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the bogeiman · 06-03-2003, 10:24 PM

Over the last month I have been working on duplicating the stadiums used by the team, with all the fence size and distance changes, seating, surface. I started this to play a historical league, and yes I read the FAQ. I have end up with nearly 600 configurations.

I have all the 1901 stadiums done and have played and replayed that season to check out the stadiiums settings. I noticed that the fence distance has no bearing on the game. I had a player that his top 3 homerun distances were all well over 500 feet. With the dead ball and the distances of the 1901 fields the only conclusion is that if the game calls for a homerun it cleared the fence no matter what the circumstances. I hate to see the 1908 results in Huntington Avenue Park with the 635 dead center.

I also wanted to get the actual capacity included into the game, to try to get a more realistice finance system. I dropped that idea immediately. You can turn off arbitration and minor league options, but you can't turn off free agency or set an upper limit on the salary a coach or player asks for.

I tried to set up a league by setting the ticket prices to $1, dividing all the players salaries by a $1000 with a minimum of $500, no TV contracts $0 to 1930 then I was going to include contracts for radio, edited the coach.dat file dividing their salary by $100.

Maybe it's in the documentation, and I'll admit to not always reading documentation. Players still asked for millions caoches asked for thousands and teams had 13 players and superstars were unsigned freeagents, ticket prices were all about $8, all parks seated at capacity. Hey I tried but now I know that salaries have to be in terms of todays $.

I guess in conclusion, I would like an explanation as to how the stadium settings other than the BPF numbers have on the game and as a wish could there be a switched to turn on/off FA at least.

06-03-2003, 10:24 PM	#1
the bogeiman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 23	Some observations: stadiums/finance Over the last month I have been working on duplicating the stadiums used by the team, with all the fence size and distance changes, seating, surface. I started this to play a historical league, and yes I read the FAQ. I have end up with nearly 600 configurations. I have all the 1901 stadiums done and have played and replayed that season to check out the stadiiums settings. I noticed that the fence distance has no bearing on the game. I had a player that his top 3 homerun distances were all well over 500 feet. With the dead ball and the distances of the 1901 fields the only conclusion is that if the game calls for a homerun it cleared the fence no matter what the circumstances. I hate to see the 1908 results in Huntington Avenue Park with the 635 dead center. I also wanted to get the actual capacity included into the game, to try to get a more realistice finance system. I dropped that idea immediately. You can turn off arbitration and minor league options, but you can't turn off free agency or set an upper limit on the salary a coach or player asks for. I tried to set up a league by setting the ticket prices to $1, dividing all the players salaries by a $1000 with a minimum of $500, no TV contracts $0 to 1930 then I was going to include contracts for radio, edited the coach.dat file dividing their salary by $100. Maybe it's in the documentation, and I'll admit to not always reading documentation. Players still asked for millions caoches asked for thousands and teams had 13 players and superstars were unsigned freeagents, ticket prices were all about $8, all parks seated at capacity. Hey I tried but now I know that salaries have to be in terms of todays $. I guess in conclusion, I would like an explanation as to how the stadium settings other than the BPF numbers have on the game and as a wish could there be a switched to turn on/off FA at least.