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Kelric · 05-07-2010, 12:14 AM

I used to be able to sit in front of OOTP and spend hours running tests to get my leagues functioning as I want them too but I simply don't have the patience any more after one or two tests. With that said, I hereby ask the community for some help.

What I Want:
I'm trying to create a historical MLB with a lower quality independent league that is fed by colleges and high schools. Basically I want my MLB players to be historical, the indie league to be fictional with a few players crossing the lines every now and then.

What I've Managed To Do So Far:
I've got the indie league to be set up to about Double-A standards and have gotten them stable financially. Teams in it have budgets that range between $3-8M while MLB teams vary between $28-88M. Perfect.

What I Can't Figure Out How To Fix Without Putting More Time Into It Than I Can Stand:
1) After a few seasons, a lot of the indie teams have under-manned rosters and virtually nobody on their reserve rosters. My test sims keep stopping because one team or another runs out of players. I have twice as many feeder teams as indie clubs, so population isn't an issue. For some reason the scrubs just aren't signing into independent ball and prefer sitting in free agency purgatory when they have no shot at MLB. There are 76 pages worth of free agents in my universe, yet teams can't fill out a roster.

2) Almost every MLB team has two or three (at least) really good players that came through the indie leagues. I don't want that. I want one or two bench warmers with the odd starter to come from indie ball.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get those rosters healthy on a consistent basis without having to run them myself? And how can I set the talent/PCM/whatever settings to keep indie leaguers from consistently becoming MLB All Stars? Any help is appreciated.

05-07-2010, 12:14 AM	#1
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Requesting Help Creating My Universe I used to be able to sit in front of OOTP and spend hours running tests to get my leagues functioning as I want them too but I simply don't have the patience any more after one or two tests. With that said, I hereby ask the community for some help. What I Want: I'm trying to create a historical MLB with a lower quality independent league that is fed by colleges and high schools. Basically I want my MLB players to be historical, the indie league to be fictional with a few players crossing the lines every now and then. What I've Managed To Do So Far: I've got the indie league to be set up to about Double-A standards and have gotten them stable financially. Teams in it have budgets that range between $3-8M while MLB teams vary between $28-88M. Perfect. What I Can't Figure Out How To Fix Without Putting More Time Into It Than I Can Stand: 1) After a few seasons, a lot of the indie teams have under-manned rosters and virtually nobody on their reserve rosters. My test sims keep stopping because one team or another runs out of players. I have twice as many feeder teams as indie clubs, so population isn't an issue. For some reason the scrubs just aren't signing into independent ball and prefer sitting in free agency purgatory when they have no shot at MLB. There are 76 pages worth of free agents in my universe, yet teams can't fill out a roster. 2) Almost every MLB team has two or three (at least) really good players that came through the indie leagues. I don't want that. I want one or two bench warmers with the odd starter to come from indie ball. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get those rosters healthy on a consistent basis without having to run them myself? And how can I set the talent/PCM/whatever settings to keep indie leaguers from consistently becoming MLB All Stars? Any help is appreciated.