FOF7 Reference Thread

gstelmack · 03-19-2014, 08:17 AM

We need this now, right?

Utilities:

DraftAnalyzer utility - DraftAnalyzer7 - Front Office Football Central
Interrogator utility - Interrogator 7 - Front Office Football Central
GamePlanAnalyzer utility - GamePlanAnalyzer7 - Front Office Football Central
PlayerTracker utility - PlayerTracker - Front Office Football Central
MP draft utility - FOF MP Draft Utility - Front Office Football Central
DB Updater 2 utility - DBUpdater 2 For FOF7 - Front Office Football Central

Gameplay discussion:

Scouting - FOF7 Scouting Thread - Front Office Football Central
Exported Data - FOF7 - Exported Data -What should be added, changed, fixed? - Front Office Football Central
Combine Color Ranges - Draft Class Combines Color Coding? - Front Office Football Central
Important Combines Per Position - What are the important combines for each position group?
Staff Draft - FOF7 - Staff Draft and Staff Role Thoughts - Front Office Football Central
What wins MP games - FOF7: First looks at what wins games in the MP environment. - Front Office Football Central

Mods:

Graphic mods - FOF7 - Graphic/Interface Mods - Front Office Football Central

Download Folders:

FOF2K7: Index of /fof2k7downloads (NOTE: This folder contains several logo sets, which can be used in FOF7. The specs for these are identical in FOF2K7 and FOF7.)
FOF7: Index of /fof7downloads

flounder · 03-19-2014, 06:16 PM

Thanks for putting this together.

NawlinsFan · 03-21-2014, 04:17 PM

(bump)

gstelmack · 03-21-2014, 05:29 PM

I asked Ben to sticky this, but now that he got me sucked into WOOF and got me to update Interrogator, he's stopped taking my phone calls...

Ben E Lou · 03-21-2014, 06:39 PM

I'll get to it as soon as I can. Kinda buys these days.

gstelmack · 03-21-2014, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Kinda buys these days.

I'm tryin'

IrishGuy65 · 06-12-2014, 08:11 PM

Is there a new Change Tracker utility for FOF7? I read in the old Change Tracker thread that Greg was going to code one for the new personal data export function.

gstelmack · 11-11-2014, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrishGuy65

Is there a new Change Tracker utility for FOF7? I read in the old Change Tracker thread that Greg was going to code one for the new personal data export function.

Yes

BeerCloud · 02-11-2015, 12:26 PM

When i use Change Tracker it automatically opens with MS Works.

Do you guys know how I can have Change Tracker open automatically with OpenOffice instead?

3ric · 02-11-2015, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerCloud

When i use Change Tracker it automatically opens with MS Works.

Do you guys know how I can have Change Tracker open automatically with OpenOffice instead?

It's a csv file I think, right-click on the file and select "Open with...", and then select "Choose default program" at the bottom of the menu, there you should be able to set it to OpenOffice

BeerCloud · 02-11-2015, 05:09 PM

Thanks 3ric

Templar · 02-12-2015, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IrishGuy65

Is there a new Change Tracker utility for FOF7? I read in the old Change Tracker thread that Greg was going to code one for the new personal data export function.

Change Tracker?

gstelmack · 02-12-2015, 09:11 AM

Change Tracker has now been replaced by PlayerTracker - it was a utility for the last version that let you import player ratings from the game at specific intervals and allowed you to see their ability progression over time. PlayerTracker is the new version I wrote for FOF7 that uses the game exports.

NoxMortem · 02-12-2015, 12:01 PM

Is exporting possible in the single player game?

aston217 · 02-12-2015, 12:25 PM

"Export Data", yes. That generates the CSV files containing game information, that PlayerTracker uses.

NoxMortem · 02-12-2015, 01:46 PM

Found it, for someone else looking for it: Its under the "Almanac" one of the last options.

brandocamandoSM · 03-29-2015, 10:36 AM

anyone have a link or how to setup an export tracker?

3ric · 02-15-2016, 01:43 AM

Was looking for the 2014 draft file, posting it here for future reference:
Antdroid's 2013 Roster Update + 2014/2015 College Draft Files - Front Office Football Central

Cap Heresy · 05-04-2016, 03:25 PM

Not sure where to post this. I read somewhere that FOF7 is getting an update this autumn. True?

