Fictional Fast-Sim Quickstart with 200+ years of history

darkcloud4579 · 04-20-2010, 06:06 PM

This is my ongoing fast-sim solo league that I started back in 2008 and have been actively managing through versions 9, 10 and now 11 of OOTP.

Fast-sim means that injuries are off, fatigue is low (though you could increase it) and after the off-season ends, the teams are set not to allow AI changes and I sim the entire season at once, then allow teams to make changes during the off-season.

Worried yet? Don't be. In this league, only four players have ever hit .400 in the 212 years the league has been around. Only one man has hit 60 home runs. One time. And that was in the 1800s.

The years aren't important, I started in the past because I knew I wanted a long history when I started it and I have a hard time starting in the modern times, but the economic model and stats (ok, mostly) have been relatively static. There is a period of a juiced ball and dead ball period, but...I managed to stabilize it before moving it into OOTP 11 upon release.

There's over 200 years of history, I used to have just one level of minors, but now there are three (with ghost players activated, to keep file sizes down)

There are 36 teams in the majors (two 18-team leagues) and 8 teams in each make the playoffs at the moment. (7-7-7-9)

Schedule is custom and all of the logos/uniforms as well.

The history alone might engross you for hours before you even decide to play it at all, at least, it does for me and I've been around for all of it. Enjoy.

Oh, the salary cap was at $65m forever, but I increased it slightly the other year to $66 million. All teams get the same amount of media money, because honestly, worrying about finances in fast-sim is just not worth the trouble unless things go awry (or checking to make sure teams aren't over the cap via extensions every so often.)

Lemme know if you have questions! (Link to file now at the bottom of this thread)

ashantewarrier · 04-21-2010, 12:31 AM

I've been looking for someone to do this. I would do it myself but I just don't have the time. Having 11 month old twins and a three year old keeps me kind of busy.

Thanks!

darkcloud4579 · 04-21-2010, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashantewarrier

I've been looking for someone to do this. I would do it myself but I just don't have the time. Having 11 month old twins and a three year old keeps me kind of busy.

Thanks!

You know, I was hoping that people would appreciate it precisely for that reason. So I'm glad I put decided to release it to the public.

Hope you enjoy it!

RchW · 04-21-2010, 05:02 AM

This interests me a lot. I was struggling with what to play in v11. I'll give it a try.

Thanks for doing this.

Greg Layton · 04-24-2010, 01:01 AM

I'm going to jump on it, too. Thanks for sharing.

myasu · 04-24-2010, 05:42 AM

Thanks a lot for sharing, darkcloud, gotta try this one!
I just started downloading it now!

darkcloud4579 · 04-25-2010, 01:48 PM

Glad you all are enjoying it, guys. Thanks!

jagreen · 05-05-2010, 09:11 PM

Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this. I have started 4 leagues myself so far just haven't found the right mix yet.

Thanks. I will give it a try and let you know what I think.

jagreen · 05-05-2010, 09:22 PM

double post... my bad.

OutS|der · 05-30-2010, 09:57 PM

is it possible for you to post this in a previous season?
say before 2001, the Seattle franchise that has 12 championships goes under then or even previous years then that?

Jeremy2010 · 05-31-2010, 06:16 PM

In the package you have a subfolder called "incident_2010-04-09 22_13_00".

I think it contains just some security backup the game created after a crash during your testing.

This subfolder can be safely deleted so you can repackage the quickstart, because this backup folder alone is 280 MB!

EDIT: and you can delete the autosave, file and import-export subfolders too! Another 280 MB.

darkcloud4579 · 08-27-2010, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutS|der

is it possible for you to post this in a previous season?
say before 2001, the Seattle franchise that has 12 championships goes under then or even previous years then that?

No, I just uploaded it at a point when I'd played it last. And not now because that computer it was originally on is toast.

darkcloud4579 · 08-27-2010, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy2010

In the package you have a subfolder called "incident_2010-04-09 22_13_00".

I think it contains just some security backup the game created after a crash during your testing.

This subfolder can be safely deleted so you can repackage the quickstart, because this backup folder alone is 280 MB!

EDIT: and you can delete the autosave, file and import-export subfolders too! Another 280 MB.

Good thing to know. Thanks.

darkcloud4579 · 05-01-2011, 09:51 PM

I reuploaded this to the web when the original link stopped working.

You can get it here. It's a very large template file(nearly 600MB), but it's worth it.

