Changing Fictional Player Names

[willymammoth]

While I have played enough to know how to edit player names through the Edit Player function on the Scouting Reports, I would like to replace EVERY fictional player's name assigned by BM, so the Player Edit function is not an ideal approach.

I tried outputting rosters, editing names in excel, then pasting the revisions back into Rosters.Txt, moving the file to INPUT, then inputting the revised file, but that (obviously?) doesn't work. I then re-read the help and found this:

Note: The 'Roster File' feature is meant to help you move players between teams. It is NOT meant to be used to CHANGE player names. If you wish to change the player names, you must either use the Player Editor, or download a database from www.baseballmogul.com.

Sooo, I've been looking around for this "database" or some reference to it, but nothing "seems" to fit.

Any help?

[Alloutwar]

I think 'database' in this sense refers to custom rosters, like HoustonGM puts out quite often, or other contributors have put up here in the threads. Then you could conceivably mass-edit player names...but those are all existing players, and not fictional players.

I've only played fictional since starting my BM days, and I think that Edit Player is your only option for something like this. But HGM or Ohms can chime in with more info.

Sorry for the lack of help - but welcome to the forum!

[HoustonGM]

Yeah, I'm unaware of any way to do this besides mass use of Edit Player..sorry.

[MeetDaMets]

if i read (whats pasted below) correctly
one can create an entirely fictional csv

use 2007roster.csv (or whatever)
open w your spreadsheet prog
mass delete the columns for player names and Lahman id's

add new player names and new lahman id's to match the new player name (see below)

*note this appears to have been written for bbm07 version
so add a year where appropriate ;)

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Adding Rookies to Baseball Mogul 2007

Players without major league experience don't have an entry in the Sean Lahman Baseball Database. Therefore, to be included in a new game of Baseball Mogul, rookies need to have their own line in Rosters2006.csv.

Step 1

The first column is the rookie's 'Lahman ID'. Since players without MLB playing time are not in the Lahman ID, you will have to create a NEW 'Lahman ID' for such players. We recommend the same format as for existing players, but use '51' as the last 2 digits to prevent any conflicts with existing players.

***For example, a rookie named Clay Dreslough would be 'dreslcl51'***.

Step 2

In the 2nd column, enter '2006'. In the 3rd column ("Team"), enter the abbreviation for the organization you want the player to belong to (e.g. "ARI", "ATL", etc.). If the player is a free agent, enter 'FREEAGENT'.

Step 3

*** You must enter a 'First Name', 'Last Name' and 'Position' column for rookies. Without these fields, Baseball Mogul will not create a new player ***.

(If one of these fields is missing AND the LahmanID column doesn't match a real player, this line will be ignored. If the LahmanID matches a real player AND these three columns are filled, TWO players will be created. One will be a rookie with the data indicated, and one will be the actual historical player).

Step 4 (Optional)

Enter salary and contract length for this player. If you enter '0' in these fields, the player will be given a standard minor league contract.

Step 5 (Optional)
Complete the remaining fields. For rookies, Baseball Mogul reads all columns in the file.
*** If any of these columns are blank, Baseball Mogul will guess at the value or determine it randomly. ***

from
Editing Rosters Using Baseball Mogul 2007
sir kodiaks freq ask question thingy is quite thorough :)

[MeetDaMets]

So i tried the above and it worked perfectly well.
Using spreadsheet i added 15 names of my choice
with fictional lahman id's. and positions.
i didnt bother with contracts or ratings.

ai created 15 correctly named/positioned scrubs. (typical rating was 52/60)
so
suggest you set the overall/peak ratings yourself.

other than that, it worked just fine.