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Dutch Alexander · 04-01-2023, 05:30 AM

The league modifier page has basically three sections. The top section relates to basic league totals, the bottom section fielding totals per position and the middle section is a combination of "minor" league totals and league strategy.

The problem with Auto Calc is that only the top section has any user input but any time you use this function the modifiers in the other two sections are also adjusted. On top of that Auto Calc is not very accurate. The advantage of Auto Calc is that it is quick and gives decent results, but for me it is not good enough.

In my fictional league I am looking for very specific league totals. This includes almost everything, for example: number of balks, exact FLD% per position, average number of IP and pitches thrown per appearance for both SP and RP. The only way to achieve this is by manually adjusting each modifier and yes that means endless and endless testing. I usually run a 50 year test and then have the game generate various reports. I put these in spreadsheets and calculate average league totals. Based on these results I then adjust the modifiers and run another test. Unfortunately there is no logical way to adjust the modifiers to get the results you want. It is a combination of trial and error and experience. I always save the test results and modifiers used during these tests. Then after a half dozen tests you can calculate the average league totals and modifiers used during these tests and further narrow down the modifiers needed.

I would not recommend doing this. I have been doing this for a long time and have build up quite some experience in this over the years and have various spreadsheets set up. Without this it will be a real pain to try this and extremely time consuming. One thing you could do is fill in the league totals you want in the top section and note down the modifiers in the two other sections. After using Auto Calc you can then re-enter the original modifiers in the other two sections. Auto Calc does a decent job I think but if you want exact specific league totals the only way to achieve this is, as you say, endless testing.

04-01-2023, 05:30 AM	#3
Dutch Alexander All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 721	The league modifier page has basically three sections. The top section relates to basic league totals, the bottom section fielding totals per position and the middle section is a combination of "minor" league totals and league strategy. The problem with Auto Calc is that only the top section has any user input but any time you use this function the modifiers in the other two sections are also adjusted. On top of that Auto Calc is not very accurate. The advantage of Auto Calc is that it is quick and gives decent results, but for me it is not good enough. In my fictional league I am looking for very specific league totals. This includes almost everything, for example: number of balks, exact FLD% per position, average number of IP and pitches thrown per appearance for both SP and RP. The only way to achieve this is by manually adjusting each modifier and yes that means endless and endless testing. I usually run a 50 year test and then have the game generate various reports. I put these in spreadsheets and calculate average league totals. Based on these results I then adjust the modifiers and run another test. Unfortunately there is no logical way to adjust the modifiers to get the results you want. It is a combination of trial and error and experience. I always save the test results and modifiers used during these tests. Then after a half dozen tests you can calculate the average league totals and modifiers used during these tests and further narrow down the modifiers needed. I would not recommend doing this. I have been doing this for a long time and have build up quite some experience in this over the years and have various spreadsheets set up. Without this it will be a real pain to try this and extremely time consuming. One thing you could do is fill in the league totals you want in the top section and note down the modifiers in the two other sections. After using Auto Calc you can then re-enter the original modifiers in the other two sections. Auto Calc does a decent job I think but if you want exact specific league totals the only way to achieve this is, as you say, endless testing.