Real College Football database 1.1

[[Icy]]

pstats 1.5 compatible with the latest game version (1.02)

This is the stuff modified in the database.
- Added Real Team nicknames
- Added Real conference names
- Added all the real Stadium names and capacities.
- Added all the real Award names (please check if they are correct).
- Added all the real Bowl names and Bowl Stadiums with capacities.

Fixed the following bugs found in the different releases:
Added the first and last name frequencies
UTEP name is UTEP now instead of Texas-El Paso
RICE name is RICE now instead of TexasRice
Auburn stadium name set to Jordan Hare
Arkansas stadium name set to Razorbacks
Fixed Penn State nickname that was still listed as the Cougars.
Fixed swaped Arkansas and Arkansas State abbreviations.
Fixed TCU nickname to Horned Frogs not Horn Frogs.
U Conn is now listd as UConn
The official capacity of Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue) is now 62,500
Ball State stadium renamed Scheumann Stadium

Initials changed, important info for graphic mods makers:
I have made the following changes as some teams initials were wrong.
It affects the helmets/logos as they must have exactly the same initials than the team to be loaded in the game, else those 4 teams logos won't appear.
Virginia initials changed from VIR to UVA
(you need to change the vir.gif logo name to uva.gif and the vir-t.gif to uva-t.giv)
Oklahoma initials changed from OKL to OU
(you need to change the okl.gif logo name to ou.gif and the okl-t.gif to ou-t.giv)
Maryland initials changed from MAR to UMD
(you need to change the mary.gif logo name to umd.gif and the mary-t.gif to umd-t.giv)
Bowling Green initials changed from BG to BGSU
(you need to change the vir.gif logo name to bgsu.gif and the vir-t.gif to bgsu-t.giv)

Rivalries Adjusted
I have adjusted a lot of rivalries as suggested but i must tell you that because the game limitation of one rivalry per team, some rivalries are accurate but not 100% perfect.
Sometimes there are cross rivalries between 4 or 5 teams (for example between the Big 12 teams) and it's impossible to assign them properly so i have tried to adapt them to be realistic, but that means that for some teams, their listed rival is in real life his second rival and not the first.
Anyway i have just tried to develop a database the more accurate possible to the real NCAAF, if you don't like any of the rivalries you can always edit the file yourself for your own liking.
Now it's my time to enjoy the game and stop to make database changes unless a big bug is found.
Enjoy it :)

Please download, unzip and overwrite your pstats.dat and start a new game to have the changes done.
This won't affect your current saved games, only the new ones started.

Here you can find the updated teams logos (yahoo style) with the above changes.

Thanks to all the guys who contributed with their suggestions to make this possible.


Random Team selector
I have been programming today as somebody requested this in the past at the FOFC forums. It's an online tool to get a random team for those who want an extra challenge not choosing themselves the team they want to manage.


There you can get a fully random team or a random one in a selected conference or/and with a selected prestige. Also added some extra info like the the conference average prestige.

[Grantdawg]

I've fixed a couple of mistakes (specifically UTEP and Rice). I don't know when Icy might be up to update the download but I'll shoot it out to him.

[[Icy]]

The download is up, with that fixes i posted including the UTEP and RICE ones.

[Grantdawg]

Sorry. Wasn't paying attention. I thought it was just the old file you were anoouncing. I really must learn to read.

[Azamien]

very nice from what I can see so far! Thanks for the work, you two!

[diamonddave35]

Hey guys..nice work..the only error I found in your file was 2 stadiums..Auburn plays at Jordan Hare, not Razorback..and Arkansas is vise versa

[Jimmy Spamer]

Maryland's rival should be Virginia and not NC State.

[Azamien]

I see Mizzou is nicknamed the LionsTigers :)

[Hates_Cakesniffers]

Maryland's rival should be Virginia and not NC State.

Virginia's rival is ALWAYS Virginia Tech, not Maryland.

[[Icy]]

Nice guys, keep the keep work reporting the bugs, i'll edit them later when more are reported.

