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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
That is not a bug, it is by design... if someone does not like the way it behaves, he should not use this option.  |
Well!
I do not like the way it behaves, so
I will not use this option! (J/K
- I understand it's a necessary tradeoff between minor annoyance and game performance.)
I got what I was looking for in this thread: not a quick fix but an acknowledgement from others, and the head guy, that the problem, er, choice, exists. For me, it means choosing to turn this option off, because I do like looking into minor league history, and I don't want to take any chances with my independent leagues when I restart my game.
What it also means is that I will be shrinking the size of my baseball universe, which I was starting to believe was too large anyway for several other reasons. This way, I hope to avoid any computer performance problems that I may encounter with too many retired players in my players.dat file. At least for quite a while.
Perhaps, in a future version of OOTP, deleting retired players will include disconnecting the hyperlinks on HTML reports like awards and accomplishments. Dead link = retired non-MLB player. At least the original name and achievement would be preserved that way.
I would recommend that battists, if he does update the game guide, talk a bit about this option, pro and con. I notice that this feature appeared in 1.0.2 Build 12252 (released 7/7/06) which was after the latest edition of the guide.
Thanks, one and all, who took the time to post in response.