Greetings OOTPers!
I've enjoyed previous versions of OOTP and am ready to get into the latest version, but have missed the period when they were partnered with somebody else. I see a lot has changed and continued to be improved.
I downloaded the manual and looked through many of the postings, but I've not seen an answer to my eternal question. So, here goes.
When I was young, pre-computer days, I played a tabletop stat game called BLM (Big League Manager). I figured out their ratings formulae and such pretty successfully and created a league of players taken from throughout the history of baseball, allowing the Sandy Koufax vs. Babe Ruth type matchups. I always had a lot of fun with this and it was one of my driving forces to getting into computers when the technology became available. But, it's always been a monumental pain to try and set up those teams again. So, here's the question:
Is there (are there) any file(s) that I can create by taking data from the Lahman database (.csv) and just saving it. That is, can I use a spreadsheet to create the team files that the game will use, then put them into leagues without having to edit players one by one into a draft, etc. I don't mind doing the work for the graphics stuf, but I'd really love to be able to just grab lines of data from the database and create the team rosters manually.
Hope I made that clear enough for an answer. I've seen a bunch of people that have made rosters and things, but I've just not found a listing of HOW to do that from scratch. Thanx much for any help.
-- Xix
"I know what you're thinking: 'Why, oh WHY, didn't I take the BLUE pill?'"