mrpeeps
03-19-2015, 09:55 AM
Have been loving the game since I bought it a few days ago. I'm a long-time Football Manager fan and was very excited to stumble upon this game in Steam.
I'm a Detroit fan and some serious changes have happened to the team recently, so I wanted to edit the roster and try a season.
The steps I went through are described below, but the end result is that when I import the .fdt file into FOF7, my team is blank and all other teams are filled with fictional players.
1-I locate the players.csv file from the FOF7/datafile folder and drag it to Desktop
2-Edit it in Excel and save it as the same name on my Desktop. The two changes I made were "Reggie" Bush to "Richie" Bush and gave him a V column rating of 8, just to test it out...(I tried numerous other edits at different times to troubleshoot, but these simple ones produced the same result).
3-Open the PlayerFile app in FOF7 folder
4-Set the start season to 2014 and cap to 1,230
5-Import the players.csv file from the Desktop
6-Save the file as players.fdt (and tried other name variations) on the Desktop (also tried saving to other locations)
7-Open FOF7 and Start New Game
8-Highlight Yes on "begin new game with alternate player file" and choose the players.fdt file that I placed on Desktop
It takes longer for the computer to generate this league (7 seconds, instead of 3) than if I use the default file.
When it is created, I click on my team's roster and it is always blank. All other teams are populated with fictional players.
I read the forum and thought I was doing everything correctly, but obviously I'm missing something.
Can anyone offer a suggestion or solution?
Thank you.
I'm a Detroit fan and some serious changes have happened to the team recently, so I wanted to edit the roster and try a season.
The steps I went through are described below, but the end result is that when I import the .fdt file into FOF7, my team is blank and all other teams are filled with fictional players.
1-I locate the players.csv file from the FOF7/datafile folder and drag it to Desktop
2-Edit it in Excel and save it as the same name on my Desktop. The two changes I made were "Reggie" Bush to "Richie" Bush and gave him a V column rating of 8, just to test it out...(I tried numerous other edits at different times to troubleshoot, but these simple ones produced the same result).
3-Open the PlayerFile app in FOF7 folder
4-Set the start season to 2014 and cap to 1,230
5-Import the players.csv file from the Desktop
6-Save the file as players.fdt (and tried other name variations) on the Desktop (also tried saving to other locations)
7-Open FOF7 and Start New Game
8-Highlight Yes on "begin new game with alternate player file" and choose the players.fdt file that I placed on Desktop
It takes longer for the computer to generate this league (7 seconds, instead of 3) than if I use the default file.
When it is created, I click on my team's roster and it is always blank. All other teams are populated with fictional players.
I read the forum and thought I was doing everything correctly, but obviously I'm missing something.
Can anyone offer a suggestion or solution?
Thank you.