Some notes on this patch:
-As noted above, it is NOT online league compatible with previous versions. You need to ensure ALL league members are on the new version. It's recommended that if you are in an online league, you ensure all users can get access to the new version, process all the league imports as commissioner, and then save and load the game on the new version when you tell league members to update. We anticipate the patch going live later this week which will auto-update on Steam, so do take that into account when you plan your sim schedule for the week.
-Online leagues should also make note of the new options added, most notably the ability to trade with AI teams. You'll need to decide in your league whether to allow this or not
If you cannot figure out the options, please let us know and we can elaborate further on the process.
-Also of note is that this league increases version numbers, so if you load a game in this version, you CANNOT open it with the previous version. Especially for anyone in online leagues that may have to temporarily switch back and forth between versions, this is important to keep in mind.
-If you change between this version and the previous release, you may notice your perfect team leagues fail to open on occasion - that happens if you load a league file in the new version and then switch to the old version shortly thereafter without it downloading a new version from the server. You can simply delete the old league folder and it should work again. There are no issues in compatibility between this version and the PT servers
-For the new 2020 season/live start, we did a quick last minute tweak that should still allow you to disable the overall league evolution while still having the system revert to 2021 rules. You MUST have the new league evolution setting enabled for the entire off-season to ensure that the system reverts properly. It will disable/hide automatically when the season rolls over to 2021 so there is no need to update that setting after that point. Due to the way the setup works, some items will get mass-adjusted either at the beginning of the off-season or the beginning of the 2021 pre-season. I believe we have balanced financials and settings, however do please let us know if we missed anything
-If you choose the short season without the live start, we have rescheduled the draft for a couple days after our new league start date. Thus, you may run the draft yourself if you wish. Alternately, on draft day, there is a button you can use to import the actual draft results. We would recommend making a backup before running that in case there are issues with the draft list file in your setup. If it doesn't work properly, you may have to force the game to re-install the game data to make sure your draft list file is updated.
-Also note is that obviously we can't 100% test the live start situation with the new season since it's new for all of us. We'll certainly monitor things when games start for real over the weekend, but do note that there's
Enjoy the changes
A lot here, especially for online leagues and just some general fixes, along with obviously the short season support. Please do let us know any issues you come up with!
Known issues:
-We have discovered one issue where service years are not 100% getting adjusted properly for the new schedule
-Imported draft picks are becoming rule 5 eligible after the season instead of 4-5 years down the line