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Originally Posted by warneke
I am new at this stuff....
After you input new LTM do you check Auto-Calc Modifiers? Because that is what I do (I started playing in 1915 with 1998 stats, except I input only the 98 AL stat totals, because the AL had 16 teams and that is what the whole ML had in 1915+).
Also I just noticed that if I hit Auto-Calc Modifiers several times, each time it gives slightly different numbers (modifiers)--I suppose this is just to introduce a bit of randomness.
I am now in the 1928 season and each season the league totals have come out very similar (but not almost identical) to the LTM that I enter.
As for locking league totals, I have checked that sometimes and not checked it sometimes, before simming a season--and the legue totals come out about the same. I am not sure how this might be affecting other stuff, but I have left it unchecked for the past 10 or so seasons.
I have import player modifier unchecked.
As for financials, I just set up the league financials the first season, then DO NOT update each year, except that I do have 3-5% inflation turned on.
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Never use Auto-Calc! I haven't gotten good results with it.
Do not use lock league totals either! (i.e. uncheck the box) I got terrible results with it.
Instead, on the day before Opening Day every year, go to Game > Game Settings > League Settings > Stats & AI > League Totals and input "1998" in the Totals from year: Select Year box. You only need to do this once. You will see the LTMs change. After that you're golden. Do not worry about AL or NL stats output. You will get the MLB totals, and that is fine because the LTMs go off of how often things happened IRL relative to the number of AB, or in some cases plate appearances. It's all based on percentages, not on raw totals.
You will want to reset the two Hook settings in Game > Game Settings > League Settings > Stats & AI > General Strategic Tendencies back to "Default" as they will reset themselves during the LTM setting process. Also, make sure both auto-adjust LTMs boxes are unchecked (Historical page and Stats & AI) otherwise the totals will roll over to the next year you are playing, and you don't want that. I also recommend tieing your league strategy settings to the same year as your stats output (in your case 1998) just for consistency's sake, and because if you're playing in the deadball era, the most useless players on your team will be all of those RP who the AI will never use because SP threw CG for the most part back then.
As for financials, import the next year's financials on the first day of the offseason. So let's say you've just finished 1928, and it's the first day after the playoffs (first day of the offseason). You would import the financial settings for 1929. It's important to do this because it will affect free agent contracts (or if you're playing with reserve clause, reserve clause contracts) that will be paid in 1929, so you want to make sure that's set up right heading into the 1928/1929 offseason.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
