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mitchkenn · 05-15-2020, 03:14 PM

from an excellent post by micropterus58 - here is a way to import players to specific teams via text file, by simply adding another few characters to the ones already created by the above write-up:

"To import players create a txt file using Notepad. I suggest you create a file for each team and import one team at a time. Then verify that the team is populated correctly. It's very easy to make a mistake. For the Yankees expand on the following example.

jeterde01, 1999,nyy
mantlmi01, 1957,nyy
gehrilo01, 1927,nyy

The nyy follows the abbreviation used on the league & teams settings page. This is the destination team so you can assign players to any team you wish. Select the year you want. You may have to use multiple databases to import the mix of players."

I suggest you do one team at a time and verify the players imported correctly. Here's a sample for the Red Sox and Pawtucket (AAA).

yastrca01, 1967,bos
evansdw01, 1981,bos
willite01, 1946,bos
riceji01, 1978,paw
doerrbo01, 1944,bos
ortizda01, 2007,bos
hoopeha01, 1920,paw

just be certain you are using the team edit names that are actually in the game. to find those - go the league settings, league & teams, there you'll find a list of all the teams and their abbreviations.
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i've not tried this in OOTP 21, but it worked well the one time i tested it in OOTP 20.

not much else i can add that i know or have tested without a functioning game computer. all the best.

05-15-2020, 03:14 PM	#5
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	from an excellent post by micropterus58 - here is a way to import players to specific teams via text file, by simply adding another few characters to the ones already created by the above write-up: "To import players create a txt file using Notepad. I suggest you create a file for each team and import one team at a time. Then verify that the team is populated correctly. It's very easy to make a mistake. For the Yankees expand on the following example. jeterde01, 1999,nyy mantlmi01, 1957,nyy gehrilo01, 1927,nyy The nyy follows the abbreviation used on the league & teams settings page. This is the destination team so you can assign players to any team you wish. Select the year you want. You may have to use multiple databases to import the mix of players." I suggest you do one team at a time and verify the players imported correctly. Here's a sample for the Red Sox and Pawtucket (AAA). yastrca01, 1967,bos evansdw01, 1981,bos willite01, 1946,bos riceji01, 1978,paw doerrbo01, 1944,bos ortizda01, 2007,bos hoopeha01, 1920,paw just be certain you are using the team edit names that are actually in the game. to find those - go the league settings, league & teams, there you'll find a list of all the teams and their abbreviations. ------------------- i've not tried this in OOTP 21, but it worked well the one time i tested it in OOTP 20. not much else i can add that i know or have tested without a functioning game computer. all the best. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.