[gibby290]

Also, Boise State's Rival is Idaho...NOT WYOMING! Great work!

[Jimmy Spamer]

Virginia's rival is ALWAYS Virginia Tech, not Maryland.
I believe that in the game both teams don't have to have each other listed as rivals.

[gambler1650]

Thanks for the work on the DB! However I noticed Penn State was still listed as the Cougars. :)

[[Icy]]

Updated the link to 1.2 with all the changes.

[JaguarUSF]

You could change the South Florida rival from Ball State (???) to Central Florida.

[BlueTurf]

Boise State is the Broncos and not the Warriors

Also, TCU is the Horned Frogs not Horn Frogs

Great work on the file.

[Outlaw77]

Boise State is the Broncos and not the Warriors

Also, TCU is the Horned Frogs not Horn Frogs

Great work on the file.

I took the liberty of updating this file with these 2 changes you can find it here...

www.totalsportssimulations.com

[[Icy]]

All the bugs reported are now fixed in pstats1.3.zip and the link updated in the first post.

[asaintsfan]

Am I missing something - I downloaded the file and replaced and unzipped the pstats file in the main folder but the names didnt change. Any help or suggestions?

[[Icy]]

Am I missing something - I downloaded the file and replaced and unzipped the pstats file in the main folder but the names didnt change. Any help or suggestions?

You need to start a new game for it to take effect, did you?

[diamonddave35]

Arkansas State is the Indians..and the location is Jonesboro, Arkansas

[asaintsfan]

']You need to start a new game for it to take effect, did you?



ummmmm - duh - how dumb am i? I got it now. Thanks

[Jestor]

Since it was mentioned that Boise State and Wyoming are apparently incorrectly listed as rivals, I have to point out that Wyoming and Colorado State are rivals, just in case it's not in there. :)

[gopokes]

question which file do I download the info into? do i do right into the bowl bound file or one of the sub files, i couldn't find the pstats file?

[Wolfpack]

Little one here. Ole Miss should be located in Oxford Mississippi. University is just the campus mailing address. And you left the "Va" off the stadium name and put an extra "m" in Hemingway. Should be Vaught-Hemingway.

[Arlie Rahn]

Guys, I think it's OK now. But one word of warning. We have found in testing that if you setup a team to have 2 rivals, make sure all of those three teams have "0" for rival week. One guy was messing with the rivals and set a team to have two rivals with week 15 set for both. The game ended up scheduling two games for that one team in week 15. Just an FYI.

[Alazius]

Thanks for your work on this, it makes it so much easier than renaming each team once in-game.

A little note about conference name abbreviations, though Conference USA should be C-USA and Mountain West should be MWC.

[MrHaroldG]

Guys, I think it's OK now. But one word of warning. We have found in testing that if you setup a team to have 2 rivals, make sure all of those three teams have "0" for rival week. One guy was messing with the rivals and set a team to have two rivals with week 15 set for both. The game ended up scheduling two games for that one team in week 15. Just an FYI.

My own rule of thumb: Do not schedule a game for rivalry week (15, or whatever you set your rivalry week as) unless the two teams list each other as their rivals - Notre Dame/Boston College, South Carolina/Clemson, Cal/Stanford, et al.

[MirageAg99]

We have found in testing that if you setup a team to have 2 rivals

How set up a team to have 2 rivals? Put in two numbers for the rival field?

[st.cronin]

Don't know if this is a bug ... but if a rivalry game is 2 teams from different conferences, you cannot enter 0 for the week - if you do, the game will not be scheduled.

[rayps23]

great work but just download 1.3 and notre dame helmet is still missing.

[[Icy]]

Ok thanks, will check it but anyway i'll release a full updated one once the game is released as with each new beta we get changes in the database making the old one not valid.

[Cardinals]

Have an ETA on the final release of this now that the game is available?

[Tim Plum]

Icy is out of town until next week (I think) and may not respond quickly.

[Cardinals]

Alright, thanks for the update.

[Twincitiesfan]

I wonder if it is safe to try version 1.3 of pstats with the new game release?

