The Ultimate Ballpark Collection - SET 1

Henry · 04-01-2002, 06:25 PM

The file below (also on BigCityBaseball.com) contains all 47 Major League ballparks from 1971 to 2001 preformatted for OOTP4 (640x480). I've collected the best pictures (or paintings) available and formatted each of them into an attractive oval viewpoint complete with the ballpark's name, years of service, and team names. In a couple of cases, these pictures are overhead views where "behind-the-plate" pictures were not available.

Set 2 will follow in the near future adding additional ballparks from 1931 - 1970, and Set 3 will follow after that adding ballparks from 1901 - 1930.

Enjoy !!

<a href="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/data/downloads/1971-2001.zip" target="_blank">The Ultimate Ballpark Collection - Set 1</a>

Sample...

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jor31 · 04-01-2002, 06:28 PM

Cool, cant wait to try them out!`

Dargone · 04-01-2002, 09:18 PM

Awesome

joshuaaaaaa · 04-01-2002, 10:34 PM

They look great, Henry. Thanks! I've recently started a 1966 league and was hurting for a few of the stadiums. Most of them are covered in your pack.

bravesfan · 04-03-2002, 04:12 AM

Henry, downloaded the file last night, they look great. One question though, how do you get the clear markers for the positions in the field?

Henry · 04-03-2002, 04:32 AM

I believe I put it in the readme file. If it's not there let me know

TPort · 04-03-2002, 04:39 AM

From the one stadium posted, this looks like an awesome set.
Thanks for the hard work.

bravesfan · 04-03-2002, 04:48 AM

Thanks Henry, I will check it out tonight.

Lucas718 · 04-03-2002, 07:20 AM

Ahh! Memorial Stadium, my home for many years. Nice work!

TheoR · 04-03-2002, 12:57 PM

Cool,

Love it.

Scott Vibert · 04-03-2002, 01:04 PM

Excellent work Henry.

mad0die · 04-03-2002, 05:31 PM

Not trying to be rude, but why are all the stadiums in .jpg if the game requires .bmp?

Henry · 04-03-2002, 05:35 PM

Good Question

JPGs are about 1/10th the size of BMPs... therefore more storage space and 10 times as long to download. For those on modems, it would hardly be worth the download time.

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Puckett guy · 04-03-2002, 05:40 PM

The definitive answer on that should come from Henry, but I suspect the main reason for jpeg is that they are smaller files than bmp and therefore you save bandwidth, download times etc. Someone on the Board had an URL to software called HamWare that will batch change jpegs to bmps. I installed it and it works real slick, so getting the ballparks as jpegs is not an issue.

mad0die · 04-03-2002, 05:47 PM

Oh yeah, it's amazing how easy it is to forget that there are still poor suckers on dial-up once you get DSL/Cable Modem.

I just resaved them one by one with Paint. Only wasted 10 mins of my life...

mad0die · 04-03-2002, 06:01 PM

Just got done assigning them all in League Setup. First off, they look great - big upgrade over the default field! Couple things I noticed:

1) _ballparkarlington.bmp is too long of a filename. The game would not properly display this field unless I shortened the name of the file.
2) Where are Miller Park and PNC Park? They opened in 2001...

Great job Henry!

Henry · 04-03-2002, 07:29 PM

mad0die,
PNC and Miller will be added to the file next week

Thanks, everyone, for all the kind words

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Jah · 04-03-2002, 07:59 PM

Waugh-nderful stuff!

bravesfan · 04-04-2002, 03:18 AM

When I load the stadiums into the game they show up fine except that in the lower right and left hand corners the stadium name and team years show up with white spots around them. When I look at the file with a file viewer the spots disappear. I assume this has something to do with the way the game loads the files? I know this is an insignificant problem because I love the look of the stadiums.

Killebrew · 04-04-2002, 03:29 AM

[quote]Originally posted by bravesfan:
When I load the stadiums into the game they show up fine except that in the lower right and left hand corners the stadium name and team years show up with white spots around them. When I look at the file with a file viewer the spots disappear. I assume this has something to do with the way the game loads the files? I know this is an insignificant problem because I love the look of the stadiums.<hr></blockquote>

That sounds like the transparency issue - you may have converted the original ballpark JPG images to 256-color BMP pictures, or even 16 color BMP pictures with MSPaint. This could result in some of the black colors in the ballpark images converting to the "0,0,0" color hue that the game will display as transparent. I suspect if you saved the original JPG ballpark images as 24-bit BMP ("bitmap") images through MSPaint that the problem would be fixed.