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

kev24fan · 05-05-2011, 11:09 AM

I just now seen this post. I have to try this out. Thank you for sharing it with us.

kev24fan · 05-05-2011, 11:57 AM

For some reason I can not get the quick start to load. So I am going to set up my own solo league like that. Do you have Enable Suspensions or Enable Drug-Suspensions checked? You do not have Coaching or Scouting I assume.

I tried again and its loading now.

kev24fan · 05-06-2011, 04:44 PM

I would not load for me. Says missing World.dat at will not go any further for me. I was really looking forward to playing this. If somebody can help me get this working I be very happy.

kev24fan · 05-08-2011, 11:36 AM

I got it to work finally. I made a folder called Fool.lg and copied everything but description.txt, the File folder, and the incident folder from the Fool-D.quick to the folder Fool.lg. It loaded in the game fine. I see the logos and all. The games date is 03/01/2012.

The quick was created on a PC and I had to do this in order for it to work on my MAC.

darkcloud4579 · 05-16-2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kev24fan

I got it to work finally. I made a folder called Fool.lg and copied everything but description.txt, the File folder, and the incident folder from the Fool-D.quick to the folder Fool.lg. It loaded in the game fine. I see the logos and all. The games date is 03/01/2012.

The quick was created on a PC and I had to do this in order for it to work on my MAC.

Glad to hear you got it working!

darkcloud4579 · 09-20-2011, 01:53 PM

Ok, here's the OOTP12 version of this same quickstart. I renamed it to Day To Day Baseball (because of how I sim)

We're at 24 teams now, due to some contract and modern expansion due to the atrophy of some of teams/staleness. I figure this gives me (and you!) the flexibility to add teams as you want to have essentially a chance to build even more history with a different set of clubs. Just two divisions in each league and two rounds of playoffs (7-9) should make things more competitive, but fun as well.

So things should be easier to get immersed with and I've personally found it more fun to play now than ever. Best of all, the file I've uploaded is in a .zip file with the folder to install into your OOTP Quickstarts directory and it's only about 59MB, so a lot less time downloading and more time playing.

Check it out and let me know if you have question.

04-20-2010, 06:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,248 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 73 Thanked 66x in 37 posts	Fictional Fast-Sim Quickstart with 200+ years of history This is my ongoing fast-sim solo league that I started back in 2008 and have been actively managing through versions 9, 10 and now 11 of OOTP. Fast-sim means that injuries are off, fatigue is low (though you could increase it) and after the off-season ends, the teams are set not to allow AI changes and I sim the entire season at once, then allow teams to make changes during the off-season. Worried yet? Don't be. In this league, only four players have ever hit .400 in the 212 years the league has been around. Only one man has hit 60 home runs. One time. And that was in the 1800s. The years aren't important, I started in the past because I knew I wanted a long history when I started it and I have a hard time starting in the modern times, but the economic model and stats (ok, mostly) have been relatively static. There is a period of a juiced ball and dead ball period, but...I managed to stabilize it before moving it into OOTP 11 upon release. There's over 200 years of history, I used to have just one level of minors, but now there are three (with ghost players activated, to keep file sizes down) There are 36 teams in the majors (two 18-team leagues) and 8 teams in each make the playoffs at the moment. (7-7-7-9) Schedule is custom and all of the logos/uniforms as well. The history alone might engross you for hours before you even decide to play it at all, at least, it does for me and I've been around for all of it. Enjoy. Oh, the salary cap was at $65m forever, but I increased it slightly the other year to $66 million. All teams get the same amount of media money, because honestly, worrying about finances in fast-sim is just not worth the trouble unless things go awry (or checking to make sure teams aren't over the cap via extensions every so often.) Lemme know if you have questions! (Link to file now at the bottom of this thread) __________________ SLOP: Commissioner FOBL: Marlboro Townies FOFC-FBCB: Kansas Jayhawks ZOMGFL: Colorado Buffaloes Omnivore FBS Computer Ranking Last edited by darkcloud4579; 05-02-2011 at 06:33 AM.

04-21-2010, 12:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
ashantewarrier All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,463 Thanks: 636 Thanked 152x in 96 posts	I've been looking for someone to do this. I would do it myself but I just don't have the time. Having 11 month old twins and a three year old keeps me kind of busy. Thanks! __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson OOTP MLB & NCAA Caps & Jerseys http://s1232.photobucket.com/profile/ashantewarrier

04-24-2010, 05:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
myasu All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,512 Thanks: 136 Thanked 43x in 24 posts	Thanks a lot for sharing, darkcloud, gotta try this one! I just started downloading it now! __________________ myasu Bill Spaceman Lee- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."

