Players.dbf changes not taking effect in Dynasty mode.

[Donatello]

So I have a player that went undrafted in Dynasty mode. I signed him a couple years ago and he's really good. But even after a rookie season in which he averaged 20 points and a great stat line... his ratings progressively get worse during each 'player evolution' period.

So I decided to edit the DBF to up his ratings (nothing unrealistic). I opened up my DBF editor (I use openoffice), loaded the players.dbf from my dynasty save folder, edited the player's ratings, saved, and launched the game. It's not taking effect.

Am I getting old and I've forgotten a step?

[Malfa]

ive come to the conclusion that you cant edit players that you draft is what ive figured out

like in 10 years from now (in dynasty) i can have lebron and edit his ratings fine..but someone whos a 9 year player you cant edit his ratings

its annoying

[Donatello]

Gah, that's ridiculous. Hm... perhaps changing the column that has to do whether the player was generated or not will help. I'll try that- thanks Malfa.

[Malfa]

if you find anything out make sure to tell me

[Donatello]

Sonuvabich. Looks like it doesn't work.

I did change his "DESTINY" column rating though. It goes from 0-8, 0 being great chance of progression, 8 being no chance... he was a 6, put him at a 0. I might sim a season (and not save of course) to see if this helps.

Edit: No, that didn't work either. This is really dumb. Something interesting though... while the changes in ratings I made on the DBF never showed up during the season, on the player evolution screen after the season, it showed his 'old' ratings as the ones I put in in the DBF. So it was like:

2009-2010
Overall: 79

2010-2011
Overall: 59


This is really kind of irritating.

[Donatello]

Well, I'd suggest not screwing with it. I got serious DBF error, immediate crash. It may just be a coincidence, because my backup files aren't working either now- dynasty hosed.

[Andrew]

You might want to try another DBF editor. Aside from that, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

[Sam The Man]

ive tried this before. If u change his rating then it sometimes takes affect in a dynasty, but after a year his rating will go back to an orignial or a little bit worse/better.

EG.

Original 70

06/07 80 (what u changed it to)

07/08 73

[lapis]

did u edit both entries for that player, if u only edit 1 nothing will happen.

each player on your team has 2 entries in the players dbf, scroll down

[Cable]

I think we've found the solution. Good job lapis.

[Donatello]

Remarkable. I had no idea. This is new.