Historical Stadium .dat's

PerfectMisnomer · 03-12-2007, 02:12 PM

Will the 2007 version have every proper stadium park factor throughout history, or do we have to dig up the old .dat files someone once made and paste them into the dat folder every year?

IE: If I'm doing a historical league in 1910, will it load up with the 1910 real stadiums? If a team changes parks in real life during 1918, will it change in the game?

Qrusher14242 · 03-13-2007, 10:00 PM

im pretty sure you cant use .dat files like in 6.5 and before. In 2006 you couldnt, could you? I could never get it to work

Gambo · 03-15-2007, 02:27 PM

Here is the story...

2007 will automatically update the team name (i.e. Braves Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta) properly over time and will also update the ballpark name and basic ballpark factors (e.g. .9800 across the board --- but no dimensions) as the stadium changes. Unfortunately it will overwrite them each season and not create a new stadium.

The .dat files from previous versions (before 2006) will not work.

The good news is I will be releasing an updated stadium chart with estimated factors by the end of next week with over 600 ballparks (as of right now stadiums) with dimension and factors that can be manually inserted into the game.

It's not perfect but it is an option...

The Wolf · 03-18-2007, 12:56 PM

I'm looking forward to your updated stadium chart. Thanks for doing it.

AfWapo · 03-29-2007, 04:44 PM

I recently downloaded the Anderson utilities logo watchdog program (which is AWESOME, btw) and was wondering if it would be possible for somebody to create a similar program which would update stadium info automatically in-game.

Now, I was never very good at writing code in my computer science classes, but it seems like it should certainly be possible...

If so, that would be really cool.

03-12-2007, 02:12 PM	#1
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	Historical Stadium .dat's Will the 2007 version have every proper stadium park factor throughout history, or do we have to dig up the old .dat files someone once made and paste them into the dat folder every year? IE: If I'm doing a historical league in 1910, will it load up with the 1910 real stadiums? If a team changes parks in real life during 1918, will it change in the game? __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

03-13-2007, 10:00 PM	#2
Qrusher14242 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: CA Posts: 1,253	im pretty sure you cant use .dat files like in 6.5 and before. In 2006 you couldnt, could you? I could never get it to work __________________ "Go then, there are other worlds than these" Last edited by Qrusher14242; 03-13-2007 at 11:47 PM.

03-15-2007, 02:27 PM	#3
Gambo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,388	Here is the story... 2007 will automatically update the team name (i.e. Braves Boston to Milwaukee to Atlanta) properly over time and will also update the ballpark name and basic ballpark factors (e.g. .9800 across the board --- but no dimensions) as the stadium changes. Unfortunately it will overwrite them each season and not create a new stadium. The .dat files from previous versions (before 2006) will not work. The good news is I will be releasing an updated stadium chart with estimated factors by the end of next week with over 600 ballparks (as of right now stadiums) with dimension and factors that can be manually inserted into the game. It's not perfect but it is an option... __________________ *Give me league evolution with historical imports!!!* OOTP MODS: Historical Face Gen Project, Spritze/Gambo Database, OOTP Stadium Chart and Ballpark Images, MLB Compiled Uniform & Logo Pack available at... http://www.ootpmods.com

03-29-2007, 04:44 PM	#5
AfWapo Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 39	I recently downloaded the Anderson utilities logo watchdog program (which is AWESOME, btw) and was wondering if it would be possible for somebody to create a similar program which would update stadium info automatically in-game. Now, I was never very good at writing code in my computer science classes, but it seems like it should certainly be possible... If so, that would be really cool.