To panda234.. I'm in the camp of why fix something that isn't broke. You're happy with current stats, come and ask if you should run autocalc, and then respond with "I was hoping for that. Thx.", when told "no".
Sounds like you had already answered your own question.
For some balance about autocalc.
I have manually (and maybe that's why it has always worked for me) run autocalc since it was first introduced. I also manually do it every year for each level of MiLB. That is six leagues MLB-RA (now ACL) per year, maybe 5 minutes to do.
After each MLB season I would write a comparison of LTs vs league output and never had an issue with autocalc resulting in unexpected results, high or low. For MiLB I would visually check each league and compare to LTs. All was and still is well. After a number of seasons, with results being so consistently good I did quit writing down results for MLB too. However I do still visually check the output vs LTs and still get expected results.
Maybe it's because I don't check the "automatically run autocalc" button but do it myself manually. IDK why that would make a difference? One would think it would simply lead to the same code as manually running the option? But it does seem most that report issues are not running it manually. At least that is my impression from the threads I have read.
Autocalc first appeared in OOTP12, IIRC, and from then until now I still count it as one of the best features added since I began play with v4 in 2002.
Screenshot from v12, my first full played out season using autocalc. Followed by the last season I where did a written comparison in v18. Every season after has just been the aforementioned visual review.
Sorry, no matter how I try I can't get the screenshots to rotate to right side up.
