OK...I created a fifteen stage tour, consisting of the thirteen one-day races currently on the Cyanide ProTour Calendar, plus the World Time Trial and Road Race Championships courses. For some reason, however, none of the teams think to include a cobbler or two (or nine) in their rosters...any particular reason, and any way to change this insanity?
Well, you can quite easily make your own startlists, so that the teams include some pre-fixed riders. However, by doing that, the teams will bring the exact same riders to the event every time.
CrueTrue wrote:
Well, you can quite easily make your own startlists, so that the teams include some pre-fixed riders. However, by doing that, the teams will bring the exact same riders to the event every time.
I have no idea at all how to go about doing that...can you help?
CrueTrue wrote:
Well, you can quite easily make your own startlists, so that the teams include some pre-fixed riders. However, by doing that, the teams will bring the exact same riders to the event every time.
I have no idea at all how to go about doing that...can you help?
Well, it isn't very simple, but you should be able to do it.
So, let's see. First of all, make a file called exactly what your race is called (e.g. a startlist for Paris - Nice is called Paris - Nice.xml). Open it with Notepad and insert the following template:
<startlist>
<team id = "1">
<cyclist id = "1455"/>
<cyclist id = "6"/>
<cyclist id = "738"/>
<cyclist id = "950"/>
<cyclist id = "1053"/>
<cyclist id = "1371"/>
<cyclist id = "697"/>
<cyclist id = "139"/>
</team>
</startlist>
You do, of course, need to change the values. Open the editor and find the team ID for the first team you want to be in the race. Replace <team id = "1"> with the id of the team you want in. Same procedure for the cyclists. Find the cyclists you want to be in and put in their id's in the startlist.
If you want to insert another team, just copy the team-part of the template and paste it below </team>, but inside the </startlist>, e.g.:
<startlist>
<team id = "1">
<cyclist id = "1455"/>
<cyclist id = "6"/>
<cyclist id = "738"/>
<cyclist id = "950"/>
<cyclist id = "1053"/>
<cyclist id = "1371"/>
<cyclist id = "697"/>
<cyclist id = "139"/>
</team>
<team id = "8">
<cyclist id = "155"/>
<cyclist id = "63"/>
<cyclist id = "1738"/>
<cyclist id = "750"/>
<cyclist id = "1058"/>
<cyclist id = "1230"/>
<cyclist id = "676"/>
<cyclist id = "210"/>
</team>
</startlist>
I hope you understand. Otherwise, feel free to ask again.
Edit: Uh, I forgot. Once you're done, save it and place it in My Documents/Pro Cycling Manager/Startlists. Also put it in the Import and Export folders (it's a bug - it should have been fixed by now, but I'm not sure, so just paste it everywhere if it doesn't work ).
Edited by CrueTrue on 26-08-2008 23:49
Meant to ask another question...how does the AI determine which riders ride each race? (in standard Stage Race/Stage/Classic mode) I wish there was a way to select, for instance, (best-fit/realistic/custom/random) for each team to determine their riders (I'd love to see the world's best climbers race up Angliru), but unfortunately, there isn't.
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