new rosters and retired.dat

maninblk · 01-30-2005, 12:29 PM

for those who have created rosters for various years, like the bornin69 one, I have a question. How do you create the retired.dat file? Do you need Excel? What I want to do is create a 1937 league, and have the players who are in the HOF who ended their career prior to 1937 be there. The way I normally do it is to just import them as free agents, and then when they retire induct them into the HOF. But the problem invariably develops that some team signs one or them and they end up playing in a few games. Not a major problem, one I can live with, but its just a little wierd to have, say Cap Anson, show that he played in 1897, and then suddenly played a few games in 1937.

So I guess I am asking if there is a way to have them retired right at the start of the league I am playing, rather than playing a season and then having them retire. Or is there another way around this?

Cowboys3356 · 01-31-2005, 08:00 PM

When you import them in make sure to give them career ending injuries. That will keep them from being signed and make sure they retire. What season do you need a retired .dat file for? Are you trying to make a roster? I have several that I have created so let me know and I will pass it on if I have the year you need. Making them is fairly easy to do.

maninblk · 02-01-2005, 03:32 PM

Thanks. The career ending injury thing did the trick.

01-30-2005, 12:29 PM	#1
maninblk Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 35	new rosters and retired.dat for those who have created rosters for various years, like the bornin69 one, I have a question. How do you create the retired.dat file? Do you need Excel? What I want to do is create a 1937 league, and have the players who are in the HOF who ended their career prior to 1937 be there. The way I normally do it is to just import them as free agents, and then when they retire induct them into the HOF. But the problem invariably develops that some team signs one or them and they end up playing in a few games. Not a major problem, one I can live with, but its just a little wierd to have, say Cap Anson, show that he played in 1897, and then suddenly played a few games in 1937. So I guess I am asking if there is a way to have them retired right at the start of the league I am playing, rather than playing a season and then having them retire. Or is there another way around this?

01-31-2005, 08:00 PM	#2
Cowboys3356 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,571	When you import them in make sure to give them career ending injuries. That will keep them from being signed and make sure they retire. What season do you need a retired .dat file for? Are you trying to make a roster? I have several that I have created so let me know and I will pass it on if I have the year you need. Making them is fairly easy to do.

02-01-2005, 03:32 PM	#3
maninblk Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 35	Thanks. The career ending injury thing did the trick.