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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
Thanks for sharing this with us... you really explain it very clearly and very well... it's apparent that you know what you are talking about... you are not guessing.
Thanks for the links, too... that is invaluable information.
I feel very comfortable that this will work well... this method will save me a lot of time tinkering and playing around with the league modifiers.
So, I'm going to start using it for my Islandian Pro Alliance, the North Island Recreational League and the forthcoming South Island League.
Thank you, actionjackson.
Much appreciate it.
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Thank you Eugene. I'm pretty handy with this method, so give me the statistical output parameters (AVG, R/G, ERA, FPct, how many HR [by HR/9 IP I suppose] you like to see...That sort of thing) you want for your amazing Islandian Pro Alliance, North Island Recreational League, and any future leagues your creative brain comes up with, and I'll find some options for you to consider. I'll give you the BABIPs too, because I've found that's a really important factor in getting what you want. One of my main rules is above all, never tinker with LTMs. It's a gigantic PITA, and the tinkering can get rather endless to the point where you spend all your time tinkering, and not enjoying your game, so give me some guidelines, and I'll give you some possibilities to consider. Myself, I like something between deadball and superball, and 1984 hits the spot, but let's find you the one that works for you.
Basically my specialties are settings, and this stuff. I spent all of OOTPX (my first version) messing around with settings to figure out what worked, and what didn't work for me. I didn't get many games done during that development cycle, but it sure gave me a leg up on what settings I wanted to use in future versions. It takes me about five minutes to set up my Historical Random Debut games now, and I'm really glad I took the time to do it back then.
I also tether my strategy settings to the same year as the statistical output settings, which isn't really necessary, but I like to do it anyway to get pitchers throwing close to the amount of innings they threw that year, the same rotation sizes etc. I use "Strict Rotation, Occasional Highest Rested", and I find that's served me best as far as IP leaders go. Other things like frequency of Defensive Substitutions, Stealing Bases, Hit & Run, Bunting, and Infield Shifts are controlled by this too, as well as frequency of pinch hitting for pitchers and position players. You can manually adjust those to your taste though. Definitely not as hard to decipher as LTMs. I separate financials from the rest of the settings, and allow them to progress as they did. I believe you play fictional, so I don't know what settings are in your game, but I uncheck things like auto adjust strategy, financials, player creation modifiers, and LTMs, because I want to freeze or manually adjust them rather than have the game do that for me. One thing I don't think I've mentioned in the various threads I've been in, is that you have to watch the "Hook for Starting Pitcher" and "Hook for Relief Pitcher" settings. They will change when you import your season stats, and you'll have to set them back to the way you want them. That's all for now...I think.