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uruguru · 06-29-2023, 02:07 PM

I've done a lot of simming with OOTP and my focus has always been on "what if" scenarios and how history would be different. As a Houston native, my team of choice has always been the Astros and so like many players my favorite franchise is always the most interesting area for me to sim.

What I'd like to do with this thread is document the most realistic sim I can imagine with OOTP. What I will do is start in 1962 and play as manager with "historical transactions" and "historical lineups" turned on (1-year recalc). This means that this won't be an interesting timeline of me (as GM) building a championship team by acquiring star players.

For additional realism beyond the standard league settings, I will be save-scumming all of the AI-AI games so that their game results (win or loss) match actual history. The only difference in this league from actual history should be the results of my managed games. Part of me wonders if these "forced results" would be an interesting feature for OOTP to add in some future release but we'll see if it feels more immersive. This page is what I will use to determine the outcome of AI games: https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...schedule.shtml

For Houston games, I will be creating my own lineups from the players made available to me by the AI GM, but with the 20/20 hindsight of how these players performed in real life. That's sort of the "What If" scenario that will make it different from actual history and hopefully maintain my interest in the scenario.

I'll try to make it interesting, but who knows?

06-29-2023, 02:07 PM	#1
uruguru All Star Starter Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 1,304	Forced Results: an attempt at a more realistic sim. I've done a lot of simming with OOTP and my focus has always been on "what if" scenarios and how history would be different. As a Houston native, my team of choice has always been the Astros and so like many players my favorite franchise is always the most interesting area for me to sim. What I'd like to do with this thread is document the most realistic sim I can imagine with OOTP. What I will do is start in 1962 and play as manager with "historical transactions" and "historical lineups" turned on (1-year recalc). This means that this won't be an interesting timeline of me (as GM) building a championship team by acquiring star players. For additional realism beyond the standard league settings, I will be save-scumming all of the AI-AI games so that their game results (win or loss) match actual history. The only difference in this league from actual history should be the results of my managed games. Part of me wonders if these "forced results" would be an interesting feature for OOTP to add in some future release but we'll see if it feels more immersive. This page is what I will use to determine the outcome of AI games: https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...schedule.shtml For Houston games, I will be creating my own lineups from the players made available to me by the AI GM, but with the 20/20 hindsight of how these players performed in real life. That's sort of the "What If" scenario that will make it different from actual history and hopefully maintain my interest in the scenario. I'll try to make it interesting, but who knows?