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Originally Posted by pfholden
Ah, so you re-select 1984 (or whatever year) and update the BABIP before the start of each season? Thanks for clarification, I would have set it once and left it...
When you mention auto-calc, you're saying to uncheck the middle check box that says "automatically adjust league total modifiers for accuracy", right?
Poor Giancarlo Stanton is gonna be bummed when I adjust the modifiers and he isn't hitting 60+ dingers every season...
Thanks again for all the help and clarifications!
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Nope on the auto-calc thing. More on adjusting LTMs later in this post. Regarding the selecting of the year before each season, I'll give you an example. Let's say I'm playing in 1901, but I want that 1984 stats output. The day before OD, I select 1984, reset BABIP, and a couple of other things as you'll see below. When 1902 rolls around, if I don't do this again, it'll revert back to 1902 level offense, which I don't want, so I have to do it every year.
From the start of Preseason (around the first week of March), a button labelled "Auto-Calc Modifiers" will appear. It will be available either until the day before Opening Day or possibly Opening Day before games are played. I've only had bizarre results when using it, so I would avoid it. It's been nowhere near as good as simply selecting the year, and making a couple of adjustments once the game spits out its modifiers. You can see it in image #1 (taken on the first day of the Preseason) beneath "Modifiers" on the "League Totals" side of the Stats & AI page below.
I'm going to move ahead to the day before Opening Day when I would normally do this stuff, and post more pics to show you what happens when you use this method. Aside from the BABIP, I believe the Hook Settings for Starters and Relievers (under General Strategic Tendencies on the left side of the Stats & AI page) change when you select the year you want to use, so you'll need to reset them to what you want, or go with what it gives you. I use Default for both, but that doesn't mean you have to. I think bunting frequency changes too, but we'll see once I've simmed ahead, and posted a pic (image #2) of what it looks like right after I've selected 1984, and another pic (image #3) of the changes I make before proceeding with the season.
EDIT: Bunting frequency does not change when I select the year (image #2). In the OOTPXX game I'm playing right now (these images I've shown you are from 19), I've dialed the bunting frequency back to Rarely because I hate bunting with a passion, but in this game it's at Normal (I think it was originally at Often, but I just couldn't help myself). You'll note the BABIP at .289, and the Hook Settings not at default. The third image will correct that, and anything else I see that's out of place. Nothing else out of place, so BABIP and Hook Settings corrected in image #3.
The fourth image will show you the
second auto-adjust LTMs for accuracy box. As you surmised, the two boxes should be unchecked to use this method. You can see the first one in the first image between "BABIP" and "Starting Pitcher Stamina" on the League Totals side of the Stats & AI page. There are three boxes there, and all of them are unchecked. I also set the strategy settings to 1984, and uncheck the auto-adjust league strategy when advancing to the next season box. You can see that unchecked box over on the League Strategy Settings side of the page, under "Import Settings" in the first image. EDIT: As you can see, the second auto-adjust LTMs for accuracy box (also unchecked of course) is on the "Historical" page on the right side, right at the top, under "Statistical Accuracy". Your guess is as good as mine as to why there are two, but there it is. EDIT #2: I'd forgotten that there's also a second auto-adjust league strategy when advancing to the next season check box. As you can see in image #4, it's over on the left hand side of the Historical Settings page under Historical Progressing Settings, just below the "Base player roles/positions on" setting. You only need to be concerned about this if you're trying to keep those settings to a specific year, like I do by keeping them in line with my LTMs.
I'll then sim the whole 1908 season, and see what kind of league totals output I get, and how it compares to 1984, but that should probably be in another post.
