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Originally Posted by imnotsammysosa
Was development not off by default on previous versions? I was under the impression that it was. Granted, it’s been a couple versions since I did much with historical, though I played it a ton from 16-22. The immortal players thing is something I’ve never seen before, ever. And judging from the amount of posts we’re seeing about the issue, yeah, I’d say something is broken. I know one thing, I’ve never played with retire according to history on and have no interest in doing so.
So if I use recalc + development on, guys like Koufax will have their career extended, but eventually fall off? If so, that’s all I need. If not, you are incorrect, and something is broken, because this was possible before.
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Before OOTP25, there were three settings for Player Development in the Wizard drop-down. Just go back and look at OOTP23 or 24 if you still have it installed.
Selecting recalc in the Wizard when doing a game was fine because the toggle in the game for "Disabling Development" that is found in the Game Settings>Players & Team section (lower left) of the Game Settings menu used to default to unchecked - meaning development was ON by default when selecting reclac in the RD set-up. If you wanted development OFF, there was a third option in the Wizard drop-down that was simply called "Disable Player Development (recommended for replays)". Now that option in gone in the Wizard because "Disable Development" is toggled by default.
There is nothing broken in the game. It is doing precisely what is asked.
Veterans of RD games know to make sure development is manually turned on and Retire/Miss seasons according to history are off when setting up the game in OOTP25. Manually doing that is required because of new OOTP25 RD defaults. Not because the game is broken. All you do when you do that is restore the old RD game defaults set-up. It's just more advanced steps now.
How were people to know to do this? You weren't. Sometimes, defaults are reset in new editions to try and help but don't. People assumed that toggling to recalc was sufficient in the Wizard of an RD game because it always had been. But it is not anymore.
So, to answer this question "So if I use recalc + development on, guys like Koufax will have their career extended, but eventually fall off? If so, that’s all I need. If not, you are incorrect, and something is broken, because this was possible before."
The answer is Yes. - But also, in League Settings>Historical tab, lower left, turn off (untoggle) Retire players according to History and Players miss seasons according to history. Those two being on in an RD game will also cause havoc.
Development on = natural aging and some in-between-the-recalc-waypoint development (lower TCR to minimize).
Development off = no aging or development... ever. Players with these defaults must be force retired out of the game by Retire-According to History.