Modders, please read: new feature in OOTP14

[Andreas Raht]

OOTP will now look for years in file names of team logos, jerseys and ballcaps. Whenever OOTP looks for one of these files for a team, it will check the source folders for these file names. OOTP looks for these files when it needs to display a logo or when it creates a player picture. If OOTP found a file, it will be copied to the league folder and also cached in memory for later use. But on every start of the game OOTP will look again. Additionally, OOTP will reset the in-memory cache everytime when the simulation reached January 1st.

The following table shows where OOTP looks for files and where it copies the found file:
Source folders -> league folder & file name
Team logos: /data/logos or user defined logos folder -> /"league name".lg/news/html/images/team_logos/"team name_nick name".png
Team jerseys: /data/jerseys or user defined jerseys folder -> /"league name".lg/jerseys/jerseys_"team name_nick name".png
Team ball caps: /data/ballcaps or user defined ballcaps folder -> /"league name".lg/ballcaps/caps_"team name_nick name".png

The default names for these files are determind as follows:

• Add a underscore to the team name.
• Add the nickname.
• Remove all periods.
• The following characters will be replaced with an underscore "_":

• spaces
  " ' / \ : * ? < > | & ,

• Add .png
• Make all lowercase.

So for example the files for the St. Louis Cardinals would be st_louis_cardinals.png (logo file), jerseys_st_louis_cardinals.png and caps_st_louis_cardinals.png

OOTP has a neat, little-known capability, where you can use the logo file name to define a team's colors too. This means that just by loading a team logo, you can avoid all of that manual setup! Here's how it works. A logo file name might look something like this:

boston_cannibals.png

You can append up to eight different values to the end of the file name, separated by underscores ("_"), that tell the game what team colors you want to use. The appended values are 9 digits long, and represent the RGB (red, green, and blue) color codes for the color you wish to use. For example, you could do something like this:

boston_cannibals_204102050.png

This means that any team using the Boston Cannibals' logo should have a team background color of Red=204, Green=102, and Blue=050 (which is kind of orange). You can repeat this process for up to eight values, as follows:

Team background color
Team text color
Team secondary color (not used)
Ballcap main color
Ballcap visor color
Jersey main color
Jersey secondary color
Jersey pin stripe color

Alternately, if it's easier, you can also use the hexadecimal color codes, so a file name like this is also valid: augusta_greenJackets_ffffff_00372A.png.

In OOTP 14, you can also add years to the logo, jerseys and caps files. These are the correct formats:

team name_nick name.png
team name_nick name_1111.png
team name_nick name_1111_any text or color codes.png
team name_nick name_1111-2222.png
team name_nick name_1111-2222_any text or color codes.png

1111 = first year
2222 = second year (should be greater than first year)

For example there are the following files in the /logos folder:
boston_cannibals.png
boston_cannibals_1871-2008.png
boston_cannibals_2008-2010.png
boston_cannibals_2010-2011.png
boston_cannibals_2011.png

If the current game year in simulation is 2000, OOTP would use the file boston_cannibals_1871-2008.png.
In game year 2009, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2008-2010.png.
In game year 2010, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2010-2011.png.
In game year 2011, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2011.png.
In game year 2012, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2011.png as well.

The file names can also contain color codes and notes:
boston_cannibals_2010-2011_ffffff_00372A_some commentary.png

[cephasjames]

Woohoo! This is awesome. Thanks for this change.

[shawa666]

Andreas, I love you.

Now, please add the ability to set home and away uniforms. Please.

Kthxbai.

[BaseballMan]

If i understand correctly the logos for a team will automatically change if the logo has been changed. I hope that is correct as i have historical logos organized from 1872-2011. I have been copying and pasting each year.

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by BaseballMan

If i understand correctly the logos for a team will automatically change if the logo has been changed. I hope that is correct as i have historical logos organized from 1872-2011. I have been copying and pasting each year.

That is correct, if the naming of the logo files is done correctly.

[Déjà Bru]

I just copied and pasted your post into a text file for storage in my archives. This way, when a question along these lines arises in the forum in the not-too-distant future, I can call it up, copy and paste it into my response, and appear to be a genius! Works like a charm!

[BaseballMan]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

That is correct, if the naming of the logo files is done correctly.

Fantastic. Thats one less thing to have to remember to do when moving to the next season. Less i have to do the more i can concentrate on enjoying the game.

[jaxmagicman]

Does this also mean that when looking at the history, the historical logo will be what is displayed?

[The Game]

Gonna love this feature. So now I can do a history of baseball using No Pepper, Compilation and reds1 uniforms and Justafan logos and with the correct years I wont have to manually make changes anymore.
For me this will be the single reason why I buy 14 on release day. I had planned on waiting til the bugs and updates get worked out.

[No Pepper]

Looks like I need to do some renaming...Thank you!!!

[Caporegime]

Awesome new feature. It'll be a huge time saver when running historical leagues. I'd love to see a similar option available for stadiums as well.

[Gambo]

Already got all the MLB historical logos uniforms and ballcaps renamed. This is gonna be awesome.

Any word on doing this with the photos directory also?

Once the photo guys get this set up for their stuff that will be all the better!

[Layton is my Homeboy]

Great addition that will be a huge timesaver for anyone doing sims over multiple years using custom graphical assets.

[Fyrestorm3]

Huge, HUGE thanks for this. Also,

Originally Posted by shawa666

Andreas, I love you.

Now, please add the ability to set home and away uniforms. Please.

Kthxbai.

^ Seconded.

[The Wolf]

This is great. Now please allow for home and away uniforms.

[Layton is my Homeboy]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

For example there are the following files in the /logos folder:
boston_cannibals.png
boston_cannibals_1871-2008.png
boston_cannibals_2008-2010.png
boston_cannibals_2010-2011.png
boston_cannibals_2011.png

If the current game year in simulation is 2000, OOTP would use the file boston_cannibals_1871-2008.png.
In game year 2009, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2008-2010.png.
In game year 2010, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2010-2011.png.
In game year 2011, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2011.png.
In game year 2012, OOTP would use boston_cannibals_2011.png as well.

The file names can also contain color codes and notes:
boston_cannibals_2010-2011_ffffff_00372A_some commentary.png

I notice that the years that you provide in this example overlap (for example, 2008 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011; in that case, 2010 seems to be covered by both logos).

You indicate that in 2010, the game will use the 2010-2011 logo (and not the 2008-2010 logo). I assume that the reason for this is that the game has to be flexible enough to handle leagues that start in one year and end in the next (for example, a winter league that might start in November and end in February).

So, it seems to me that the game is interpreting the "2010-2011" range as meaning "any season that starts in 2010".

By contrast, a range that is more than one year long (for example, 2010-2012), would be interpreted as "any season that starts in 2010 or 2011", but not 2012.

Is that accurate, or am I misunderstanding the mechanics of the naming convention?

[Andreas Raht]

OOTP 14 looks for a matching logo for each team whenever you start the game and a logo is required first time. For example you start OOTP, load a league which game date is 2010/08/20. Then you open a team screen which has the logo in the upper left corner. The game date's year at that moment will be taken to determine which logo is the correct one.
So currently OOTP 14 does not care about season start or season end.

[Cornelius McGillicuddy]

This is a very nice feature. Might I suggest you add ballparks? Then OOTP could look for a ballpark that matches the name of the one the team uses and automatically import it.

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

This is great. Now please allow for home and away uniforms.

Done!

[cephasjames]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Done!

Whoa! What? Really?

Awesome!

EDIT: How will the naming work with this? jerseys_boston_red_sox_home_2008-2012.png?