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1998 Yankees · 07-15-2007, 07:59 PM

A tall order, littlechris!

I may be able to help you with some of this.

I have read here that the schedule generator that comes with the game cannot handle generating new schedules for unbalanced or interleague play. You set those settings in order for the game to see if it has any schedules that match your preferences AND also match your number of teams, divisions, and subleagues. If so, it loads one of those canned schedules. If you cannot generate a schedule that you like based on your preferences, see if there is one that will match in the mod that SandMan provides at this web site; he has a lot of schedules to choose from:

http://web.mac.com/sixwilsons/iWeb/O...Databases.html

Next, you see yourself on the Team Personnel page but unlike the others, there is no salary data. This is because it's designed that way; you do not have a contract like them and you work at the will of the owner (unless you are also the commissioner, in which case he's got little to say about whether you stay or not). If this is disappointing, go to your Manager Home page where there is much more information about you and your team than what you see on the personnel page.

On your Manager Options page (Manager, Home Page, Manager Options) is where you set Play Mode for Commissioner (either temporarily or as your normal style of play). Once you are the commissioner, you can make changes to your ballpark. You do this by going to your team's Home Page, Options & Ballpark, Edit Ballpark. Click Pictures & Coordinates to see where those player icons can be moved around. Once you have them in place where you want them over your stadium picture, you can leave them there or, if your other stadiums have the same picture dimensions, you can click Action, Assign Coordinates to All Parks.

Lastly, you know that you have something called a Secondary (a.k.a. "40-man") or Reserve Roster. All players on this roster when Spring Training starts can participate; minor league players can be put on the Secondary Roster (not the Active Roster) for this purpose without incurring the expense of a major league contract. The only downside to this is that once the season starts, minor league players who are not placed on the Active Roster are considered demoted to the minors again (they can stay on the Secondary Roster and be in the minors) and that "demotion" uses up one of their minor league option years (how many years you can bring a player up and demote him again). Also, you need to waive a player to remove him from the Secondary Roster. Read the manual for more details (and to make sure I know what I am talking about

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07-15-2007, 07:59 PM	#3
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	A tall order, littlechris! I may be able to help you with some of this. I have read here that the schedule generator that comes with the game cannot handle generating new schedules for unbalanced or interleague play. You set those settings in order for the game to see if it has any schedules that match your preferences AND also match your number of teams, divisions, and subleagues. If so, it loads one of those canned schedules. If you cannot generate a schedule that you like based on your preferences, see if there is one that will match in the mod that SandMan provides at this web site; he has a lot of schedules to choose from: http://web.mac.com/sixwilsons/iWeb/O...Databases.html Next, you see yourself on the Team Personnel page but unlike the others, there is no salary data. This is because it's designed that way; you do not have a contract like them and you work at the will of the owner (unless you are also the commissioner, in which case he's got little to say about whether you stay or not). If this is disappointing, go to your Manager Home page where there is much more information about you and your team than what you see on the personnel page. On your Manager Options page (Manager, Home Page, Manager Options) is where you set Play Mode for Commissioner (either temporarily or as your normal style of play). Once you are the commissioner, you can make changes to your ballpark. You do this by going to your team's Home Page, Options & Ballpark, Edit Ballpark. Click Pictures & Coordinates to see where those player icons can be moved around. Once you have them in place where you want them over your stadium picture, you can leave them there or, if your other stadiums have the same picture dimensions, you can click Action, Assign Coordinates to All Parks. Lastly, you know that you have something called a Secondary (a.k.a. "40-man") or Reserve Roster. All players on this roster when Spring Training starts can participate; minor league players can be put on the Secondary Roster (not the Active Roster) for this purpose without incurring the expense of a major league contract. The only downside to this is that once the season starts, minor league players who are not placed on the Active Roster are considered demoted to the minors again (they can stay on the Secondary Roster and be in the minors) and that "demotion" uses up one of their minor league option years (how many years you can bring a player up and demote him again). Also, you need to waive a player to remove him from the Secondary Roster. Read the manual for more details (and to make sure I know what I am talking about ). Last edited by 1998 Yankees; 07-15-2007 at 08:11 PM.