wudu
03-25-2003, 07:03 PM
Given that this board doesnt seem to talk about FOF anymore, I'm not sure how much interest this will draw, but I thought I would throw it out there anyway.
I'm working on a FOF4 historical roster file for the 1992 season. For those of you with long memories, you may remember that I was working on a 1999 roster some months ago. Well that project failed when the file became corrupted. So for the past few months, I've been using Football @ JT-SW (http://www.jt-sw.com/football/), the NFL Historical Archives (http://nflarchives.com), and Ultimate Football II to create an entirely accurate 1992 file, complete with accurate birthdays, hometowns, weights and heights. One of the only glaring inaccuracies will be franchises. The Jaguars, Panthers, Texans, and Ravens will all have no players at all. And, I don't think there is any reasonable way to move the Raiders and Rams back to LA, and the Oilers back to Houston. Also, defenses will be a little off. Most teams in 2002 used 4-3 defenses, while the rosters I'm making are 75% 3-4. The computer starts most teams as 4-3.
I have also extrapolated reasonable salaries, using draft postion, skill, age, how long a player has been with a team, and if and when they changed team in the future. Player abilities are determined only by stats and my own personal memories of the players. HOF points are hit or miss. I haven't quite nailed down that part yet, but for the most part, those who played in 1992 and made the actual hall of fame, make it in the game (Singletary, Montana, etc.). The salary cap starts at $42 million, not historically accurate, but reasonable enough. With the salaries I've given each player, most teams are comfortably under the cap, with room to keep their stars for a few years.
So far, I've finished every teams offense and special teams. All defenses are done except for those of the Eagles, Chargers, Seahawks, Cardinals, 49ers, Buccaneers, and Redskins. I can finish a team or two a day, so hopefully I'll be finished pretty soon. After the rosters are done, I'm going to tweak the league a little, and run some tests to see if I can get this HOF point thing fixed, and then I'll somehow get it to those who are interested. Hopefully The Front Office Football Historical Project will post this on their site.
I'll finish it even if there is no interest at all, but it'll be nice for my ego to see if there are any people out there who can justify my football nerdiness, and maybe encourage me to do another roster file after this one.
I'm working on a FOF4 historical roster file for the 1992 season. For those of you with long memories, you may remember that I was working on a 1999 roster some months ago. Well that project failed when the file became corrupted. So for the past few months, I've been using Football @ JT-SW (http://www.jt-sw.com/football/), the NFL Historical Archives (http://nflarchives.com), and Ultimate Football II to create an entirely accurate 1992 file, complete with accurate birthdays, hometowns, weights and heights. One of the only glaring inaccuracies will be franchises. The Jaguars, Panthers, Texans, and Ravens will all have no players at all. And, I don't think there is any reasonable way to move the Raiders and Rams back to LA, and the Oilers back to Houston. Also, defenses will be a little off. Most teams in 2002 used 4-3 defenses, while the rosters I'm making are 75% 3-4. The computer starts most teams as 4-3.
I have also extrapolated reasonable salaries, using draft postion, skill, age, how long a player has been with a team, and if and when they changed team in the future. Player abilities are determined only by stats and my own personal memories of the players. HOF points are hit or miss. I haven't quite nailed down that part yet, but for the most part, those who played in 1992 and made the actual hall of fame, make it in the game (Singletary, Montana, etc.). The salary cap starts at $42 million, not historically accurate, but reasonable enough. With the salaries I've given each player, most teams are comfortably under the cap, with room to keep their stars for a few years.
So far, I've finished every teams offense and special teams. All defenses are done except for those of the Eagles, Chargers, Seahawks, Cardinals, 49ers, Buccaneers, and Redskins. I can finish a team or two a day, so hopefully I'll be finished pretty soon. After the rosters are done, I'm going to tweak the league a little, and run some tests to see if I can get this HOF point thing fixed, and then I'll somehow get it to those who are interested. Hopefully The Front Office Football Historical Project will post this on their site.
I'll finish it even if there is no interest at all, but it'll be nice for my ego to see if there are any people out there who can justify my football nerdiness, and maybe encourage me to do another roster file after this one.