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Uhh... before I start, I'd just like to say that this trick won't work with all leagues and sometimes the editor breaks things without explanation. I suggest you make plenty of backups and that you save and check(by starting a new game) that your database is in good working order at regular intervils if you are doing big edits.
The nation we are replacing is England. The nation we are replacing it with is Japan. Keep in mind, these are just examples; I know replacing England with Japan makes no sense at all before pointing that out.
1. Filter all English competitions and change their nation to Japan and continent to Asia. You may want to rename them as well. Do the same for the Japanese competitions, too.
2. Swap all the teams into the divisions you wish to put them into. DO NOT change the number of teams in any of the playable leagues, this will cause the game not to detect them on start up.
3. Set all clubs nations back to how they should be as the editor also swaps nation when you swap 2 teams. This is a problem with the editor.
4. Set all "last division" and "last positions" for the Japanese teams so that they were in the (former)English leagues last season. This is to avoid crashing when the game attempts to seed the FA Cup and League Cup.
5. Delete all competition history, then set at least last seasons history for the Premiership and FA Cup so the game does not crash when attempting to set up the Charity Shield. You can add as much history as you want for any competition, but this is optional.
6. Go to England and change it's TLA(Three Letter Abbreviation) to JPN, then go to Japan and set it's TLA to ENG.
7. See if your new league works!
Some of these steps(such as TLA and competition nation/continent) do not need to be done when making a super league, but you can if you want.
I've not tried it with the English league, but it should work, as long as you've set up last positions properly. Be warned though, that some leagues will just not work.
Also, England(as well as some others, such as Portugal and Scotland) requires you to have teams in the "A Lower Division" competition as it uses these for cup games, and if they are missing, the game will give an error and crash.
4. Set all "last division" and "last positions" for the Japanese teams so that they were in the (former)English leagues last season. This is to avoid crashing when the game attempts to seed the FA Cup and League Cup.
5. Delete all competition history, then set at least last seasons history for the Premiership and FA Cup so the game does not crash when attempting to set up the Charity Shield. You can add as much history as you want for any competition, but this is optional.
Would either of the two things above be why I would happen to get a crash on August 1st when I try to do some team swapping (within the same league)?
Been trying occasionally to make a database where, for example, I swap the English Prem teams to the Conference (and Conf to Prem League), English Championship teams to League Two (basically invert the teams from top to bottom, from EPL to Conference). And I've tried to do this with other leagues, as well.
For example the Bundesliga teams to the German Regional divisions, Serie A teams to Serie C1, etc.
Whenever I try this, the game starts up fine (and all leagues are selectable, so the correct # of teams are in each league), but I get a crash on August 1st (even if I try to holiday through that date).
Sounds like you need to go through and do last position and last division updates. For instance, all Premiership/1st div teams should come in at FA Cup round 3, and all 2nd/3rd div teams come in a FA Cup round 1. Since the last division/positions will clash with what the game is telling it, it might be the reason it crashes. Also, it might be a good idea to set up continental qualifiers and stuff.
Thanks for the guide. I'm trying to switch the American and Mexican leagues around (turning the MLS into a powerhouse sans salary cap, in other words) and am running into some problemos.
- All Mexican competitions changed to American, vice versa
- All Teams switched, changed to appropriate nation, last division/position adjusted
- Cleared histories, added 1 year to each history
- Nation TLAs swapped
Yet the game crashes hardcore on September 1st. Any ideas? Its just not meant to be perhaps, or maybe its something to do with continental competition. Thanks
03-18-2007, 11:46 AM
Dave's Guide to League Swap/Super Leagues Post #10
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