You're correct. I never did a search in Finn's editor without any paramaters so I never noticed that all those players were listed. At least now I know why two players in my roster file were somehow linked to those celebs. Luckily, I found a way around that problem and both players are now back to normal.
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i used excel to do 75% of the leg-work for me... that's how i made the new clean roster file so quickly last spring: before did any editing whatsoever, i used Finn's editor to export the complete list of default roster players into excel & to export the complete list of current players from my last roster.
then i just ran a macro to compare the two sheets & auto-generate 2 lists:
1) all "remaining players" still in the league from the default roster
2) all "retired/out-of-the-league players" who needed to be overwritten, including what team they were on & their position
I used the first list to help me update the remaining 2004 players quickly-- it told me which default players I needed to paste over updated ratings/equipment for from my buggy roster.. that only took a couple hours thanks to the search tool in Finn's editor: I just searched for "all players" in both rosters, sorted alphabetically, & then pasted over everyone who is still in the game.
Then I used the the second list to tell me which default players to paste the new guys (05 & 06 rookies) onto... it was fast b/c all i had to do was sort by team & position in excel & i could instantly see the following for all 32 teams right in front of me:
Example: "The 2007 49ers have 'X' new players at these positions who weren't around in 2004-- QB Alex Smith, RB Frank Gore, etc..."
^Then w/ that information, I just signed the amt of retired players necessary at each position to each team & pasted the new players of 2006 onto those retired guys using the editor.
So creating the clean '06 roster was a relative breeze from excel. I didn't need the internet at all & I only needed to use my xbox one time in a single short-session just to prepare the file. After that, I could safely add all new players in just a few clicks of the mouse each. Anytime I was watching TV, I just had my laptop in hand & pasted over the new players for 1 or 2 teams... in a couple weeks, I had a clean & completely finished 2006 roster.
Keeping track of the names was just a small step: it only adds 2-4 seconds each to also paste the name of the new player in excel next to the old one... it took me maybe a couple hours longer to do the whole file that way. And it pays back now anyway because today I can see instantly how many retired default players I have left in free agency to use for new additions (like all the default punters etc).
Without the search & paste tools or excel i would never have attempted to do this roster. it would've been like trying to build a city by hand
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WOW. I have wordpad documents for all 32 team rosters plus wordpad documents for each position. I created my roster on a position by position basis because going team by team is impossible due to the 42 player limit. I start with QB's. I simply release them all into FA and then go team by team starting with the 49ers and ending with the Vikings assigning all the QB's that should be on their respective teams. This is also the reason why that starting QB glitch occurs. Because the starting QB is the first player "assigned", he automatically becomes the kick and punt returner. People think it's because of Finn's editor but it has nothing to do with it. It's due to the crappy depth chart setup.
After I assign all the players for that position on each team, I look over the remaining players (Tim Couch, etc.) and overwrite the ones that are no longer in the NFL into the missing players (Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, etc.) that are needed. I then assign them to their respective teams and when finished, I go through the same process with the remaining 16 positions. It took me about two months to finish my 2k7 roster but add in work and the amount of time is actually less. But in the end, it's worth it because I dont have to even think about buying Crapadden.
As for the internet, the only thing I use it for is to search for every player that I dont know so I can see their skin tone as having a white player black or vice versa drives me nuts. It's amazing how many players had the wrong skin tone in VC's final roster.
Also, I meant to ask you this earlier but I forgot, what "base" roster did you use to start with?
09-18-2007, 01:03 AM
