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Originally Posted by Fardaza

I've got an 18 year old league. I'd love to have some name variation in my OOTP 11 game. I don't want to change all my retired and current players' names!

So how exactly do I use this re-import button to change new names and keep the old/existing ones the same?

Thanks,
Fardaza

1. Backup your OOTP database text files [OOTP DIR]/data/database/*.txt
2. Replace the first_names.txt, names.txt and ethnicities.txt files with those from QuestDog's mod. You may need to rename them. Overwrite the existing text files in the database folder.
3. Launch OOTP and load your league.
4. (In OOTP 11) GO to OOTP -> Game Setup.
5. On the "Global Setup" tab click the Re-import Name and Ethnicity Database.
6. Play as normal.
7. The next time the game generates new player names (Amateur draft or end of season if draft is off) the names should begin appearing based on the QD names file you picked.
   
   NOTE that QD purposely removed a number of ethnicities that only began appearing in the 80s and after from his files to reduce the size. You may notice asian players with American names as a result of this if you foreign players settings are really high.