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Originally Posted by David Watts
What year are you wanting to start in? How many teams do you want to use?
This is how I create a fictional random debut league.
First I decide how many teams I want my league to have. My current league started in 1978 with 24 teams.
To start I used the historical game wizard to create 1978 with random debut selected. I make sure to uncheck the box for automatically expand league. This is really important. If you don't uncheck that box, OOTP will undo all your changes and revert to the historical correct setting once your league reaches its first offseason.
While in the historical wizard you can use the advanced mode to relocate teams, give them new nicknames etc.
Once your league is created, you can edit your league structure and set your divisions in any way you desire. Just make sure you use a schedule that fits your setup. When I created my 1978 league I deleted California and Montreal and set the league to how it looked from 1969-1976.
One thing to keep in mind is OOTP is going to import enough random players for a 44 round draft. This is according to the actual historical setup for the year you choose to start in. So if you start in 1978, OOTP will create 1144 for your inaugural draft. If you delete two teams, the game still has the same 1144 players available. So in my case, my 24 teams picked 47 players instead of 44 in the initial draft.
You can allow the league to import historical modifiers according to each historical year or use one year as a base or several years. I've been using 1978 as my base.
When using the historical wizard you can decide whether you want to use recalc, the OOTP development engine or a combo of both. If you want it to be more random with most real players being like they were in real life, but some going off the rails, I would recommend using solely the development engine. If you like things to stay closer to history with some surprises, I would use a combo of both. I don't recommend using only recalc. If you go strictly with the player development engine, make sure you choose entire career for base player fielding ratings on and base pitcher stamina on. This way guys like Nolan Ryan and Curt Schilling won't remain relief pitchers for their entire career.
Again make sure you uncheck the box for automatically expand league.
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I am wanting to use 10 teams and be as current as possible (Using OOTP 19 so around 2018) however if it is not possible then I can start as early as needed. My worry is that with only 10 teams, I will have way too many players for the inaugural draft.
Thanks for your response!