Starting A League At 2001

[manooly]

Hello! I'm starting a new fictional NFL league but want to start the year at 2001 instead of the default 2024. How do I do this and what file do I need to edit? I'm going to use 32 teams, 8 divisions with a 16 week schedule. Any help is greatly appreciated!

- manooly

[KingZal]

I don't remember the details but the files you need to start a 2001 universe are here (https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=99070).

[manooly]

Thanks for your reply but I don't want the historical, real NFL files, I simply want my fictional date to start in 2001. I believe I've done it in the past but just can't remember or find what csv file to edit.

Thx!

- manooly

[KingZal]

Ah, I see what you mean. In that case you'd have to make a csv file titled "..._info" with the year, schedule, and salary cap format you want, then load that when starting your new universe. You don't need to make player files to go along with it.

I can't upload any csv files for some reason, but this is the format. You can copy and paste this into the top right cell in Excel:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="640"><colgroup><col width="64" span="10" style="width:48pt"> </colgroup><tbody><tr height="19" style="height:14.5pt"> <td height="19" width="64" style="height:14.5pt;width:48pt">SCHEDULEID</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">BASE_YEAR</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARYCAP</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">MINIMUM</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY1</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY2</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY3</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY45</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY789</td> <td width="64" style="width:48pt">SALARY10</td> </tr> <tr height="19" style="height:14.5pt"> <td height="19" style="height:14.5pt">32_8_16</td> <td align="right">2001</td> <td align="right">2110</td> <td align="right">45</td> <td align="right">51</td> <td align="right">63</td> <td align="right">69</td> <td align="right">76</td> <td align="right">79</td> <td align="right">79</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

[manooly]

Thanks for your replies and help!

I'm not sure what the following numbers represent or are for...

45 51 63 69 76 79 79


I also don't have excel. Can this be made in Notepad?

Thank you!

- manooly

[NawlinsFan]

Thanks for your replies and help!

I'm not sure what the following numbers represent or are for...

45 51 63 69 76 79 79


I also don't have excel. Can this be made in Notepad?

Thank you!

- manooly

Those numbers align with the salaries, i.e. salary1 -45, salary2 - 51, etc.

As for note pad, if you can edit a csv then yes. If you use Google try using Google Sheets as a low end sub for excel.

[KingZal]

I'm so used to editing these csv's in excel that I forgot you can view them in plaintext. If you want to create the file using Notepad you can copy the values below:

SCHEDULEID,BASE_YEAR,SALARYCAP,MINIMUM,SALARY1,SALARY2,SALARY3,SALARY45,SALARY789,SALARY10
32_8_16,2001,2110,45,51,63,69,76,79,79

2110 represents the salary cap and the following numbers are (I believe) the minimum salary a player can make in that year in a contract. To be honest, you might want to bump up the salary cap - I came up with those values on the fly to give myself a challenge.