[Cooleyvol]

Ohio is the Bobcats

New Mexico is the Lobos, not the Logos.

[sjshaw]

I wonder if it is safe to try version 1.3 of pstats with the new game release?

Anyone?

[Tim Plum]

I wouldn't try the pstats file. The field graphics files were changed and I'm not sure Icy had a chance to update before he left.

[sjshaw]

I wouldn't try the pstats file. The field graphics files were changed and I'm not sure Icy had a chance to update before he left.

Thanks!

It would be nice to have a sticky thread with links (and descriptions) for all mods that someone may want to install after buying the game.

[SkyDog]

The first name and last name tables do not have frequencies included in this mod. Does anyone have the original of this file? I need it to edit in the frequencies. Thanks in advance.

--Ben

[Outlaw77]

the pstats file works with the final version

[Outlaw77]

let me know what needs to be changed particularily I'm looking to change the colors of some of the teams on the sim week screen as some are hard to read. Also I'm going to change some of the rivalry weeks. Already changed Kentucky and Louisville to the first game of the year you folks who follow other teams closely let me know some other rivals that play a certain time

[Twincitiesfan]

Thus far I am only two games into my first season using the pstats 1.3 file, so far problems. I am trying not to get attached to this team since there could be problems.

[Outlaw77]

I've played two full season with no problems

[[Icy]]

Sorry guys i missed the release. I'm on holidays in the Canary Islands and the hotel wifi connection is having problems, that is why i haven't released the updated DB. Today has been the first day i could connect to try to download the final game but it's taking a lot. Luckilly my wife allowed me to bring the notebook with me so i can try to work on the updated db. I'll try to finish it in the next 24 hours, then if the internet connection is ok, i'll upload and release it. Else i will need to wait until Tuesday morning when i get back home.

About playing with 1.3 on the final game, it can lead to problems as Arlie tweaked some things after this db was released, like team prestiges etc that could be outdated in 1.3. Also as Skydog mentioned the players names/surnames generation could lead to some weird names. You can try it, but ipm not sure what kind of poblems you could have.

[SkyDog]

To elaborate specifically on the names isseue, the "FirstNames" and "LastNames" tables should have another column, entitled "Chances" that gives the frequency of that name's usage. For example, the first few lines of "First Names" table in the game release are:

A.D., 2
A.J., 4
Aaron, 29
AB, 1
Adual, 1
Abdul-Salam, 1
Abe, 2
Abner, 2
Adam, 11
Ade, 1
Adesola, 1
Adewale, 1
Adger, 1
Adrian, 9
....

The most frequent first names in the table are.....
Mike, 161
John, 137
Jim, 114
Bob, 100
Chris, 92
Joe, 90
Steve, 86
Tony, 81
James, 80
Bill, 73
Tom, 69
David, 69
Dave, 66

Point being, without that "Chances" column, there's an equal chance of "Mike" being a guy's first name as is Kimo, Jace, Jamil, Jamin, Jud, Iheany, or any of the 830 names with "1" frequency. The table should work great, with a total of 1,511 first names, with frequencies ranging from 1 to 161.

[SkyDog]

To further elaborate on the names, with the table used as-is in the release version, roughly half of the players in the game should have these 81 common first names (in order from least frequent to most frequent):

Corey Andre Brandon Wayne Rob Rod Bruce Jon Kenny Chuck Justin Jimmy Tommy Nick Dennis Pete Johnny Eddie Pat Marcus Brad Josh Charles Sam Travis Aaron Chad Ryan Randy Al George Derrick Jack Dick Dan Ed Terry Anthony Doug Ray Reggie Scott Charlie Paul Greg Todd Frank Ken Matt Tim Keith Robert Gary Eric Willie Jerry Brian Michael Billy Bobby Ron Fred Mark Jason Don Jeff Kevin Larry Dave David Tom Bill James Tony Steve Joe Chris Bob Jim John Mike

[KeyserSoze]

']Sorry guys i missed the release. I'm on holidays in the Canary Islands

You are very lucky :D

[[Icy]]

Here it is as promissed. Real database updated to 1.4 to be fully compatible with the final game. In 48 hours when i get back to home from the holidays will release a new version if anything needs to be changed so please let me know if there is any problem with the db or any error. This is also a temp url until Tuesday when i will upload it to my own website.

