Stupid FOF Question...

[Jesse_Ewiak]

OK, I just got into and entered the land o' multiplayer FOF. Since I have the HD room and didn't want to test fate, I just reinstalled FOF. I've done this before, as I have a FOF running a "real" universe and one running a "fictional" universe. So, I download the files and such, throw them in the right folders and everything seems great. Until I try to open up my "real" FOF and can't open any files and when I go to start a new game, the teams that are listed for me to choose are the ones from my MP. So...help? Anybody?

- Jesse

[QuikSand]

I'm guessing that you still have the "Multi-Player Controls" window open. When it is, it assumes you are playing MP. Close that window, and then go to "Load Game" - you should see your single player game files.

Hope that helps.

[Jesse_Ewiak]

Tried that...no luck. But, just to make sure you guys understood my scribblings...

I've got 3 seperate FOF folders...completly seperate in every way...

1. Regular NFL
2. Fictional
3. Multi Player


So, I close out my multi player one completly, then click on my say NFL one and try to load a game. Nothing pops up. I go to 'start new game' just as a test and the teams that are available are from my Multi Player game. Any guesses on what's the culprit here?

[FBPro]

You should only have the game installed one time, all these can be run from that.

[QuikSand]

I don't think I followed the "three folders" concept... but there is material in the reference thread (stickied on top of this forum) which might help you in setting up the game for multiple league setups (different teams, etc). But I don't think I've got any more help for you.

[chinaski]

I think i have the solution. Take this code below and ONLY modify the line i have bolded to match where your installation of FOF 'Regular NFL' is. Then save this code as a file named fof-regnfl.reg

Repeat the above instructions for each of the other 2 installations - Fictional and Multiplayer, saving the files as fof-fict.reg and fof-multi.reg


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Solecismic Software\Front Office Football 2004]
"Full Path"="d:\\solecismic software\\front office football 2004\\single play"
"Install Date"="1-3-2004, 14:54:54"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Solecismic Software\Front Office Football 2004\5.00.000]


Now, before you want to play either one of these installations, just double click its corresponding *.reg file. FOF needs to know where the location of your universe folder is, this info is kept in the registry and this is what we are updating each time.

Hope that makes sense, its a little goofy to explain, but its much easier than it appears. Lemme know if you run into trouble.

[JeeberD]

This is from the Reference Thread and it worked amazingly well for me...


This is how 3ric did it. I do it almost the exact same, and you can sort of make up yours from these instructions.

1. Go to your universe directory (i.e. H:\Games\FOF2004\universe)
2. Create a folder called "CFL" and a folder called "NFL" (the "CFL" folder will be your MP folder for the CFL and the "NFL" folder will be your single player folder with the NFL team names and cities.
3. Now copy the current "frfoot.fcy" and "frfoot.fni" files from your "UNIVERSE" folder into your "CFL" folder.
4. The tricky part now is getting the old files from your original cities and nicknames list. These should have been backed up. If you did that, copy those to your "NFL" directory. If you didn't, you will need to recreate them within the game (or have somebody send them to you). Anyway, once the game looks like the NFL cities and nicknames are right, copy those two files ("frfoot.fcy" and "frfoot.fni") into the "NFL" directory.
5. Next on the list is getting your logos in the right folders. Put the "CFL" logos (the *.bmp files 1-33) that mckerney and the gang put together and put them in your "CFL" directory.
6. Put your "NFL" logos (*.bmp files 1-33) into your "NFL" directory.

Now that you have done that, you have all the files in the right spot. Next up is making a batch file that will move the files around everytime you load the game. It's not hard, just cut and paste. So let's move on.

7. Right-click on your desktop and select "New-->Text Document".
8. When that opens up you want to copy 3ric's code from above verbatim into the text document.

copy universe\cfl\frfoot.fni universe\
copy universe\cfl\frfoot.fcy universe\
copy universe\cfl\*.bmp pictures\
start frfoot2004.exe


9. Click the "Save as" for this file and name it "CFL.bat" (you may need to change the "Save as type" to "Any file" and leave encoding as default. Then you want to copy this file into your directory that frfoot.exe file is (your FOF2004 home directory)

10. Repeat steps 7-9 but exchange CFL with NFL and use the following 3ric *.bat code.

copy universe\nfl\frfoot.fni universe\
copy universe\nfl\frfoot.fcy universe\
copy universe\nfl\*.bmp pictures\
start frfoot2004.exe


Now, when you run the "CFL.bat" file, it copies all the files associate with the CFL into FOF2004 and starts the game. You are now in MP heaven. And when you run the "NFL.bat" file, it copies all the files associated with the NFL into your FOF2004 and starts the game. Now you are in Single Player heaven.

That's all, looks like a lot, but it's simple, and now you know what a batch file is and does.

[Jesse_Ewiak]

Got it working good with Chinaski's idea...I never should've done multiple installs :confused: