Join Instructions

Join Instructions - Offseason

 

In order to join the league, you need two pieces of information: (a) the league's ID and (b) the entry password for your team.  This info will be provided to you by the commissioner via email.

Also, you will need a user name and password to upload your stage files on the league's website.  This info also will be provided via email.

 

To join the league, follow these steps:

 

1.  Open the game.   On the upper-right task bar, click the face icon: 

open_multiplayer_panel

 

 

2.  That will open the "Multi-Player Controls" box.  Inside that box, click "Enter New Career":

multiplayer_controls

 

 

3.  That will open the "Participant New Game Options" box.  Here, you will:

  • type the league ID as shown (FOFCeNFL);
  • select your team from the drop down menu; and
  • click "Begin without Draft":

particpant_new_game_options

 

 

4.  After clicking "OK", you will get a confirmation that your export succeeded and a file will be created in the "export" sub-directory of your game directory (your path will be show on the confirmation).  The box tells you to send the file (FOFCeNFL.xxQ) to your commissioner, but you do NOT need to do this (that's only required when starting a league from scratch).  You can safely delete it:

export_succeeded

 

 

5.    Now, you need to download the league's history and current league file.  Look for the "Other" menu on the league's website and do the following:

A.  download the "past season files" from the Sim Center menu on the website.  It will will contain two zip files inside.
  •  first, extract the "eNFL_past_seasons" file into your "leagues" folder.  Allow it to overwrite any files.
  • extract the "20xx-end_of_season" file into your "leagues" folder.  Allow it to overwrite any files.
B.  download the "current league file" and extract it to your "leagues" sub-directory as well.  Allow it to overwrite any files.

Note: it is critical that you extract the files to your "leagues" sub-directory.  Otherwise you will get an "Unable to load game data file. Saved game is missing" or similar error when trying to open your multi-player team.  If you get any errors, it's almost always because the files didn't get extracted into the "leagues" folder.

 

6.   You are now ready to load the league and check out your team.  Every time you load a multi-player game, you must first open the "Multi-player Controls" box (click the face icon as you did in the first step).  Then click the open game icon on the upper right task bar:

open_game

 

 

That will open the "Open Multi-Player Game" box. 

  • Click "Participant";
  • Make sure your team is selected (you will only have one choice unless you are in multiple leagues) and click "Open":

open_multiplayer_game

 

 

7.  The first time you load the eNFL league, you will need to enter your password (provided by the commissioner via email).  You only need to do this once.  Enter the password and click OK.

enter_password

 

 

8.  The league will load and you can make whatever moves are appropriate for the particular week.  When you are finished, click "Export Stage File" in the "Multi-Player Controls" box:

export_stage_file.

 

That will create a file in your "export" sub-directory named FOFCeNFL.xxx.  This is the file you need to submit to the league to be processed.  Once you have exported your file, go to the Sim Center menu on the league's website and click "Submit Stage File."  Enter the user name and password provided by the commissioner via email, navigate to your "export" sub-directory, and submit your file.  You can click "Confirm Receipt" on the Sim Center menu to make sure the upload was successful.

Every stage, you will make your moves, export your stage file, and upload it to the league's website for processing.  Then you will download the results, which are posted by the commissioner in the league forum.

 

If you have any questions or problems, please don't hesitate to contact the commissioner via email or private message in the forum.