Download pstats1.4.zip (http://www.iekwk.com/bb/pstats1.4.zip)

[srudoff]

Bowling Green should be Falcons, not Green Falcons
their abbr should be BGSU as well

Miami is the RedHawks, not Redhawks (per their site) - picky i know.

Northwestern is the Wildcats, not Wild Cats

UNLV is Rebels - runnin' rebels was their hoops nickname unofficially

Stanford is Cardinal, not Cardinals

Arkansas State is Indians, not Redskins

[dacman]

Maryland should be MARY
Virginia should be UVA -- they're famous for it
Oklahoma, OK or OU? OKL just doesn't look right


Not sure you want to mess with stadium stats, but:

The official capacity of Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue) is now 62,500. http://purduesports.collegesports.com/facilities/ross-ade-stadium.html

Indiana, Illinios, and Wisconsin now all have field turf (turf type 4??). I'm sure there are others.

Also Ball State Stadium was very recently renamed Scheumann Stadium.

[[Icy]]

Thanks, good info, will release an updated file once the patch is released.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Isn’t the nickname of Syracuse “The Orangemen” rather than just “The Orange?”

[GreenMonster]

U Conn should be listed as UConn.

Great work on the file icy, makes this game that much better...

[dacman]

Isn’t the nickname of Syracuse “The Orangemen” rather than just “The Orange?”

No, they changed it last year to just "Orange."

[Wolfpack]

Not sure if you missed this from earlier in the thread. Posing again since it's still off in the latest version.

Little one here. Ole Miss should be located in Oxford Mississippi. University is just the campus mailing address. And you left the "Va" off the stadium name and put an extra "m" in Hemingway. Should be Vaught-Hemingway.

[GIGGAS2]

Maryland should be MARY
Virginia should be UVA -- they're famous for it
Oklahoma, OK or OU? OKL just doesn't look right


Not sure you want to mess with stadium stats, but:

The official capacity of Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue) is now 62,500. http://purduesports.collegesports.com/facilities/ross-ade-stadium.html

Indiana, Illinios, and Wisconsin now all have field turf (turf type 4??). I'm sure there are others.

Also Ball State Stadium was very recently renamed Scheumann Stadium.
Maryland should be UMD... not MARY.

[TazFTW]

Just want to check something. In the first post, it mentions UTEP's rival changed to NMSU instead of Hawaii. In the game it still lists UTEP's rival as Hawaii. By saying it was fixed, did you mean that pstats lists UTEP and NMSU as rivals but the game doesn't show mulitiple rivals and so Hawaii is still listed as UTEP's rival? Same thing with Boise State/Wyoming.

[[Icy]]

Just want to check something. In the first post, it mentions UTEP's rival changed to NMSU instead of Hawaii. In the game it still lists UTEP's rival as Hawaii. By saying it was fixed, did you mean that pstats lists UTEP and NMSU as rivals but the game doesn't show mulitiple rivals and so Hawaii is still listed as UTEP's rival? Same thing with Boise State/Wyoming.

I'll fix rivalries in the next release after the patch, for this one i didn't want to mess with rivalries as that also means to mess with schedules. I'm gathering the info for the correct rivalries for the next update (using this website http://www.1122productions.com/rivalries/ and other gamers corrections), thanks for the info guys.

[[Icy]]

Please for rivalries suggestions do it in this thread:

http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9207

[mh2365]

Is there anyway to edit the text colors. The white on gold for purdue is hard to read

[[Icy]]

Is there anyway to edit the text colors. The white on gold for purdue is hard to read

Yes, in the pstats.dat there are columns for the teams colors for each team. In the psetup.dat you can find the color codes.

[[Icy]]

New version 1.5 released, take a look at the first post in this thread for the fixes list and download link.

[MizzouRah]

Thanks Icy. I think I may finally purchase this game and dive in this weekend.

