Ben E Lou
12-23-2013, 07:48 AM
Big thanks to sjshaw for helping me test and iron these instructions out yesterday afternoon. I posted them at the WOOF around 2pm yesterday, and so far 14 owners have successfully exported, and not only have we had zero issues with the process reported so far, not a single owner has even had to ask a question. So evidently, these are clear and usable instructions. ;)
Note that these are instructions for starting up a new league, but I strongly suspect that they will be the same for converted leagues with perhaps one exception, which is noted below.
On the commish side, follow the instructions in the "Multi-Player Game Overview" section of the Help file to set up the directory structure on your server. (You'll probably want to set up an FTP account for upload/download usage that only has access to a new directory that you'll create for uploading and downloading of files.)
From there, here's a template for instructions you can provide to your owners. Notes to you are in red. Just include your FTP info in place of my redacted FTP info, and delete the red stuff.
League Setup Instructions
1. Open the MP window in your game.
2. Under "Participant Functions" select "Enter New Career"
3. LeagueID = wooffof7 {COMMISH: Change this to your 8-character ID}
4. Your city will be an NFL city. (Don't worry, it'll show up as a WOOF city later in the process.) Enter the NFL city corresponding to your team below: {COMMISH: This step won't be necessary for a default city setup, just for custom ones.}
<table class="cms_table_cms_table"><tbody><tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">WOOF CITY</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">NFL CITY</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td" width="58">TEAMID</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Atlantic City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Chicago</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">5</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Bozeman</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> San Francisco</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">25</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Camargue</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Atlanta</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">1</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Charlottesville</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Buffalo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">3</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Columbus</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Kansas City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">13</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Copenhagen</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Cleveland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">30</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Curacao</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New York</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">18</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Delaware</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Miami</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">14</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Des Moines</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Oakland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">20</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Driftwood</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Indianapolis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">11</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Grand Junction</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Houston</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">31</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Hampton Roads</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New England</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">16</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Havana</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Dallas</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">7</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Hawk Mountain</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Detroit</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">9</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Kaiserslautern</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Cincinnati</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">6</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lappland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Baltimore</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">2</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Las Vegas</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Jacksonville</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">12</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lincoln</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> San Diego</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">23</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> London</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Pittsburgh</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">22</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lowcountry</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Washington</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">29</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Memphis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Denver</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">8</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Mexico City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Tennessee</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">28</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Oceanside</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Arizona</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">0</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Palouse Hills</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> St. Louis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">26</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Provo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Seattle</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">24</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Raleigh</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New Jersey</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">19</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Rome</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Carolina</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">4</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Rusholme</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New Orleans</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">17</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Savannah</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Philadelphia</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">21</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Scranton</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Minnesota</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">15</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Toledo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Tampa Bay</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">27</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Wilkes-Barre</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Green Bay</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">10</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
5. Set preferences and export. FTP info is as follows:
SERVER: {redacted}
USERNAME: {redacted}
PASSWORD: {redacted}
You don't need to enter a "Base Directory."
COMMISHES: Enter your FTP info in this section. Assuming you set up a dedicated FTP account that only has access to the directory structure for uploads/downloads, your owners also won't need to enter a "Base Directory.)
6. Download the city files and in-game banners (http://www.fof-woof2.com/files/cities_banners.zip) and unzip them to your /leagues/wooffof7/ directory.
COMMISHES: Replace the link and the directory name with yours. For converted leagues, also include the league files in your zip. The league files, banners, and city files all go in the same directory for your owners. No more batch files!
7. In the Multi-Player window, "Import Initial Game Files." (You'll have to enter FTP credentials for a 2nd and final time here.) COMMISHES: For converted leagues, I'm not sure if this step will be necessary. I'm sure JG will provide that info.
8. Enter your team password.
Note that these are instructions for starting up a new league, but I strongly suspect that they will be the same for converted leagues with perhaps one exception, which is noted below.
On the commish side, follow the instructions in the "Multi-Player Game Overview" section of the Help file to set up the directory structure on your server. (You'll probably want to set up an FTP account for upload/download usage that only has access to a new directory that you'll create for uploading and downloading of files.)
From there, here's a template for instructions you can provide to your owners. Notes to you are in red. Just include your FTP info in place of my redacted FTP info, and delete the red stuff.
League Setup Instructions
1. Open the MP window in your game.
2. Under "Participant Functions" select "Enter New Career"
3. LeagueID = wooffof7 {COMMISH: Change this to your 8-character ID}
4. Your city will be an NFL city. (Don't worry, it'll show up as a WOOF city later in the process.) Enter the NFL city corresponding to your team below: {COMMISH: This step won't be necessary for a default city setup, just for custom ones.}
<table class="cms_table_cms_table"><tbody><tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">WOOF CITY</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">NFL CITY</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td" width="58">TEAMID</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Atlantic City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Chicago</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">5</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Bozeman</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> San Francisco</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">25</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Camargue</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Atlanta</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">1</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Charlottesville</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Buffalo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">3</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Columbus</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Kansas City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">13</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Copenhagen</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Cleveland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">30</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Curacao</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New York</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">18</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Delaware</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Miami</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">14</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Des Moines</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Oakland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">20</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Driftwood</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Indianapolis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">11</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Grand Junction</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Houston</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">31</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Hampton Roads</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New England</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">16</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Havana</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Dallas</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">7</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Hawk Mountain</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Detroit</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">9</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Kaiserslautern</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Cincinnati</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">6</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lappland</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Baltimore</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">2</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Las Vegas</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Jacksonville</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">12</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lincoln</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> San Diego</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">23</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> London</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Pittsburgh</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">22</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Lowcountry</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Washington</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">29</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Memphis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Denver</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">8</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Mexico City</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Tennessee</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">28</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Oceanside</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Arizona</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">0</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Palouse Hills</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> St. Louis</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">26</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Provo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Seattle</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">24</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Raleigh</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New Jersey</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">19</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Rome</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Carolina</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">4</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Rusholme</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> New Orleans</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">17</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Savannah</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Philadelphia</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">21</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Scranton</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Minnesota</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">15</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Toledo</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Tampa Bay</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">27</td> </tr> <tr class="cms_table_cms_table_tr" valign="top"><td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Wilkes-Barre</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td"> Green Bay</td> <td class="cms_table_cms_table_td">10</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
5. Set preferences and export. FTP info is as follows:
SERVER: {redacted}
USERNAME: {redacted}
PASSWORD: {redacted}
You don't need to enter a "Base Directory."
COMMISHES: Enter your FTP info in this section. Assuming you set up a dedicated FTP account that only has access to the directory structure for uploads/downloads, your owners also won't need to enter a "Base Directory.)
6. Download the city files and in-game banners (http://www.fof-woof2.com/files/cities_banners.zip) and unzip them to your /leagues/wooffof7/ directory.
COMMISHES: Replace the link and the directory name with yours. For converted leagues, also include the league files in your zip. The league files, banners, and city files all go in the same directory for your owners. No more batch files!
7. In the Multi-Player window, "Import Initial Game Files." (You'll have to enter FTP credentials for a 2nd and final time here.) COMMISHES: For converted leagues, I'm not sure if this step will be necessary. I'm sure JG will provide that info.
8. Enter your team password.