2019 Season Database Changes
An update is now available for the 2019 Annual Season Database. This update includes mainly corrections to the injury ratings for a number of composite player records.
All customers who bought the 2019 Season Database before December 21st, 2019 have been sent a notification email that includes information about the update and a new link to allow you to download a copy of the updated season. If you have not received the update notification, you can contact us directly at dmb_info@imaginesports.com
In addition, we have released a season update patch that will allow you to update your already installed copy of the 2019 season. The update patch is not a complete copy of the 2019 season database. It is a program that applies the corrections to an already installed copy of the 2019 season without disturbing the work you may have already done to your team rosters and league structure.
Please read this page to learn more about what the season update patch does, how to know whether you already have the corrections, and how to download and install the patch.
Scope of the changes
On December 20, 2019, we updated our master copy of the 2019 season database. This update includes the following player record corrections:
Names: Adams,AD (29341) First Name: Austin -> Austin D Adams,AL (30229) First Name: Austin -> Austin L Guerra,JaA (30785) First Name: Javy -> Javy A Guerra,JaL (28609) First Name: Javy -> Javy L Smith,JosA (30042) First Name: Josh -> Josh A Smith,JosD (32447) First Name: Josh -> Josh D Smith,WD (31631) First Name: Will -> Will D Smith,WM (28854) First Name: Will -> Will M Ratings: Adams,AL (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Armstrong (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Barraclough (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Bemboom (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Biddle (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Bruce (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Cervelli (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Chacin (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Dickerson,A (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Dickerson,C (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Dyson,S (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Edwards,C (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Elias (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Encarnacion (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Gallen (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Galvis (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Gausman (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Gennett (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Gyorko (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Holland,D (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Jackson,E (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Kingham (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Lucroy (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Lyles (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Magill (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Martini (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Mejia,A (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Miller,B (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Montgomery,M (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Morales (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Negron (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Peralta,Wa (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Phelps (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Pirela (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Puello (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Ramirez,Y (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Rosenthal (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Sanchez,Aa (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Smyly (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Sogard (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Stassi (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Stratton (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Strickland (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Stroman (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Swarzak (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Swihart (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Vargas,J (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Venters (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Vincent (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone White (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Very prone Wood,H (Composite) Inj: Normal -> Prone Bauer (Cle) Jam: Normal -> Tough Bauer (Cin) Jam: Normal -> Tough Encarnacion (Sea) Clutch: Normal -> Terror Encarnacion (NYA) Clutch: Normal -> Terror Maldonado (KC) Clutch: Normal -> Terror Maldonado (Hou) Clutch: Normal -> Terror
You may not need to do anything. The best way to find out is to check the Notes tab in the DMB Organizer with your installed copy of the 2019 season as the active database. If the date of the "2019 Updates" note is 12/20/2019 or later, you already have the most up to date version.
If you have a previous version installed, you have three options:
- Download a free updated replacement file using the download link provided in the update notification email that was sent to all customers who purchased the 2019 Season Database before 12/20/2019. The free update option makes sense if you haven't already started any projects using the original version of the season file.
- Download and apply the season update patch. This is the best option if you have migrated or drafted a league or started a season and wish to preserve those results. (see below)
- Continue using your existing season file. This "do nothing" options makes sense if your style of play would not be affected by these changes.
Downloading the season update patch
When you download the season update patch, it is saved to the Downloads folder or to the folder that you specify. Before you apply it, you'll need to make sure it is stored in the folder into which you installed Diamond Mind Baseball -- that's C:\dmb11 if you accepted the default location, something else if you chose to install the game elsewhere. It doesn't matter whether you download the file directly into that folder or download it somewhere else and move or copy it there later.
Before you apply the season update patch
If you plan to apply the season update patch to a DMB database in which you have invested a lot of time -- playing games, migrating a league, making roster moves, running a draft -- we strongly recommend that you take the precautionary step of using the Backup command on DMB's File menu to save your database. It's always a good idea to make regular backups of your files, and it's an especially good idea when you are about to run a program that makes changes to those files. Finally, be sure to shut down DMB before you start the patch!
Applying the season update patch
To apply the season update patch, find the downloaded file -- it's called sd2019_v11_patch.exe -- using Windows Explorer (or some other tool for browsing your hard drive). Make sure this file is in the same folder into which you previously installed the Diamond Mind Baseball game. If it's not there already, move or copy it there now.
Important Note: If you try to run the season update patch program from a location other than the DMB game folder, you'll get an error message indicating that CTREESTD.DLL cannot be found or a different message indicating that it was unable to find the BASEBALL.INI file.
When you are ready to apply the season update patch, use Windows Explorer or My Computer to find the DMB game folder and then double-click on the sd2019_v11_patch.exe file to start the process. You'll see the following window:
This window displays a list of all of the DMB databases that are in version 11 format. To make the corrections, select the 2019 season database from the list and click on the "Make corrections" button. If you have installed the 2019 season database more than once, do this for each copy of the database, one at a time.
We have built some important safeguards into this season update patch program:
- if you select a database (such as agt2) that has nothing to do with the 2019 season database, it will tell you that it couldn't find any matching players and therefore did not apply any changes.
- if you accidentally apply the season update patch to the same database more than once, no harm will be done.
It takes only a second or two to make the corrections, and the season update patch program displays a "successful completion" message when it is done.
Season Update Patch Download
To download the update patch program, click the link below to open the download webpage. From the download webpage, click the "Download Now" button to start your download.
sd2019_v11_patch.exe, posted 12/20/2019
Free updates available on request
To request a free updated replacement file for download, send an email to dmb_info@imaginesports.com.We apologize for these errors and for any inconvenience.