Antmeister · 05-06-2016, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cap Heresy

Not sure where to post this. I read somewhere that FOF7 is getting an update this autumn. True?

Before fall was the last date we were given: News about Front Office Football | Football Frontier

3ric · 06-07-2016, 11:43 AM

2014 Roster + 2015&2016 Draft Classes - Front Office Football Central

NoxMortem · 12-08-2016, 04:42 PM

Do the historical rosters and draft files of 7 work in 8 or are changes required?

willis52smith11 · 12-20-2016, 08:25 PM

Help!

"First, you must use the FOF options to Export Data and Export Personal Scouting Data during the FA period when the draft class is available. This is the data the utility will use." - gstelmack

When I get to the place where the new draft class can be previewed, The options to "Export Data" and "Export Personal Scouting Data" do not show up in the Controls menu.

Sadly, and now confounding, a couple of draft ago, I was able to export the data and use D.A.. What an amazing tool! The game is already addicting and the D.A. added to my FOF habit. The last draft I was unable to use D.A. I did the draft w/o D.A., hoping to have it work this time.

I'm a single game player; learning the game and with virtually no experience using the utilities that have been developed.

Will somebody help? Thanks in advance.

willis52smith11 · 12-20-2016, 08:26 PM

Help!

"First, you must use the FOF options to Export Data and Export Personal Scouting Data during the FA period when the draft class is available. This is the data the utility will use." - gstelmack

When I get to the place where the new draft class can be previewed, The options to "Export Data" and "Export Personal Scouting Data" do not show up in the Controls menu.

Sadly, and now confounding, a couple of draft ago, I was able to export the data and use D.A.. What an amazing tool! The game is already addicting and the D.A. added to my FOF habit. The last draft I was unable to use D.A. I did the draft w/o D.A., hoping to have it work this time.

I'm a single game player; learning the game and with virtually no experience using the utilities that have been developed.

Will somebody help? Thanks in advance.

willis52smith11 · 12-20-2016, 09:16 PM

Apologies for the repeated posting. My mistake.

willis52smith11 · 12-22-2016, 02:39 PM

A mystery no longer! Found out what I was doing wrong.

yabanci · 12-22-2016, 04:25 PM

I'm posting this here for reference because I can never remember the location of the default Steam directory for FOF8 pictures, where the graphics mods need to go:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Front Office Football Eight\pictures

teeteegardner · 01-14-2017, 10:29 AM

some of these links are dead. where are the clean looking logos? ive searched everywhere.

ts00012 · 09-01-2017, 05:41 AM

Does anyone have historic player and draft files that will work with fof8?
Links here for the fof7 files seem to be dead.

kingazzal · 10-01-2017, 05:30 PM

Anyone got a link for old draft analyzer?

FootballGenius · 08-21-2019, 03:13 PM

How do I download that draft analyzer? when I click the link it goes to a dead end.

Millerp33 · 09-10-2019, 12:49 PM

Are these threads dead? Every link I click on takes me no where, to a blank page

AlexB · 09-10-2019, 01:36 PM

If you have bookmarked links, you’ll need to find them again (easiest way is by the search forum tool) and create new bookmarks

They’re all there - I fired up FOF7 again over the weekend (don’t like FOF8) and had to go through the same process.

AlexB · 09-10-2019, 01:40 PM

E.g. the latest link to the Draft Analyzer download is in the last post of the thread still works

Draft Analyzer

AlexB · 09-10-2019, 01:46 PM

Edit - even easier way: just paste showthread.php as below from the dead link, and you’ll get your page

E.g. for the Draft Analyzer thread

https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/?t=88538

Becomes

https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=88538

This works for the first two links, so I’m assuming it will work for the rest

benneyb · 01-03-2020, 05:56 PM

Hi all, sorry to wake an old thread, but I'm returning to FoF7 on a new Win10 PC from a long time away from FoF2k7. I've found the old threads as suggested, but all the links to the utilities are dead - seems access to Greg's site no longer available.

Does anyone have an alternate source for the utilities they could share?

Thanks in advance.

