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Originally Posted by Carplos
I don't really see a significant difference between the two... isn't changing the player names and their ratings to those in the league you're trying to import all you want? What is actually missing from the former process?
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League A's roster has less players than League B.
if you were to just import the roster.txt files to League B without switching the players.dat file, then you're only replacing some players.
Say that League A has 5 players and League B has 10 players.
the roster.txt file for League A probably looks like:
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player id player name
0001 John Smoltz
0002 Greg Maddux
0003 Tom Glavine
0004 Jeff Francouer
0005 Chipper Jones
and lets say the players in players.dat file for League B are:
Code:
player id player name
0001 John Smith
0002 Tommy Reeves
0003 Sandy Herrera
0004 DJ Trigg
0005 JD Hershiser
0006 Jose Palma
0007 Rich Stenson
0008 Ricky Barrera
0009 Mario Valenzuela
0010 Frankie Unitas
If you were to just import the roster.txt file, your new players.dat file would look like:
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player id player name
0001 John Smoltz
0002 Greg Maddux
0003 Tom Glavine
0004 Jeff Francouer
0005 Chipper Jones
0006 Jose Palma
0007 Rich Stenson
0008 Ricky Barrera
0009 Mario Valenzuela
0010 Frankie Unitas
because youre only replacing the names of the first 5 players in "League B," without editing the other five players in the league.
by replacing the players.dat file, you are telling the league, "there are only five players in this league now, and in the roster.txt file is their information and their team assignments"