BZ 1394: Trading Difficulty

KySteveH · 07-08-2008, 11:50 PM

So I tried to dump Corey Patterson on the Blue Jays the other day, and just for the fun of it, I stuck Vernon Wells on the other side. Of course, I was denied, and I hit "make this work now." I got a short list which included Jay Burce and Edinson Volquez. Gee, ya think?

So far so good, so then I started messing around with adding cash. I added a million to the deal, and the Blue Jays said yes. As bad as that is, what happened next is worse. I kept lowering the cash amount, all the way to one dollar. Guess what? Toronto took the deal every time. So how exactly would that negotiation go:

Walt Jocketty: Um, we'll give you Corey Patterson for Vernon Wells.
JP Riccardi: No way hoser!
Walt: Okay, we'll throw in $1 (American).
JP: Whoa, dude, that's like almost $1.50 (Canadian)! We'll do it!

And yeah, I know OOTP doesn't know names. So, for all the fictional fanboys:

Patterson = outfielder who sucks
Wells = solid outfielder who makes half what Patterson makes
Bruce, Volquez = stud prospects

So, is trading broke, then, eh? Or are the Blue Jays just programmed to be that stupid?

Spritze · 07-09-2008, 01:38 AM

This is a known problem that the power that is HE knows about as it has been Bugzilled to death. I am sure a fix is forthcoming.

By the way, I used this undocumented enhancement to add in their primes Lou Gehrig and Walter Johnson to the 1990's Mariners and won 7 pennants in a row! Total cost $2 and 2 lousy bench players.

Tony M · 07-09-2008, 03:52 AM

This is a logged bug. Logged as BZ 1394.

I'll move this thread to Technical Support as it is a bug report.

Nutlaw · 07-12-2008, 10:31 AM

This was marked as something to be addressed at a later time.

KySteveH · 07-14-2008, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

This was marked as something to be addressed at a later time.

Hmmm...So then the whole concept of adding cash to a trade is worthless, right? Because if I know I can always just add a dollar to make things work, then how can I negotiate with another GM? Did that function ever work, or has it somehow been missed in testing?

Nutlaw · 07-14-2008, 06:00 PM

It used to work fine in OOTP 2007. I honestly haven't personally tested it since.

07-08-2008, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
KySteveH Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 255 Thanks: 15 Thanked 7x in 4 posts	BZ 1394: Trading Difficulty So I tried to dump Corey Patterson on the Blue Jays the other day, and just for the fun of it, I stuck Vernon Wells on the other side. Of course, I was denied, and I hit "make this work now." I got a short list which included Jay Burce and Edinson Volquez. Gee, ya think? So far so good, so then I started messing around with adding cash. I added a million to the deal, and the Blue Jays said yes. As bad as that is, what happened next is worse. I kept lowering the cash amount, all the way to one dollar. Guess what? Toronto took the deal every time. So how exactly would that negotiation go: Walt Jocketty: Um, we'll give you Corey Patterson for Vernon Wells. JP Riccardi: No way hoser! Walt: Okay, we'll throw in $1 (American). JP: Whoa, dude, that's like almost $1.50 (Canadian)! We'll do it! And yeah, I know OOTP doesn't know names. So, for all the fictional fanboys: Patterson = outfielder who sucks Wells = solid outfielder who makes half what Patterson makes Bruce, Volquez = stud prospects So, is trading broke, then, eh? Or are the Blue Jays just programmed to be that stupid?

07-09-2008, 03:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tony M Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here Posts: 6,113 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 38 Thanked 309x in 179 posts	This is a logged bug. Logged as BZ 1394. I'll move this thread to Technical Support as it is a bug report. __________________ This signature is intentionally blank

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Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	This was marked as something to be addressed at a later time. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	It used to work fine in OOTP 2007. I honestly haven't personally tested it since. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

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07-09-2008, 01:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spritze Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Wa and Cape Coast Ghana Posts: 2,944 Thanks: 16 Thanked 341x in 239 posts	This is a known problem that the power that is HE knows about as it has been Bugzilled to death. I am sure a fix is forthcoming. By the way, I used this undocumented enhancement to add in their primes Lou Gehrig and Walter Johnson to the 1990's Mariners and won 7 pennants in a row! Total cost $2 and 2 lousy bench players.