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Killebrew · 02-09-2009, 04:58 AM

Depth Charts
The AI's depth chart selection seems somewhat unfinished in OOTP9 in comparison to some older versions of OOTP.

Some examples:
- Depth chart backup players X and Y both slated to play the same position every 2 days. This happens all the time in the game. I have no idea what the AI decides when games are simmed, maybe the first guy listed gets every second day.
- The AI selects defensive replacements for the Designated hitter. That has no impact in the game (I hope) but it kinda looks bad

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- This is subjective but when you create depth charts based on lineups the user selects it always seems like the AI favors a weakly rated player for a lot of backup play in the depth chart. It's possible that AI considers this player a starter, but if that is so then the AI is using a hidden rating scale from the actual ratings the user can see. I could provide a lot of examples if that helped, but basically I am questioning the AI's player valuation in it's lineup/depth chart selections, and I believe you could find good examples every time you ran the AI auto-lineup selection.

Also, when you remove a defensive replacement the player is also removed from the depth chart at that position, so it always required you to reselect the player and manually put him back in the depth chart.

02-09-2009, 04:58 AM	#269
Killebrew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,326	Depth Charts The AI's depth chart selection seems somewhat unfinished in OOTP9 in comparison to some older versions of OOTP. Some examples: - Depth chart backup players X and Y both slated to play the same position every 2 days. This happens all the time in the game. I have no idea what the AI decides when games are simmed, maybe the first guy listed gets every second day. - The AI selects defensive replacements for the Designated hitter. That has no impact in the game (I hope) but it kinda looks bad. - This is subjective but when you create depth charts based on lineups the user selects it always seems like the AI favors a weakly rated player for a lot of backup play in the depth chart. It's possible that AI considers this player a starter, but if that is so then the AI is using a hidden rating scale from the actual ratings the user can see. I could provide a lot of examples if that helped, but basically I am questioning the AI's player valuation in it's lineup/depth chart selections, and I believe you could find good examples every time you ran the AI auto-lineup selection. Also, when you remove a defensive replacement the player is also removed from the depth chart at that position, so it always required you to reselect the player and manually put him back in the depth chart.