OOTP5/Ankits DB Problem?

mandersen · 04-06-2005, 11:21 PM

Thought this may have had something to do with Ankits DB. I'm grasping at straws here hoping someone has an answer. Sorry if it don't belong here.

Not sure where to post this, so I'll post it in a couple of places. Have any of you ever seen problems with off-season free agency? I run a historical league that uses Ankits DB. We're in our 2nd off season free agency period. I don't believe we had any problems the first time through. This time however, there have been some issues, and it's things I've never seen or heard of. Initially, the Oakland GM emailed me saying he had signed guys that he hadn't offered on, AND there were 1 or 2 guys that he had offered more on than what the players signed for with a different team. My first thought was either a)he hadn't password protected his team and somebody found out and was toying with it or b)he simply forgot who he had offered on and how much $. Then the ATL GM told me he also had signed a player that he didn't offer on. Then TOR GM told me the same thing. At that point, I realized that it most likely wasn't anybody toying with the file, as it was too random. Just to be safe, I changed the league PW. Following the next signing period sim, the Minn GM emailed me saying a player he had just signed to a 10mil contract was showing up as a MLC. At this point I went back through all the signings and found 5 other players who had all signed Major League Contracts of various $ amounts and years all signed to MLC's. I editted them all to what they should be. I have absolutely no idea what's going on. One other odd thing is that OAK now is exporting from the team setup area (I suggested he change his PW initially), and while the export tracker is showing that he HAS exported, my game with the master file isn't pulling in his export. Any help is appreciated. Not sure if it could have anything to do with Ankits DB or something else. HELP?!!!

rem · 04-06-2005, 11:48 PM

You didn't delete last years Free Agent Exports from your website. They are being imported again. As for the Minor League Contracts, if you change it from a Minor League Contract to a Major League Contract the correct contract will appear. What caused you to conclude that this was a problem with the Ankit database is beyond me.

mandersen · 04-07-2005, 12:38 AM

I wasn't implying one way or another that it was or wasn't Ankits DB. I've just never seen this before and since this is the first historical league I've ran, I thought maybe there was a bug I was unaware of. Thanks for the help.

04-06-2005, 11:21 PM	#1
mandersen Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 225	OOTP5/Ankits DB Problem? Thought this may have had something to do with Ankits DB. I'm grasping at straws here hoping someone has an answer. Sorry if it don't belong here. Not sure where to post this, so I'll post it in a couple of places. Have any of you ever seen problems with off-season free agency? I run a historical league that uses Ankits DB. We're in our 2nd off season free agency period. I don't believe we had any problems the first time through. This time however, there have been some issues, and it's things I've never seen or heard of. Initially, the Oakland GM emailed me saying he had signed guys that he hadn't offered on, AND there were 1 or 2 guys that he had offered more on than what the players signed for with a different team. My first thought was either a)he hadn't password protected his team and somebody found out and was toying with it or b)he simply forgot who he had offered on and how much $. Then the ATL GM told me he also had signed a player that he didn't offer on. Then TOR GM told me the same thing. At that point, I realized that it most likely wasn't anybody toying with the file, as it was too random. Just to be safe, I changed the league PW. Following the next signing period sim, the Minn GM emailed me saying a player he had just signed to a 10mil contract was showing up as a MLC. At this point I went back through all the signings and found 5 other players who had all signed Major League Contracts of various $ amounts and years all signed to MLC's. I editted them all to what they should be. I have absolutely no idea what's going on. One other odd thing is that OAK now is exporting from the team setup area (I suggested he change his PW initially), and while the export tracker is showing that he HAS exported, my game with the master file isn't pulling in his export. Any help is appreciated. Not sure if it could have anything to do with Ankits DB or something else. HELP?!!! __________________ Legend Killer HOFFBL Cubs Original GM HOFFBL Rockies Original GM

04-06-2005, 11:48 PM	#2
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	You didn't delete last years Free Agent Exports from your website. They are being imported again. As for the Minor League Contracts, if you change it from a Minor League Contract to a Major League Contract the correct contract will appear. What caused you to conclude that this was a problem with the Ankit database is beyond me. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

04-07-2005, 12:38 AM	#3
mandersen Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 225	I wasn't implying one way or another that it was or wasn't Ankits DB. I've just never seen this before and since this is the first historical league I've ran, I thought maybe there was a bug I was unaware of. Thanks for the help. __________________ Legend Killer HOFFBL Cubs Original GM HOFFBL Rockies Original GM