For Steam users, the mod is now available in the OOTP 25 Workshop. Once you subscribe the mod will download. You will then need to open OOTP 25 and select Workshop Central from the Main menu. From there select The InteGREATed Mod and install it.
If you do not have the steam version or would rather just download the files yourself and install them you can download it too.
Download Link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/k1ubz...Z-001.zip/file
Thank You LansdowneSt for hosting the download files.
Update Nov 17th: We are adding a historical draft cheat sheet with all players by debut season, including the NeL players, ranked by WAR. Spreadsheet available in this post.
We are providing a User Guide in pdf format for the mod that provides instructions on installation and recommendations for set up and play. Please read the User Guide carefully. Thank You luckymann for designing and editing the guide for us.
This mod for OOTP 25 will introduce 212 MLE versions of Negro Leaguers into historical games with a modified database.
The MLE versions of players are based on the work of Eric Chalek. Visit his site:
https://horsehidedragnet.wordpress.com/
Eric Chalek: “Thank you all for using my work. It’s so cool to see it being put to good use”.
Two of the players were modified from the work of Makonnen:
https://i9s.org/wp/
Special thanks to DrDoom for creating the OOTP Database Converter. The project would not have been possible without that program.
WARNING: You must install one of the provided era_ballparks files otherwise OOTP for some reason may set a stadium to having all ballparks factors of like 0.500 that it does not find in the default file for a given season.
It is highly recommended that you subscribe to and install the following community mods from the Steam Workshop. If you do not have the Steam version of the game, you will find these mods in the forum and can manually install them.
1. Complete Universe Facegen Pack
2. Historical Uniforms, Logos, and Jersey Fonts for OOTP 25
3. Historical Major League Stadiums (1901-Present)
The mod also redesigns the structure of 19th century baseball so that teams will gradually enter the league beginning in 1871 until all of the original 16 NL and AL teams from 1901 enter the league in 1892. No teams will fold during the 19th century.
We have also included four NeL teams joining the NL and AL beginning in 1911 and eventually turning into the Rangers/Angels/Astros/Mets franchises in 1962.
This will all happen automatically when using the automatically expand league option in the game.
We are also providing jerseys, ballcaps, pants, and logos to support the new 19th century structure and the new NeL teams. Thank You no pepper for your hard work in creating these for the community.
We are providing ballparks to support the new 19th century and NeL teams. Two of these new ballaprks are from Silvam14 and nineteen of them are from asrivkin and dfswans. Thank You all for your dedication to building the stadiums.
We are including custom era_ballparks files so that these new ballparks will automatically load with the mod.
The graphics and ballparks will all load automatically when automatically expand league is enabled and the modified era_ballparks file is substituted into the database folder.
We are including a custom era_stats file that sets the WWII seasons of 1942-1945 to the average level of offense in MLB from 1938-1941 and 1946-1949. You may want to use that if you want more offense in those seasons.
We have also included a custom engine file if you want more realistic distribution of innings pitched between starting pitchers and relievers.
There are Strategy Settings provided in the user guide for every era from 1871-2023. It is recommended that you use those strategy settings. To do this you will need to turn off "automatically adjust league strategy" in OOTP in the Historical and Stats & AI menus, yes there are two places where this needs to be deactivated. These strategy settings are of course optional and do require some work to monitor if you turn off automatically adjust league strategy in the game, but I have been getting very good results with them.
These warnings are in the User Guide but I want to reiterate them here:
WARNING #1: If you start a game between 1871-1883 the color barrier should already be off in OOTP. However, OOTP will automatically turn the color barrier on at the conclusion of the 1883 World Series. You need to turn off the color barrier manually after the World Series ends in 1883 and it will remain off in subsequent seasons. If you leave the color barrier enabled, then none of the NeL players will load into your game in subsequent seasons. If you start a game between 1884-1946 the color barrier will be enabled by default, and you have to manually turn it off otherwise none of the NeL players will enter your game. Note: OOTP will also try to set your active roster to 25 players in 1876, so if you want to use a lower roster limit you need to reset it to your preference. When you set your roster limit in 1876 the game will not attempt to change it again, so if you want to raise the limit at some point you will need to do it manually from the menu.
WARNING #2: When automatically expand league is enabled, OOTP will try to reset your Position Player Fatigue to Low at the end of the World Series each season. I am recommending you set Position Player Fatigue to High and turn off injuries. When you reset the position Player Fatigue to High after the World Series ends it will stay on High through the end of the World Series the next season. You could leave it at Low, but I think OOTP is more balanced on High with respect to bench players getting used.
WARNING #3. For the 1871-1900 seasons, OOTP will generate fictional schedules because the new league structure is different than what OOTP expects. When you get to the preseason of 1901 you should go to League Settings>Functions>Edit League Schedule>Actions>Load Default Schedule. This will then load the actual 1901 schedule since the league structure now matches the structure that OOTP expects. Once you prompt OOTP to load the default schedule it will continue loading them each subsequent season automatically. If you do not do this then OOTP will continue to generate fictional schedules and will probably continue with 140 games even after the 1903 season. From 1911-1961 OOTP will generate fictional 154-game schedules. You will also need to do this same step in the preseason of 1962 when the 20 teams in the mod match the 20 teams in major league baseball that season so that OOTP will again load the real schedules in 1962 and in all subsequent seasons. If you do not do this then OOTP will continue to generate fictional 154-game schedules each season.
This is the new structure and team progression for the 19th century. These teams automatically become the corresponding teams in the 1901 season.
Cubs
Chicago White Stockings 1871-1889
Chicago Colts 1890-1897
Chicago Orphans 1898-1900
Giants
New York Mutuals 1871-1882
New York Gothams 1883-1884
New York Giants 1885-1900
Braves
Boston Red Stockings 1871-1875
Boston Red Caps 1876-1882
Boston Beaneaters 1883-1900
Dodgers
Brooklyn Atlantics 1871-1884
Brooklyn Grays 1885-1887
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1888-1890
Brooklyn Grooms 1891-1895
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1896-1898
Brooklyn Superbas 1899-1900
Phillies
Philadelphia Athletics 1876-1881
Philadelphia Quakers 1882-1889
Philadelphia Phillies 1890-1900
Cardinals
St. Louis Brown Stockings 1876-1882
St. Louis Browns 1883-1898
St. Louis Perfectos 1899
St. Louis Cardinals 1900
Reds
Cincinnati Reds 1876-1881
Cincinnati Red Stockings 1882-1889
Cincinnati Reds 1890-1900
Pirates
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1876-1890
Pittsburgh Pirates 1891-1900
Guardians
Cleveland Blues 1882-1888
Cleveland Spiders 1889-1900
Tigers
Detroit Wolverines 1882-1900
Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics 1882-1900
Yankees
Baltimore Orioles 1882-1900
Twins
Washington Senators 1892-1900
Red Sox
Boston Americans 1892-1900
White Sox
Chicago White Sox 1892-1900
Orioles
Milwaukee Brewers 1892-1900
Here are the NeL teams we have added for 1911-1961.
Kansas City Monarchs 1911-1960. They turn into the Angels franchise in 1961.
Birmingham Black Barons 1911-1960. They turn into the Rangers franchise in 1961.
Homestead Grays 1911-1961. They turn into the New York Mets franchise in 1962.
Chicago American Giants 1911-1961. They turn into the Astros franchise in 1962