Adding standard league to Historical Fictional Universe

Zitofan75 · 06-08-2007, 11:58 AM

I've been running a Historical Fictional universe with the MLB for a number of years now. I've added minors as time has gone on and they've behaved well.

The problem comes when I add another league. It can be a standard league such as the Japanese League or one of my own creation. The game seems to ignore the start season date that it either grabs from the league schedule (say for the Japanese league) or from the one I designate. It often just starts the season two or three days after I create the league. This can be inconvenient as I created an independent minor league based in Canada and the Northern US and they started up in mid-November,

not a good time for baseball up there! It wouldn't let me reschedule it because we were in that league's "pre-season" so I had to go forward with it.

Another interesting thing was that it turns out it didn't quite ignore my start date. In the case of that league I had designated it to start the following year in late May. What happened was that the game then simmed this league through the winter months, had the playoffs in say April (it got the length of the season right) and then 5 weeks later launched into the season as I'd scheduled! Needless to say those guys had some impressive stats (one guy played 173 games that year!) and after that it seemed to work properly (they didn't have another winter season) but this was sure weird.

With the Japanese league I tried to add it early in March, hoping it would synch up with the real schedule included with the game. What happened instead messed up the game as it went ahead and scheduled regular games earlier than normal but it also tried to schedule spring training games (from the XML schedule I suppose?) for the same dates, which locked up the league and wouldn't let it move forward. Once again I couldn't fiddle with the schedule and ended up deleting the league from that universe.

Anyone else seen this or things like it? I've noted this with historical fictional leagues but haven't tried it with other types. Also, not sure if it matters but I've added all these leagues with the wizard. I have not tried the older manual way to add them yet. Any help, thoughts, or advise are appreciated.

ctorg · 06-08-2007, 12:54 PM

I really do wish we had more control over the schedule at times other than in the preseason. I understand the need for constraints, but I've had some leagues get messed up, particularly by the problem of ST games happening at the same time as regular season games.

Nutlaw · 06-09-2007, 10:59 AM

TT 3689

Ah, well you could try adding a league in early February, which would put it right at the start of the pre-season using the standard schedule. That way, it would have enough time to run ST and get to the regular season.

As part of the TT, I've asked that if nothing else, something be added in-game to tell the user when to create his league so as not to cause these conflicts.

Nutlaw · 07-30-2007, 06:38 PM

This has been marked as something to consider for the next full release of the game.

06-08-2007, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zitofan75 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,329 Thanks: 22 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Adding standard league to Historical Fictional Universe I've been running a Historical Fictional universe with the MLB for a number of years now. I've added minors as time has gone on and they've behaved well. The problem comes when I add another league. It can be a standard league such as the Japanese League or one of my own creation. The game seems to ignore the start season date that it either grabs from the league schedule (say for the Japanese league) or from the one I designate. It often just starts the season two or three days after I create the league. This can be inconvenient as I created an independent minor league based in Canada and the Northern US and they started up in mid-November, not a good time for baseball up there! It wouldn't let me reschedule it because we were in that league's "pre-season" so I had to go forward with it. Another interesting thing was that it turns out it didn't quite ignore my start date. In the case of that league I had designated it to start the following year in late May. What happened was that the game then simmed this league through the winter months, had the playoffs in say April (it got the length of the season right) and then 5 weeks later launched into the season as I'd scheduled! Needless to say those guys had some impressive stats (one guy played 173 games that year!) and after that it seemed to work properly (they didn't have another winter season) but this was sure weird. With the Japanese league I tried to add it early in March, hoping it would synch up with the real schedule included with the game. What happened instead messed up the game as it went ahead and scheduled regular games earlier than normal but it also tried to schedule spring training games (from the XML schedule I suppose?) for the same dates, which locked up the league and wouldn't let it move forward. Once again I couldn't fiddle with the schedule and ended up deleting the league from that universe. Anyone else seen this or things like it? I've noted this with historical fictional leagues but haven't tried it with other types. Also, not sure if it matters but I've added all these leagues with the wizard. I have not tried the older manual way to add them yet. Any help, thoughts, or advise are appreciated.

06-08-2007, 12:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 9,701 Thanks: 38 Thanked 91x in 51 posts	I really do wish we had more control over the schedule at times other than in the preseason. I understand the need for constraints, but I've had some leagues get messed up, particularly by the problem of ST games happening at the same time as regular season games. __________________ THE VERY US ARTISTS - A project for musicians and visual artists My music Currently reading: Thirteen by Richard Morgan "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

06-09-2007, 10:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	TT 3689 Ah, well you could try adding a league in early February, which would put it right at the start of the pre-season using the standard schedule. That way, it would have enough time to run ST and get to the regular season. As part of the TT, I've asked that if nothing else, something be added in-game to tell the user when to create his league so as not to cause these conflicts. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

07-30-2007, 06:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	This has been marked as something to consider for the next full release of the game. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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