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Jaxxvain · 11-04-2008, 03:18 PM

I copied this from a schedule request thread.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...leheaders.html

I wanted others to look at it and see what insights people have about.

1) Is the tiebreaker game for the playoffs hard coded to be the day after the season?
It is quite common to have ties in with only a 20 game season, and my set up has only one team making the playoffs. Using 2-man rotations and having the tiebreaker the day after the season's final doubleheader, well, it means the most important game of the year will be decided with a severely depleted pitching staff.

2) Playoffs Hard coded as well?
I looked at the custom playoff section, but there seems to be no control over what day or days off there will be. I wanted 3 game series, but spaced out over 7 days so you could still stick to two man rotation

3) All star game (ASG)
When I play this schedule (the 20 game one) with an ASG it will move all games after the break to Wednesdays. To improve these great schedules can you move the all-star break towards the end of the season, say after the 18th game, play it on a Sunday and then resume the regular season the following Sunday?

4) Minor league development
I set my minors to play the same 20 game schedule, and it seemed as if no players developed at all. (I only went 4 or 5 years, but none of my top prospects budged in development. I assume I need to either adjust the development modifiers way up, to account for less game experience, or let the minors play a normal schedule. Do you have any recommendations here? And is the same lack of games played affecting the growth (and decline), or lack thereof, of my major league players?

5) Scheduling of non-game dates (winter break, FA, etc...)
I am at work not and can't remember what other important dates can, and seemingly cannot be edited. I know you can select the call-up date, which I liked to do for the last two weeks (4 games) of the season. Both rule 5 drafts and amateur drafts I schedule for December. I assume Free Agency is hard coded for after the playoffs end. I wish there was a way to control that so no moves could be made until after the 1st of the year. What happens if you try to schedule a season that runs into December?

also...
6) Star Ratings
It seems the shorter seasons are affecting some of the Star ratings (which can be edited to not include so much emphasis on the previous season). I theorize that high averages and other percentages factor normally for the star ratings, but the low totals for the other stats such as HRs and RBIs are not scaling down to the number of games played.

7) Accomplishments
This has been mentioned before, but it seems the Accomplishments are hard coded for a 162 game schedule. Anyway to modify more realistic single season accomplishments based on a smaller game schedule?

Would love to hear your input on these issues and find out if we can improve these schedules.

11-04-2008, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jaxxvain All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 511 Thanks: 55 Thanked 51x in 38 posts	Scheduling issues.... I copied this from a schedule request thread. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...leheaders.html I wanted others to look at it and see what insights people have about. 1) Is the tiebreaker game for the playoffs hard coded to be the day after the season? It is quite common to have ties in with only a 20 game season, and my set up has only one team making the playoffs. Using 2-man rotations and having the tiebreaker the day after the season's final doubleheader, well, it means the most important game of the year will be decided with a severely depleted pitching staff. 2) Playoffs Hard coded as well? I looked at the custom playoff section, but there seems to be no control over what day or days off there will be. I wanted 3 game series, but spaced out over 7 days so you could still stick to two man rotation 3) All star game (ASG) When I play this schedule (the 20 game one) with an ASG it will move all games after the break to Wednesdays. To improve these great schedules can you move the all-star break towards the end of the season, say after the 18th game, play it on a Sunday and then resume the regular season the following Sunday? 4) Minor league development I set my minors to play the same 20 game schedule, and it seemed as if no players developed at all. (I only went 4 or 5 years, but none of my top prospects budged in development. I assume I need to either adjust the development modifiers way up, to account for less game experience, or let the minors play a normal schedule. Do you have any recommendations here? And is the same lack of games played affecting the growth (and decline), or lack thereof, of my major league players? 5) Scheduling of non-game dates (winter break, FA, etc...) I am at work not and can't remember what other important dates can, and seemingly cannot be edited. I know you can select the call-up date, which I liked to do for the last two weeks (4 games) of the season. Both rule 5 drafts and amateur drafts I schedule for December. I assume Free Agency is hard coded for after the playoffs end. I wish there was a way to control that so no moves could be made until after the 1st of the year. What happens if you try to schedule a season that runs into December? also... 6) Star Ratings It seems the shorter seasons are affecting some of the Star ratings (which can be edited to not include so much emphasis on the previous season). I theorize that high averages and other percentages factor normally for the star ratings, but the low totals for the other stats such as HRs and RBIs are not scaling down to the number of games played. 7) Accomplishments This has been mentioned before, but it seems the Accomplishments are hard coded for a 162 game schedule. Anyway to modify more realistic single season accomplishments based on a smaller game schedule? Would love to hear your input on these issues and find out if we can improve these schedules.