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Tiesenberg · 05-09-2010, 04:19 PM

The baseball card function in OOTP 11 is something that I am glad was added to the game. I can picture myself having a lot of fun following certain players throughout their careers and dynasties that I might start. With that said, I must admit to having very little past experience editing XML files. I recently was going through some real baseball cards trying to find some inspiration for possible templates to use in the game. The first attempt at an OOTP card comes with a very loose reinterpretation from a Paul Molitor card I came across from a box of cards:

(The card on the right)

I began to mess around in photoshop with the template included in the game and came out with a pair of cards that look as follow:

I'm pleased with the Upton card, but the Vasquez card brought some problems. As you can see, his name is messed up size-wise. I was using Upton when I was initially working with the XML to place things in the proper place. The XML currently looks like:

<ELEMENT type="text" x="59" y="249" width="100" height="7" align="fit" valign="top" zorder="20" font_name="vera" font_color="#D8EAC8" font_x_size="16" font_y_size="12" content="[%PERSON_NAME]" />

Any help or ideas on how to get the names to appear properly regardless of the length of names would go a long way in helping me move onto other teams and playing around with the backs of the cards.

My plan right now is to come up with a card prototype for each team. From here, the user can put the template from the team they are using into the OOTP folder and be able to create a card that they feel suits their team.

Thanks everyone, and Happy Mother's Day to all mom's out there.

05-09-2010, 04:19 PM	#1
Tiesenberg Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 307	Baseball Card Mod Attempt/Plan The baseball card function in OOTP 11 is something that I am glad was added to the game. I can picture myself having a lot of fun following certain players throughout their careers and dynasties that I might start. With that said, I must admit to having very little past experience editing XML files. I recently was going through some real baseball cards trying to find some inspiration for possible templates to use in the game. The first attempt at an OOTP card comes with a very loose reinterpretation from a Paul Molitor card I came across from a box of cards: (The card on the right) I began to mess around in photoshop with the template included in the game and came out with a pair of cards that look as follow: I'm pleased with the Upton card, but the Vasquez card brought some problems. As you can see, his name is messed up size-wise. I was using Upton when I was initially working with the XML to place things in the proper place. The XML currently looks like: <ELEMENT type="text" x="59" y="249" width="100" height="7" align="fit" valign="top" zorder="20" font_name="vera" font_color="#D8EAC8" font_x_size="16" font_y_size="12" content="[%PERSON_NAME]" /> Any help or ideas on how to get the names to appear properly regardless of the length of names would go a long way in helping me move onto other teams and playing around with the backs of the cards. My plan right now is to come up with a card prototype for each team. From here, the user can put the template from the team they are using into the OOTP folder and be able to create a card that they feel suits their team. Thanks everyone, and Happy Mother's Day to all mom's out there.