QuikSand · 01-04-2020, 07:57 AM

Hope you get what you're seeking, but apologies in advance if the community has moved on. It's been years, after all.

benneyb · 01-04-2020, 03:44 PM

Thanks Quicksand - I did find my old fof2k7 utilities, and on the fof8 reference thread I found links to Github that had a zip file of the fof8 version of the utilities.

Not having specific fof7 versions, will either the old fof2k7 versions or the new fof8 versions work on fof7?

Thanks for any help.

cdcool · 01-23-2020, 05:52 AM

Does anybody have one?
Thanks

wjreinhard · 01-12-2021, 10:39 AM

I accidentally accepted a renegotiation with one of my players and royally screwed up my cap for several years it looks like. Is their anyway to edit a savegame so I can tweak the salary?

03-21-2014, 05:29 PM	#4
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I asked Ben to sticky this, but now that he got me sucked into WOOF and got me to update Interrogator, he's stopped taking my phone calls... __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-21-2014, 06:39 PM	#5
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	I'll get to it as soon as I can. Kinda buys these days. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

02-12-2015, 09:11 AM	#13
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Change Tracker has now been replaced by PlayerTracker - it was a utility for the last version that let you import player ratings from the game at specific intervals and allowed you to see their ability progression over time. PlayerTracker is the new version I wrote for FOF7 that uses the game exports. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

02-12-2015, 12:25 PM	#15
aston217 College Prospect Join Date: Sep 2010	"Export Data", yes. That generates the CSV files containing game information, that PlayerTracker uses. __________________ OSFL (join us!) CFL Float likeabutterflysting likeabee.

02-15-2016, 01:43 AM	#18
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Was looking for the 2014 draft file, posting it here for future reference: Antdroid's 2013 Roster Update + 2014/2015 College Draft Files - Front Office Football Central __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

03-19-2014, 06:16 PM	#2
flounder High School Varsity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lynchburg, VA	Thanks for putting this together.

03-21-2014, 04:17 PM	#3
NawlinsFan High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland - For Now!	(bump)

06-12-2014, 08:11 PM	#7
IrishGuy65 n00b Join Date: May 2014	Is there a new Change Tracker utility for FOF7? I read in the old Change Tracker thread that Greg was going to code one for the new personal data export function.

02-11-2015, 12:26 PM	#9
BeerCloud n00b Join Date: Jan 2012	When i use Change Tracker it automatically opens with MS Works. Do you guys know how I can have Change Tracker open automatically with OpenOffice instead?

02-11-2015, 05:09 PM	#11
BeerCloud n00b Join Date: Jan 2012	Thanks 3ric

02-12-2015, 12:01 PM	#14
NoxMortem n00b Join Date: Feb 2015	Is exporting possible in the single player game?

02-12-2015, 01:46 PM	#16
NoxMortem n00b Join Date: Feb 2015	Found it, for someone else looking for it: Its under the "Almanac" one of the last options.

03-29-2015, 10:36 AM	#17
brandocamandoSM n00b Join Date: Feb 2009	anyone have a link or how to setup an export tracker?

05-04-2016, 03:25 PM	#19
Cap Heresy n00b Join Date: Dec 2012	Not sure where to post this. I read somewhere that FOF7 is getting an update this autumn. True?

06-07-2016, 11:43 AM	#21
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	2014 Roster + 2015&2016 Draft Classes - Front Office Football Central __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

12-08-2016, 04:42 PM	#22
NoxMortem n00b Join Date: Feb 2015	Do the historical rosters and draft files of 7 work in 8 or are changes required?

12-20-2016, 08:25 PM	#23
willis52smith11 n00b Join Date: Oct 2011	Help! "First, you must use the FOF options to Export Data and Export Personal Scouting Data during the FA period when the draft class is available. This is the data the utility will use." - gstelmack When I get to the place where the new draft class can be previewed, The options to "Export Data" and "Export Personal Scouting Data" do not show up in the Controls menu. Sadly, and now confounding, a couple of draft ago, I was able to export the data and use D.A.. What an amazing tool! The game is already addicting and the D.A. added to my FOF habit. The last draft I was unable to use D.A. I did the draft w/o D.A., hoping to have it work this time. I'm a single game player; learning the game and with virtually no experience using the utilities that have been developed. Will somebody help? Thanks in advance.

