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Originally Posted by endgame
You must be one of the only people in OOTP who actually understood, or believes they do, how that button worked. I can't recall many other areas that were more debated or caused more confusion than that little bugger. While I understand your intent, a sound one, if something like this is added it is imperative (IMHO) that Markus step up and define what it is it will actually do and how.  |
I thought it was pretty straightforward. You know how the current version of the game will currently autocalculate the league totals modifiers when you go to a new season (if you have the box checked)? Well, the "reclculate for historical accuracy" button did that (excent that it applied the changes to the numbers themselves, since there were no "modifiers" in earlier versions). It's automated now. But if you change a substantial amount of league data - say, by making a roster set - you can't have it recalculate the league totals anymore.
Here's how it basically worked:
There is a file in the database folder that has the league totals for each year in real history. Pressing button would adjust the league totals for your league so that they would produce stats similar to the actual totals listed for the year.
So let's say you're setting up a league in 1920 but you have players with ratings that are like modern day ones. Hitting the button would adjust the league totals so that you get strikeout, homerun, etc., levels that are similar to the year 1920.
It wasn't perfect, but it was a close enough estimate to get reasonable numbers.