RESTORING A
LEAGUE FILE, PREPARING GAME PLANS, DEFENSIVE PROFILES, ETC.,
Restoring a
league file:
Download
the league update .BBK file that Harley sends you. Place it somewhere on
your computer where you can easily find it, preferably somewhere in your SOMBKW
file. Open Stratomatic. Select a League in your Leagues Menu, Go to the
Leagues pull down menu, click on Restore League, find the league update that
Tony sent, click Open, make sure "restore league without def
profiles" is selected and all directories are checked, click
OK. It should read "restore of 2014-15H complete", click
OK. Done. You should have the new NFBA file in your Leagues file.
Creating a gpl (gameplan) in the computer manager.
Select
your team, click computer manager, select ineligible and eligible players,
under player profiles, don't touch the 1st 3 columns, under Stlsht indicate the
% of the time you want a player to take a FB shot after a steal, under Blk
indicate the primary shot blockers by assigning them a number. Strat does not
say how this works. Some people assign a number of 48 to the player they most
want to be block man, 47 to their next choice, 46 to their third choice, etc.
In Strat’s computer managers for NBA teams, however, the Blk numbers always add
up to 48. The top choice might be 30, the second choice 10, the third choice 8.
Choose whichever method you want, but remember that a higher number will make
the player block man more often. The next 5 columns are the amount of mins each
player is rated to play at each position. You must not change these minute
ratings: they are to stay as a permanent record of how many minutes at each
position the player is rated to play. Under Computer Coach Instructions, lay
out the playing grid for that game: place players where and when you want them
in the game, choose fastbreak or halfcourt offense, choose who you want
positioned inside on offense by double clicking the Inside cell and choosing
the player(s). If you only want 1 player inside or no players inside,
click cancel and the players will read 0. Once you have everything the
way you want it, click OK.
Setting a
Defensive Profile:
Select the
opposing team you want to defend. Under the Team pull down menu, select
Defensive Profile. DT stands for double-team. There are detailed
instructions at the bottom. Type in the numbers according to how you want
to defend them. Click Save. When you restore league, be sure to
click restore league without def profiles. Then the restore won't screw
up your defensive profiles.
Exporting
.gpl files:
Once you've
set your Computer manager and your def profiles for the game you want to
export, under the team pull-down, select Export Game Plan. Name the file
for the game to be played, like DMD@WW43
or BrB@MM22
(use this format so the records are easier for Rich and Tony to
read). Save the file somewhere easy to find. Choose the team that
your playing for a defensive profile. Click OK. It should read
export complete. Attach this file to an email and send to Rich,
Tony, and the coach of the opposing team. Subject of email should
indicate the teams and game number.
Importing
gpl files:
Once
someone sends you a gpl file, download it to an easy to find place on your
computer, under the Game pull-down select New Scheduled, find the game that the
gpl file indicates and select it, change the status from Hold to Manual, Click
"Play to day", make sure visiting team is computer and home team
is human. Select your 12 players for this game, when you get to the
visiting team profile, click import, find your gpl file from that coach, click
OK. The gpl automatically loads the players and preferences for the
visiting team and you should be ready to go.
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