs, IIRC). Plus, while I would integrate the MLB teams, it would feel odd integrating the Negro Leagues IMO.

Dr. P.R. Park III · 04-27-2008, 05:36 PM

Yeah, I was always wondering how people would handle the Negro leagues...whether they would integrate and delete them, or play them separate or a combination of both...but that's why we have OOTP

bailey · 06-05-2008, 02:07 AM

Pardon me for asking, but this QS seems so interesting that I have to risk embarrassing myself by asking some kind soul to explain how to make a RAR file usable. Oddly, the FOBL file is also RAR, so this makes twice in less than an hour that I've encountered RAR after enjoyng the internet for 13 years clueless about RAR.

Kelric · 06-05-2008, 02:33 AM

WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files

Download WinRar and install. Download the file and right-click, then select the Extract To... option and extract it to wherever you want.

04-22-2008, 05:29 PM	#1
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	1940 World of Baseball Quickstart Just wanted to give a heads up to all of the fans of historical play that I (with the help of No Pepper and cephasjames) have finished a 1940 historical quickstart. You can get it here: All Sim Baseball Comes with Majors, minors, winter leagues, barnstorming league, and an Armed Forces league. Be sure to read the readme. Thanks

04-22-2008, 08:10 PM	#2
ashantewarrier Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 2,304	Wow! Great work guys! Thanks! __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson

04-25-2008, 03:37 PM	#8
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04-25-2008, 11:16 PM	#9
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	I never have installed winrar. I guess I have a reason to go find it now. __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis

04-26-2008, 01:55 PM	#13
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,640	Thanks for putting the time and effort into this. I did a similar project on my own for a 1930 quickstart, and I wasn't even trying to achieve the same depth that you guys did, so I really appreciate it. Last edited by Charlie Hough; 04-26-2008 at 02:14 PM.

04-23-2008, 01:39 AM	#3
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Gave it a download the other day and began running it today. Of course, during my Initial Draft the power in the neighborhood went out and I haven't gone back to it yet. I was building such a good core, too. Three of the best pitchers, two excellent defending and decent hitting shortstops, an All Star centerfielder and a 5 star catching prospect who was a world class defender and excellent hitter only a season or so away.

04-23-2008, 01:52 AM	#4
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	Kelric, Be sure to post a dynasty about your team/league whenever you do get a chance to get back to it, I'd definitely be interested in reading it!

04-24-2008, 03:19 PM	#6
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	I have faith that the universe will bear you very nice fruit once you get back to it

04-24-2008, 03:37 PM	#7
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Granted, the quick start is still there. The core of my team won't be, sadly. Hell of a team up the middle with one of those shortstops moving to second and the beginnings of a strong pitching staff. Ah well. Starting up a new one right now.

04-26-2008, 01:31 AM	#12
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Ah. I've used WinRar for years, since it also does Zip. Sometimes I forget WinZip actually exists.

04-26-2008, 02:35 PM	#14
appliedscience Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 4	I realize this is a stupid question, having had played this game for a few years now, but I have no idea how to get this quickstart working. Where do I put the .txt files? In the data folder or in the save folder? Which ones do I convert to .dat? I get the game opened and it is just the teams and such, no players. Help?

04-26-2008, 03:25 PM	#15
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	I ran a sim overnight to see how it went and the NY Negro League team ran down to 10 players by 1954. I think I'm going to tinker with some of the feeder leagues and add in a few low level independent leagues to enlarge the talent pool. It'll give me something to do while watching the NFL draft, after all. (And might be a good test run setup for OOTP9 in a month or so.)

04-27-2008, 01:22 PM	#16
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	Good to hear Kelric...quick question: have you started integrating the leagues yet? That might be a possible solution to the low level of players.

04-27-2008, 05:36 PM	#18
Dr. P.R. Park III All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 974	Yeah, I was always wondering how people would handle the Negro leagues...whether they would integrate and delete them, or play them separate or a combination of both...but that's why we have OOTP

06-05-2008, 02:07 AM	#19
bailey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,352	Pardon me for asking, but this QS seems so interesting that I have to risk embarrassing myself by asking some kind soul to explain how to make a RAR file usable. Oddly, the FOBL file is also RAR, so this makes twice in less than an hour that I've encountered RAR after enjoyng the internet for 13 years clueless about RAR.

06-05-2008, 02:33 AM	#20
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files Download WinRar and install. Download the file and right-click, then select the Extract To... option and extract it to wherever you want.