i don't know much about historical stuff, but it looks like spritze has the right idea for what you are doing. sounds cools that it can automatically convert the real stats to ratings. didn't know that. only use assign fictional contracts, if necessary... or any of the financial functions on the main league settings page.
If it is still relevant, yes to all of that. but i wouldn't erase service time. that way a 35 year old isn't under club control - if that even applies to your league.
purge will remove deleted entries from the dB and if you delete stats, you might as well delete all retired players, too. it's good to do every ?50 years? depends on the cpu a bit, i guess. just in case of records, i only make use of the "delete those who never make it to the majors" function.
for testing... i make the league as I intend to use it... i sim 30 years, if fictional. i delete history/retired players and such to make it "fresh." i make a backup as is. if i am doing long-term sims, i make necessary settings changes to reduce sim time but keep all tangible functions of the league (ie no pictures, box scores, news etc, i do keep all stats, just in case). i make a backup of this long-term sim setting league for testing.
as long as the both share the exact same origins, i'm confident anything i test will translate. with each backed up, i don't worry about doing somethign stupid. in general, i'd restart any sim from the start date. setting configurations exist that could cause a constant increase or decrease in talent for a long-period of time until a new equillibrium reached. if you don't deviate much from default, i wouldn't worry about that.
and as far as getting better with computers, you just needed some motivation and self-interest in it
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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
No One, you seem to have an excellent knowledge of the game... forgive me if the following doesn't make much sense.
Can I reset the Test League with no history and use it as my real league?
I intend to take the league totals and position modifiers from the test leagues and place them in the actual league.
I would like to keep the final player ratings intact so I don't have to enter them twice... once for the test league... and once for the actual league.
That is, I would wipe out the league history and clear career records.
This can be done in Game Settings under Reset Functions.
I would Erase "Service Time of all players"... Erase "all SA career stats"... Erase "all career stats of all players" and Erase "the entire league history".
I understand there is also a place to "purge" the league stats... this will completely clear out all the league stats and get them back to zero to start the real league.
The "purge" is in Game Settings > Database> Database Tools.
Would the above work?
Should I make a copy of the league at the beginning of the season and reinstall it when I get ready to play the actual league?
Would a template be the best method to cut down on the data imput needed?
I have never made a template or used one... as you know, my computer and game skills are poor.
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