12-20-2016, 08:26 PM	#24
willis52smith11 n00b Join Date: Oct 2011	Help! "First, you must use the FOF options to Export Data and Export Personal Scouting Data during the FA period when the draft class is available. This is the data the utility will use." - gstelmack When I get to the place where the new draft class can be previewed, The options to "Export Data" and "Export Personal Scouting Data" do not show up in the Controls menu. Sadly, and now confounding, a couple of draft ago, I was able to export the data and use D.A.. What an amazing tool! The game is already addicting and the D.A. added to my FOF habit. The last draft I was unable to use D.A. I did the draft w/o D.A., hoping to have it work this time. I'm a single game player; learning the game and with virtually no experience using the utilities that have been developed. Will somebody help? Thanks in advance.

12-20-2016, 09:16 PM	#25
willis52smith11 n00b Join Date: Oct 2011	Apologies for the repeated posting. My mistake.

12-22-2016, 02:39 PM	#26
willis52smith11 n00b Join Date: Oct 2011	A mystery no longer! Found out what I was doing wrong.

12-22-2016, 04:25 PM	#27
yabanci College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2003	I'm posting this here for reference because I can never remember the location of the default Steam directory for FOF8 pictures, where the graphics mods need to go: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Front Office Football Eight\pictures

01-14-2017, 10:29 AM	#28
teeteegardner n00b Join Date: Jan 2017	some of these links are dead. where are the clean looking logos? ive searched everywhere.

09-01-2017, 05:41 AM	#29
ts00012 n00b Join Date: Sep 2015	Does anyone have historic player and draft files that will work with fof8? Links here for the fof7 files seem to be dead.

10-01-2017, 05:30 PM	#30
kingazzal n00b Join Date: May 2015	Anyone got a link for old draft analyzer?

08-21-2019, 03:13 PM	#31
FootballGenius n00b Join Date: Aug 2019	How do I download that draft analyzer? when I click the link it goes to a dead end.

09-10-2019, 12:49 PM	#32
Millerp33 n00b Join Date: Dec 2005	Are these threads dead? Every link I click on takes me no where, to a blank page

09-10-2019, 01:36 PM	#33
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	If you have bookmarked links, you’ll need to find them again (easiest way is by the search forum tool) and create new bookmarks They’re all there - I fired up FOF7 again over the weekend (don’t like FOF8) and had to go through the same process. __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

09-10-2019, 01:40 PM	#34
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	E.g. the latest link to the Draft Analyzer download is in the last post of the thread still works Draft Analyzer __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports! Last edited by AlexB : 09-10-2019 at 01:49 PM.

09-10-2019, 01:46 PM	#35
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Edit - even easier way: just paste showthread.php as below from the dead link, and you’ll get your page E.g. for the Draft Analyzer thread https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/?t=88538 Becomes https://forums.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=88538 This works for the first two links, so I’m assuming it will work for the rest __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports! Last edited by AlexB : 09-10-2019 at 01:51 PM.

01-03-2020, 05:56 PM	#36
benneyb n00b Join Date: Mar 2004	Returning to FOF Hi all, sorry to wake an old thread, but I'm returning to FoF7 on a new Win10 PC from a long time away from FoF2k7. I've found the old threads as suggested, but all the links to the utilities are dead - seems access to Greg's site no longer available. Does anyone have an alternate source for the utilities they could share? Thanks in advance.

01-04-2020, 07:57 AM	#37
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Hope you get what you're seeking, but apologies in advance if the community has moved on. It's been years, after all. Last edited by QuikSand : 01-04-2020 at 08:03 AM.

01-04-2020, 03:44 PM	#38
benneyb n00b Join Date: Mar 2004	Thanks Quicksand - I did find my old fof2k7 utilities, and on the fof8 reference thread I found links to Github that had a zip file of the fof8 version of the utilities. Not having specific fof7 versions, will either the old fof2k7 versions or the new fof8 versions work on fof7? Thanks for any help.

01-23-2020, 05:52 AM	#39
cdcool n00b Join Date: May 2017	Black and white Scoreboard for FOF7 Does anybody have one? Thanks

01-12-2021, 10:39 AM	#40
wjreinhard n00b Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Pennsylvania	Editing a save game I accidentally accepted a renegotiation with one of my players and royally screwed up my cap for several years it looks like. Is their anyway to edit a savegame so I can tweak the salary?

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