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fearofmimes · 06-20-2006, 02:39 PM

On and off since OOTP4 I've been messing around trying to create a fictional league that mimics the results of major league baseball over the course of the years (since some reasonable point in the deadball era). With previous versions I ran into roadblocks that were pretty fundamental and I ended up giving up. Now I'm trying again with OOTPB 2006.

I have started going through configuration options with the goal of creating different games to allow testing of different scenarios. The goal of the configuration and testing would be to allow the league to develop over time (with minor changes to options over time to mirror changes in baseball) with results that are roughly consistent with those of major league baseball. Basically, I want everything with the league to be as close to the conditions of actual major leage baseball except for the actual players.

My particular interest in this effort is that it provides a foundation for exploring the game in a little more detail than I have been able to in the past. Also, I expect that it could help me build confidence in the game engine and AI so that I can pursue other ideas down the road. I'm also open to the possibility that my hopes for such confidence could be crushed as they were with past versions.

The ultimate result of this could be one or more quickstarts, which could be of interest to others. Also, I'm expecting that there are a few issues with the game engine and AI model that will keep me from achieving all that I desire, but hopefully with the new version the issues won't be as fundamental as they were with past versions (like the problems with double headers until OOTP6.5).

The elements that I expect to model are the following:

Teams and their cities (tracking changes over time)
Stadiums with reasonable park factors (changing over time as well)
Roster rules and relationships with minor league teams
Financials where it makes sense or may be possible
Actual schedules
Anything else that makes sense

I have created a league for 1902 that I need to tweak a little more before testing. I also started working on a 1901 league, but I was missing a couple bits of information that I hope to clear up. I will post updates to this thread if there is interest. You can also expect to see questions as I attempt to work through issues that I encounter.

06-20-2006, 02:39 PM	#1
fearofmimes Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 31	Fictional League consistent with Major League History On and off since OOTP4 I've been messing around trying to create a fictional league that mimics the results of major league baseball over the course of the years (since some reasonable point in the deadball era). With previous versions I ran into roadblocks that were pretty fundamental and I ended up giving up. Now I'm trying again with OOTPB 2006. I have started going through configuration options with the goal of creating different games to allow testing of different scenarios. The goal of the configuration and testing would be to allow the league to develop over time (with minor changes to options over time to mirror changes in baseball) with results that are roughly consistent with those of major league baseball. Basically, I want everything with the league to be as close to the conditions of actual major leage baseball except for the actual players. My particular interest in this effort is that it provides a foundation for exploring the game in a little more detail than I have been able to in the past. Also, I expect that it could help me build confidence in the game engine and AI so that I can pursue other ideas down the road. I'm also open to the possibility that my hopes for such confidence could be crushed as they were with past versions. The ultimate result of this could be one or more quickstarts, which could be of interest to others. Also, I'm expecting that there are a few issues with the game engine and AI model that will keep me from achieving all that I desire, but hopefully with the new version the issues won't be as fundamental as they were with past versions (like the problems with double headers until OOTP6.5). The elements that I expect to model are the following: Teams and their cities (tracking changes over time) Stadiums with reasonable park factors (changing over time as well) Roster rules and relationships with minor league teams Financials where it makes sense or may be possible Actual schedules Anything else that makes sense I have created a league for 1902 that I need to tweak a little more before testing. I also started working on a 1901 league, but I was missing a couple bits of information that I hope to clear up. I will post updates to this thread if there is interest. You can also expect to see questions as I attempt to work through issues that I encounter.