Issue with schedule not rotating teams

Westheim · 06-08-2012, 07:37 PM

I'm playing a custom schedule found on here for my American Baseball League (over in the Dynasty area).

Now, after the first season the game goes back to properly load the custom schedule again, however it does not rotate the teams randomly as promised by the online manual and I can not find any way to make it rotate them. As it is I face the exact same schedule again as in the first season, and I HATE that.

Is there any way to fix this? I don't have the least little idea of how to manually edit anything outside of the game, and manipulating the schedule in game sounds like a pain in the rear end.

Heeeelp...!

Kuttner · 06-10-2012, 09:32 PM

Can you post the schedule here? Might help.

RchW · 06-10-2012, 09:47 PM

Built in schedules rotate. Custom ones maybe not.

Westheim · 06-12-2012, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuttner

Can you post the schedule here? Might help.

It's the one in here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...e-request.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by RchW

Built in schedules rotate. Custom ones maybe not.

Is there a subtle trick to make them do? I spent most of Saturday teaching myself how to manipulate the schedule file to at least switch my team with another one, so at least I do have a different schedule - very pathetic workaround.

Kuttner · 06-12-2012, 08:00 AM

This schedule seems to be working correctly, as it plays 3 games against 6 different teams in the other league each year. It randomly chooses the teams in the other league so you could have repeats year after year. Perhaps you've just been unlucky.

I ran a test league over 5 years and picked a team (Quebec) to track.

In year 1 the teams they played in the other league were:
BAL, DET, FW, DEN, SD, SF

Year 2:
JAC, IND, FW, DEN, SD, POR

Year 3:
JAC, BAL, POR, DET, SD, SEA

Year 4:
SD, SEA, IND, POR, DET, AUS

Year 5:
DEN, AUS, SF, BAL, SD, DET

So over the 5 years they played 11 of the 12 teams in the other league. They played SD all 5 years, and never played LV. All the other teams were somewhere in between.

So it does work, but of course it's very random, so it might feel you're playing the same schedule some years, but you're not. At least according to what I see.

Westheim · 06-13-2012, 01:17 AM

While I would very much welcome this kind of randomness in interleague, this isn't just the interleague pairings. The whole schedule was 100% the same, starting with series against the Crusaders, Condors, and Bayhawks, continuing exactly like the first season and ending with Indians, Canadiens, and Crusaders again.

So if it works for you I must have done something wrong, apparently.

Kuttner · 06-13-2012, 06:36 AM

You're not reloading the schedule every year right? If you are then you'd get the same schedule in the same order every season.

Kuttner · 06-13-2012, 06:50 AM

I've attached a picture of the month of April in 2 different years.

Westheim · 06-13-2012, 06:01 PM

No I didn't reload the schedule. It just came back the exactly same way. Which is not supposed to happen, at least it works for you.

Ah, what is my life .......

Kuttner · 06-13-2012, 09:27 PM

All right... here's one last thing. Here's how I have the Options set up in the Game Setup screen, if you wanted to compare to yours.

Westheim · 06-14-2012, 01:26 AM

This matches mine, too.

Well, thanks for your help. Maybe it's a bug.

06-08-2012, 07:37 PM	#1
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,905	Issue with schedule not rotating teams I'm playing a custom schedule found on here for my American Baseball League (over in the Dynasty area). Now, after the first season the game goes back to properly load the custom schedule again, however it does not rotate the teams randomly as promised by the online manual and I can not find any way to make it rotate them. As it is I face the exact same schedule again as in the first season, and I HATE that. Is there any way to fix this? I don't have the least little idea of how to manually edit anything outside of the game, and manipulating the schedule in game sounds like a pain in the rear end. Heeeelp...!

06-10-2012, 09:32 PM	#2
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06-10-2012, 09:47 PM	#3
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	Built in schedules rotate. Custom ones maybe not. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

06-12-2012, 08:00 AM	#5
Kuttner Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 279	This schedule seems to be working correctly, as it plays 3 games against 6 different teams in the other league each year. It randomly chooses the teams in the other league so you could have repeats year after year. Perhaps you've just been unlucky. I ran a test league over 5 years and picked a team (Quebec) to track. In year 1 the teams they played in the other league were: BAL, DET, FW, DEN, SD, SF Year 2: JAC, IND, FW, DEN, SD, POR Year 3: JAC, BAL, POR, DET, SD, SEA Year 4: SD, SEA, IND, POR, DET, AUS Year 5: DEN, AUS, SF, BAL, SD, DET So over the 5 years they played 11 of the 12 teams in the other league. They played SD all 5 years, and never played LV. All the other teams were somewhere in between. So it does work, but of course it's very random, so it might feel you're playing the same schedule some years, but you're not. At least according to what I see. __________________ Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game

06-13-2012, 06:36 AM	#7
Kuttner Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 279	You're not reloading the schedule every year right? If you are then you'd get the same schedule in the same order every season. __________________ Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game

06-13-2012, 01:17 AM	#6
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,905	While I would very much welcome this kind of randomness in interleague, this isn't just the interleague pairings. The whole schedule was 100% the same, starting with series against the Crusaders, Condors, and Bayhawks, continuing exactly like the first season and ending with Indians, Canadiens, and Crusaders again. So if it works for you I must have done something wrong, apparently.

06-13-2012, 06:50 AM	#8
Kuttner Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 279	I've attached a picture of the month of April in 2 different years. Attached Images __________________ Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game

06-13-2012, 06:01 PM	#9
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,905	No I didn't reload the schedule. It just came back the exactly same way. Which is not supposed to happen, at least it works for you. Ah, what is my life .......

06-13-2012, 09:27 PM	#10
Kuttner Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 279	All right... here's one last thing. Here's how I have the Options set up in the Game Setup screen, if you wanted to compare to yours. Attached Images __________________ Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game

06-14-2012, 01:26 AM	#11
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,905	This matches mine, too. Well, thanks for your help. Maybe it's a bug.