Okay as far as I can tell:
- If guys are listed in the wrong order by team, the game will not load the file.
- If you don't have the exact school name, the game will not load the file.
- There are 100 other conditions I've learned related to why the files will/won't work in the game.
My lesson? This is kind of an insane exercise that no one should attempt unless it becomes their job. The payoff doesn't equal the reward.
So what did I do? I created a "fantasy" player file where I essentially copied the components of my 2014/15 file into a "demo" file that the game generated.
What does that mean?
- Player height/weight/cosmetic stuff are all accurate including ratings.
BUT
They're not necessarily playing for the same programs because going through and putting them on the right program 1) is mind-numbingly laborious and 2) even if you do that, it's probably not going to work unless it's perfect.
So...
In this alternative universe, Karl-Anthony Towns gets to lead Oregon State to a potential national title. Frank Kaminsky plays for Cal State Bakersfield.
And so forth.
I imagine with a different source player file (say with a different default league) you'd be able to attempt my trick and get different results, because it was just a lot of manual work.
So with that, I'm just gonna go play now. I will probably do one more bit of editing and put this year's freshman into the default roster just to keep things interesting, but...that's it.
This file works with the
recently released team file by Balldog in this thread.
If nothing else, it'd be funny to see what happens.
Godspeed.