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ADVANCED
TOOLS
The Advanced
Tools Dialog is located on the Tools
Menu. It lets you perform some database alteration
tasks:
Import
Playbooks
Loads files
from the playbooks folder matching current team names
and year. For example, if you start a game in 2014 and
there is a file called "2014-Patriots.opb", it will
automatically load this file as the Patriots offensive
playbook.
Fill College
Draft Pool
Erases the
list of draftable players and re-populates it with a
pool of fictional draft-eligible players. This list
can be viewed in the College
Draft Dialog on the Players
Menu.
Recalculate
Contracts
Recalculates
player contracts, estimating contract length, salary
and signing bonus for every player in the database,
using Football Mogul's evaluation of a player's value.
This tool is useful if you are importing players but
do not have complete data regarding their contracts.
Balance
Payrolls
Clicking this
button will adjust every player's salary cap impact
(by altering salary and bonus information) so that
every team's total payroll impact is below the
league salary cap. This tool is useful in conjunction
with 'Recalculate Contracts' to create a league
database where all teams are below the salary cap.
Clear Output
Folder
Erases all
files in the "output" folder (such as game box scores
and play-by-play recaps).
Clear
All-Time Leaders
Erases all
the All-Time Leader data in the current game.
Clear Injuries
Erases all
injuries in the current game. (You can also adjust the
rate of injuries in the Simulation
Settings in the lower right corner of the League
Editor.)
Export
Player Ratings
Writes a
comma-separated Player Rating file to the
"Output/Ratings" folder with a filename matching the
format "xxxx_Player_Ratings.csv", where 'xxxx' is the
year in your current game (e.g.
"1978_Player_Ratings.csv").
To adjust
player ratings without opening the Player
Editor for every player:
1. Click
'Export Player Ratings'.
2. Edit the ratings in the exported file.
3. Copy the new file to the "Input/Ratings/Simulation"
folder (or
"Input/Ratings/Replay").
4.
Click 'Load Player Ratings' (see below).
Load Player
Ratings
Loads a
Player Rating file from the "Input/Ratings/Simulation"
folder, matching the format "xxxx_Player_Ratings.csv",
where 'xxxx' is the year in your current game (e.g.
"1978_Player_Ratings.csv").
In Replay
Mode, this will instead load a file from "Input/Ratings/Replay".
This function
is performed automatically each time you start a new
game. In Replay
Mode, it is also performed at the start of each
season.
Calibrate
Player Ratings
Adjusts each
player's ratings so that:
1. League
average value (among all roster players) is set to
65-70.
2. The distribution of ratings (as measured by standard
deviation) is consistent with historical averages.
Sort All
Teams
Chooses the
starting players (offense, defense and kicking) for
all teams in the current game.
Create
Modern Database / Create
Historical Database
Creates and
replaces the default database for the current season,
using data from the "Input/Stats" folder and player
ratings from the "Input/Ratings/Simulation" folder.
These are the tools Sports Mogul uses to create the
databases that are loaded when you start a New
Game.
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