Quotations?

SittingDuck · 04-25-2008, 06:46 PM

Odd - I searched for quotations in the forum and came up with very little.

OK, so my question - how can we increase the database of quotations the game uses when loading? Because, honestly, if I have to read about flippin' Willie '37-year-old' Mays reaching home from 1st base again....

endgame · 04-25-2008, 06:48 PM

Search for hints.txt

zekester91 · 04-25-2008, 06:49 PM

Yes, it's a .txt file I belive it's called hints.txt you can type whatever you wish in there

Edit: Darn to slow

endgame · 04-25-2008, 06:51 PM

Here's the link to a mod from Larry Anderson:

Hints file

SittingDuck · 04-25-2008, 09:42 PM

Thanks so much.

ootp3to6 · 04-26-2008, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SittingDuck

Odd - I searched for quotations in the forum and came up with very little.

OK, so my question - how can we increase the database of quotations the game uses when loading? Because, honestly, if I have to read about flippin' Willie '37-year-old' Mays reaching home from 1st base again....

I agree.

ootp3to6 · 04-26-2008, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by endgame

Here's the link to a mod from Larry Anderson:

Hints file

Thank you for the revised "hints.txt" file. I have just downloaded it and look forward to some new hints.

SittingDuck · 04-26-2008, 12:36 PM

LMAO!

"The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer

Yeah, so I am working on adding in quotations for this file. Got a ton of killer ones from the little tornado himself:

Earl Weaver Quotes

I'll see if I can scare up a bunch more.

SittingDuck · 04-26-2008, 12:39 PM

Whoa.

Baseball Quotes

endgame · 04-26-2008, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SittingDuck

LMAO!

I am working on adding in quotations for this file.

Have you added any yet? The reason I ask is that, regardless of knowing where to find the link, I've wanted to make changes to my own hints.txt, but still haven't. I recall opening it up and seeing, what appeared to be, series of lines after lines. What serves to break up one hint from another? I recall having trouble discerning whether punctuation affected anything at all, or whether each 'quotation' was simply a continuous line.

Thanks in advance. Glad you're having some fun with and inspiring me to finally do something with it as well.

SittingDuck · 04-26-2008, 01:59 PM

I have altered it (not the original, but the upgraded one that is for download in this thread). I added about 15 quotes.

However, I've yet to see them appear in the game. I figure this is because I've only gone through so many menu changes yet. I'll post if they start popping up.

The Wolf · 04-26-2008, 10:34 PM

I got tired of the hints, and emptied my hints.txt file. I don't miss them.

SittingDuck · 04-26-2008, 11:21 PM

ooooooooooooooo... there's an idea.

so let me ask, if you have an empty file, does it just come up with a box stating what menu it is heading to or whatever? Essentially no text?

That might be preferable. When the box flashes too quickly to read, it's really annoying. Better in that case to not even show up as text.

CHOWDERHEAD · 04-26-2008, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SittingDuck

Whoa.

Baseball Quotes

Thanks for the link. I have modified my hint file a fair bit and now this will make it even better.

The Wolf · 04-27-2008, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SittingDuck

ooooooooooooooo... there's an idea.

so let me ask, if you have an empty file, does it just come up with a box stating what menu it is heading to or whatever? Essentially no text?

That might be preferable. When the box flashes too quickly to read, it's really annoying. Better in that case to not even show up as text.

That's what happens. Same thing, just no text. I found the repetitive hints annoying after a while, so I popped hints.txt into Notepad and deleted all the text and saved it. Works great.

04-25-2008, 06:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	Quotations? Odd - I searched for quotations in the forum and came up with very little. OK, so my question - how can we increase the database of quotations the game uses when loading? Because, honestly, if I have to read about flippin' Willie '37-year-old' Mays reaching home from 1st base again....

04-25-2008, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 6,392	Search for hints.txt __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett We live in the shadowlands. The sun is always shining somewhere else. __________________

04-25-2008, 06:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
zekester91 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,089	Yes, it's a .txt file I belive it's called hints.txt you can type whatever you wish in there Edit: Darn to slow __________________ Bobby Bowden must have a hell of a recruiting pitch, "Son if you come on down to Tallahasee, you just might be able to watch me die during practice!" The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

04-25-2008, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 6,392	Here's the link to a mod from Larry Anderson: Hints file __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett We live in the shadowlands. The sun is always shining somewhere else. __________________

04-26-2008, 10:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
The Wolf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baying at the moon Posts: 3,365	I got tired of the hints, and emptied my hints.txt file. I don't miss them. __________________ __________________ "The main problem we face is that when it's 8 AM in London and 3 AM in New York and midnight in L.A., it's still 1968 to Democrats and 1566 in the Middle East."

04-25-2008, 09:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	Thanks so much.

04-26-2008, 12:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	LMAO! *"The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer* Yeah, so I am working on adding in quotations for this file. Got a ton of killer ones from the little tornado himself: Earl Weaver Quotes I'll see if I can scare up a bunch more.

04-26-2008, 12:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	Whoa. Baseball Quotes

04-26-2008, 01:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	I have altered it (not the original, but the upgraded one that is for download in this thread). I added about 15 quotes. However, I've yet to see them appear in the game. I figure this is because I've only gone through so many menu changes yet. I'll post if they start popping up.

04-26-2008, 11:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	ooooooooooooooo... there's an idea. so let me ask, if you have an empty file, does it just come up with a box stating what menu it is heading to or whatever? Essentially no text? That might be preferable. When the box flashes too quickly to read, it's really annoying. Better in that case to not even show up as text.

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