[sjshaw]

']New version 1.5 released, take a look at the first post in this thread for the fixes list and download link.

Upgrading with this shouldn't damage ongoing careers, correct?

[[Icy]]

Upgrading with this shouldn't damage ongoing careers, correct?

Correct, it only affects new created games since you install it.

[Kelly J Delaney]

Icy,

Great work. Thanks for everything.

[dougk62]

Am I the only one having trouble downloading this now? Could someone that has downloaded it already email it to me?

[[Icy]]

Am I the only one having trouble downloading this now? Could someone that has downloaded it already email it to me?

I have just tried and worked fine, anyway send me a private message with your email adress and i'll send it to you.

[ThrowTheBall]

Icy, I was looking around inside the pstats file and in the Conference Table i saw a place for inputing Conference Championship Game information. I did a little reasearch and got the information in case you want to include it in your next update. All the CCGs are played in Domes, but I dont think you can indicate that anywhere. Also, underneath ChampStadium I assume you just type out the Stadium since there are no Stadium ID numbers. Here is the CCG info:

Conference: Stadium - City ID# - Capacity
ACC: AllTell Stadium - 14 - 73000
Big XII: Reliant Stadium - 4 - 69500
MAC: Ford Field - 10 - 65000
SEC: Georgia Dome - 38 - 71149

At this time, Conference USA does not have a permanent location for their championship game. The home site is determined by the team with best overall conference record.

[flanman]

This stuff sounds awesome. I just bought the game. This may sound like a pain but can anyone post directions on exactly what to do with this mod once i download it. I've never installed a Mod to a game and Im probably at the bottom of the computer knowledge chart.

Thanks

[[Icy]]

For the real teams database (pstats1.5.zip):

1- Download the file
2- Double click on it to open it with winzip or the Windows XP built in zip compressor.
3- Extract it to C:\Program files\GDS\Bowl Bound College Football
4- If asked about overwriting old files, click on Yes.

For the real teams logos:

1- Download the file
2- Double click on it to open it with winzip or the Windows XP built in zip compressor.
3- Extract it to C:\Program files\GDS\Bowl Bound College Football\graphics\helmets
4- If asked about overwriting old files, click on Yes.

And that is all, you need to start a new game for them to be used.

[GIGGAS2]

Icy, I was looking around inside the pstats file and in the Conference Table i saw a place for inputing Conference Championship Game information. I did a little reasearch and got the information in case you want to include it in your next update. All the CCGs are played in Domes, but I dont think you can indicate that anywhere. Also, underneath ChampStadium I assume you just type out the Stadium since there are no Stadium ID numbers. Here is the CCG info:

Conference: Stadium - City ID# - Capacity
ACC: AllTell Stadium - 14 - 73000
Big XII: Reliant Stadium - 4 - 69500
MAC: Ford Field - 10 - 65000
SEC: Georgia Dome - 38 - 71149

At this time, Conference USA does not have a permanent location for their championship game. The home site is determined by the team with best overall conference record.
ALLTEL: not a dome...

[flanman]

Thanks Icy

[SaySo]

http://www.wikipedia.org and type in the name of the univeristy along with their nickname.It describes the venus for each unversity i believe. For example, Arizona Stadium (University of Arizona) seats 56,000 people. Or you can go and type in NCAA and find the conferences of Division IA.

[[Icy]]

I have been programming today as somebody requested this in the past at the FOFC forums. It's an online tool to get a random team for those who want an extra challenge not choosing themselves the team they want to manage.

Random team selector for BBCF (http://www.prodeportes.com/bb/randteam/index.php)

There you can get a fully random team or a random one in a selected conference or/and with a selected prestige. Also added some extra info like the the conference average prestige.

[ThrowTheBall]

ALLTEL: not a dome...
Right, but I didnt realize that until it was too late and I didnt want to troll or spam with a post like that because it doesnt really matter, now does it?

[GIGGAS2]

Well, my fav. Jaguars play there, plus my fav. Hokies play there two games in a row... I love ALLTEL.