Considering Purchase: Importing "Career Average" Players?

texasmame · 04-25-2007, 09:36 PM

Hey, all!

Long time Baseball For Windows user here. I'm about to take the plunge with OOTP! The only thing missing, for me, was some audio play-by-play. Ernie Harwell did the PBP for BBW and it added a lot to the game, for me anyhow.

One question, tho. I know you can't do it on the demo version, but if you import players for drafting, etc. can you import a "career average" of that player?

For example, Player X played 10 seasons in the majors and had a .300 20 100 line for his career. Can you get ONE "Player X" with his career stats, averaged out to one 162 game season?

The had this option in BBW and loved it, using it for all my leagues.

LMK if they have that or something similar for OOTP!

Thanx,
John in TX

The Wolf · 04-25-2007, 10:45 PM

OOTP uses ratings, not stats, but the ratings are based on stats. When you import players from one of the historical databases you can choose to import the players based on one of the following four choices :

1. Career totals

2. Remaining years of career

3. Peak seasons of career

4. Remaining peak seasons

And to answer your underlying question: just buy the game. OOTP 2007 is the best baseball sim ever - and this is coming from a guy who hated OOTP 2006.

texasmame · 04-26-2007, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Wolf

OOTP uses ratings, not stats, but the ratings are based on stats. When you import players from one of the historical databases you can choose to import the players based on one of the following four choices :

1. Career totals

2. Remaining years of career

3. Peak seasons of career

4. Remaining peak seasons

And to answer your underlying question: just buy the game. OOTP 2007 is the best baseball sim ever - and this is coming from a guy who hated OOTP 2006.

Hmm. . . from the looks of it, the answer to my question is not only "yes" but "yes, AND you can do these other cool things, too!"

(cartman)
Sweeeeeet!
(/cartman)

Thank you, sir!

The Wolf · 04-26-2007, 01:11 AM

You can do a lot of really cool things with this game.

Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy, Tex.

fantom1979 · 04-26-2007, 01:25 AM

From someone who was very disappointed in 2006 (I only played for about a week and spent the rest of the time doing testing for the dream team), 2007 is the best OOTP i have played. I am already 6 seasons into my fictional league, which is about 5 1/2 years farther then i ever got into 2006.

texasmame · 04-26-2007, 11:45 AM

Thanx, guys! JUST finished DL the demo - too bad I have to go to work now, tho!

BTW, Fantom, I've never seen that sig banner - that one that changes (Tigers, Halo, etc.) Where can I get one?

Can't wait to try OOTP,
John in TX

Jose Cardenal's Afro · 04-26-2007, 01:44 PM

http://www.ubanimator.com

eriqjaffe · 04-26-2007, 02:13 PM

Somebody (gambo? ankit?) made a career-averaged DB, but I'm not sure how up-to-date it is, or whether it is compatible with 2007...

texasmame · 04-26-2007, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jose Cardenal's Afro

http://www.ubanimator.com

Cool. Thank you, sir. Nice hair!

The Wolf · 04-26-2007, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texasmame

Cool. Thank you, sir. Nice hair!

Bah, Bake Mcbride had a much cooler 'fro.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/play..._autograph.jpg
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/NYJeterFan1/81mcbride.jpg

And so did Oscar Gamble!

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/NYJeterFan1/76tgamble.jpg
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/NYJeterFan1/75gamble.jpg

Heck, even Ross Grimsley had better hair.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/NYJete...81grimsley.jpg

04-25-2007, 09:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
texasmame Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Planet Texas Posts: 388	Considering Purchase: Importing "Career Average" Players? Hey, all! Long time Baseball For Windows user here. I'm about to take the plunge with OOTP! The only thing missing, for me, was some audio play-by-play. Ernie Harwell did the PBP for BBW and it added a lot to the game, for me anyhow. One question, tho. I know you can't do it on the demo version, but if you import players for drafting, etc. can you import a "career average" of that player? For example, Player X played 10 seasons in the majors and had a .300 20 100 line for his career. Can you get ONE "Player X" with his career stats, averaged out to one 162 game season? The had this option in BBW and loved it, using it for all my leagues. LMK if they have that or something similar for OOTP! Thanx, John in TX

04-25-2007, 10:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Wolf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baying at the moon Posts: 3,173	OOTP uses ratings, not stats, but the ratings are based on stats. When you import players from one of the historical databases you can choose to import the players based on one of the following four choices : 1. Career totals 2. Remaining years of career 3. Peak seasons of career 4. Remaining peak seasons And to answer your underlying question: just buy the game. OOTP 2007 is the best baseball sim ever - and this is coming from a guy who hated OOTP 2006. __________________ __________________ "Your choices are an inexperienced laywer who is married to another lawyer or an experienced authentic war hero who is married to a buxom blonde who owns a beer distributorship. Why are you even bothering with an election?"

04-26-2007, 01:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
The Wolf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baying at the moon Posts: 3,173	You can do a lot of really cool things with this game. Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy, Tex. __________________ __________________ "Your choices are an inexperienced laywer who is married to another lawyer or an experienced authentic war hero who is married to a buxom blonde who owns a beer distributorship. Why are you even bothering with an election?"

04-26-2007, 01:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,031	From someone who was very disappointed in 2006 (I only played for about a week and spent the rest of the time doing testing for the dream team), 2007 is the best OOTP i have played. I am already 6 seasons into my fictional league, which is about 5 1/2 years farther then i ever got into 2006. __________________ A crude version of what I would like to see in-game: http://fantom1979.homeip.net/ootp/streaks.php "I'm not out here to win a beauty contest."

04-26-2007, 01:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jose Cardenal's Afro Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Limbo Posts: 144	http://www.ubanimator.com __________________ "For once the old, rich white guy's in charge." Monty Burns "I did not support Operation Desert Fox." Janeane Garofalo http://www.obamatron.org

04-26-2007, 11:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
texasmame Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Planet Texas Posts: 388	Thanx, guys! JUST finished DL the demo - too bad I have to go to work now, tho! BTW, Fantom, I've never seen that sig banner - that one that changes (Tigers, Halo, etc.) Where can I get one? Can't wait to try OOTP, John in TX

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