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thehef · 05-07-2020, 05:00 AM

Also maybe noteworthy...

1) OOTP has a somewhat new (not sure when it was first introduced - if it is OOTP 20 or not...) feature that allows you to Reset League to Regular Season Mode. I haven't really messed with this, but it's described as "... in case you want to manually schedule tie-breaking games using the schedule editor." Your scenario would seem to be exactly why this feature exists.

2) In my games, if I have the potential for any ties on the final day of the regular season, I always complete those games without advancing to the next day. This keeps OOTP from scheduling tiebreaker games (if needed) or postseason games. Normally, this is just so I can manually schedule a best-of-three instead of a one-gamer, but also comes handy in those rare instances of a three-or-more team tie, and I want to specify the tiebreaking procedure, rather than go with what OOTP does (or if I need to schedule one or more makeup games)...

In your case, you might make a backup after the games of the last day of the regular season are complete, but before you've advanced to the next day. That way, once you do advance, if you don't like what OOTP did w tiebreakers, you can go back to the backup copy and proceed with #2 above...

05-07-2020, 05:00 AM	#3
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,345	Also maybe noteworthy... 1) OOTP has a somewhat new (not sure when it was first introduced - if it is OOTP 20 or not...) feature that allows you to Reset League to Regular Season Mode. I haven't really messed with this, but it's described as "... in case you want to manually schedule tie-breaking games using the schedule editor." Your scenario would seem to be exactly why this feature exists. 2) In my games, if I have the potential for any ties on the final day of the regular season, I always complete those games without advancing to the next day. This keeps OOTP from scheduling tiebreaker games (if needed) or postseason games. Normally, this is just so I can manually schedule a best-of-three instead of a one-gamer, but also comes handy in those rare instances of a three-or-more team tie, and I want to specify the tiebreaking procedure, rather than go with what OOTP does (or if I need to schedule one or more makeup games)... In your case, you might make a backup after the games of the last day of the regular season are complete, but before you've advanced to the next day. That way, once you do advance, if you don't like what OOTP did w tiebreakers, you can go back to the backup copy and proceed with #2 above...