04-25-2010, 01:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,248 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 73 Thanked 66x in 37 posts	Glad you all are enjoying it, guys. Thanks! __________________ SLOP: Commissioner FOBL: Marlboro Townies FOFC-FBCB: Kansas Jayhawks ZOMGFL: Colorado Buffaloes Omnivore FBS Computer Ranking

05-31-2010, 06:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jeremy2010 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	In the package you have a subfolder called "incident_2010-04-09 22_13_00". I think it contains just some security backup the game created after a crash during your testing. This subfolder can be safely deleted so you can repackage the quickstart, because this backup folder alone is 280 MB! EDIT: and you can delete the autosave, file and import-export subfolders too! Another 280 MB. Last edited by Jeremy2010; 05-31-2010 at 06:19 PM.

04-24-2010, 01:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Greg Layton Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 301 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I'm going to jump on it, too. Thanks for sharing.

05-05-2010, 09:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
jagreen Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 148 Thanks: 80 Thanked 11x in 9 posts	Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this. I have started 4 leagues myself so far just haven't found the right mix yet. Thanks. I will give it a try and let you know what I think.

05-05-2010, 09:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
jagreen Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 148 Thanks: 80 Thanked 11x in 9 posts	double post... my bad.

05-30-2010, 09:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
OutS\|der Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Crackatoea Posts: 436 Thanks: 2 Thanked 95x in 77 posts	is it possible for you to post this in a previous season? say before 2001, the Seattle franchise that has 12 championships goes under then or even previous years then that?

05-01-2011, 09:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,248 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 73 Thanked 66x in 37 posts	I reuploaded this to the web when the original link stopped working. You can get it here. It's a very large template file(nearly 600MB), but it's worth it. MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service __________________ SLOP: Commissioner FOBL: Marlboro Townies FOFC-FBCB: Kansas Jayhawks ZOMGFL: Colorado Buffaloes Omnivore FBS Computer Ranking

05-05-2011, 11:09 AM	#15 (permalink)
kev24fan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 135 Thanks: 74 Thanked 16x in 14 posts	I just now seen this post. I have to try this out. Thank you for sharing it with us.

05-05-2011, 11:57 AM	#16 (permalink)
kev24fan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 135 Thanks: 74 Thanked 16x in 14 posts	For some reason I can not get the quick start to load. So I am going to set up my own solo league like that. Do you have Enable Suspensions or Enable Drug-Suspensions checked? You do not have Coaching or Scouting I assume. I tried again and its loading now. Last edited by kev24fan; 05-06-2011 at 04:19 PM.

05-06-2011, 04:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
kev24fan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 135 Thanks: 74 Thanked 16x in 14 posts	Spoke to soon I would not load for me. Says missing World.dat at will not go any further for me. I was really looking forward to playing this. If somebody can help me get this working I be very happy.

05-08-2011, 11:36 AM	#18 (permalink)
kev24fan Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 135 Thanks: 74 Thanked 16x in 14 posts	I got it to work finally. I made a folder called Fool.lg and copied everything but description.txt, the File folder, and the incident folder from the Fool-D.quick to the folder Fool.lg. It loaded in the game fine. I see the logos and all. The games date is 03/01/2012. The quick was created on a PC and I had to do this in order for it to work on my MAC. Last edited by kev24fan; 05-08-2011 at 11:37 AM.

09-20-2011, 01:53 PM	#20 (permalink)
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,248 Blog Entries: 29 Thanks: 73 Thanked 66x in 37 posts	Ok, here's the OOTP12 version of this same quickstart. I renamed it to Day To Day Baseball (because of how I sim) We're at 24 teams now, due to some contract and modern expansion due to the atrophy of some of teams/staleness. I figure this gives me (and you!) the flexibility to add teams as you want to have essentially a chance to build even more history with a different set of clubs. Just two divisions in each league and two rounds of playoffs (7-9) should make things more competitive, but fun as well. So things should be easier to get immersed with and I've personally found it more fun to play now than ever. Best of all, the file I've uploaded is in a .zip file with the folder to install into your OOTP Quickstarts directory and it's only about 59MB, so a lot less time downloading and more time playing. Check it out and let me know if you have question.

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