Help with Settings

jaguar8311 · 06-19-2008, 03:31 PM

Goal: To simulate from 1901 and replay history, I want all stats to be modern day.

Result: I did a historical replay. Started in 1901 with all settings to equal modern day. I sim to 1960, and I get very unrealistic stats. League Average is 273. I get a guy who pitched 524 strikeouts in a season. Pitchers who pitch over 300 innings.

Every year, do I have to adjust the league equilviances to 2007?. What settings would be optimal for achieving my goal, is there a quickstart?. I want to make it EQUAL for all players from 1901 to 2007. No increase in talent from pitcher to batter

Spritze · 06-19-2008, 05:01 PM

Did you edit all the strategic settings in game setup with your modern day numbers? The modifiers are the big ticket items.

If you did you also must click the checkboxes to NOT allow the settings to be changed by the game as history progresses.

jaguar8311 · 06-19-2008, 05:21 PM

Some settings I have

Unchecked- Automatically Adjust League Modifiers after each season
Modifiers all set a 1 (Modern day numbers)

All that automatically adjusting stuff is unchecked, because I want everything to be equal

EDIT: I am pretty sure I just have to adjust the modifier every year, I also unchecked the automate changing of league strategy!

I am a newb and this game is very overwhelming (In a very good way)

Spritze · 06-19-2008, 06:47 PM

There is one other file that must be changed. All the stat lines in it must match the year you are targeting. I am at work right now and the file name has wandered off my brain and moseyed into a mental wastebasket somewhere. I'll look it up when I return home and let you know the name.

jaguar8311 · 06-19-2008, 08:26 PM

Ok thx. Hope it's not too hard since I am but a newb.

In 1907, some guy hit 95 HR

Spritze · 06-19-2008, 09:53 PM

The other file is ERAstats.txt in the OOTP Baseball 9\database folder. It is a comma delimited file and each line should be exactly the same except for the first 4 characters which is the year. You can edit this with any program that can read and write CSV files. A spreadsheet would be a good choice.

jaguar8311 · 06-19-2008, 11:21 PM

Can you post a screenie or something. I go into my documents/ootp 9/database and I all see is bunch of text files. One of them being era stats But it's not a CSV file.

Thank you for trying to help though

Spritze · 06-19-2008, 11:36 PM

Thats the one. It has a .txt extension but contains comma delimited data. I think all the txt files in that folder contain comma delimited data.

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 11:08 AM

When I open it with excel, it's not neatly organised at all

Example

1871,1,0.929,0.104,0.325,3.089,0.324,9.659,3.078,1 ,1

1872,0.99,0.916,0.106,0.354,2.764,0.362,9.395,2.82 2,1,1

1873,0.986,0.938,0.119,0.402,2.602,0.384,8.377,2.4 85,1,1

1874,0.974,0.941,0.128,0.435,2.394,0.418,7.786,2.2 98,1,1

What I think that you want me to do is to replace all the modifiers with the 1 I assume

1871,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

21872,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

1873,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

2005,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

2006,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

2007,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

I did edit the modifiers when I made the world, I set it to never change the modifiers and I set them at 1. Maybe hardcoding it in the game is a better solution.

Am I on the right track?

Spritze · 06-20-2008, 11:21 AM

Don't change the modifiers. These numbers are the STATS you are trying to reach. The modifiers will try to get to these numbers automagically without needing any input from yourselves.

To open in Excel goto Data....Import External Data.....Import Data.....choose text files from the dropdown, the Excel import wizard will ask you how the file is delimited, choose comma, choose first row is header...

To save it just save as a CSV file and then simply rename the extension to CSV. You can also simply rename the txt file to CSV and Excel will just open it for you correctly.

Basically these files are merely CSV files with the extension changed to TXT

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 12:20 PM

Don't I want to change the modifiers though. If I change the HR to say, 5000

When I play an 14 team league in 1901. There will be 5000HR.

I still want expanison,

Edit: If I took how many teams there are in the league, divide it by 30(teams in MLB) then multiply it by the 2007 stat I want. I get the stat.

Spritze · 06-20-2008, 01:36 PM

You will note that most columns are ratios so it should autoadjust to the number of games and teams and what not. For instance note that the empirical numbers are short for strike years but as there are no strikes in the game it automagically adjusts for the full schedule.

Remember also that the initial year of any league has weird stats. It will improve after that.

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spritze

You will note that most columns are ratios so it should autoadjust to the number of games and teams and what not. For instance note that the empirical numbers are short for strike years but as there are no strikes in the game it automagically adjusts for the full schedule.

Remember also that the initial year of any league has weird stats. It will improve after that.

What do you mean, Is this the right chart I want

Spritze · 06-20-2008, 04:24 PM

Yes.

Find your year (row) and copy columns B through the end to all the cells for each year. It should all look exactly the same except for the first column.

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spritze

Yes.

Find your year (row) and copy columns B through the end to all the cells for each year. It should all look exactly the same except for the first column.

But why should they be the same, like I said, in 1901 there are 14 teams and in 2007 there are 30 teams

I don't see how this will work

Edit: Having trouble saving the excel file to a txt, gives me a bunch of errors saying it won't work and the like

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 08:53 PM

Spritze · 06-20-2008, 09:16 PM

Save the Excel file to era_Stats.CSV and then rename it to era_Stats.txt

swampdragon · 06-20-2008, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spritze

Remember also that the initial year of any league has weird stats. It will improve after that.