04-01-2002, 06:25 PM	#1
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	The Ultimate Ballpark Collection - SET 1 The file below (also on BigCityBaseball.com) contains all 47 Major League ballparks from 1971 to 2001 preformatted for OOTP4 (640x480). I've collected the best pictures (or paintings) available and formatted each of them into an attractive oval viewpoint complete with the ballpark's name, years of service, and team names. In a couple of cases, these pictures are overhead views where "behind-the-plate" pictures were not available. Set 2 will follow in the near future adding additional ballparks from 1931 - 1970, and Set 3 will follow after that adding ballparks from 1901 - 1930. Enjoy !! <a href="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/data/downloads/1971-2001.zip" target="_blank">The Ultimate Ballpark Collection - Set 1</a> Sample... [ April 02, 2002: Message edited by: Henry ] [ April 02, 2002: Message edited by: Henry ]</p>

04-01-2002, 06:28 PM	#2
jor31 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 204	Cool, cant wait to try them out!` __________________ Not affiliated but these sites are good- <a href="http://www.ootpworld.com" target="_blank">http://www.ootpworld.com</a> <a href="http://www.ootplinks.com" target="_blank">http://www.ootplinks.com</a> <a href="http://www.bigcitybaseball.com/bigcitybaseball/" target="_blank">http://www.bigcitybaseball.com/bigcitybaseball/</a>

04-01-2002, 09:18 PM	#3
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Awesome __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

04-01-2002, 10:34 PM	#4
joshuaaaaaa All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 633	They look great, Henry. Thanks! I've recently started a 1966 league and was hurting for a few of the stadiums. Most of them are covered in your pack. __________________ Baltimore Monarchs-GUBA Baltimore Orioles-ORB2 "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." ~Henry Ford ~

04-03-2002, 12:57 PM	#10
TheoR Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hernando, MS Posts: 149	Cool, Love it. __________________ Baseball.....What else is there?

04-03-2002, 04:12 AM	#5
bravesfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 47	Henry, downloaded the file last night, they look great. One question though, how do you get the clear markers for the positions in the field?

04-03-2002, 04:32 AM	#6
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	I believe I put it in the readme file. If it's not there let me know

04-03-2002, 04:39 AM	#7
TPort Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 109	From the one stadium posted, this looks like an awesome set. Thanks for the hard work.

04-03-2002, 04:48 AM	#8
bravesfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 47	Thanks Henry, I will check it out tonight.

04-03-2002, 07:20 AM	#9
Lucas718 Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 401	Ahh! Memorial Stadium, my home for many years. Nice work!

04-03-2002, 01:04 PM	#11
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,210	Excellent work Henry.

04-03-2002, 05:31 PM	#12
mad0die All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TX Posts: 913	Not trying to be rude, but why are all the stadiums in .jpg if the game requires .bmp? __________________ Commish GUBA

04-03-2002, 05:35 PM	#13
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	Good Question JPGs are about 1/10th the size of BMPs... therefore more storage space and 10 times as long to download. For those on modems, it would hardly be worth the download time. [ 04-04-2002: Message edited by: Henry ]</p>

04-03-2002, 05:40 PM	#14
Puckett guy Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near Lake Wobegone Posts: 306	The definitive answer on that should come from Henry, but I suspect the main reason for jpeg is that they are smaller files than bmp and therefore you save bandwidth, download times etc. Someone on the Board had an URL to software called HamWare that will batch change jpegs to bmps. I installed it and it works real slick, so getting the ballparks as jpegs is not an issue. __________________ "...and we'll see you tomorrow night!" - Jack Buck, October 26, 1991, HHH Metrodome, Mpls, MN

04-03-2002, 05:47 PM	#15
mad0die All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TX Posts: 913	Oh yeah, it's amazing how easy it is to forget that there are still poor suckers on dial-up once you get DSL/Cable Modem. I just resaved them one by one with Paint. Only wasted 10 mins of my life... __________________ Commish GUBA

04-03-2002, 06:01 PM	#16
mad0die All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TX Posts: 913	Just got done assigning them all in League Setup. First off, they look great - big upgrade over the default field! Couple things I noticed: 1) _ballparkarlington.bmp is too long of a filename. The game would not properly display this field unless I shortened the name of the file. 2) Where are Miller Park and PNC Park? They opened in 2001... Great job Henry! __________________ Commish GUBA

04-03-2002, 07:29 PM	#17
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	mad0die, PNC and Miller will be added to the file next week Thanks, everyone, for all the kind words [ 04-04-2002: Message edited by: Henry ]</p>

04-03-2002, 07:59 PM	#18
Jah Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 148	Waugh-nderful stuff!

04-04-2002, 03:18 AM	#19
bravesfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 47	When I load the stadiums into the game they show up fine except that in the lower right and left hand corners the stadium name and team years show up with white spots around them. When I look at the file with a file viewer the spots disappear. I assume this has something to do with the way the game loads the files? I know this is an insignificant problem because I love the look of the stadiums.

04-04-2002, 03:29 AM	#20
Killebrew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,326	[quote]Originally posted by bravesfan: <strong>When I load the stadiums into the game they show up fine except that in the lower right and left hand corners the stadium name and team years show up with white spots around them. When I look at the file with a file viewer the spots disappear. I assume this has something to do with the way the game loads the files? I know this is an insignificant problem because I love the look of the stadiums.</strong><hr></blockquote> That sounds like the transparency issue - you may have converted the original ballpark JPG images to 256-color BMP pictures, or even 16 color BMP pictures with MSPaint. This could result in some of the black colors in the ballpark images converting to the "0,0,0" color hue that the game will display as transparent. I suspect if you saved the original JPG ballpark images as 24-bit BMP ("bitmap") images through MSPaint that the problem would be fixed. __________________ FOBL Capital City Metropolitans CDL Minnesota Twins