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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
I've edited this post a handful of times while experimenting with the save files. I've switched between wanting to do 11 or 12. This is the situation right now. If I use 11, the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Orix Blue Wave, and Daiei Hawks are stuck there. I can't edit them, because you can't use original teams in Pennant. Even if I did edit them, the uniforms would look like crap, the stadiums are old, and the announcer wouldn't acknowledge the new teams. 11 also has no interleague play, so Pennant is tedious.
I had issues with patching the 12 save file last night, but I got it working today. I can't edit default teams for any of the games, but I can edit the teams and players using Arrange Mode. All you have to do is input the Arrange Teams before you start Pennant Mode.
My Life is a pain, because I can't edit default teams, yet I can edit all the teams in My Life once a single player's career is begun. So basically I can't change any of the My Life teams for convenient use by anyone other than myself. I may still mess with it and put a player in there with modified My Life teams as default on the save file for people to choose whether or not they want to load up that My Life Mode. If I use a player in this style, I will probably pick Yuki Saitoh, since he's the most popular amateur out there right now. If not Saitoh, I could also input an anime/manga character like Shigeno Goro from Major or Yamada Taro from Dokaben.
Once 12 is complete, I may end up working on 10 or 11. Perhaps an old school flavor with older players like Nagashima, Inao, and Enatsu could be possible on a grand scale. I want to go modern with my first attempt, though.
This is a one man project and I want to be very thorough with it, so don't expect a rush job. I want this to be top quality. Expect the initial release to be out in time for the start of spring training. I may throw it out there earlier just to gauge a reaction and give people a chance to test their save file transfers before the release of the official 1.0 file.
Since player transactions, injuries, etc. happen all the time, I expect many tweaks to the game to be made throughout the season. Bare with me if I do something stupid and give Sekimoto the Average Hitter ability. I'm going to use my own statistical abilities in addition to the Japanese stat community and Konami's recent stats to make the most unbiased players I can.
[Edited by: BigManZam on Dec 15, 2007 1:48 PM]