I've modified the default
injuries.txt file, to fit better with historical leagues. Only injury names and descriptions have changed; durations, and all other categorization and data, remain the same as in the default file.
My intent was to make the injuries sound more like medical reports from the first half of the 20th century. That is, what my conception of early-20th-century medical reports would sound like. I didn't actually compare player injury reports from 75 years ago with those of today. My method was to merely to simplify terms. I modded the injuries on a one-to-one, like-kind basis: if an injury dealt with a stiff knee ("patellar tendinitis"), I kept it a stiff knee ("stiff knee"), but I changed the words to sound plain and old-school.
Here are some examples of my changes:
patellar tendinitis now
knee stiffness
plantar fasciitis now
a swollen foot
shoulder subluxation now
dislocated shoulder
conjunctivitis now
pink eye
gastroenteritis now
stomach flu
thoracic outlet syndrome now
pinched nerve
latissimus dorsi strain now
strained back
Overall, I changed 142 of 285 injuries.
Back up your original file first!
On my
Windows XP machine, this file goes into the
OOTPX game's
database folder, which is in the game's
data folder. If you're using Windows
Vista, check KQ's instructions in
this thread.
Put the file in the correct place. Then go to your "Game" menu, go to "Game Setup," then go to the bottom of "Global Setup" where the "Global Database Functions" are, and hit "Re-Import Injury Database."
Comments, criticism, and suggestions are welcome. Feel free to contact me if you need help.
My thanks go out to Injury Log (Ian), who kindly allowed me to help him with his important and influential injury modding projects; thus, he gave me my start in these matters. PhillieFever inspired this historical injuries mod. And I thank KQ, for always being responsive and helpful, as a Moderator.