Making international teams playable

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Making international teams playable

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Hi guys,

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I am trying to make international teams in EHM 2007 playable, specifically China and Japan. I've been through this:

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 110&t=9049

And I've installed and know how to use this:

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=9171

But I can't seem to make these teams playable. If anyone knows, it would be greatly helpful. Thanks!
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Re: Making international teams playable

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You need at least 255 players of the selected nation
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So if I make enough fake players, it'll make it playable?
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Yes, that's right.
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Thanks!
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Hey guys, so I've made enough Chinese players so that there are now 255 Chinese players, but China is still unplayable. Do I have to make all of these guys declare for the country or something?
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Artoo_Detoo wrote:And I've installed and know how to use this:

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=9171
Now that you have added enough players, you will need to use the above tool to increase the Importance rating of China. It must be between 1 - 3 in order to be playable. An Importance rating of 4 makes the nation unplayable.
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archibalduk wrote:
Artoo_Detoo wrote:And I've installed and know how to use this:

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=9171
Now that you have added enough players, you will need to use the above tool to increase the Importance rating of China. It must be between 1 - 3 in order to be playable. An Importance rating of 4 makes the nation unplayable.
It is at 3 to begin with though.
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When you say the team is unplayable, what do you mean? Have you navigated to China on the Add Manager screen?
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I dabbled around in this for a bit for my database, and you need to edit the nations ranking so they actually play in the 2nd division, otherwise you could be waiting years or even decades for your team to get promoted from the non playable, and invisible, div 3

you can make any nation in the game playable like this, even Iraq and Mexico, given they have enough players, and are good enough to compete
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archibalduk wrote:When you say the team is unplayable, what do you mean? Have you navigated to China on the Add Manager screen?
On the Add Manager screen, under nations, China is never selectable.
Animal31 wrote:I dabbled around in this for a bit for my database, and you need to edit the nations ranking so they actually play in the 2nd division, otherwise you could be waiting years or even decades for your team to get promoted from the non playable, and invisible, div 3

you can make any nation in the game playable like this, even Iraq and Mexico, given they have enough players, and are good enough to compete
China starts out in Division 1 though, which is why I'm so confused. Its importance is 3, so it should be playable.

Basically, I've added 201 players to the nation, as I think there are 54 players to start. I've given then these stats:

Surname: filler001-filler201
Forename: filler
Date of birth: 1/1/1990 so they won't retire anytime soon
Birth Year: 0
Nationality: China
Classification: Player

And then under contract details, Job for Club: Player

I left everything else blank. Is there something I'm missing?

EDIT: Has anyone who's made another international team playable please let me know what you did? Thanks!
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Re: Making international teams playable

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Never mind guys, I figured it out. Having them being born in 1990 meant they were too young, I changed them to 1986 and now they're playable. Now the journey with the impossible begins. Thanks for everyone's help!
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