Have you ever figured out a good set of totals for an 1871 historical league to keep the first year from having weird stats?

jaguar8311 · 06-20-2008, 09:56 PM

stupid question, but how do I rename it. When I add .txt at the end of it. It does not convert to a notepad file. so i get era_stats.txt that opens by default in excel instead of era_stats that opens in notepad.

Thanks again

Spritze · 06-20-2008, 11:56 PM

it is easiest if you unhide the file extensions. You are changing the name, not the extension on accident. right click start button, choose explore, choose tools, choose folder options, take the check mark out of the box that says hide extensions for known file types. Then you see the file extion and be able to change it.

06-19-2008, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Help with Settings Goal: To simulate from 1901 and replay history, I want all stats to be modern day. Result: I did a historical replay. Started in 1901 with all settings to equal modern day. I sim to 1960, and I get very unrealistic stats. League Average is 273. I get a guy who pitched 524 strikeouts in a season. Pitchers who pitch over 300 innings. Every year, do I have to adjust the league equilviances to 2007?. What settings would be optimal for achieving my goal, is there a quickstart?. I want to make it EQUAL for all players from 1901 to 2007. No increase in talent from pitcher to batter

06-19-2008, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Some settings I have Unchecked- Automatically Adjust League Modifiers after each season Modifiers all set a 1 (Modern day numbers) All that automatically adjusting stuff is unchecked, because I want everything to be equal EDIT: I am pretty sure I just have to adjust the modifier every year, I also unchecked the automate changing of league strategy! I am a newb and this game is very overwhelming (In a very good way) Last edited by jaguar8311 : 06-19-2008 at 05:31 PM.

06-20-2008, 12:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Don't I want to change the modifiers though. If I change the HR to say, 5000 When I play an 14 team league in 1901. There will be 5000HR. I still want expanison, Edit: If I took how many teams there are in the league, divide it by 30(teams in MLB) then multiply it by the 2007 stat I want. I get the stat. Last edited by jaguar8311 : 06-20-2008 at 12:33 PM.

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jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Bump Last edited by jaguar8311 : 06-20-2008 at 09:06 PM.

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06-19-2008, 05:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	Did you edit all the strategic settings in game setup with your modern day numbers? The modifiers are the big ticket items. If you did you also must click the checkboxes to NOT allow the settings to be changed by the game as history progresses.

06-19-2008, 06:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	There is one other file that must be changed. All the stat lines in it must match the year you are targeting. I am at work right now and the file name has wandered off my brain and moseyed into a mental wastebasket somewhere. I'll look it up when I return home and let you know the name.

06-19-2008, 08:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Ok thx. Hope it's not too hard since I am but a newb. In 1907, some guy hit 95 HR

06-19-2008, 09:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	The other file is ERAstats.txt in the OOTP Baseball 9\database folder. It is a comma delimited file and each line should be exactly the same except for the first 4 characters which is the year. You can edit this with any program that can read and write CSV files. A spreadsheet would be a good choice.

06-19-2008, 11:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	Can you post a screenie or something. I go into my documents/ootp 9/database and I all see is bunch of text files. One of them being era stats But it's not a CSV file. Thank you for trying to help though

06-19-2008, 11:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	Thats the one. It has a .txt extension but contains comma delimited data. I think all the txt files in that folder contain comma delimited data.

06-20-2008, 11:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	Don't change the modifiers. These numbers are the STATS you are trying to reach. The modifiers will try to get to these numbers automagically without needing any input from yourselves. To open in Excel goto Data....Import External Data.....Import Data.....choose text files from the dropdown, the Excel import wizard will ask you how the file is delimited, choose comma, choose first row is header... To save it just save as a CSV file and then simply rename the extension to CSV. You can also simply rename the txt file to CSV and Excel will just open it for you correctly. Basically these files are merely CSV files with the extension changed to TXT

06-20-2008, 01:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	You will note that most columns are ratios so it should autoadjust to the number of games and teams and what not. For instance note that the empirical numbers are short for strike years but as there are no strikes in the game it automagically adjusts for the full schedule. Remember also that the initial year of any league has weird stats. It will improve after that.

06-20-2008, 04:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	Yes. Find your year (row) and copy columns B through the end to all the cells for each year. It should all look exactly the same except for the first column.

06-20-2008, 09:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	Save the Excel file to era_Stats.CSV and then rename it to era_Stats.txt

06-20-2008, 09:56 PM	#19 (permalink)
jaguar8311 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 71	stupid question, but how do I rename it. When I add .txt at the end of it. It does not convert to a notepad file. so i get era_stats.txt that opens by default in excel instead of era_stats that opens in notepad. Thanks again

06-20-2008, 11:56 PM	#20 (permalink)
Spritze All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redmond Posts: 710	it is easiest if you unhide the file extensions. You are changing the name, not the extension on accident. right click start button, choose explore, choose tools, choose folder options, take the check mark out of the box that says hide extensions for known file types. Then you see the file extion and be able to change it.